Dr. Jagid is a Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Neurology who is Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Co-Director of Neurotrauma, and Neurosurgical Director of the Movement Disorders Center. Dr. Jagid specializes in the field of stereotactic neurosurgery and movement disorders and is Neurosurgical Director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program at the University of Miami. He trained at the University of Miami under mentorship of Dr. Howard Landy and later Dr. James Schumacher. Originally from New York, Dr. Jagid obtained his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester, New York in 1988. At Colombia University he obtained his Pre-medical education and in 1994 he completed his medical education at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He has spent the last 20 years at the University of Miami where he completed his residency in Neurological Surgery in 2001 and joined the faculty. His practice focuses on the surgical management of movement disorders, spasticity, the surgical management of epilepsy, functional neurosurgery, trigeminal neuralgia, stereotactic radiosurgery and head injury.  Dr. Jagid has authored book chapters and multiple peer review manuscripts on the topic of deep brain stimulation.