Uzma Samadani, M.D., PhD, FACS, FAANS

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Molecular Biology and English Literature – University of Wisconsin, 1991 
• Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry – University of Illinois, 1997
• Doctor of Medicine – University of Illinois, 1999
• Surgery Intern Physician – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2000
• Neurosurgery Resident Physician – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2005
• Neurosurgery Chief Resident – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• William P Van Wagenen Fellow – Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of the University of Gottingen, Germany
• Complex Spine Fellowship – Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Certification

• American Board of Neurological Surgeons Certification

Memberships, Directorships, Boards, Additional Positions

• Associate Professor, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Minnesota, 2016 – present
• Research Faculty, Graduate Program in Neurosciences, 2017 – present
• ThinkFirst Foundation
• Section on Trauma and CRitical Care AANS/CNS, Executive Committee
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Fellow
• Women in Neurosurgery, Executive Committee