Jeffery Head, MD, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program in July of 2020. He graduated from Colgate University in 2012 with honors in cellular neuroscience and earned his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in 2020, where he graduated cum laude and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Prior to medical school, Dr. Head spent two years as a post-baccalaureate research fellow at the National Institutes of Health studying developmental neurobiology in zebra fish. His work focused on understanding the molecular signaling pathways that regulate collective cell migration in the peripheral nervous system during embryogenesis and creating digital reconstructions of the relationships between these cells during their migration. During his medical school career, Dr. Head was involved in research on spinal cord stimulation waveforms in treating chronic low-back pain, surgical approaches to the spine in treating ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, mechanical thrombectomy in distal circulation strokes, and the risk-factors for infection in external ventricular drains. Dr. Head was born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. Outside of neurosurgery Dr. Head is an avid skier and enjoys cooking, hiking, running, softball, soccer, and spending time with his friends and family.