Neurological Institute - Fremont P. Wirth, M.D.

Dr. Wirth is a board-certified neurosurgeon with more than 25 years of experience in the management of spinal problems and the surgical treatment of spine.

After earning his medical degree at Vanderbilt University in 1966, Dr. Wirth completed a surgical internship and a general surgical fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1968. He then served as a clinical associate in neurosurgery at the National Institute of Health for two years. He completed his neurosurgical residency and fellowship at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis in 1974.

Dr. Wirth is currently an assistant clinical professor in the department of surgery (including neurosurgery) at the Medical College of Georgia. He serves (or has served) as an officer in many national, regional and local neurosurgical organizations. Dr. Wirth is the President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and is a former Director and Vice Chairman of the American Board of Neurosurgery. Dr. Wirth served on the Board of Directors of the National "Think First" Foundation for the prevention of head and spinal cord injury and serves as Medical Director of the Georgia Head and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program.

Dr. Wirth is the author of several neurosurgical books and other published works, including more than 25 peer-reviewed publications. A primary topic of his research is disease of the cervical spine. He has a special interest and many years experience in deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, including Intention tremor and Parkinson's disease.

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