Bayard R. Wilson, MD

Dr. Wilson joined our surgical faculty as Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery after recently completing his fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. His areas of clinical expertise focuses on neurological spine surgery, comprehensive spine surgery, and tumors of the spine and spinal cord.

Research
Dr. Wilson's research focuses primarily on the effects of neuromodulation - specifically spinal cord stimulation - for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). While in residency at UCLA, Dr. Wilson worked in Dr. Daniel Lu's Neuroplasticity and Repair Lab examining the benefits of electrical stimulation in specific SCI patient sub-populations. He plans to continue this work at Vanderbilt, partnering with the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation to assist patients in their recovery following injury.

Dr. Wilson also maintains a research interest in surgical outcomes following spine surgery of various types, geared towards improving the quality of care of all patients undergoing spine surgery.

Included among his recent publications in numerous peer-reviewed journals are: “Augmented Reality in Spinal Surgery,” Neurosurgery 2025, “Machine Learning Predicts Cerebral Vasospasm in Patients with Subarachnoid Haemorrhage” eBioMedicine 2024, and “A Survey of Physician Perspectives Toward Giloblastoma Resection,” World Neurosurgery 2024.

See Dr. Wilson’s publications on PubMed.

Memberships, Awards and Honors
Dr. Wilson received the California Association of Neurological Surgeons Top Clinical Abstract Award in 2020 during his residency at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Education
Dr. Lee earned his Master’s in Advanced Studies (clinical research) and medical degree from the University of California in San Diego, CA. He then completed his residency in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA.