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Fernando Vale Diaz

Department Chair

Fernando Vale Diaz

Department Chair

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurosurgery

Other Duties

Allen Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery

Bio

Dr. Vale is a Professor & Marshall B. Allen, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia. In addition, he is the Surgical Director of the Functional and Epilepsy Section, Department of Neurosurgery. He graduate in 1991 from the University of Puerto Rico-School of Medicine in San Juan, PR and completed his neurosurgery training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 1997. Dr. Vale joined the University of South Florida (USF) faculty in 1997 until his departure to Augusta in 2019.His primary clinical interests are on epilepsy and functional neurosurgery.

  • FVALEDIAZ@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-3071
  • BI 3088

Education

  • MD, Medicine University of Puerto Rico Medi, 1991

Certifications

  • PHY GA Composite Medical Brd, 2018

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • SURG 5000

    Basic Clkshp in SURG: Basic Surgery Clerkship

  • RSUR 5001

    Neurosurgery

  • SURG 5200

    Neurosurgery Externship: Externship, Neurosurgery

  • SURG 5007

    Surgery Sub-I: Sub I Neurosurgery

Teaching Interests

Neurosurgery: Epilepsy & Movement Disorders

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Non-dominant temporal lobe surgery: a case report of prosopagnosia following cavernous malformation resection., 2023
    Other
  • Non-dominant temporal lobe surgery: a case report of prosopagnosia following cavernous malformation resection., 2023
    Other
  • Altered endocannabinoid metabolism compromises the brain-CSF barrier and exacerbates chronic deficits after traumatic brain injury in mice., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Protocol for behavioral and neural recording during stimulation of the macaque monkey nucleus basalis., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Tethered brain: disentangling unintentional brain-mesh interfaces. Illustrative case., 2021
    Other

Research Interests

Intractable Epilepsy: Surgery & Outcomes
Low grade gliomas
Surgical management of Movement Disorders and Dementia