Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, Mo., named Cheerag D. Upadhyaya, MD, director of the spine program.
Dr. Upadhyaya most recently practiced with Kadlec Neuroscience Center in Richland, Wash. He is a recipient of the AANS/CNS Spine & Peripheral Nerve Section-Outcomes Committee Award and serves on the AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee. He completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed a fellowship in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.
The Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute was opened in 2013 and focuses on providing treatment for epilepsy, brain tumors, facial pain, Parkinson's disease as well as minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques.
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