Dr. Sam P. Javedan is a board-certified neurosurgeon. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University and his neurosurgical residency and fellowships training in spine surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, he completed a fellowship training program in neurosurgical oncology (brain and spine tumors) at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Javedan is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). His areas of expertise include complex cranial tumors, complex spinal tumors, spinal reconstruction, spinal fusions, minimally invasive spine surgery, movement disorders, deep brain stimulation (DBS) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Before joining Mischer Neuroscience Associates, Dr. Javedan practiced neurosurgery in Naples and Fort Myers, Florida for over fifteen years. During that time, in addition to general adult brain and spine surgery, he developed special expertise in surgical management of patients with Parkinson’s disease and tremor and has performed surgery on several hundred patients with these conditions. Dr. Javedan is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors. He has published extensively on neurosurgery in multiple prestigious journals, including Neurosurgery, Journal of Neuroscience and Movement Disorders. Dr. Javedan strives to educate each patient about their options to overcome their pain, neurologic disabilities or functional impairments. His skill and extensive experience, together with a well-informed patient, help to ensure his patients achieve the best possible outcomes.