Dr. Madhavan A. Pisharodi, M.D.

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Get to know Neurological Surgeon Dr. Madhavan Pisharodi, who serves patients in Brownsville, Texas.

Practicing neurosurgery in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas for the last three decades, Dr. Pisharodi works with patients at his private practice, Pisharodi Clinic.

Initially practicing general neurosurgery, he redirected his interest to developing spinal implants after designing a unique stereotactic frame. Dr. Pisharodi is the inventor of a surgical technique called “Lumbar Intervertebral Disk stabilization (LIDS)” and designed a titanium disk implant to support this type of surgery. 

He has spearheaded LIDS multi-center clinical studies in the USA. Subsequently, he got FDA clearance for his “RADIX” cervical plate, “SARAL” cervical plate & “UNIMAX” pedicle screw plating system. Through UNIMAX, he revived the plating system by making it possible to do plating in multi-level stabilization. 

Licensed to practice medicine in Texas, Dr. Pisharodi is affiliated with Brownsville Doctors Hospital, Valley Regional Medical Center, Valley Baptist Medical Center: Brownsville, and Harlingen Medical Center. 

In good standing with several professional organizations, he is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

In regards to his educational background, Dr. Pisharodi earned his medical degree at Calicut Medical College in India. After relocating to the United States, he completed his internship and residency at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver, followed by further residencies at University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston and Lutheran Medical Center.

With an unwavering commitment to his specialty, the doctor is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The broad aim of the ABNS is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Neurologists are licensed medical specialists who diagnose and treat disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles of patients. They examine a patient’s mental and physical status, conduct medical tests and scans, and evaluate the results to diagnose and treat the patient.

Outside the field of medicine, Dr. Pisharodi has been granted over 60 patents in the United States and other countries, including 4 patents for solar panels, 9 for designing an energy saving and device-protecting battery charger, and 2 for a sub- mechanical vibration device for pain management. He has several patents pending for renewable energy systems such as wind turbine & hydroelectric projects. 

His current focus is to join forces in defeating the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than trying to seek temporary solutions for it through testing, counting, forcing lockdown, social distancing, and wearing masks. Despite the availability of an effective vaccine against the disease, Dr. Pisharodi envisions that humanity may have to be concerned and prepared for similar pathogenic outbreaks in the future.

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