News stories by month

Dr. Zhang was an active boy growing up in sunny SoCal. He is a big tennis player--he played at UC San Diego—and loves doing things with his hands, so he...

Dr. Hongsermeier-Graves grew up on a small family farm and ranch. She was drawn to surgery at an early age when she was enlisted as her dad’s surgical assistant for...

Dr. Umansky is a peripheral nerve surgeon who joined the department earlier this year.

Dr. Shofty is a functional neurosurgeon specializing in deep brain stimulation and other methods of neuromodulation for treatment-resistant, functional disorders including psychiatric disorders like OCD and depression, cancer pain, epilepsy...

Dr. Malani is a neuro-oncologist with a focus on gliomas, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and metastatic disease to the central nervous system.

Dr. Clyde trained at the University of Pittsburgh and has a deep interest in and understanding of trigeminal neuralgia. He now spends most of his time treating various spinal afflictions...

Recent changes in the structure of the neurosurgery residency have led to 1) the creation of three resident research tracks (basic & translational science; clinical investigation & practice science; and...

Ben Shofty, MD, PhD, stands at the forefront of psychiatric neurosurgery in the Intermountain West as the first to perform awake neurosurgical procedures for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)...

In 2006, John Kestle, MD, started the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN) to promote collaboration between providers and find new solutions to help children with hydrocephalus. The goal of the...

Recently, one of our neuro-oncology faculty, Joe Mendez, MD, took part in a global trial (spanning 10 countries) as the principal investigator here at Huntsman Cancer Institute, which was the...

Congratulations to two of the Clinical Neurosciences Center OR Staff who recently started med school here at the U.

Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury that results from a severe blow to the head, most commonly after an accident, fall, or during a contact sport like football...

Disease detectives with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in kids in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, and...

Hosted by the U’s Center for Medical Innovation, Bench to Bedside annually challenges students to identify and address potential improvements in the current health care market. Interdisciplinary student teams collaborate...

After hearing about focused ultrasound from a friend, Paul traveled 400 miles from his home in Montana to be treated at the University of Utah Medical Center in April 2022...

On March 17, after a months-long process of interviews and evaluations, the matches have been made! Jason Kim, MD (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, MD (University of Nebraska), and Justin...

The sudden passing of "Saving Private Ryan" actor Tom Sizemore from a ruptured brain aneurysm has brought heightened awareness to this silent health condition. While aneurysms are relatively common—affecting 1...

The 47th Annual Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference recently took place from February 3-6, 2023, at Snowbird Ski Resort in Salt Lake City, Utah. Attendees were welcomed by a picturesque...

This month, the University of Utah Neurosciences' Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Team performed their 100th procedure!

In the research, 13 patients were undergoing brain surgery to have their tumors removed. They had to be awake so that the surgeons could map out the cortex with electrical...