Expert brain and spine care, built around you.
Minimally invasive surgery when you need it. A plan that fits your life, always.
- A plan made for youYour imaging, your goals, your options — explained in plain language before anything is decided.
- The smallest safe approachEndoscopic and keyhole techniques, often same-day, so recovery gets in the way of life as little as possible.
- Honest about surgeryMany patients leave with a non-surgical plan. When surgery is right, you will know exactly why.
New patients are seen within three business days.
WashingtonianTop Doctor2024 · 2025 · 2026
Two fellowshipsin surgical neuro-oncology · Board eligible, ABNS
Six hospitalsacross Northern Virginia and Maryland
50+ publicationsPeer-reviewed research and journal reviewer
Start with what you are feeling
Choose where you feel it, then the description closest to your experience.
Where do you feel it?
Or tap the body
- Leg pain, numbness or heaviness that gets worse when I walk and better when I sit→ Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Sharp pain shooting from my back down one leg (sciatica)→ Lumbar Herniated Disc
- Neck pain with pain, tingling or weakness running into my arm or hand→ Cervical Radiculopathy
- Clumsy hands, trouble with buttons, unsteady walking→ Cervical Myelopathy
- New headaches, seizures, or a scan that showed a mass in the brain→ Brain Tumors
- Hearing loss or ringing in one ear, dizziness, facial numbness→ Vestibular Schwannoma
- Electric-shock facial pain triggered by chewing or touch→ Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Numb, tingling thumb and fingers that wake me at night→ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Shuffling walk, memory changes and bladder urgency in an older adult→ Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Headaches worse with coughing or straining; a scan mentioned Chiari→ Chiari Malformation
- Persistent nerve pain after previous spine surgery→ Spinal Cord Stimulation
- A known cancer with new back pain or weakness→ Spinal Tumors
- Back or neck pain after a fall or accident, or a scan that showed a fracture→ Spinal Fractures
- A blow to the head with headache, confusion, or a scan that showed bleeding→ Head Injury
Conditions we treat
- Low Back & Leg PainLumbar Herniated Disc, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis & Neurogenic Claudication and more
- Neck & Arm PainCervical Herniated Disc, Cervical Radiculopathy, Cervical Myelopathy
- Spinal TumorsIntradural Spinal Tumors, Extradural Spinal Tumors & Spinal Metastases, Spinal Tumors
- Brain TumorsBrain Tumors, Gliomas & Glioblastoma, Meningioma, Brain Metastases, Colloid Cyst
- Skull Base ConditionsVestibular Schwannoma, Trigeminal Neuralgia & Hemifacial Spasm and more
- Pituitary LesionsPituitary Adenoma, Cushing’s Disease & Acromegaly, Rathke’s Cleft Cyst
- CSF & HydrocephalusChiari Malformation, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus and more
- Trauma, Fractures & EmergenciesSpinal Fractures, Head Injury & Traumatic Brain Injury and more
- Peripheral NerveCarpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome and more
How we treat: minimally invasive first
Every operation is planned around the smallest safe approach. For the spine that means endoscopic and tubular surgery, motion-preserving disc replacement, and navigated fusion only when instability demands it. For the brain it means hair-sparing keyhole craniotomy, awake mapping, laser ablation and endoscopic skull base routes through the nose.
- Endoscopic & Tubular Spine Surgery (Discectomy & Laminectomy)Minimally invasive spine surgery reaches the problem through a corridor the width of a finger or smaller, separating…
- Cervical Disc Replacement (Artificial Disc)Cervical disc replacement removes the damaged disc through the same small anterior incision as an ACDF, but instead of…
- MIS TLIF / Posterior Lumbar FusionWhen the spine is unstable — most often from spondylolisthesis — decompression alone is not enough, and a fusion joins…
- Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor SurgeryMinimally invasive cranial surgery means planning the smallest opening that safely reaches the tumor, guided by…
- Endoscopic Skull Base & Pituitary SurgeryEndoscopic endonasal surgery uses the nostrils as a natural corridor to the pituitary and the center of the skull base.…
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)LITT delivers heat from a laser fiber the width of a spaghetti strand, inserted through a 4-mm opening in the skull and…
Why patients choose Dr. Daggubati
- Fellowship-trained in surgical neuro-oncologyPenn State Hershey and the University of Miami — two fellowships, one focus: tumors of the brain and spine.
- Minimally invasive by defaultEndoscopic, tubular and keyhole techniques, navigation and robotics, so recovery is measured in days.
- Evidence, not habit50+ publications and a master’s in data science: recommendations grounded in what the evidence shows for you.
More about Dr. Daggubati · Practicing with Washington Brain & Spine Institute
Where we operate
- Reston Hospital Center Reston, VA
- Virginia Hospital Center Arlington, VA
- Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA
- Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD
- Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center Rockville, MD
- Holy Cross Hospital Silver Spring, MD
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