W. Jeffrey Elias, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Neurology
Peripheral Nerve division director
Functional Neurosurgery division director
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia, 1994
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Virginia
Neurosurgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, England
Fellowship: Functional Neurosurgery, Oregon Health & Science University
Certification: Neurosurgery, 2006
Clinical Interests: Movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, spasticity, and peripheral nerve injuries
Annual # of Surgeries: 350, with 50+ involving epilepsy, 40 Parkinsons, 40 peripheral nerve, 80 spine, 20 brain tumors, 15 trigeminal neuralgia, 10 torsion dystonia
Research: Recent Publications from US National Library of Medicine and PubMed
Clinical Team: Tracy Hughes, ACNP, Kathy Maynard, RN 
Phone: (434) 924-0451, (800) 362-2203
Fax: (434) 924-3806
Email:

Assistant Karen Osteen at ksh5m@virginia.edu 

Bio:   Dr. Elias was born in Durham, NC. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wake Forest University. He attended the University of Virginia for Medical School and Neurosurgical training. He completed intramural fellowships in neuropathology and spinal surgery before spending a year in Plymouth England as a senior registrar. Following his neurosurgical residency, he pursued additional training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the Oregon Health Sciences University.

Dr. Elias returned to the University of Virginia where he is currently the Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery with a large multidisciplinary program in the surgical treatment of movement disorders and epilepsy. For this, he was awarded the School of Medicine’s Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award. He has been named to Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors, Inc. His clinical practice also includes minimally-invasive spine surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, spasticity, and neuropsychiatric procedures. His clinical research interests are in the fields of movement disorder and intracranial monitoring for epilepsy. His laboratory research is focused upon thalamic physiology in epilepsy.