Nisha Gadgil, MD

Dr. Nisha Gadgil is a board-certified Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Texas Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor Of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine and fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at Texas Children’s hospital. Dr. Gadgil is a leading specialist in the surgical treatment of spasticity and dystonia with procedures such as rhizotomy, intrathecal baclofen pump and deep brain stimulation. She brings more than 10 years of experience to her role as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgical Movement Disorders. She also serves as the associate program director for the Baylor College of Medicine neurosurgery residency.

Dr. Gadgil encourages a patient-centered focus that allows families to play an active role in the care of their children. She believes that all patients deserve to understand the details of their condition and participate in the decision-making process.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Gadgil’s clinical interest include spasticity including treatments such as selective dorsal rhizotomy and baclofen pump placement, dystonia, deep brain stimulation, spinal disorders or instability including spinal instrumentation, congenital malformations of the brain and spine, Chiari malformation, spina bifida, tethered cord, epilepsy including open and minimally invasive surgical approaches, and vagal nerve stimulation, pediatric tumors of the brain and spine, hydrocephalus and complex shunt disorders, and vascular malformations of the brain and spine.

Education

Organizations

Board Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery and American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Honors and awards

2022

Samuel Stal Research Award for Outstanding Fellow Research

Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

William R. Cheek Award for Outstanding Performance in Pediatric Neurosurgery

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Research interests

Dr. Gadgil’s research focuses on techniques and outcomes of the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders such as spasticity and dystonia, including evidence-based multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional efforts. She is interested in the application of novel technologies such as focused ultrasound (FUS) in the treatment of pediatric disorders such as epilepsy and pain. She is also interested in clinical outcomes research for pediatric Chiari malformations, spine disorders, brain tumors, neurovascular diseases, congenital anomalies, and fetal interventions.

Gadgil N, Lam S, Pan IW, Lopresti M, Wagner K, Ali I, Wilfong A, Curry DJ. Staged Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Hypothalamic Hamartoma: Analysis of Ablation Volumes and Morphological Considerations. Neurosurgery, 2020, 86(6):808-816

Gadgil N, Edmond J, Stormes K, Lam SK, Shah V. Visual Complications of Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumors: Analysis of Outcomes. Pediatric Neurology, 2019, 92: 48-54

Gadgil N, Lam SK, Pyarali M, Paldino M, Pan IW, Dauser RC. Indirect Revascularization with Dural Inversion Technique for Pediatric Moyamoya Disease: 20-Year Experience. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2018, 22(5): 541-549

Gadgil N, McClugage S, Aldave G, Bauer D, Weiner HL, Huisman T, Sans-Cortez M, Belfort MA, Emrick L, Clark G, Joyeux L, Whitehead WE. Natural History of Posterior Fetal Cephaloceles and Incidence of Progressive Cephalocele Herniation. Accepted for Publication, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2022

Wheless JW, Raskin JS, Fine AL, Knupp K, Schreiber J, Ostendorf AP, Albert GW, Kossoff EH, Madsen JR, Kotagal P, Numis AL, Gadgil N, Holder DL, Thiele EA, Ibrahim GM. Expert opinion on use of vagus nerve stimulation therapy in the management of pediatric epilepsy: a Delphi consensus study. Seizure, 2024 Oct 28:123:97-103

Gadgil N, Schwabe AL, Wright E, Barbuto A, Dugan EL, Thomas SP, Shilt JS, Beauvais D, Shih Y, Smith BG, Bauer DF, Curry DJ. Focal Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy and Concurrent Deformity Correction: A Combined Approach. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2024;34(3):278-285

Feygin M, Larkin M, Curry DJ, Rosenfeld S, Schwabe A, Gadgil N. Obturator Neurectomy for the Treatment of Adductor Spasticity: A Novel Technique and Case Series. Cureus, 16(11): e74177