Journal of Spine

Paul Edward Kaloostian

Paul Edward Kaloostian
Departments of Neurosurgery
University of California at Riverside , USA

Biography

Dr. Kaloostian attended Providence High School, a national blue ribbon high school, where his interest in the Neurosciences began. He spent his summers studying neuroscience, physics, and organic chemistry at Brown University, Stanford University, and Harvard University. He then matriculated into the extremely competitive University of California BS/BA/MD accelerated program out of high school. This rigorous 7-year program is the only one of its kind in California and one of a handful across the United States.

After finishing medical school at the prestigious David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Dr. Kaloostian attended the University of New Mexico Medical Center for Neurological Surgery residency where he excelled in Cranial and Spinal Surgery, including Neuro-Trauma. He then completed a prestigious Complex Spine and Spinal Oncology instructorship under the mentorship of the renowned Ziya Gokaslan MD, FACS at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Kaloostian is a prolific author, researcher, and scientist having authored over 60 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, over 100 book chapters, 12 peer-reviewed scientific textbooks, 2 poetry books, and 1 novel which has been nominated for a California Book Award.

Research Interest

spinal cord tumors, traumatic spine injury, complex spinal reconstruction