Parag G. Patil, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon and director of cranial and functional neurosurgery at Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph – Neurosurgery in St. Joseph, Mo.

Dr. Patil earned his bachelor’s in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. He received his medical degree and PhD in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. Dr. Patil completed a neurosurgery residency and chief residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N. C. and finished a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. He was a professor of neurosurgery, neurology, anesthesiology and biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan in Anne Arbor, Mich. He pursued additional specialized training in epilepsy surgery as well as minimally invasive, image-guided spine surgery.

“My job is to earn trust through deep knowledge and honest counsel, and to deliver the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. I aim to bring world-class neurosurgery — both brain and spine — to this community with the safety, precision and compassion I’d want for my own family,” says Dr. Patil.

Dr. Patil is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. His practice focuses on adults with primary and metastatic brain tumors, drug-resistant epilepsy, facial and cancer pain and spine conditions such as herniated discs, spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis.

Dr. Patil grew up in small-town Pennsylvania. His goal is to apply his broad surgical skills to serve patients and families in the community, with a focus on compassionate, high-quality care.

Diagnosis

• Glioma, meningioma, metastatic brain tumors and select skull-base tumors
• Epilepsy
• Cervical and lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, spondylolisthesis and myelopathy
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Cancer pain
• Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia

Procedures

• Craniotomy for brain tumor resection, including awake language and motor mapping when indicated
• Epilepsy surgery, including stereo-EEG depth electrodes, cortical mapping, resective surgery
• Spine surgery such as microdiscectomy, minimally invasive laminectomy, lateral and XLIF and TLIF fusion
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders

Education

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Residency

Duke University, Durham, NC

Fellowship

University of Toronto, Toronto, OH

Internship

Duke University, Durham, NC