John Honeycutt, MD

Medical Director, Neurosurgery; Co-director, Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center at Cook Children's

John Honeycutt, MD

Medical Director, Neurosurgery; Co-director, Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center at Cook Children's

Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center

1500 Cooper St, 4th Floor
Fort Worth, TX 76104

Main Phone Number Icon 682-885-7840

Fax Number Icon 682-885-2510

4.6 out of 5

Read 31 Verified Patient Reviews

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Meet Dr. John Honeycutt

I've always known I wanted to be a physician, but at first, I didn't really know what kind. Then, in medical school, I was presented with many options and started to realize that I loved using my hands and that the operating room felt like home. I was immediately comfortable in its unique environment.

I also loved neuroscience, so I was naturally drawn to neurosurgery. I clearly remember when I realized this subspecialty was for me. I was on call with a neurosurgery resident, and as we were examining a patient, he explained to me what was wrong on the exam and then said the lesion should be in a certain location in the brain. We then went to the MRI scan and the lesion was exactly in the location he said it would be. I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Then, having the opportunity to do surgery to help the patient was the "icing on the cake". I was hooked!

It also helps that I suffered a broken neck in high school (no worries, I'm fine) that required surgery. It was a fascinating and frightening experience that has shaped how I practice medicine.

Finally, I've always enjoyed taking care of kids. During residency, all of my mentors who practiced adult neurosurgery would tell me that everyone loves pediatrics until you have your own kids. Well, it was the opposite for me. Once I had a family, it just solidified my desire to be a pediatric neurosurgeon. I could now appreciate parents' concerns. It made it much easier to take care of the kids and to relate to the parents.

Over time, I realized that I also enjoyed the new technologies that were being integrated into neurosurgery. So my current passions in pediatric neurosurgery are the use of intraoperative MRI and surgical treatment of pediatric movement disorders. I'm so proud of our iMRI program with now over 1,000 cases completed, as well as our Deep Brain Stimulation program for treatment of dystonia. Both of these programs are among the largest in the world.

When not working, I love hanging with the family. My three girls are into eventing, a form of competitive English horse riding. I never imagined I would be involved with horses, but have become completely hooked. To keep my sanity, I also love reading and keeping fit.

Services

Pediatric neurosurgery
Deep brain stimulation

Reviews

Average rating:

4.6

Questions were addressed	4.6 4.6 (68)
Provider explained things clearly	4.6 4.6 (68)
Likelihood of recommending this provider	4.6 4.6 (68)
Trust/confidence in physicians	4.6 4.6 (68)

November 30, 2023

All was perfect!
November 30, 2023

We just love Dr. Honeycutt! He always takes his time so we don't feel rushed and he explains everything!
November 28, 2023

Not anyone person stood out. All the staff was great. Everyone worked together it felt very efficient and seamless.
November 02, 2023

MRI staff were exceptional as was Dr. Honeycutt.
October 12, 2023

Thank you to the neuro team for the intense care and focus. Hard news turned around-we know the possibilities and are grateful for the outcome.
October 12, 2023

Dr Honeycutt is one of our family's heroes. We went in after an MRI finding, hearing hard news. We entrusted him with her care and his expertise paid off! Neurosurgery is no joke-the recovery is HARD. Working to heal takes time. Knowing that the problem was examined, fine tuned, and essentially resolved, we feel incredibly blessed. Grateful. Thankful. Amazed.
August 22, 2023

Everyone is very friendly and helpful
August 22, 2023

Doctor Honeycutt and all of his staff they're very kind and helpful, and friendly one of the best doctors my son has had thank you so much for being there
August 22, 2023

The entire team was caring, professional and worked with our primary care doctor to coordinate everything for this visit.
August 03, 2023

Dr. Honeycutt is amazing. He took the time just to talk to my son. I appreciate that so much!
July 27, 2023

Everyone is so nice
July 18, 2023

From the moment prior to our daughter's surgery to date everyone has been amazing. Truly appreciate everyone's kindness.
July 18, 2023

Dr Honeycutt is amazing! He always makes us feel at ease and answers all our questions.
June 29, 2023

Staff was very kind and caring
June 28, 2023

Always have good visits at Cooks.
June 28, 2023

Yes. Dr. Honeycutt is very friendly, professional and confident! He is always happy to answer any questions we may have and is always very informative.
May 16, 2023

Dr Honeycutt was great and w e feel very confident in his level of care
April 26, 2023

I was told by colleagues of his, that he was the best neurosurgeon that I was going to see for my daughter, and they were right he is the best. He responded to my daughters needs he showed that he cared. He answered all my questions he reassured me that she was going to be okay. He was honest kind friendly and caring . Thank you so much Dr.Honeycutt cooks children need more Doctor's like you!
April 26, 2023

I know I gave all the highest ratings I could in this survey, but it wasn't done flippantly. We love the care that cooks has given our baby.
April 26, 2023

Dr. Honeycutt is just amazing from our first visit, to his prayer before surgery, to his confidence in knowing our care was complete. We have been in his care for 1.5 years, most of my child's life, and he has genuinely cared about her well being. We are so thankful we found a surgeon we could 100% trust with our child.
March 13, 2023

There was no bad experiences at all . He was real nice, cool guy
March 01, 2023

All the staff were friendly. The check in nurses that took vitals was great and was able to communicate with our son.
March 01, 2023

Dr. Honeycutt was patient, answered questions and concerns clearly. He was very informative and we could clearly understand (patient's) conditions and options. Highly recommend this doctor. We chose this doctor because he was recommend from a friend.
February 22, 2023

Excellent staff!
February 22, 2023

Dr. Honeycutt was very thorough and very patient as he explained everything about my baby's issue.
December 21, 2022

We always have a good experience when we go to my daughter's appointment with Dr. Honeycutt.
December 21, 2022

Dr. Honeycutt is very friendly and very informative. He has a way of making me feel at ease with the issues concerning my daughter's health. I would definitely recommend Dr. Honeycutt toy friends and family.
December 20, 2022

Great dr. Made my son's day with how well he explained stuff. Highly recommended
December 20, 2022

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December 06, 2022

Dr. Honeycutt was amazing. He took his time and listened to all of our concerns and questions. He was very personable and tried to make my son feel as comfortable as possible.
December 06, 2022

The whole staff was amazing!!

Publications

Publications:

Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., & Reed, M. (2009). Deep brain stimulation for pediatric movement disorders. Seminars in pediatric neurology, 16(2), 90-98. (PubMed ID 19501337)
Donahue, D. J., Sanchez, R., Hernandez, A., Malik, S., Black, C. T., & Honeycutt, J. (2007). Preservation of a subcutaneous pocket for vagus nerve stimulation pulse generator during magnetoencephalography. technical note. Journal of neurosurgery, 107(6 Suppl), 519-520. (PubMed ID 18154026)

Abstracts:

Donahue, D.J., Honeycutt, J., Roberts, R.R., & Anderson, C. (2010). iMRI for surgery of pediatric brain tumors: Cook Children's experience. Texas Surgical Society Annual Meeting. Fort Worth, TX, April 2010.
Marks, W.A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta Jr., F., Reed, MA. (2010). Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation at Cook Children's Medical Center: 22 Consecutive Cases. American Academy of Neurology. Toronto, CA, April 10-17, 2010.
Hicks, P., Marks, W.A., Honeycutt, J. (2010). Intrathecal Baclofen and Deep Brain Stimulation therapy for Pediatric Dystonic Cerebral Palsy. 35th Annual Southern Pediatric Neurology Society. New Orleans, LA, March 2010.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., & Reed, M. (2009). Deep brain stimulation for secondary dystonias. 38th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Louisville, KY, October 14-17, 2009.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., & Reed, M. (2009). Pediatric deep brain stimulation for dystonic cerebral palsy: early experience. 13th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Paris, France, July 7-11, 2009.
Honeycutt, J., Roberts, R., Guajardo, C., & Donahue, D. J. (2009). Use of 1.5 tesla intraoperative MRI for determining need for duraplasty in pediatric Chiari 1 malformation surgery. 2nd Meeting of the International Intraoperative Imaging Society. Istanbul, Turkey, June 14-17, 2009.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., & Reed, M. (2009). Deep brain stimulation for dystonic cerebral palsy: Experience from cook children's medical center. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Seattle, WA., April 25 - May2, 2009.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., & Reed, M. (2009). 18 consecutive deep brain stimulation surgeries at Cook Children's medical center. 34th Annual Meeting of the Sourthern Child Neurology Society. New Orleans, LA, March 21, 2009.
Honeycutt, J., Roberts, R., Macomber, D., Guajardo, C., Shivers, R., & Donahue, D. J. (2009). 100 consecutive pediatric intraoperative high-field MRI cases. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Kona, HI, January 25-30, 2009.
Honeycutt, J., Darrow, E., Acosta, F., & Marks, W. A. (2009). Deep brain stimulation placement for childhood movement disorders: Cook Children's hospital experience. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Kona, HI, January, 2009.
Marks, W. A., Darrow, E., Acosta, F., & Honeycutt, J. (2008). Deep brain stimulation for childhood onset dystonias: Experience with "awake anesthesia.". 12th Annual Meeting of the North American Neruomodulation Society. Las Vegas, NV, December 4-7, 2008.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., Reed, M., & Macomber, D. (2008). Tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency induced juvenile parkinson's syndrome: Treatment with deep brain stimulation. 37th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2008.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., Reed, M., & Macomber, D. (2008). Deep brain stimulation for childhood onset dystonias at Cook Children's Medical Center, a community-based pediatric hosptial. 37th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2008.
Honeycutt, J., Macomber, D., Sanchez, R., Guajardo, C., Shivers, R., & Donahue, D. J. (2008). The use of a unique intraoperative MRI for pediatric neurosurgical and diagnostic cases. 1st Annual Meeting of the International Intraoperative Imaging Society. Lake Tahoe, NV, February 21-23, 2008.
Honeycutt, J., Macomber, D., Sanchez, R., Guajardo, C., Shivers, R., & Donahue, D. J. (2008). The use of a lexan board to maximize patient positioning for intraoperative MRI. 1st Annual Meeting of the International Intraoperative Imaging Society. Lake Tahoe, NV, February 21-23, 2008.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., Reed, M., & Macomber, D. (2008). Tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency induced juvenile parkinson's syndrome: Treatment with deep brain stimulation. 37th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2008.
Marks, W. A., Honeycutt, J., Acosta, F., Reed, M., & Macomber, D. (2008). Deep brain stimulation for childhood onset dystonias at Cook Children's Medical Center, a community-based pediatric hosptial. 37th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2008.
Honeycutt, J., Macomber, D., Sanchez, R., Guajardo, C., Shivers, R., & Donahue, D. J. (2008). The use of a unique intraoperative MRI for pediatric neurosurgical and diagnostic cases. 1st Annual Meeting of the International Intraoperative Imaging Society. Lake Tahoe, NV, February 21-23, 2008.
Honeycutt, J., Macomber, D., Sanchez, R., Guajardo, C., Shivers, R., & Donahue, D. J. (2008). The use of a lexan board to maximize patient positioning for intraoperative MRI. 1st Annual Meeting of the International Intraoperative Imaging Society. Lake Tahoe, NV, February 21-23, 2008.
Joy, J., Hart, R., Donahue, D. J., Sanchez, R., Macomber, D., & Honeycutt, J. (2007). The use of a lexan board to maximize patient positioning for intraoperative MRI. AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery 36th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November 26 - December 1, 2007.

Education

Medical School:
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Residency:
University of Oklahoma

Affiliations

American Association of Neurosurgeons,Cook Children's Physician Network

John Honeycutt, MD

Medical Director, Neurosurgery; Co-director, Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center at Cook Children's

John Honeycutt, MD

Medical Director, Neurosurgery; Co-director, Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center at Cook Children's

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