Michael Ivan, MD, MBS, FAANS

Congrats to our amazing incoming class of neurosurgery residents! Welcome to the U… #neurosurgeryfamily The future is bright! #futureneurosurgeons #matchday 🙌🙌🙌

@DavidGomezMD @DoctorZada Congrats David!! Welcome to Miami!!

Beyond honored to join this phenomenal group of co-interns for the journey ahead. 🌴☀️ I wouldn’t be here without the guidance of my mentor @DoctorZada, who first ignited my passion for neurosurgery ten years ago. Most importantly, my deepest gratitude belongs to the patients I’ve had the privilege of caring for during medical school. You are the reason behind every late night and every sacrifice, and I’m ready to pour my heart into this next chapter.

Just published! Neurosurgical leadership in Neuro-oncology clinical trials. Congrats team! @CKRamsoomair @ManuelaAB99 @NathanShlobin @michaelivanmd link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Incredible showing from the University of Miami Skull Base Team at this year’s North American Skull Base Society Meeting in San Diego. So proud of our team for presenting outstanding work and helping lead the field in managing these complex disorders. Huge congratulations to our own Dr. Zoukaa Sargi, the incoming President! #WeareNASBS #SkullBaseSurgery #SkullBase #Neurosurgery #ENT #Otolaryngology #AcademicMedicine #MedicalEducation #SurgicalInnovation #UniversityOfMiami #UMiamiHealth #TeamScience #MedConference @umiamimedicine @UMneurosurgery @umiamient @NASBSorg

Grateful for these two incredible mentors. Thank you for all the guidance along the way!!! Last #NASBS2026 as a resident!! @michaelivanmd @JamieVanGompel

Collaboration is powerful. Whether it’s advancing research, raising funds, or advocating for a cause that matters, real impact happens when people come together. This week I had the opportunity to support @StacheStrong in their mission to raise funds for brain tumor research. Through their collaboration with @SylvesterCancer Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Dolphins Cancer Challenge @TackleCancer — and partnerships with industry leaders like @Medtronic — we’re helping bring greater awareness to glioblastoma and the urgent need for better treatments and ultimately a cure. Moments like this remind me how meaningful it is when organizations, researchers, advocates, and industry unite around a shared purpose. Together, we create the momentum needed to change lives. To support in this mission. Donate now: lnkd.in/g6C6Bv_M And Medtronic employees — remember you can double your impact through matching! 🙌 #StacheStrong #DolphinsCancerChallenge #BrainTumorResearch #GlioblastomaAwareness #Collaboration #CancerResearch #StrongerTogether

@NASBSorg bringing great minds together. With @jacquesmorcosmd @UTHealthHouston , @michaelivanmd @umiamimedicine @UMiamiHealth , and @StephenTMagill @NUFeinbergMed @IsaacYangMD @UCLANsgy @UCLA_ENT @UCLAHealth @HarborUCLA @HarborUCLASurg @HarborTrauma @dgsomucla @uclacaltechmstp #nasbs #nasbs2026 #wearenasbs #anythingispossible

We are thrilled to announce the second installment of the One World Skull Base Webinar Series focused on Open vs. Endoscopic vs. Combined Approaches in Skull Base Surgery: When and Why? featuring expert teams from Canada & the U.S. Register Today! #nasbs 1l.ink/5XLW5Z4

Thank you to the organizers of our upcoming NASBS/ICOM #Meningioma Education Day, @gelarehzadeh @FarshadNassiri @ap_landry @michaelivanmd and Paul Gardner. You can learn more about the agenda or register as part of the @NASBSorg 2026 Meeting here: nasbs.org/icom-meningiom…

We sat down with @Telepath_8 and @neuralink to let off some steam and play Mario Kart! His secret advantage? He shoots red shells with his mind. @elonmusk, can we start a BCI gaming tournament?

Neuralink's first patient, @ModdedQuad was featured in Mr. Beast's latest video. This is still super early days for the team working to: - Restore movement - Restore speech - Restore vision - Restore hearing - Restore memory ... and so much more. Mr. Beast is the biggest video creator in the world.

@AVATAR_MEDICAL Amazing achievement! Congrats to the entire team. Excited to be a part of this paradigm shift in medical imaging! #thefuture #CES2026 @CES

We’re a #CES2026 Innovation Awards® Honoree. Recognized for glasses-free 3D medical imaging that helps patients understand their own scans.

🧬🦠 Our new review in Frontiers from @DionysiosWatson’s DISCOVERTME lab @SylvesterCancer in Immunology explores how the gut microbiome and probiotics shape cancer immunity and responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors. @GlopesMd @Kyle__Edwards @assalazar87 @HemOncMiami Key themes:
🔹 Microbiome–immune crosstalk
🔹 Impact on ICI efficacy & resistance
🔹 Opportunities and challenges for clinical translation 🔗 frontiersin.org/journals/immun…

Tomorrow night. Be sure not to miss this!!! 🙌#Neurosurgery #skullbasesurgery

🙌 Big Congrats to Dr. Vratko Himic! He presented our groundbreaking study on potential environmental causes of glioblastoma in Florida at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in LA. 🧠✨ Honored to receive the Stache Strong Award for top translational brain cancer research — one of the first projects to explore these links in Florida. Here’s to hope, progress, and finding the causes behind this devastating disease. 💛 #BrainCancerResearch #Glioblastoma #StacheStrong #Neurosurgery #ScienceForGood @VratkoH @SylvesterCancer @UMneurosurgery

Hey everyone! I'm back from my 90 day follow-up in Miami. My dad came up to visit the weekend before we travelled so we had some good time together last week. I like to be present when I have company, so I’m not really online at all during visits. I'm still alive and mostly well, but I'm still recovering from the trip. I skipped the last Sunday update and livestream because life was happening but I'll be back this week. I hope you and yours are well. Talk soon, 😎 Be good, do good.

I had my 3-month post-op checkup in Miami, and everything looks great. Shout out to @sstigchelaar, @michaelivanmd, @UMneurosurgery, @UMiamiHealth, and @BuonicontiFund for another wonderful experience. Special thanks to @sstigchelaar for asking me to create this piece of art. I call it Wonder. It turned out really well, and I loved pushing my design abilities. The more I push, the more I grow. Do things that scare you, make the leap, take chances, and live in the now. Grow every day and learn to push your boundaries.

#cnsconnects with a friend and colleague @michaelivanmd @UMneurosurgery @TumorSection @CNS_Update #2025cns #cns2025 #LA @NeurosurgeryCNS @IsaacYangMD @UCLANsgy @UCLA_ENT @UCLAHealth @dgsomucla @HarborUCLA @HarborUCLASurg @HarborTrauma

Honored to collaborate with @martinphammd @braintumorsurgeon @dr.z_neurosurgery @andrewchanmd cheeragU @neurosurgery_podcast @aansneuro @amr46 @michaelIvanMD @digiorgio_do @alisonedye Excited for the future of #Neurosurgery @UCLANsgy #2025CNS #CNS… instagr.am/p/DPzqbSZEie0/