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It’s a simple idea. Generosity contributes to a better world. Whether it’s helping our neighbors, supporting our friends, or being there for the ones that we love, the act of generosity builds a community where everyone matters. Your contribution can transform a life. Discover the stories of transformation from patients and their loved ones who received care at PNI.

When he got out of medical school Dr. Jian Guan wanted to do pediatric neurosurgery, and he found a top-flight residency at the University of Utah. While there, though, his career took a turn, thanks to the Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. Cheyenne is a small city, and Salt Lake City is the nearest center of excellence for spine surgery, so every summer, Dr. Guan, sadly, would see a surge in back injuries from rodeo accidents.

PNI leads the way in minimally invasive brain surgery, sending patients home the next day at award-winning Southern California hospitals.

Intracranial meningiomas are the most common benign brain tumor that develop or arise from any meningeal surface of the brain, and are typically attached to the dura (outer layer of the meninges) but can also occur in the cerebral ventricles.

Movement Disorders specialist, Natalie Diaz, MD, opened the Los Angeles Dystonia Zoo Day on October 1st, 2022 to promote awareness of dystonia and connect the dystonia community through the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF).

For people with Multiple Sclerosis being physically active is one of the most beneficial adaptations to a lifestyle with MS.

Sandra Narayanan, MD, Vascular Neurologist and Neurointerventional Surgeon at the Pacific Stroke and Neurovascular Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute, explains the difference between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.

PNI launches a new Cochlear Implant Program for adults and children led by Rhodes Scholar Courtney Voelker, MD, PhD.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can affect your entire body. Learn the signs, symptoms, and treatment options with Neurologist and MS Specialist Barbara Giesser, MD.

Strange though it may seem, we can tone our brain tissue the same way we tone our muscles. The fitness of our gray matter depends on how well we take care of ourselves.