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...
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...
With the assistance of robotic technology, neurosurgeons at University of Utah Health are able to pinpoint the source of seizures in a minimally invasive fashion, helping patients recover and return...
Lifestyle and medical factors contribute to the risk of stroke. Ramesh Grandhi, MD, a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon at University of Utah Health’s Stroke Center, emphasizes the need for primary care physicians...
After having back surgery to fuse two vertebrae in his damaged spine, Randy could hardly move himself. He was in his 40s and very athletic, snowmobiling, swimming, running, golfing, and...
Nadel will spend the fourth year of his residency—which is typically dedicated to academic research—in Washington, D.C., allowing him to continue his residency next year without interruption. Nadel is grateful...
Dr. Bisson serves as Professor of Neurosurgery and Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Utah. She also serves within the Department of Neurosurgery as the Director of the...
An expert in brain mapping in children, temporal and extra-temporal lobectomy, functional hemispherectomy, laser ablation, awake craniotomy, robotic neurosurgery and fetal surgery for spina bifida Dr. Bollo is among the...
Know that we have a very strong team that will be helping you through the journey. Although this process usually begins with surgeons, neuro-oncologists, and radiation oncologists, there are many...
In August 2020, 23-year-old Zoe Messer decided it was time to make a change. She was living in Seattle, but her graphic design and marketing job had gone remote earlier...
The Skull Base Surgery team at University of Utah Health has been designated as a Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction by the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS). The health care...
As one of the leading academic neurosurgical centers in the country, the department maintains a rich and dynamic history of training high-quality neurosurgeons since accepting its first resident in 1972...
During the 90th American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Meeting on May 1, 2022, William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the University of Utah Health Department of Neurosurgery...
For the first time since 2018, members of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery (WANS) were able to meet in person April 25-27, 2022, at the Grand America Hotel in...
Mark Mahan, MD, FAANS, a neurosurgeon with University of Utah Health and Division Chief of Peripheral Nerve and Pain Surgery, was on-call the night Davis arrived. Dr. Mahan is a...
"It's just amazing and a miracle," said Dr. Robert Bollo, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Primary Children's Hospital. "We know that fetal surgery can benefit kids with spina bifida in so...
On March 18, after a months-long process of interviews and evaluations, the matches have been made! Forrest Hammrick (University of Utah), Allison Liang (Rutgers), and David Botros (Johns Hopkins) will...
Ramesh Grandhi, MD, a neurosurgeon at University of Utah Health and the division chief of neurotrauma has witnessed a concerning trend in falls that result in a traumatic brain injury...
Following the death of actor and comedian Bob Saget, U of U Health neurosurgeon, Ramesh Grandhi, MD, MS, shares information on when to get help after suffering a head injury.
Neurosurgeons at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital are now able to use a highly-specialized intraoperative MRI to clearly see deep inside the brain during surgeries to help kids with severe seizures...
Howard Colman, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, professor of neurosurgery at the U of U, and U.S. regional principal investigator of GBM AGILE, will lead one of...