Shaan M. Raza is a faculty member in the Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas. He graduated from 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 in Qatar Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Raza is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 Resident Clinical Research Award from the North American Skull Base Society. He is an active clinician-researcher with his academic efforts focused on skull base pathology, brain tumors, and surgical outcomes. He also currently serves as Co-Chair of the Research Committee for the North American Skull Base Society.