Medical Student
University of California, San Francisco
Nishanth Krishnan, BS, is a medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. He earned a bachelor’s degree in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology with departmental honors from Yale University, where he received his initial exposure to neurosurgery as a member of the Cushing Society. Nishanth is engaged in clinical research in the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. His professional interests are in spine oncology, post-operative outcomes after spine surgery, and national healthcare policy.