Neurosurgeons Joseph Cochran, MD, John Quinn, MD, and Krishanthan Vigneswaran, MD, have joined Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Associates.
Dr. Cochran is a board-certified neurological surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive techniques used to treat a wide variety of conditions affecting the brain and spine. Utilizing the most innovative robotic, endoscopic, and endovascular techniques, his expertise includes procedures such as spinal fusion, aneurysm clipping/coiling and tumor resection. He received his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School and attended the Medical College of Wisconsin for his neurosurgical residency. He then completed fellowships in open cerebrovascular, skull base, and endovascular neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
Board certified in neurosurgery, Dr. Quinn treats complex spinal conditions. He specializes in spine surgery, particularly complex spine scoliosis, revision surgery and degenerative spine surgery, and his areas of expertise include complex spinal reconstruction procedures for adults and pediatric scoliosis, kyphosis, post-surgical flat back syndrome, and tumors of the spine and vertebral column. After receiving his undergraduate degree at Rutgers University, Dr. Quinn earned his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Rutgers University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, where he was chief resident.
Dr. Vigneswaran is a board-certified neurological surgeon who treats adult patients with neurological diseases. Extensively experienced in elective spine surgery, Dr. Vigneswaran treats degenerative spine conditions with a combination of open surgery, minimally invasive techniques and robotic spine surgery. He subspecializes in neurosurgical oncology and treats brain and spine tumors using a range of surgical techniques from minimally invasive procedures for smaller pathologies to large, open complex procedures for advanced diseases. He earned his undergraduate degree in neuroscience and English at Vanderbilt University and his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School. He then completed his residency in neurological surgery at Emory University School of Medicine and a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
All three physicians are now seeing patients at Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Associates-Southwest located on the campus of Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Medical Plaza 4, 7789 Southwest Freeway, Suite 470, Houston, TX 77074. To schedule an appointment, call (713) 448-8048.
Dr. Quinn also sees patients at Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Associates-Memorial City on the campus of Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Medical Plaza 3, 915 Gessner Road, Suite 560, Houston, TX 77024. To schedule an appointment, call (713) 984-6406.