Jeff Elias

Co-Director of Human Brain Function Lab
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Dr. Jeff Elias is a functional neurosurgeon and Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He leads a large multidisciplinary team to deliver advanced surgical treatments for patients with movement disorders, epilepsy, spasticity, and chronic pain. His clinical expertise includes deep brain stimulation (DBS), MRI-guided focused ultrasound, and spinal cord stimulation (SCS), which he uses to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, essential tremor, facial pain, and chronic back and leg pain. Dr. Elias is internationally recognized for pioneering the use of focused ultrasound for the treatment of essential tremor and continues to lead clinical trials advancing this noninvasive neurosurgical approach.