Cody Nesvick, MD

Cody Nesvick, MD, is an assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and is surgical co-director of the Pediatric Skull Base Program and surgical director of the Neurovascular Center of Excellence at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Originally from Tennessee, Dr. Nesvick completed medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and a research fellowship at the National Institute of Health through the Medical Research Scholars Program. Following graduation, he completed his neurosurgical residency at Mayo Clinic, during which he also completed a three-year National Cancer Institute-funded post-doctoral research fellowship in neuro-oncology. Post-residency, Dr. Nesvick pursued further subspecialty training in pediatric neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toronto) and open and endoscopic skull-base oncology at Emory University.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Nesvick heads the Applied Epigenomics Laboratory at the John G. Rangos, Sr. Research Center, where his team studies molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) and other pediatric brain tumors. As a surgeon-scientist, Dr. Nesvick’s vision is to provide the most comprehensive care for children with complex cranial disorders through technical excellence, cross-specialty collaboration and bench-to-bedside translational efforts.