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Francisco A. Ponce, MD
Neurosurgeon
Cranial Neurosurgery
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (833) 973-5424
The highest volume DBS surgeon
A pioneer of “asleep DBS”
Investigating surgical treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Francisco Ponce, MD, is the Chief of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He also serves as director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at Barrow. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Ponce’s expertise includes deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, as well as focused ultrasound for essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s. He is also active in the operative management of cranial and spinal trauma.
Dr. Ponce earned his medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in Illinois and an undergraduate degree in physics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Barrow and a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Ponce has published extensively on DBS and other neurosurgical procedures in peer-reviewed journals. He presents regularly at national and international conferences.
Please call (602) 406-3181 to request an appointment with Dr. Ponce.
- Barrow neurosurgeons accept Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare, and other plans. Please call (602) 406-3181 to confirm your coverage.
- Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Complex Spinal Neurosurgery
- Fellowship, University of Toronto, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Residency, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neurosurgery
- Internship, Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, General Surgery
- MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- Graduate studies, Oxford University
- Undergraduate studies, Harvard University
- English
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Appointments with Dr. Ponce are on the 2nd floor in the Barrow Brain and Spine clinic.
Complimentary valet parking is available in front of the building. Additional parking is available by entering the parking structure across 3rd Avenue.
Enter via the doors at 2910 N. 3rd Ave. beneath the Barrow Neurological Institute sign. If you park in the parking structure, take the enclosed pedestrian bridge across 3rd Avenue, then enter through the doors on the right side of the bridge.
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (833) 973-5424
Francisco A. Ponce, MD
Neurosurgeon
Cranial Neurosurgery
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (833) 973-5424
The highest volume DBS surgeon
A pioneer of “asleep DBS”
Investigating surgical treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Francisco Ponce, MD, is the Chief of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He also serves as director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at Barrow. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Ponce’s expertise includes deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, as well as focused ultrasound for essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s. He is also active in the operative management of cranial and spinal trauma.
Dr. Ponce earned his medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in Illinois and an undergraduate degree in physics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Barrow and a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Ponce has published extensively on DBS and other neurosurgical procedures in peer-reviewed journals. He presents regularly at national and international conferences.
Please call (602) 406-3181 to request an appointment with Dr. Ponce.
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Appointments with Dr. Ponce are on the 2nd floor in the Barrow Brain and Spine clinic.
Complimentary valet parking is available in front of the building. Additional parking is available by entering the parking structure across 3rd Avenue.
Enter via the doors at 2910 N. 3rd Ave. beneath the Barrow Neurological Institute sign. If you park in the parking structure, take the enclosed pedestrian bridge across 3rd Avenue, then enter through the doors on the right side of the bridge.
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (833) 973-5424
- Barrow neurosurgeons accept Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare, and other plans. Please call (602) 406-3181 to confirm your coverage.
- Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Complex Spinal Neurosurgery
- Fellowship, University of Toronto, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Residency, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neurosurgery
- Internship, Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, General Surgery
- MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- Graduate studies, Oxford University
- Undergraduate studies, Harvard University
- English