New Top Neurosurgeon Coming to Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Jasmine Thum, MD, MS is a top Neurosurgeon in San Francisco, California. With a passion for the field and an unwavering commitment to her specialty, Dr. Thum is an expert in changing the lives of her patients for the better. Through her surgical and academic expertise in her chosen subspecialties, Dr. Thum is a prime example of a true leader in health care. As a leader and expert in their field, Dr. Thum is passionate about enhancing patient quality of life, and embodies the values of communication, safety, and trust when dealing directly with patients.

She is a true surgeon-scientists; utilizing her training as an engineer and a surgeon, he research focuses on advancing the fields of epilepsy, disorders of consciousness, and paralysis after trauma. She has been invited to present her research at various national and international conferences and academic institutions, and has been awarded several prestigious grants for her research. (Select publications can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jasmine-Thum)

As a teacher, she has won teaching awards and led national efforts in medical student neurosurgical education and recruitment, especially during the early years of the Covid pandemic. She has served in leadership roles on various national neurosurgery society boards, and locally, in San Francisco, Dr. Thum is a true asset to her field and dedicated to the profession of medicine.

She will be moving to Birmingham, Alabama at the end of 2024 where she will be taking over one of the largest academic epilepsy practices in the country at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, a high-volume clinical and teaching academic hospital. She will transition there as an Assistant Professor in epilepsy, functional surgery, and peripheral nerve surgery. (For more information, please see: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/neurosurgery/news-events/department-news/department-welcomes-thum-as-new-faculty)