rge González-Martínez, MD, PhD, FAANS, the Stuart Niles Rowe Professor in Neurosurgery, is a board-certified and world-renowned neurosurgeon subspecializing in epilepsy and functional neurosurgery. He is director of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery Epilepsy & Movement Disorders Program, co-director of the UPMC Epilepsy Center, and director of the University of Pittsburgh Cortical Systems Laboratory.

Dr. González-Martínez is a medical pioneer in novel surgical methods for treating medically refractory seizures utilizing stereo-electroencephalography, SEEG guided laser ablative procedures, neuromodulatory interventions and robotic guided surgeries, bringing for the first time innovative surgical interventions to the United States and other countries. His particular field of interest and academic drive is related to neuro-electrophysiology, intracranial signal processing and behavioral neuroscience studies. Combined, the clinical and basic science efforts have been guiding his academic and clinical pathway for safer and more efficient methods for treating patients with severe seizures and abnormal movement disorders, promoting the improvement of symptoms, in combination with better functional and quality of life outcomes.

Dr. González-Martínez has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to epilepsy surgery and methods of brain mapping for patients with medically intractable epilepsy and movement disorders. He has been a member of the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery executive committee since 2013, developing high relevant projects and topics related to the field of functional neurosurgery and epilepsy.

He is also a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgery, Congress of Neurological Surgery and American Epilepsy Society.

Dr. Gonzalez-Martinez's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.