About Pranav Nanda, MD
Dr. Pranav Nanda is a neurosurgeon specializing in functional neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical practice centers on the evaluation and individualized surgical management of epilepsy, movement disorders, facial pain, and psychiatric disorders.
Born in Boston, Dr. Nanda studied mathematics at Stanford University, graduating with honors, and he received his medical degree from Columbia University with induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He completed neurosurgical residency and functional neurosurgical fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, focusing on innovative surgical neuromodulation.
As co-director of the Brain Modulation Lab, he leads a translational research program applying network-level and structural insights to inform precision neuromodulation and expand the field's capacity to restore and improve patient function and quality of life.
Location:
Mass General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Wang Building 745
Boston, MA 02114
Clinical Interests:
- Chiari malformation
- Chronic pain
- Deep brain stimulation
- Depression
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Essential tremor
- Functional neurosurgery
- Gene Therapy
- Movement disorders
- Neuromodulation
- Neurotrauma
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Parkinson's disease
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Medical Education
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid NH
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
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