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Ashwin Viswanathan, MD

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Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Functional Neurosurgery · Baylor College of Medicine

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Region🇺🇸 Houston, TX · South Central · United StatesSpecialtyNeurological SurgeryFocusNeurological disorders and treatments+4
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Ashwin Viswanathan is Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Functional Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 144 publications with 1,992 citations (h-index 26); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 16 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 25 Oct 2026

Ashwin Viswanathan, MD, is Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Functional Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine. The public record shows 144 publications with 1,992 citations (h-index 26), centered on Neurological disorders and treatments, Pain Management and Treatment, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 10 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (2019–2026).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Journal of neural engineering
  • Top research focus: Neurological disorders and treatments
  • 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 10 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Pain3 trialsParkinson's Disease1 trialChronic Pain1 trialNeuralgia1 trialHead & Neck Cancer1 trialCancer Pain1 trialNeoplasms, Squamous Cell1 trial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Neurological disorders and treatmentsPain Management and TreatmentObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPain Management and Opioid UseAnesthesia and Pain Management

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Carospirgeneric · SpironolactoneClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Boston Scientific CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments157Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments70Insightec,IncClinical trials—Industry payments21Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments15Ashwin ViswanathanClinical trials1Industry payments—Baylor College of MedicineClinical trials1Industry payments—CMP Pharma, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterClinical trials1Industry payments—NeuroOne Medical Technologies CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Stryker CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1University of VirginiaClinical trials1Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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144publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.

1,992citations

Total citations across indexed works.

26h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 53.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
4clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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10companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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4NIH grants · 2019–2026

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Office address

7200 Cambridge, 9th Floor, Houston, TX 77030

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Clinical trials

Updated 25 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

Updated 25 Oct 2026

10 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 25 Oct 2026

4 NIH research awards on record, funded 2019–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Publications

Updated 25 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Long-term ecological assessment of intracranial electrophysiology synchronized to behavioral markers in obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Article124 citations2021
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome: Target Selection
    Article102 citations2012
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain: Case Series and Review of the Literature
    Article92 citations2010
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Evolution of Surgical Stimulation Target Parallels Changing Model of Dysfunctional Brain Circuits
    Article88 citations2019
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Trigeminal Neuralgia
    Article80 citations2022
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 25 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Sameer Anil Sheth28Nuri F. Ince22Joohi Jimenez Shahed20Satz Mengensatzproduktion15Michael Benjamin Larkin13Aditya Vedantam13Druck Reinhardt Druck Basel13Kim J. Burchiel12Wayne K. Goodman12Daniel Yoshor10Patrick M. Dougherty10Anthony Kaspa Allam9Joseph J. Jankovic9Luciano Branco8Arjun Tarakad8Parag G. Patil7Ben Shofty7Kelly D. Foote7Musa Öztürk7Jeffrey F. Cohn6Kenneth R. Hess6Pamela Zeilman6Patrick J. Karas6Michael S. Okun6Nisha Gadgil6Daniel R. Kramer6Nicole R. Provenza6David A. Borton6Eric A. Storch6Dawn Bowers6Allen W. Burton6Paul Larson6Herbert E. Ward6Shirley McCartney5Ilknur Telkes5Dima Suki5Ian E. McCutcheon5Philip A. Starr5Kelly Rowe Bijanki5Chandra Prakash Swamy5

Online presence

Updated 25 Oct 2026

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  • Doximity

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  • Other

    bcm.edu/people/view/ashwin-viswanathan-m-d/b15cf114-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6

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Background & recognition

Updated 25 Oct 2026

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Education

degrees and training on record
  • M.D.

    Baylor College of Medicine

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  • Board certified in Neurosurgery
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →commonspirit.org ↗

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