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Executive Board

Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD  
Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS 
Professor and Chair
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor

Dr. Linda Liau's clinical expertise is in intra-operative functional brain mapping and use of intra-operative imaging for resection of brain tumors (gliomas, meningiomas, and metastatic tumors). Her research efforts are focused on the molecular biology of brain tumors, gene therapy, immunotherapy, and brain cancer vaccines. Dr. Liau is the current Editor-in-Chief of the the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. More >

 

Langston T. Holly, MD  
Langston T. Holly, MD, FAANS 
Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs 
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor

Dr. Langston Holly is Co-Director of the UCLA Spine Center in Santa Monica and focuses on minimally invasive and image-guided techniques in the surgical management of degenerative, traumatic and neoplastic spinal disorders. More >

 

Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD  
Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD, FAANS 
Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Voted Super Doctor

Dr. Nader Pouratian specializes in surgeries to restore and preserve brain function, including deep brain stimulation for movement disorders (and other emerging indications) and surgeries that require brain mapping. In addition, he treats peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injuries and tumors. His research focuses on developing novel interventions and technologies for neurological restoration. More >

 

Daniel Lu, MD, PhD  
Daniel Lu, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair of Research 
Voted Super Doctor

Dr. Daniel Lu is a member of the Comprehensive Spine Center in Santa Monica. Dr. Lus clinical focus is on minimally invasive techniques in the surgical management of degenerative, traumatic, and neoplastic spinal disorders. His research efforts are focused on the molecular biology and regenerative treatment of traumatic spinal cord and brain injury.  More >

 

Marvin Bergsneider, MD  
Marvin Bergsneider, MD, FAANS 
Professor and Residency Program Director   
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor

Dr. Marvin Bergsneider specializes in minimally-invasive and advanced endoscopic techniques for the treatment of pituitary tumors, skullbase tumors, and hydrocephalus. More >

 

Geoffrey P. Colby, MD, PhD  
Geoffrey P. Colby, MD, PhD, FAANS 
Associate Professor and At-Large Executive Council Member

Dr. Geoffrey P. Colby, Director of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at UCLA, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon who specializes in blood vessel (vascular) disorders of the brain and spine. These include brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs), subarachnoid hemorrhage, acute stroke, carotid artery stenosis, intracerebral hemorrhage, cavernous malformations, and Moyamoya disease. He offers a comprehensive evaluation and a customized treatment plan based on the most advanced and sophisticated techniques available, including “minimally-invasive” endovascular procedures like flow diversion and coiling. More >

 

Mayumi Prins, PhD  
Mayumi Prins, PhD
Professor and Basic Science Executive Council Member

Dr. Prins’s research interests include understanding the changes in brain metabolism that occur after pediatric traumatic brain injury and how alternative fuels can be used as therapeutic options for the young brain after head injury. In addition to this main focus, she is interested in repeat mild head injuries as they apply to both children and young adult athletes. More >

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Physicians

James I. Ausman, MD, PhD  
James I. Ausman, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor

Dr. James Ausman is a Clinical Professor and former Chairman of Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Hospital and University of Illinois at Chicago and Editor of the new Open Access Internet journal Surgical Neurology International and former Editor of Surgical Neurology from 1994-2009. He is known for his expertise in cerebrovascular diseases, complex neurosurgical problems and microsurgery.

 

Ausaf Bari, MD, PhD  
Ausaf Bari, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Ausaf Bari specializes in the neurosurgical repair and restoration of brain and nerve function. He has extensive clinical and research experience in the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of both movement and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Bari's clinical practice includes DBS surgery for Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia, depression and OCD. Dr. Bari's research focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to studying the neurobiology underlying movement and psychiatric disorders and expanding the frontiers of neurosurgery to treat those disorders.  More >

 

Ulrich Batzdorf, MD  
Ulrich Batzdorf, MD, FAANS 
Emeritus Professor

Dr. Ulrich Batzdorfs primary clinical and research focus is on the treatment of Arnold Chiari Malformation, and syringomyelia.  More >

 

Joel Beckett, MD  
Joel Beckett, MD 
Assistant Professor

Dr. Beckett is a dual-fellowship trained neurosurgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders such as stenosis, disk herniations, spondylolisthesis, spinal deformity and tumors.  With extensive training in both minimally invasive and complex spinal surgery, he takes pride in working with his patients to customize each treatment plan to achieve their goals. More >

 

Marvin Bergsneider, MD  
Marvin Bergsneider, MD, FAANS 
Professor and Residency Program Director 
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor

Dr. Marvin Bergsneider specializes in minimally-invasive and advanced endoscopic techniques for the treatment of pituitary tumors, skullbase tumors, and hydrocephalus.  More >

 

Harsimran Brara, MD  
Harsimran Brara, MD 
Assistant Clinical Professor

 

Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco, MD, PhD  
Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco, MD, PhD, FAANS 
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology

Dr. Buitrago Blanco holds a doctoral degree in Neurosciences. As a board certified Neurologist, with training in Neurocritical Care, he specializes in the treatment of patients with brain related emergencies that require intensive care such as trauma, brain hemorrhages, seizures and stroke. Dr. Buitrago Blanco has conducted research to understand the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity that occur during recovery after neuronal injury, utilizing electrophysiology, proteomics and genomics techniques.  More >

 

Melvin Cheatham, MD  
Melvin Cheatham, MD, FAANS 
Clinical Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dr. Melvin Cheatham is a Clinical Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, member of the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery Advisory Board, member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Surgical Neurology International, and assistant in Neurosurgical Development Planning at UCLA.

 

Geoffrey P. Colby, MD, PhD  
Geoffrey P. Colby, MD, PhD, FAANS 
Associate Professor

Dr. Geoffrey P. Colby, Director of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at UCLA, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon who specializes in blood vessel (vascular) disorders of the brain and spine. These include brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs), subarachnoid hemorrhage, acute stroke, carotid artery stenosis, intracerebral hemorrhage, cavernous malformations, and Moyamoya disease. He offers a comprehensive evaluation and a customized treatment plan based on the most advanced and sophisticated techniques available, including “minimally-invasive” endovascular procedures like flow diversion and coiling.  More >

 

Antonio De Salles, MD, PhD  
Antonio De Salles, MD, PhD 
Emeritus Professor
 
Dr. Antonio DeSalles focuses on noninvasive techniques of surgery in the management and treatment of inoperable brain tumors using Novalis Shaped Beam Radiosurgery System. Dr. DeSalles also does research and surgery for Parkinsons disease and various movement disorders, as well as surgery for pain.

 

Michael Dorsi, MD  
Michael Dorsi, MD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Dorsi is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders. He is nationally recognized as a leader in spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain. He specializes in spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, disc herniation, failed back surgery syndrome and radiculopathy. More >

 

Duc H. Duong, MD  
Duc H. Duong, MD, FAANS 
Clinical Professor

Dr. Duc Duongs interests are in Skull Base approaches to complex intracranial pathology, neurotrauma and epilepsy surgery.

 

Fredric L. Edelman, MD  
Fredric L. Edelman, MD, FAANS 
Clinical Professor

Dr. Fredric Edelman treats all peripheral nerve injury and peripheral nerve tumors, with a special interest in brachial plexus injury.

 

Richard Everson, MD  

Richard Everson, MD 
Assistant Professor 
 
Dr. Richard Everson is fellowship-trained brain and spine tumor neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. His research focuses on the development of novel immunotherapy treatment of brain tumors. Dr. Everson is available for consultation at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.  More >

 

 

Aria Fallah, MD, M.Sc.  
Aria Fallah, MD, M.Sc., FRCSC 
Assistant Professor

Dr. Aria Fallah is a fellowship trained pediatric neurosurgeon experienced in the surgical management of neurological disorders affecting infants and children. These include medically intractable epilepsy, brain tumors, vascular malformations, spinal dysraphism, neuro-endoscopic management of hydrocephalus and intracranial arachnoid cysts and other congenital malformations of the central nervous system. He has an advanced degree and expertise in Clinical Epidemiology with an active research interest in surgical outcome studies and advanced decision-making models in pediatric neurosurgery. More >

 

John G. Frazee, MD  
John G. Frazee, MD, FAANS  
Professor 
  
Clinical Professor and Director of the Neuroendoscopy Program. Dr. John Frazee specializes in neurovascular and endoscopic procedures, including minimally-invasive spinal surgery, disc replacement, spinal fusion, and the treatment of such diseases as Meniere's, Hemifacial Spasm, Intracranial Tumors, Aneurysms, and Chiari Malformations.

 

Christopher C. Giza, MD  
Christopher C. Giza, MD
Professor
Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Christopher Giza conducts research investigating the pathobiology of and recovery from developmental traumatic brain injury.  More >

 

Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD  
Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD, FAANS 
Professor

Dr. Itzhak Frieds research and clinical work is dedicated to the treatment of intractable seizure disorders and epilepsy.  More >

 

Langston T. Holly, MD  
Langston T. Holly, MD, FAANS 
Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs 
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Langston Holly is Co-Director of the UCLA Spine Center in Santa Monica and focuses on minimally invasive and image-guided techniques in the surgical management of degenerative, traumatic and neoplastic spinal disorders.  More >

 

Won Kim, MD  
Won Kim, MD
Assistant Professor and Quality Officer

Dr. Kim completed his neurosurgical residency training at UCLA with a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. His clinical interests include the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors deep within the brain using a wide variety of surgical modalities to best suit each individual patient and tumor type. Using technologies including the laser ablation of tumors (Visualase), white matter preserving corridor surgery (BrainPath), and stereotactic radiosurgery, he is able to treat many tumors traditionally deemed “inoperable.” More >

 

Jean-Philippe Langevin, MD, FAANS  
Jean-Philippe Langevin, MD, FAANS
Assistant Professor
Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Jean-Philippe Langevin specializes in the use of neuromodulation to treat movement disorders and in laser-assisted neurosurgical ablations. His research is focused on the use of neuromodulation to optimize recovery after traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.  More >

 

Scott Krahl, PhD  
Todd Lanman, MD 
Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Lanman is a Clinical Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

 

Jorge A. Lazareff, MD  
Jorge A. Lazareff, MD, FAANS 
Emeritus Professor

Professor of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Program. Dr. Jorge Lazareffs primary focus is the treatment of children with neurosurgical disorders. Dr Lazareff is also involved with the UCLA Global Neuro Health Program.

 

Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD  
Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS 
Professor and Chair 
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Linda Liau's clinical expertise is in intra-operative functional brain mapping and use of intra-operative imaging for resection of brain tumors (gliomas, meningiomas, and metastatic tumors). Her research efforts are focused on the molecular biology of brain tumors, gene therapy, immunotherapy, and brain cancer vaccines. Dr. Liau is the current Editor-in-Chief of the the Journal of Neuro-Oncology.  More >

Daniel Lu, MD, PhD  
Daniel Lu, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research 
Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Daniel Lu is a member of the Comprehensive Spine Center in Santa Monica. Dr. Lus clinical focus is on minimally invasive techniques in the surgical management of degenerative, traumatic, and neoplastic spinal disorders. His research efforts are focused on the molecular biology and regenerative treatment of traumatic spinal cord and brain injury. Dr. Lu has been named to the Southern California Super Doctors® Rising Stars 2016 list. More >

 

Luke Macyszyn, MD  
Luke Macyszyn, MD, MA 
Assistant Professor 

Dr. Luke Macyszyn is a fellowship trained neurosurgeon that is known for his expertise in the surgical treatment of scoliosis, spinal deformities, and spine tumors in children as well as adults. He has vast experience treating complex spinal disorders using traditional as well as cutting edge minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Macyszyn’s research focus is on the development of imaging markers that predict patient outcome after surgery.  More >

 

Gary W. Mathern, MD  
Gary W. Mathern, MD, FAANS 
Professor 

Dr. Gary Mathern works in conjunction with the Epilepsy Program to provide research for children with epilepsy.

 

Duncan Q. McBride, MD  
Duncan Q. McBride, MD, FAANS 
Associate Professor
Voted Super Doctor
Chief of Neurosurgery at Harbor-Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Dr. Duncan McBride concentrates his efforts on spinal surgery, with a special interest in spinal fusion, degenerative traumatic disorders and tumors.  More >

 

Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD  
Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD, FAANS 
Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Nader Pouratian specializes in surgeries to restore and preserve brain function, including deep brain stimulation for movement disorders (and other emerging indications) and surgeries that require brain mapping. In addition, he treats peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injuries and tumors. His research focuses on developing novel interventions and technologies for neurological restoration.  More >

 

Shayan Rahman MD  
Shayan Rahman MD 
Assistant Clinical Professor

 

Paul M. Vespa, MD, FCCM, FAANS  
Paul M. Vespa, MD, FCCM, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology

As a neurologist working within Neurosurgery, Dr. Paul Vespa focuses on critical care for the treatment of neurosurgical and stroke patients.  More >

 

Andrew Vivas, MD  
Andrew Vivas, MD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Andrew Vivas is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at UCLA. He is a board-eligible, dual fellowship trained neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of adult and pediatric spinal deformities such as scoliosis, kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis, and flatback syndrome. He also treats spinal tumors, cervical spine problems, and degenerative conditions of the spine such as stenosis and spondylolisthesis. In addition to neurosurgical training in minimally invasive spine techniques, Dr. Vivas is one of the few surgeons in the country who has also completed an orthopedic spine fellowship, giving him a unique and multidisciplinary perspective in the treatment of spinal conditions. More >

 

Anthony Wang, MD  
Anthony Wang, MD
Assistant Professor 

Dr. Wang specializes in pediatric, cerebrovascular, and complex cranial base surgeries, having had the unique experience of fellowship training in each of these subspecialties. Dr. Wang's clinical specialties include pediatric brain tumors, moyamoya disease, aneurysms, skull base tumors, and Chiari malformations. He has also received additional training in scoliosis surgery and brachial plexus surgery. His research focuses on refining immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors. More >

 

Isaac Yang, MD  
Isaac Yang, MD, FAANS 
Associate Professor 
Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Isaac Yang is experienced in the surgical treatment for patients with skull base tumors, acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, anaplastic astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. As a principal investigator at the UCLA Brain Tumor Program, his extensive research interests include optimizing brain tumor clinical outcomes, novel nanoparticles against brain tumors, and experimental glioblastoma therapies like brain tumor vaccines.  More >

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Research Scientists

David A. Hovda, PhD  
David A. Hovda, PhD 
Emeritus Professor
 
Dr. David Hovda's research is dedicated to the understanding of the pathobiology of traumatic brain injury and the recovery of function after brain injury. More >

 

Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, PhD  
Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, PhD
Professor and Director of the Neurotrophic Research Laboratory with secondary appointment in Physiological Science

Dr. Fernando Gomez-Pinilla conducts research on mechanisms of repair following traumatic injury to the brain and spinal cord. More >

 

Neil G. Harris, PhD  
Neil G. Harris, PhD 
Professor

Dr. Neil Harris is co-scientific director of the new 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy facility and his research is focused on recovery of function after traumatic brain injury. More

 

Mayumi Prins, PhD  
Mayumi Prins, PhD
Professor, Director BIRC Education Program

Dr. Prins’s research interests include understanding the changes in brain metabolism that occur after pediatric traumatic brain injury and how alternative fuels can be used as therapeutic options for the young brain after head injury. In addition to this main focus, she is interested in repeat mild head injuries as they apply to both children and young adult athletes. More >

 

Robert M. Prins, PhD  
Robert M. Prins, PhD
Professor

Dr. Robert Prins conducts pre-clinical brain tumor immunotherapy research and Phase I clinical trials for malignant brain tumor patients. More >

 

Nanthia Suthana, PhD  
Nanthia Suthana, PhD
Assistant Professor 
 
Dr. Suthana’s research program aims to develop therapeutic cognitive treatments and tools through the characterization of neuronal mechanisms underlying successful human learning and memory.  More >

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Joint Appointments

 

Gary Duckwiler, MD  
Gary Duckwiler, MD
Professor
Voted Best Doctor

Voted Super Doctor
Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery  More >

 

V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD  
V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD
Distinguished Professor

Neurobiology, Integrative Biology, and Physiology

 

Anthony P. Heaney, MD, PhD  
Anthony P. Heaney, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Voted Best Doctor
Endocrinology and Neurosurgery  More >

 

Reza Jahan, MD  
Reza Jahan, MD
Associate Professor
Voted Super Doctor
Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery  More >

 

Scott Krahl, PhD  
Scott Krahl, PhD
Associate Professor and Neurophysiologist

Department of Neurosurgery

 

Martin M. Monti, PhD  
Martin M. Monti, PhD
Associate Professor

Primary Area: Cognitive Psychology, Secondary Area: Behavioral Neuroscience. Research and Teaching Interests: My research focuses on two of the most fundamental aspects of being human: (1) The interplay between language and thought (2) Consciousness and cognition in coma, vegetative and minimally conscious state  More >

 

Nick Shamie, MD  
Nick Shamie, MD 
Professor
Voted Super Doctor
Department Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery  More >

 

Fernando Vinuela, MD  
Fernando Vinuela, MD
Professor

Professor of Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery

 

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