UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery The Neurosurgery Department at UCSF is home to leading physicians and scientists dedicated to treati

Our mission is to provide the best clinical care to our patients, investigate the most promising advances in neuroscience research, and train tomorrow's leaders in neurosurgery.

🧠 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium (CME credit available!)We're partnering with Montage Health & Community Ho...
12/10/2025

🧠 2026 Monterey County Neuroscience Symposium (CME credit available!)

We're partnering with Montage Health & Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) for an evening of neuroscience innovation & community care in Monterey!

📅 Thursday, Jan 15, 2026 — 4:00–8:00 PM
📍 Pasadera Country Club, Monterey

We’re bringing together leading neurologists, neurosurgeons, and spine care specialists to highlight breakthroughs in:

• Stroke treatment & cerebral thrombectomy ⚡️

• Expanded neuro-interventional & vascular care

• Next-gen movement-disorder therapies

• Spine care — from non-operative rehab to surgical advances

• Brain tumor clinical trials

Dinner + reception included 🍽️ Network with experts. Bring questions. Build skills.

👉 Clinicians and allied-health professionals — register now at: montagehealth.org/neurosurgerysymposium

In emergency rooms and trauma centers across the country, surgeons like MarinHealth's John Maa, MD, and Blake Taylor, MD...
12/09/2025

In emergency rooms and trauma centers across the country, surgeons like MarinHealth's John Maa, MD, and Blake Taylor, MD, are seeing an increasing number of patients with severe injuries from accidents involving e-bikes.

Following teenager Amelia Stafford's accident, officials in Marin County began taking a closer look at the laws regulating these vehicles and who can ride them. Stafford herself also testified before the California State Legislature about new research from UCSF showing that e-bike accidents are a lot more like motorcycle accidents.

"To a teenager," she said, "these bikes seem like normal bikes. Twenty miles an hour doesn't faze us. It doesn't found fast or dangerous. But the reality is far different."

Read The New York Times Magazine story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/magazine/e-bikes-accidents-safety-legislation-california.html

Our residents had the chance to practice surgical approaches for treating spinal deformities, severe back pain, and spin...
12/06/2025

Our residents had the chance to practice surgical approaches for treating spinal deformities, severe back pain, and spinal tumors during our Spine Lab! This annual workshop provides hands-on training to help them refine their skills by working with our expert faculty and one another.

We wish to thank individuals who donate their bodies and tissues for the advancement of education and research.

Pictured here:
1. The group of residents and faculty who participated in this year's workshop.
2. Chief resident Anthony Lee, MD, PhD, (right) with UCSF medical student Abraham Dada (left) and PGY2 Robert Osorio, MD (center).
3. UCSF spine neurosurgeon Rajiv Saigal, MD, PhD, (left) with PGY1 resident Jennifer Guidera, MD, PhD (center left), PGY6 resident Clara Starkweather, MD, PhD (center right), and PGY1 resident Michael Baumgartner, MD, PhD (right).
4. PGY4 resident Alex Aabedi, MD, (right) and PGY3 resident John Bernabei, MD, PhD (center) with UCSF Health spine neurosurgeon Nima Alan, MD (right).

Proud to see Edward Chang, MD, Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD, and Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, on this year's list of Highly Cited ...
12/04/2025

Proud to see Edward Chang, MD, Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD, and Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, on this year's list of Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate! This award highlights how their work is shaping the fields of neuroscience, neurotrauma, and cancer research.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us in-person and online for the community screening of Caregiving! This new PBS d...
11/27/2025

A big thank you to everyone who joined us in-person and online for the community screening of Caregiving!

This new PBS documentary produced by actor Bradley Cooper depicts the challenges that caregivers face as care for loved ones with a serious illness. After the film, family caregivers Liz Piña, Karena Nguyen, MD, and Celeste Chacon also shared their perspectives on how they have navigated their roles over the years and their insights on how to better support caregivers.

We’re grateful for all the work that caregivers do — oftentimes while balancing other responsibilities at home, school, and work.

“They not only hold families together through uncertainty but also serve as an essential part of the care team with the providers, optimizing patient outcomes,” said Susan Chang, MD, a UCSF neuro-oncologist and the co-director of the UCSF Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program.

Read more about this special event hosted by UCSF Health and By The Bay Health: https://braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/caregivers-indispensable-role-patients-care-team

Congratulations to UCSF Health neuro-psychologist Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD, RN, for receiving the 2025 Survivorship A...
11/25/2025

Congratulations to UCSF Health neuro-psychologist Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD, RN, for receiving the 2025 Survivorship Award from the Society for Neuro-Oncology! 🎉 This award recognizes her research studying the efficacy of using telehealth cognitive rehabilitation approaches to manage the cognitive impairments that adults with low-grade gliomas commonly experience.

A huge congratulations to Susan Chang, MD, for receiving the 2025 Lisa DeAngelis Award for Excellence in Neuro-Oncology ...
11/21/2025

A huge congratulations to Susan Chang, MD, for receiving the 2025 Lisa DeAngelis Award for Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Education! 🎉

A former president of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, Dr. Chang’s dedication to mentorship and advancing neuro-oncology education has had an extraordinary impact on the field. 👏🧠

11/19/2025

How does your brain recognize words when you hear your native language?

UCSF researchers led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, and Ilina Bhaya-Grossman, PhD, show that it comes down computations in your superior temporal gyrus (STG). This brain region processes speech at two different levels of complexity: (1) the individual vowels and consonant sounds shared across all languages and (2) the specific words in your native language.

Their findings, published today in Nature, bring us closer to understanding the uniquely human capacity for speech.

Learn more about their work here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09748-8

We were honored to have Allan Belzberg, MD, from Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery visit UCSF our 9th Annual Peri...
11/19/2025

We were honored to have Allan Belzberg, MD, from Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery visit UCSF our 9th Annual Peripheral Nerve Teaching Day!

Following Belzberg’s insightful lecture focusing on how his ethos as a clinician scientist informs his neurosurgery practice, the residents had the opportunity to practice surgical approaches for treating peripheral nerve disorders in the Anatomy Learning Center.

A big congratulations to PGY4 resident Reilly Kidwell, MD, this year’s winner of the Best Technical Skills Award! 🎉

Thank you to returning guests Andrew Jack, MD, and Kartik Krishnan, MD, PhD, for joining us for the day! We also wish to thank individuals who donate their bodies and tissues for the advancement of education and research.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Jang Won “Jon” Yoon to the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery and UCSF Health Spine...
11/12/2025

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Jang Won “Jon” Yoon to the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery and UCSF Health Spine Center!

Dr. Yoon is a neurosurgeon with expertise in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery and a growing research program focused on using artificial intelligence to improve surgical outcomes.

He is also a passionate educator and recently taught advanced techniques to our neurosurgery residents at their annual spine and peripheral nerve anatomy labs.

Read our Q&A to learn more about his background, research, and philosophy of patient care → https://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/qa-dr-jang-won-jon-yoon-brings-minimally-invasive-spine-innovation-to-ucsf

11/07/2025

Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LiTT) is a minimally invasive neurosurgical technique that allows surgeons to precisely target and ablate tumor tissue.

In this video, pediatric neurosurgeon Winson Ho, MD, explains how LiTT was used to treat a 3-year-old with a brain tumor.

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