Howard L. Weiner, MD

Texas Children’s Neurosurgery is a national and international destination for world class, innovative, high quality and attentive neurologic care for children. We train the future leaders in pediatric neurosurgery, and we investigate neurologic conditions for which we have unique insight and access. 

Howard L. Weiner, MD is Chief of Neurosurgery and the George A. Peterkin Jr. Endowed Chair at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH), where he leads a team of 10 pediatric neurosurgeons, the largest and one of the most active groups of its kind in the nation. He is Professor (with Tenure) and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas. 

Prior to this, he was Professor of Neurosurgery at NYU Langone Medical Center, where he worked for 27 years. A graduate of the Ramaz School in Manhattan (1981), he received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania (1985) and MD from Cornell University Medical College (1989), graduating from both Penn and Cornell with highest academic standing in his class. At Penn, he completed his senior honors thesis under neuroscientist Eliot Stellar. Dr. Weiner completed neurosurgery residency and pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at NYU and was a research fellow in the labs of Howard Hughes Investigator Ed Ziff, PhD, at NYU, and Nicole Le Douarin, PhD, in Paris. He conducted basic brain tumor research and was awarded an NIH grant. 

Dr. Weiner has a national and international surgical practice in pediatric epilepsy and brain tumor surgery, has served on the editorial board of several leading medical journals, and is a widely sought-after mentor and academic leader. Recognized consistently in “Best Doctors” lists, Dr. Weiner has been invited to speak at numerous national and international meetings and academic medical centers and has been a Visiting Professor both in the US and abroad. 

Patients are drawn from around the world not only to his novel neurosurgical treatment approaches, but also to his warm, caring, down-to-earth, and highly attentive bedside manner. He has worked intensely over the years to impart this holistic philosophy of “hospitality” in pediatric neurological surgery to the many residents, fellows, and students whom he has mentored. His other interests include running, music, and learning. 

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Clinical Interests

Brain tumor surgery, epilepsy surgery, tuberous sclerosis complex, cortical dysplasia surgery, hemispherotomy, temporal lobectomy, brain mapping, craniosynostosis and craniofacial surgery, chiari malformation, hydrocephalus, awake craniotomy 

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Education

School	Education	Degree	Year
NYU Langone Medical Center	Fellowship	Pediatric Neurosurgery	1997

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Organizations

Organization Name	Role
American Association of Neurological Surgeons	Member
Congress of Neurological Surgeons	Member
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons	Member
American Epilepsy Society	Member
Society of University Neurosurgeons	Member
American Academy of Neurological Surgery	Member
Society of Neurological Surgeons	Member

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Board Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery

American Board of Neurological Surgery

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Research interests

Tuberous sclerosis complex, brain functional mapping, innovative approaches in epilepsy surgery 

Dang HQ, Khan AB, Gadgil N, Trandafir C, Malbari, Weiner HL: Behavioral improvements following lesion resection for pediatric epilepsy: pediatric psychosurgery? Pediatr Neurosurg. 58:80-88, 2023.

LoPresti MA, Katlowitz KA, Sharma H, McGinnis JP, Weiner HL: Vagus nerve stimulation in children: outcomes and future directions Neurosurgery 92:1043-1051, 2023

Ravindra VM, Karas PJ, Lazaro T, Coorg R, Awad AW, Patino I, McClernon EE, Clarke D, Cairampona Whitehead L, Anderson A, Diaz-Medina G, Houck K, Katyayan A, Masters L, Nath A, Quach M, Riviello J, Seto ES, Sully K, Agurs L, Sen S, Handoko M, LoPresti M, Ali I, Curry DJ, Weiner HL: Epilepsy surgery in young children with tuberous sclerosis complex: a novel multi-modal surgical approach. Neurosurgery 92:398-406, 2023.

Whitehead WE, Weiner HL: Infantile and childhood hydrocephalus. N Engl J Med 387:2067-2073, 2022

Gadgil N, Rao G, Sawaya R, Yoshor D, Ruggieri L, Cormier N, Curry DJ, Whitehead WE, Aldave G, Bauer DF, McClugage S, Weiner HL: Pediatric neurosurgery at Texas Children’s Hospital: the legacy of Dr. William R. Cheek, J Neurosurg Pediatr May 7;1-7, 2021

Roth J, Constantini S, Ekstein M, Weiner HL, Siboni-Uliel S, and the Early Epilepsy Surgery Group: Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: a multicenter, multinational study, Epilepsia Aug;62(8):1897-1906, 2021

Treiber J, Curry D, Weiner HL, Roth J: Epilepsy surgery in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC): emerging techniques and redefinition of treatment goals. Childs Nervous System 36:2519-25, 2020

Mohan A, Weiner HL, Mohila C, Adesina A, Chintagumpala M, Curry DJ, Jea A, Lee JJ, Lam SK, Whitehead WE Dauser RC, Yoshor D, Aldave G: Epilepsy outcome following resection of low-grade brain tumors in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr 23:726-731, 2019

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