Texas A&M American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Medical Student Chapter

L. Gerard Toussaint III, M.D.

L. Gerard Toussaint III, MD, FAANS, moved to College Station in 2007 and is a neurosurgeon with the Texas Brain and Spine Institute in Bryan, TX and Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at Texas A&M College of Medicine. Raised in North Carolina, Dr. Toussaint attended UNC Chapel Hill for his undergraduate and medical school education. There, he was recognized as a Morehead Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha inductee, and Howard Holderness Distinguished Medical Scholar, graduating with Highest Honors. From Chapel Hill, he moved to Minnesota to complete residency training in Rochester at The Mayo Clinic. While there, he participated in the Mayo Clinician Investigator Training Program and completed a basic science fellowship in neuro-oncology. He won the resident research award for the Department of Neurology and was national runner-up for the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons research award. Dr. Toussaint has a research interest in the molecular biology of high-grade glioma, an aggressive type of primary brain tumor. His work focuses in three related areas – the microRNA control of invasion, the biology of the interface between blood vessel and tumor, and the delivery of novel therapies. He takes great pride in the success of his students and in the increased interest towards neurosurgery among Texas A&M medical students. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, sports and traveling with his wife and five children.