Board Certified Neurosurgeon
Dr. Loyola V. Gressot is a board certified neurosurgeon licensed in the state of Texas. She was born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Houston, Texas. She is bilingual in English and French.
She attended Rice University in Houston where she studied biochemistry and molecular biology, graduated Summa Cum Laude, and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. During this time, she became a licensed paramedic in the state of Texas and worked part-time on an ambulance providing emergency medical services for 5 years.
Dr. Gressot then attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, was induced into the Gold Humanism honor society, and graduated with the highest honors as the valedictorian.
Dr. Gressot completed her neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine. She conducted brain tumor lab research and was granted the prestigious Preuss Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. During her residency, she served as the neurosurgery chief resident at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Ben Taub General Hospital and Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital, where she gained extensive experience in complex neurosurgical conditions.
Dr. Gressot has a strong interest in a variety of neurosurgical conditions including spinal stenosis, disk herniations, complex spinal deformities, spinal fractures, brain and spine tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, spinal cord stimulators and Chiari malformations. She has extensive experience in minimally invasive, microscopic, and image guided spine and brain surgery.
She and her husband, a local attorney, live in Houston with their two daughters.
Education
Undergraduate School: Rice University, Summa Cum Laude, Houston, Texas,
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine, Valedictorian, Houston, Texas
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas
Professional Memberships
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- Congress of Neurosurgeons (CNS)
- Harris County Medical Society (HCMS)
- Houston Neurological Society (HNS)
- Texas Association of Neurosurgeons (TANS)
- Texas Medical Association (TMA)
Ambulatory Surgery Center & Hospital Affiliations
- Houston Premier Surgery Center
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Houston Methodist West Hospital
- Texas Orthopedic Hospital
