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. Iyer is a pediatric neurosurgeon with a focus in pediatric spinal disorders and spasticity. Dr. Iyer completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship with the University of Utah from 2019 to...

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...