Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD
Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD
Assistant Professor
Departments
Clinical Interests
- Deep brain stimulation
- Neurosurgery
- SI-BONE iFuse Implant System for Sacroiliac Joint Treatment
- Stimulation for Pain
- Telemedicine
Privileges
Biography
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, brain tumors and spine disease. Surgical treatments include deep brain stimulation (DBS), spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, occipital nerve stimulation, facial stimulation, vagal 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
- Editor of Social Media, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface (Journal)
- Member, North American Neuromodulation Society
- Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Member, American Society of Pain & Neurosciences
- Member, Women in Neurosurgery
Marshall Neuroscience - Ashland
King's Daughters Medical Center
2201 Lexington Avenue
Ashland, KY 41101
Phone: 606.408.2805
Marshall Neuroscience - Huntington
A provider-based department of Cabell Huntington Hospital
Marshall University Medical Center
1600 Medical Center Drive
Suite B500
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: 304.691.1787
Pinckard-Dover H, Ward H, Foote KD. 2021. The Decline of Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Following FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption Approval. Front Surg. 2021 3 30;8:642503.
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Sobash PT, Vedala K, Alfano D, Pinckard-Dover H, Muesse JL, Desikan R. 2021. A rare case of chordoma presenting as a Pancoast tumor. Rare Tumors. 2021 7 20;13:20363613211029493.
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Pinckard-Dover H, Al-Hindi H, Goode G, Scott H, Petersen E. 2021. Influence of stereotactic imaging on operative time in deep brain stimulation. Surg Neurol Int. 2021 3 27;12:82.
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Pinckard-Dover H, Palmer A, Petersen EA. 2020. A Review of Neuromodulation for Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Pediatric Patients and Novel Use of Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation in an Adolescent Patient With 30-Month Follow-Up. Neuromodulation. 2020 8 29;24(4):634-638.
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Pinckard-Dover H, Paullus P, Dahl R, Petersen EA. 2020. Could DBS Lead Impendance Trends Provide Objective Data on Cyst Resolution Pinckard-Dover H, Paullus P, Dahl R, Petersen E. Could DBS Lead Impendance Trends Provide Objective Data on Cyst Resolution. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2020;23: e286.
Pinckard-Dover H, Paullus P, Petersen EA. 2020. Stim Salvage: Case Series Reporting on Effectiveness of SCS Salvage Pinckard-Dover H, Paullus P, Petersen E. Stim Salvage: Case Series Reporting on Effectiveness of SCS Salvage. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2020;23: e164.
Pinckard-Dover H, Al-Hindi H, Goode G, Scott H, Petersen EA. 2020. Influence of Stereotactic Imaging on Operative Time in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Pinckard-Dover H, Al-Hindi H, Goode G, Scott H, Petersen E. Influence of Stereotactic Imaging on Operative Time in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2020;23: e57.
Pinckard-Dover H, Bradley K, Petersen EA. 2019. Asymmetric Response to High-frequency 10kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation and Discussion of Potential Mechanisms Pinckard-Dover H, Bradley K, Petersen E. Asymmetric Response to High-frequency 10kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation and Discussion of Potential Mechanisms. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2019;22: e407
Pinckard-Dover H, Petersen EA. 2019. Frameless Robot-assisted GPi Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease Pinckard-Dover H, Petersen E. Frameless Robot-assisted GPi Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2019;22: e146.
Pinckard-Dover H, Stephens M, Petersen EA. 2019. Effective Treatment of Refractory Linezolid-Induced Polyneuropathy with Spinal Cord Stimulation Pinckard-Dover H, Stephens M, Petersen E. Effective Treatment of Refractory Linezolid-Induced Polyneuropathy with Spinal Cord Stimulation. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2019;22: e405.
Pinckard-Dover H, Petersen EA. 2019. Target Matters: Retrospective Vector Error Analysis of 258 Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes at Single Institution Pinckard-Dover H, Petersen E. Target Matters: Retrospective Vector Error Analysis of 258 Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes at Single Institution. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2019;22: e147.
Pinckard-Dover H, Petersen EA. 2019. Utility of Awake Deep Brain Stimulation When Targeting Globus Pallidus Internus Pinckard-Dover H, Petersen E. Utility of Awake Deep Brain Stimulation When Targeting Globus Pallidus Internus. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2019;22: e148.
Elwy R, Pinckard-Dover H, McCarthy R, Cai R. 2019. Circumferential Dural Reconstruction after Excision of Recurrent Intra-dural Extramedullary Spinal Meningioma Elwy R, Pinckard-Dover H, McCarthy R, Cai R. Circumferential Dural Reconstruction after Excision of Recurrent Intra-dural Extramedullary Spinal Meningioma. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 2019;15: 22-26.
Phillips BC, Pinckard H, Pownall A, Ocal E. 2014. Spinal cord avulsion in the pediatric population: case study and review. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 5 20;29(10):1111-3.
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