After earning his BSc with first class honours in 1997 from the University of Calgary, Dr. MacDougall completed medical school at the University of Alberta in 2002 and neurosurgical training at Western University in 2008. After a year in Calgary as a general neurosurgeon, Dr. MacDougall returned to Western for a year of fellowship training in Pain Surgery and Deep Brain Stimulation. Subsequently, Dr. MacDougall spent another fellowship year performing Epilepsy Surgery abroad at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Australia

Dr. MacDougall is an Associate Professor at Western University and the Past President of the Canadian Neuromodulation Society.   He joined the Department in 2012. He is the Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program. His clinical practice is focused on Functional Neurosurgery.