Mohammad Yashar Kalani, MDNeurosurgery in Tulsa, OK

M. Yashar Kalani, MD, is a board-certified, experienced neurosurgeon at Ascension Medical Group St. John Neurosurgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Kalani uses minimally invasive procedures to repair spine injuries, arthritic spinal conditions and remove spine and brain tumors. He uses robotic-assisted surgery as part of our spine surgery and brain tumor program. Robotic-assisted surgery may lead to a faster recovery, shorter hospital stay, and less scarring. Schedule a consultation to learn more.

He starts by listening to better understand your concerns. Then, Dr. Kalani works with you to create a surgical care plan that supports your brain, spine and nerve health. From your first consultation to surgery and occupational and physical therapy, we'll connect you to specialists to support your recovery. Dr. Kalani also specializes in performing non-surgical and minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat herniated discs, spinal stenosis, brain tumors, bleeding on the brain, spinal osteoarthritis, traumatic nerve injuries, and more. He also specializes in brain and spine surgery to remove benign and cancerous tumors.

Dr. Kalani serves as the surgical director of the Heyman Comprehensive Stroke Center. He has a referral practice for bypass surgery and surgery of the cranial nerves. Additionally, Dr. Kalani performs surgery for degenerative and traumatic spinal diseases.

Dr. Kalani's expertise includes the surgical treatment of brain and spinal tumors, including tumors in the brainstem, pituitary tumors and those surrounding the skull base. He is one of the only dual-trained cerebrovascular surgeons in the state of Oklahoma and provides comprehensive treatment of brain aneurysms, vascular malformations, carotid and vertebral artery disease, stroke and Moyamoya disease.

Dr. Kalanni completed medical school at Stanford University and his doctorate in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalani completed fellowship training in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute with Dr. Robert Spetzler. He also completed Skull Base Surgery and Neuro-Oncology Fellowships at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia under the guidance of Dr. Charlie Teo.

Prior to arrival in Tulsa, Dr. Kalani was a Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology. He has published over 250 papers on various neurosurgical topics and remains active in clinical studies and trials.