New review paper from the lab around the potential for single neuron responses to brain stimulation for diagnosing and treating drug-resistant epilepsy. Led by @rhiannon-cowan.bsky.social, who just joined bluesky! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Single-neuron responses to neurostimulation: Insights for epilepsy

Invasive neurostimulation has been used in humans to treat and diagnose epilepsy for decades. Despite such ubiquitous probing and recording from the h…

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PhD student #2 from the Neurosmiths lab successfully defended! Congrats to T Alexander Price, who is headed to neurotech.

Innovative new study from Mark Libowitz, Dr. Ben Shofty, and team! They found a biomarker correlated with depression symptomatology, severity, and subtype that redefines our understanding of depression and how to treat it! Read the full study at https://bit.ly/4fqromp

We will never stop talking about how important improving stroke care is to us, which is why we’re proud to be recognized by the American Heart Association for our achievement in Get With the Guidelines – Stroke! #Stroke #GetWithTheGuidelines

new preprint from our lab where Rikki Rabinovich used @trackingactions.bsky.social's CEBRA on human intracranial data to decode the progress of time in the human brain during decision making...

Interesting new research from Dr. Mahan and team! Preoperative step count, rather than pain or disability scores, was linked to postoperative outcomes after endoscopic lumbar spine surgery. Read at https://bit.ly/4asIsqm

First PhD student out of the Neurosmiths Lab successfully defended! Congrats to @neurozarr.bsky.social

We’re pleased to congratulate Rachna Malani, MD, and Shervin Rahimpour, MD, on being promoted to associate professor! This milestone is reflective of the incredible impact each provider has had on our residents and their patients.

Congratulations to our graduates! It was great to hear from many of them at the Heilbrun Symposium and graduation dinner last week. We wish them the best in their future positions! #graduation #HeilbrunSymposium #ClassOf2026

A huge congratulations to Ramesh Grandhi, MD, who was just elected to the executive committee of the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section! We’re excited to see Dr. Grandhi at work in this new position!

Mark Mahan, MD, recently performed the first microrobotic surgery with our new Symani system! We’re committed to investing in technological evolution and are so excited to be using this incredible system.

Great to hear from so many of our faculty and residents at RMNS this weekend, including: Dr. Sarah Menacho Dr. David Botros Dr. Sarah Nguyen Dr. Allison Liang Dr. Othman Bin-Alamer Dr. Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves Dr. Ben Shofty Dr. Jeffrey Nadel Dr. Matthew Findlay And Dr. Shervin Rahipmour

Two of our new Chief Residents, Elena Kurudza, MD, and Sarah Nguyen, MD, had a fun time welcoming our incoming residents, Diwas Gautam, MD, and Audrey De Paepe, MD, PhD, with a hike and barbeque over the weekend! It's great to see our residents thriving both inside and outside the hospital!

In the latest from Salt Lake City Weekly, Dr. Robert Rennert discusses his research connecting brain bleeds and air pollution. Read "Take a Deep Breath" by Grace X. Maya at https://bit.ly/4uLp8gh (find it about two-thirds of the way down the page)

It was great to see neurosurgery and pediatric neurology join forces at the International Pediatric Stroke Organization conference in Paris last week. Our teams work together closely to find new and better ways to help kids with stroke. We love to see them move the field forward!

May is Critical Care Awareness Month, and we’re introducing the newest member of our team: Dr. Abiodun Azeez! Dr. Azeez has extensive experience with neurocritical care and is a passionate educator. We're excited to have him join us! Learn more about Dr. Azeez at https://bit.ly/49hqxm5

Our PGY-3 residents were joined by friends in 15 different countries around the world at the incredible Peripheral Nerve Course organized and hosted by Dr. Mark Mahan this weekend! Thank you to the Global Nerve Foundation for sponsoring!

Congratulations to Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, MD, Justin Zhang, MD, and Vijay Ravindra, MD, on receiving the 2026 Timothy M. George Fellowship Award from the American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project! #Chiari #researchaward #medicalresearch

New preprint alert! This one led by @neurozarr.bsky.social. Veronica wanted to know how neural traveling waves change during general anesthesia, so we dug back into some of the Utah array data that my PhD advisor collected back in the mid aughts. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Great new study from Dr. Vijay Ravindra and team: Over 20 years, they found that the number of pediatric patients admitted to the hospital for stroke care, costs associated with care, and disability-adjusted life years are all increasing Full study at https://bit.ly/4db4Whj

We’re excited to hear from Dr. Shervin Rahimpour as part of our Physician Speaker Series! He’ll be discussing Advanced Therapeutic Options of Drug Refractory Tremor on Wednesday, May 27th at noon. Register on Zoom at https://bit.ly/4sBZyIu and claim an hour of CME credit with code 83246

We're gearing up for AANS 2026 and are excited to hear from our esteemed colleagues across the country, including some excellent presentations you can expect from our faculty, researchers, and med students. We hope to see you there! #AANS2026 #medicalconference #healthcare #research #academics

We’re pleased to congratulate Sarah Menacho, MD, MBA, on her promotions to professor! This milestone reflects Dr. Menacho's dedication and the impact she has had on our residents and her patients.

Congratulations to PGY-4 Resident Forrest Hamrick and CathSecure for receiving the patient safety award at the Bench to Bedside competition! Knot tying to connect shunt components is often inconsistent, prompting the team to create a surgical tie that guarantees the same tightness every time.

We’re excited to welcome the Symani Surgical System for robotic microsurgery to our team! Our surgeons will combine their years of experience with the tremor-reducing and motion-scaling precision of the instruments for a better surgical experience.

We're hosting the CASSC Grand Rounds April 15th at 7 am with Odette Harris, MD, MPH. "Impact of Sex Differences in TBI Outcomes: Path to Precision." In person: Huntsman Cancer Institute South Auditorium Online: https://utah-health.zoom.us/j/82131279951#success. Use passcode 041526

Stryker hosted our residents, alongside Drs. Robert Rennert, John Kestle, and Karol Budohoski, for a skull base course last weekend!

Happy National Doctors' Day to our incredible team of caregivers!

Giving Days are almost over, and we want to introduce one last resident to you, Allison Liang, MD! "I am working in Dr. Karol Budohoski’s lab focused on understanding the role of endothelial cell dysfunction for brain aneurysms." Give at https://bit.ly/4rTRVNq

It's MATCH DAY! We're incredibly proud of everyone who has matched into their chosen program, and thrilled to welcome our newest class of residents Audrey De Paepe, MD, and Diwas Gautam, MD