Douglas Fox, MD

Dr. Douglas Fox is a board certified, fellowship trained neurosurgeon with a special interest in surgically treating complex spinal conditions with minimally invasive techniques and innovative technologies.

Dr Douglas Fox is trained to treat any of your neurological surgical needs, specifically those that require brain or spinal surgery. Conditions Dr Fox commonly treats include herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and brain and tumors.

Dr Fox grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. After finishing his undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University in 1995. He went on to complete his medical degree at Washington University in 1999. Dr. Fox remained at Washington University for his residency training in neurosurgery and graduated in 2005. Following his residency, he completed two additional years of training with fellowships in cerebrovascular surgery with Robert Spetzler, M.D. and complex spinal surgery with Volker K Sonntag, M.D. at the Barrow Neurological Institute.

Dr. Fox has published widely and maintains an active research interest in the development of new surgical technologies to improve neurosurgical care.  He is currently co-lead in a NIH-RO1 grant for development of non-invasive brain mapping technology and involved in the development of new technologies including laser guided functional mapping of the brain surface and the use of augmented reality systems with robotics for brain and spinal navigation.

Dr Fox currently sees patients at our NeuroTexas offices in Southwest Austin and Marble Falls.