Biographical summary
Dr. Maziyar Kalani completed his medical school and neurosurgical residency training at Stanford University School of Medicine as well as a combined orthopedic-neurosurgical fellowship in Complex and Reconstructive Spinal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. His clinical interests include:
- Degenerative disease of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
- Spine and spinal cord tumors
- Cervical and thoracolumbar spinal deformity
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2018
Fellowship - Combined Neurosurgery-Orthopedic Surgery Complex Spine and DeformityCleveland Clinic Foundation
- 2017
Residency - Neurological SurgeryStanford University Medical Center
- 2015
Fellowship - Advanced Clinical Year in Spine SurgeryStanford University Medical Center
- 2015
Fellowship - Healthcare Systems InnovationStanford Medicine Clinical Excellence Research Center
- 2010
MD - Molecular Basis of MedicineStanford University School of Medicine
- 2006
BS - BiochemistryUniversity of California Los Angeles
Activities and honors
Awards and honors
- 2014
Biodesign GrantStanford Medicine Spectrum NIH
- 2009
RecipientBlake Wilbur MD Scholarship
- 2008
RecipientMilton Lear Scholarship
- 2008
RecipientIrene L. Best Scholarship
- 2008
Foundation Seed Grant RecipientAmerican Medical Association
- 2008
Stanford Medical ScholarStanford University School of Medicine
- 2008
Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research FellowshipAlpha Omega Alpha
- 2008
Summer Internship in Cardiothoracic SurgeryAmerican Association of Thoracic Surgeons
- 2008
Educational GrantStanford Medicine Center for Immersive and Simulation Based Learning
- 2007
Keck Medical ScholarUniversity of Southern California
- 2007
RecipientAllen O. and Virginia Marsh Scholarship
- 2007
Medical Student Research Program FellowAmerican Heart Association
- 2007
Stanford Medical ScholarStanford University School of Medicine
- 2006
Keck Medical ScholarUniversity of Southern California
- 2004
Research FellowshipAlcott
- 2004
Summer Undergraduate Research FellowshipCalifornia Institute of Technology
- 2004
Summer Research EndowmentNaumburg Honors Programs
- 2004
Undergraduate Research ProgramHoward Hughes Foundation
- 2003
Summer Undergraduate Research FellowshipCalifornia Institute of Technology
- 2003
Research FellowshipLitton Foundation
- 2003
ScholarCenter for Academic and Research Excellence (CARE)
- 2002
College Honors ProgramUniversity of California Los Angeles
- 2002
Math-Science Scholars (MS2)University of California Los Angeles
Professional memberships
- 2013
MemberStanford Society of Physician Scholars, Stanford University School of Medicine
- 2010 - present
MemberAmerican College of Surgeons
- 2010 - present
MemberAmerican Medical Association
- 2010 - present
MemberCongress of Neurological Surgeons
- 2010 - present
MemberAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons
- 2009 - 2010
Head CPR InstructorFirst Year Medical Students, Stanford University School of Medicine
- 2005
MemberGolden Key International Honour Society, University of California Los Angeles
- 2002
MemberPhi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, University of California Los Angeles
- 2002
MemberAlpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society, University of California Los Angeles