Mark A. Mahan, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah

Mark A. Mahan, MD is a neurosurgeon who specializes in peripheral nerve and spinal disorders. He completed his residency at the internationally recognized Barrow Neurologic Institute and did fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic and University of California in San Diego. He is an active researcher in spinal and nerve disorders, publishing scholarly articles routinely and pursuing laboratory research to improve patient outcomes.

He is the only neurosurgeon in the Rocky Mountains who performs complex nerve surgery. Dr. Mahan treats nerve tumors, whether malignant, benign or related to genetic syndromes such as neurofibromatosis; nerve entrapments, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome or patients with prior surgery needing revision; nerve injuries, such as brachial plexus injuries, nerve lacerations or trauma, or iatrogenic (related to other surgery) nerve injuries; nerve pain, such as meralgica paresthetica, occipital neuralgia or other conditions requiring nerve stimulation; functional nerve reconstruction, including for post-stroke spasticity or palsy and dystonia; as well as many other conditions.

Dr. Mahan also performs the complete range of spinal surgery, including oncologic, deformity, minimally invasive and spinal trauma.

Sessions at Neurovations Events

2018 Napa Pain Conference

• Individualized Surgical Approaches to Pain Therapies

Select Publications

• Ray WZ, Mahan MA, Guo D, Guo D, Kliot M (2017). An update on addressing important peripheral nerve problems: challenges and potential solutions. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 159(9), 1765-1773.
• Guan J, Holland CM, Schmidt MH, Dailey AT, Mahan MA, Bisson EF (2017). Association of low perioperative prealbumin level and surgical complications in long-segment spinal fusion patients: A retrospective cohort study. Int J Surg, 39, 135-140.
• Mahan MA, Sanders LE, Guan J, Dailey AT, Taylor W, Morton DA (2017). Anatomy of psoas muscle innervation: cadaveric study. Clin Anat, 30(4), 479-486.
• Prasad NK, Mahan MA, Howe BM, Amrami KK, Spinner RJ (2017). A new pattern of lipomatosis of nerve: case report. J Neurosurg, 126(3), 933-937.
• Karsy M, Guan J, Ravindra VM, Stilwill S, Mahan MA (2016). Diagnostic Quality of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Interpretation for Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: Can Malignancy Be Determined? J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg, 77(6), 495-504.
• Karsy M, Guan J, Sivakumar W, Neil JA, Schmidt MH, Mahan MA (2015). The genetic basis of intradural spinal tumors and its impact on clinical treatment. Neurosurg Focus, 39(2), E3.
• Mahan MA, Gasco J, Mokhtee DB, Brown JM (2015). Anatomical considerations of fascial release in ulnar nerve transposition: a concept revisited. J Neurosurg, 123(5), 1216-22.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Mahan MA, Spinner RJ (2016). Nerves of the Upper Extremity. In Tubbs RS, Shoja MM, and Loukas M (Eds.), Bergman’s Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation (Chapter 91). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Mahan MA (2016). Cubital tunnel syndrome. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
3. Brown J, Mahan MA (2016). Nerve sheath tumor. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
4. Brown J, Mahan MA (2016). Brachial plexus injury. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
5. Brown J, Mahan MA (2016). Ulnar nerve injury. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
6. Brown J, DSouza G, Mahan MA (2016). Median nerve injury. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
7. Mahan MA (2016). Carpal tunnel syndrome. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
8. Brown J, Mahan MA (2016). Thoracic outlet syndrome. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
9. Brown J, DSouza G, Mahan MA (2016). Radial nerve injury. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
10. Mahan MA (2016). Common peroneal neuropathy. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
11. Brown J, Mahan MA (2016). Parsonage Turner. In Jandial R, Chen MY, Aizenberg MR (Eds.), 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
12. Mahan MA (2015). Common peroneal nerve entrapment across the fibular head. In Harbaugh RE, Berger MS, Couldwell WT, Shaffrey C (Eds.), Neurosurgery Knowledge Update (Chapter 115, pp. 705-708). New York: Thieme.
13. Mahan MA, Spinner RJ (2015). Clinical implications of anatomical variations of the upper extremity. In Tubbs RS, Rizk E, Shoja MM, Loukas M, Barbaro N, Spinner RJ (Eds.), Sunderland’s Nerves and Nerve Injuries (3, pp. 589-608). New York: Academic Press.