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Robert Buchanan, M.D.

Education

M.D.
Saint Louis University

Residency/Fellowship

Residency, Psychiatry & Neurosurgery
University of California San Diego

Fellowship, Epilepsy Surgery/Functional Neurosurgery
Yale University

About

Robert Buchanan is a neurosurgeon and psychiatrist. He lives in Austin with his wife and son. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve on the Vatican’s international bioethics committee called the Pontifical Academy for Life. He is an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin and specializes in neurosurgery.