Dr. Alastair Hoyt is a neurosurgeon at the University of Toledo Medical Center. He earned his doctorate of medicine from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Hoyt specializes in deep brain stimulation, a procedure used to treat movement disorders that places electrodes deep in the brain. UTMC is the first and only place in northwest Ohio providing DBS implantation.

Alastair Hoyt, M.D, Neurosurgeon UToledo Health

Dr Hoyt’s interests also include epilepsy surgery and other procedures to treat neurological disorders by altering the activity of the central nervous system.

Question: What sparked your interest in working in neurosurgery, and particularly in treating movement disorders?

Answer: Before I went to medical school, I studied engineering because I like to understand how t

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