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Jonathon J. Parker, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Neurosurgeon
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  1. Phoenix, Arizona

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English

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Dr. Parker is Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic Arizona. His passion is taking care of adults and young adults affected by epilepsy and movement disorders. He specializes in the use of minimally invasive techniques and neuromodulation devices to treat the spectrum of neurological disorders including epilepsy, movement, and psychiatric disorders.

As part of the comprehensive Mayo Clinic neurosciences team, Dr. Parker offers his patients the safest, most up to date, and most effective treatment options with a tailored and compassionate approach. The needs of the patient always come first. Dr. Parker focuses on taking time to get to know each patient, so that he can customize a treatment plan to focus on improving quality of life.

After completion of medical and graduate school training at University of Colorado, Dr. Parker completed his neurosurgery residency and a fellowship in Epilepsy and Stereotactic Surgery at Stanford University. At Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital he gained experience with both adult and pediatric epilepsy and deep brain stimulation surgery. He currently directs the Device-Based Neuroelectronics Research Lab at Mayo Clinic and speaks at the national level regarding advancements in neuromodulation therapy.

He completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College and was born and raised in Portland, Oregon.

  1. Anesthesia dolorosa
  2. Brachial plexus avulsion pain
  3. Central pain syndrome
  4. Dystonia
  5. DYT1 dystonia
  6. Epilepsy
  7. Essential tremor
  8. Facial pain disorder
  9. Focal cortical dysplasia
  10. Glioblastoma
  11. Glioma
  12. Glioma-associated epilepsy
  13. Gray matter heterotopia
  14. Hypothalamic hamartoma
  15. Low grade glioma of brain
  16. Mesial temporal sclerosis
  17. Obsessive compulsive disorder
  18. Parkinson's disease
  19. Primary dystonia
  20. Secondary dystonia
  21. Thalamic pain
  22. Tourette syndrome
  1. Asleep deep brain stimulation
  2. Awake brain surgery
  3. Brain mapping
  4. Brain tumor surgery
  5. Corpus callosotomy
  6. Deep brain stimulation
  7. Dorsal root entry zone lesioning
  8. Epilepsy monitoring
  9. Epilepsy surgery
  10. Epileptic focus disconnection surgery
  11. Intraoperative electrocorticography
  12. Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging
  13. MRI-guided deep brain stimulation
  14. MRI-guided laser ablation
  15. Robotic depth electrode monitoring
  16. Robotic SEEG
  17. Stereoelectroencephalography
  18. Stereotactic laser ablation
  19. Stereotactic laser temporal lobectomy
  20. Temporal lobectomy
  21. Vagus nerve stimulation
  • Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia
  • Medication Refractory Epilepsy: Including Post Traumatic Epilepsy, Post Stroke Epilepsy, Focal Cortical Dysplasia, Nodular Heterotopia, DNET, Tuberous Sclerosis, Low Grade Glioma, and Encephaloceles
  • Brain Tumors — specializing in eloquent region brain tumors, gliomas, and metastatic lesions
  • Medication Refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome
  • Medication Refractory Cluster Headache
  • Hemibody/Thalamic pain syndromes, Brachial Plexus / Nerve Root Avulsion Pain, and Anesthesia Dolorosa
  • Transition of Pediatric Patients to Adult Neurosurgical Care
  1. 2022
    Chief ResidentNeurosurgery, Stanford University
  2. 2021
    ResidentNeurosurgery, Stanford University
  3. 2020
    Post Doctoral FellowshipLaboratory of Gerald Grant MD, Stanford University
  4. 2019
    FellowStanford Hospital and Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
  5. 2015
    MDUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine
  6. 2013
    PhD - Cancer BiologyUniversity Of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  7. 2008
    AB - BiologyDartmouth College

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    Outstanding FacultyMayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development
  2. 2022
    Neurology Clerkship Medical Student Teaching AwardStanford University School of Medicine
  3. 2022
    Top Pediatric Paper of the Year (Co-Author)Congress of Neurosurgeons
  4. 2017
    Henry Newman Award, Best Clinical PaperSan Francisco Neurological Society
  5. 2015
    Alden Harken Basic Science Research AwardUniversity of Colorado
  6. 2008
    James O. Freedman Presidential ScholarDartmouth College
  7. 2008
    Christopher G Reed Biologist AwardDartmouth College
  8. 2006
    John G. Kemeny Computing Prize in InnovationDartmouth College

Professional memberships

  1. 2024 - present
    MemberNeuroscience Discipline Oriented Group (DOG), Department of Neurology
  2. 2023
    Shadowing PreceptorSummer Scholars 2023, Undergraduate Plummer Plus Scholars Program, Office for Education Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (OEDEI)
  3. 2022 - present
    Residency Advising Director for NeurosurgeryMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Arizona

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