Best Neurosurgeons and Brain Surgeons in Edinburg, TX

James Berry, DO is a board-certified neurosurgeon (AOBS BC/ABNS BE) with Rio Grande Valley Brain and Spine in Brownsville, Texas. In addition, he serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Dr. Berry went to medical school at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before completing his Traditional Osteopathic Rotating Internship at Saint John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, New York. Dr. Berry then completed an ACGME Neurological Surgery Residency at Riverside University Health System in Moreno Valley, California, before rounding out his formal education with a fellowship in Peripheral Nerve & Spine Surgery at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. Dr. Berry enjoys the anatomical complexity of the human central and peripheral nervous system. His goal is to restore and preserve the quality of life and function of his patients through performing surgery on their brain's, spines, and peripheral nerves. He is currently the only neurosurgeon in the Rio Grande Valley and the whole of South Texas who has postgraduate fellowship subspecialty training in advanced peripheral nerve surgery, including complex surgery on the Brachial Plexus in addition to other peripheral nerves for tumor resection, and nerve transfers including treating patients with spinal cord injury, nerve repairs, and nerve decompressions. Dr. Berry offers minimally invasive spine techniques and more traditional standard open spinal surgery depending on the individual patient's pathology. Dr. Berry belongs to the American Society of Peripheral Nerve, the American Osteopathic College of Surgeons, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Berry has many awards and recognitions, including the Riverside University Health System Junior Resident of the Year & Chief Resident awards. Dr. Berry is the son of a United States Air Force Colonel who served as a physician, and he grew up in many locations across the United States. He was most fond of his time spent in Colorado, Florida, California, and Texas. Dr. Berry has a beautiful wife named Steffany and has 4 wonderful young children. Dr. Berry's hobbies and passions include Medieval European History & Genealogy. He also enjoys politics, travel, winter sports, football, and hockey, and taking brief winter vacations to ski resorts when time allows.

Dr. Sohum Desai is a neurosurgeon with Rio Grande Valley Brain & Spine. Dr. Desai is the only board-certified neurosurgeon with neuroendovascular training in the Rio Grande Valley. He treats a wide variety of cranial and spinal conditions including aneurysms, brain tumors, carotid disease, trigeminal neuralgia, Parkinson's disease, cervical myelopathy, lumbar spinal stenosis, and others.Dr. Desai is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and serves as the clerkship director for the neurosurgery rotation. Dr. Desai has performed over 3000 neurosurgical procedures and published over 70 works including abstracts at national meetings, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery and Stroke.When he is not treating his patients, Dr. Desai is keeping very fit participating in marathons and triathlons.

Dr. Alejandro Betancourt, MD is a Neurosurgery Specialist who practices in Edinburg, TX. He is 60 years old and has been practicing for 29 years. Dr. Alejandro Betancourt, MD is affiliated with Valley Regional Medical Center.