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Dr. Wirth is a board-certified neurosurgeon with a special interest in the treatment of benign and malignant brain and pituitary tumors. His expertise includes stereotactic biopsy and microsurgical removal of these tumors as well as stereotactic radiosurgical treatment. He has extensive experience in the surgical management of arteriosclerotic diseases of the carotid artery and aneurysms involving the brain. His years of experience in the management of disc disease affecting the cervical and lumbar spine includes minimally invasive approaches. 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 served as a clinical associate in neurosurgery at the National Institutes of Health for two years. He completed his neurosurgery residency and fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis in 1974. Dr. Wirth is currently an assistant clinical professor, Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Georgia. He has served as an officer in many national, regional and local neurosurgical organizations. Dr. Wirth is a past president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and is a former director and vice chairman of the American Board of Neurosurgery, the credentialing organization for neurosurgeons in the United States. He has also served on the board of directors of the national "Think First" Foundation for the prevention of head and spinal cord injury and was the medical director of the Georgia Head and Spinal Injury Prevention Program. Dr. Wirth has co-edited a series of neurosurgical books and has authored books and book chapters on neurosurgical critical care and cervical disc disease in addition to more than twenty-five peer-reviewed publications. His research interests have included diseases of the cervical spine and cerebral vascular disease. Dr. Wirth has expertise in the management of malignant and benign brain tumors including stereotactic biopsy and stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of these tumors. He has had a special interest in the treatment of movement disorders developed during his years of research and training at the National Institutes of Health and has several years of experience in deep brain stimulation. In addition to his surgical practice, Dr. Wirth performs independent neurosurgical evaluations. His practice is based at the Neurological Institute’s office in Savannah.
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