Mark R. Witcher, MD
Functional Neurosurgery
VTC Faculty
"Providing care for Functional Neurosurgical patients is a great privilege. The patients impacted by movement disorders, chronic pain disorders and epilepsy often find their quality of life tremendously impacted by these debilitating conditions. By providing world-class, cutting-edge treatments personalized to serve each patient’s needs, we can help them reclaim the most important aspects of their lives."
Videos
Chelsey's Return to Normal Life: An Epilepsy Journey
2 minutes 37 seconds
An epilepsy diagnosis left Chelsey Mayhew and her family looking for treatment options close to home. Mark Witcher, M.D., a Carilion Clinic Neurosurgeon is one of the first in the region to offer a less invasive laser ablation treatment option. This is Chelsey's journey to live a life seizure free.
Deep Brain Stimulation at Carilion Clinic
2 minutes 11 seconds
Mark R. Witcher, M.D., Ph.D., Carilion Clinic Neurosurgeon explains Deep Brain Stimulation options for patients. https://www.carilionclinic.org/ion/about
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
1 minute 23 seconds
Mark R. Witcher, M.D., Ph.D., Carilion Clinic Neurosurgeon explains Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. https://www.carilionclinic.org/ion/about
Robotic Surgery at Carilion Clinic
1 minute 23 seconds
Surgeons at Carilion Clinic use robotic technology to provide the highest level of care for patients through minimally invasive procedures. ROSA allows neurosurgeons to treat multiple conditions using the most advanced technology. https://www.carilionclinic.org/specialties/neurosurgery http://www.medtech.fr/en/rosa-brain
Locations
Background
Medical School
- Medical College of Georgia
Fellowships
- Emory University School of Medicine
Specialties or Medical Focus
- Functional Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery
- Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Internships
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
NPI
- 1568606747
Residencies
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Services
Conditions Treated
- Atypical facial pain
- Benign tremor
- Dystonia
- Essential tremor and familial tremor
- Generalized epilepsy
- Lesional and nonlesional epilepsy
- Pain disorders
- Parkinson's Disease
- Radiculopathy
- Skull base neurosurgery
- Stroke paralysis
- Temporal lobe epilepsy
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Treatments Offered
- Deep brain stimulation
- Epilepsy surgery
- Focused ultrasound
- Intracranial laser ablation
- Microvascular decompression
- NeuroPace responsive neurostimulation for Epilepsy
- Robot-assisted neurosurgery
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Stereotactic radiosurgery/CyberKnife
- Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
Ratings and Reviews
Accepted Insurance
Carilion Clinic contracts with most major health insurance carriers. This list is updated periodically and is subject to change without notice. Please contact your insurance company or health benefits manager to better understand how your policy works and any financial liability that you may have, prior to receiving care.
Dr. Mark Witcher is an excellent doctor and neurosurgeon. His nurses and staff are also excellent. After I had my Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for my right-side essential tremors, I asked Dr. Witcher to also tell the MRI technicians and the FUT technicians how much I appreciated their expertise in their respective jobs while caring for me. In all my follow up visits with Dr. Witcher, I always learn more, and come away feeling more confident and more comfortable with my condition. He is both physician and educator.