Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD

Dr. Pinckard-Dover is the director of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, specializing in surgeries to improve neurologic function. She treats a range of disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor, dystonia, other movement disorders, complex regional pain syndrome, postsurgical back and leg pain, chronic pain syndromes, spasticity, diabetic neuropathy, occipital neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, chronic pelvic pain, epilepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, upper extremity weakness due to ischemic stroke, brain tumors and spine disease. Surgical treatments include deep brain stimulation (DBS), Vivistim stroke therapy, spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, occipital nerve stimulation, facial stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, hypoglossal nerve stimulation, intrathecal baclofen pumps, craniotomy, discectomies and spine fusions. She strives to provide personal, compassionate care to each patient.

Education & Training

• Medical School: University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.)
• Residency: University of Arkansas - Neurological Surgery (Little Rock, Ark.)
• Fellowship: University of Florida - Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Gainesville, Fla.)

Honors & Memberships

• Member, North American Neuromodulation Society
• Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Member, American Society of Pain & Neurosciences
• Member, Women in Neurosurgery
• Prior Editor of Social Media, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface (Journal)

Certification

• Certified: American Board of Neurological Surgery