Nitin Tandon serves as Professor and Chair ad interim of the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at UTHealth Medical School. Dr. Tandon received his medical degree at the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India, followed by a residency in neurosurgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He completed a fellowship in epilepsy surgery at Cleveland Clinic.

He has co-authored many studies, which have been published in NeuroImage, Journal of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosurgery and Human Brain Mapping. His current research studies include “The localization of eloquent cortex using functional imaging and using diffusion tensor imaging tractography” and “The electrophysiological characteristics of language regions.”

Dr. Tandon is a member of the Texas Medical Association, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Society for Neuroscience and the American Epilepsy Society. He is an ad hoc reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences and also directs an active research effort.