Dr. Joey Kevin Grochmal, MD, PhD

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Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Joey Kevin Grochmal, who serves patients in Houston, Texas.

An exceptional neurosurgeon, Dr. Grochmal is an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery with the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare, and community service locally and globally. Its vision is to improve health through science, scholarship, and innovation.

Throughout his academic career, Dr. Grochmal received his Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience from the University of Alberta in Canada, and graduated with his medical degree from the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine in 2006. He then went on to earn his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Neuroscience from the University of Calgary in 2015, and completed his residency in neurosurgery at the same educational venue in 2017. Finally, he completed his fellowship in spine surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2018.

As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified in neurosurgery and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPSC).

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, cervical and lumbar disc disease, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

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