Associate Professor
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Shaan M Raza is a faculty member in the Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His clinical interests include the surgical management of skull base and pituitary tumors using open, endoscopic and minimally-invasive techniques. Dr. Raza received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently completed his residency in neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital during which he also completed a two year NIH-funded clinical and research fellowship in neurosurgical oncology. Additionally, Dr. Raza has completed fellowships in skull base surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College – New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is one of a handful of surgeons in the country with fellowship training in the full spectrum of surgical techniques for the management of benign and malignant skull base tumors in addition to general brain tumors. Dr. Raza is the recipient of numerous awards including the Sir Charles Ballance Award from British Skull Base Society. He is an active clinician – researcher with his academic efforts focused on skull base pathology, brain tumors and surgical outcomes. He has published nearly one hundred publications, written seventeen book chapters, and edited one neurosurgical textbook.