Daniel Yoshor, M.D.

Associate ProfessorDirector, Epilepsy Surgery ProgramResidency Program Director

Board Certification

• American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Medical School

• The University of Chicago Pritzker School, Chicago, IL (M.D. with Honors)

Internship

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Residency

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Fellowship

• University of California, San Francisco, CA

Primary Neurosurgical Interests

• Clinical: Brain Tumors in Eloquent Locations, Epilepsy Surgery, Brain Mapping, Acoustic Neuroma, Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery, Meningioma, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• Research: Human Brain Mapping, Object Recognition in Visual Cortex, Link Between Human Neurophysiology and Perceptual Performance, Cortical Stimulation, Neuromodulation for Epilepsy

Professional Associations

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  Society for Neuroscience
  American Epilepsy Society
  Houston Neurological Society

Contact Information:

• Administrative Assistant:
• Pamela Wilson - 713-798-3848
• pmwilson@bcm.edu
• Research Laboratory:
• Daniel Yoshor, M.D.
• Laboratory of Human Neurophysiology
• Neurosensory Center, NB 328
• 6501 Fannin Street
• Houston, TX 77030
• Phone: 713-798-4659
• Clinic: Baylor Clinic
  13th Floor, 6620 Main Street
  Houston, TX 77030
  Phone: 713-798-4696
  Fax: 713-798-3739
• Mail: Department of Neurosurgery
• 1709 Dryden, Suite 750
  Houston, TX 77030

Selected Recent Publications

• Calzada G, Issacson B, Yoshor D, and Oghalai J; Surgical approaches to the hypoglossal canal. Skull Base, 2007 May; 17(3):187-196.
  
  Yoshor D, Bosking WH, Ghose GM, Sun P, and Maunsell JHR; Electrophysiological responses in early human visual cortex are not strongly effected by attention. Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 November 28; 27(48):13205-9.
  
  Murphey DK, Yoshor D, and Beauchamp MS; Perception Matches Selectivity in the Human Anterior Color Center: Current Biology, 2008 February 12;18(3):216-20.
  
  Dannenbaum M, Lega BC, Suki D, Harper RL, and Yoshor D: Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: results from 114 operations performed without neurophysiologic monitoring. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2008 September; 109(3):410-415.
  
  Dulay MF, Murphey DK, David Y, Sun P, Maunsell JHR, and Yoshor D: Computer-controlled electrical stimulation for mapping function in human cerebral cortex; Journal of Neurosurgery, 2008 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print]
  
  Lega BC, Verma AV, Wilfong AA, Goldsmith IL, and Yoshor D: Cortical resection tailored to awake, intraoperative ictal recordings and motor mapping in the treatment of epilepsia partialis continua. Neurosurgery, 2009 Mar;64(3 Suppl):195-6.
  
  Murphey DK, Maunsell JHR, Beauchamp MS, and Yoshor D; Perceiving electrical stimulation of identified human visual areas; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009 Mar 31;106(13):5389-93. Epub 2009 Mar 10.
  
  Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Mizrahi EM, Goldsmith IL, Verma A, Grossman RG, and Yoshor D Predictors of individual visual memory decline after unilateral anterior temporal lobe resection; Neurology, in press.