Ankush Chandra MD MS

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Skull Base

Medical Student (M.D)

Summary

Ankush Chandra is a 3rd year medical student at the Wayne State University School of Medicine who is dedicated to pursuing a neurological surgery residency with a goal of becoming a neurosurgeon-scientist.

Ankush is passionate about advancing knowledge within neurosurgery through high quality basic science and clinical research. During 2017-2018, he was awarded the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) research fellowship to conduct full-time translational and basic science research for 1 year in the laboratory of Dr. Manish K. Aghi at the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, where Ankush has been conducting both clinical and basic science research since 2015. Ankush is a recipient of numerous grants and awards for research in the field of organized neurosurgery. He has published extensively and has presented his work at numerous national conferences.

Ankush is also a medical student member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), AANS/CNS Tumor Section, Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO), American Medical Association (AMA) and has been elected into the prestigious AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee (among 1 of 2 medical students elected in North America annually). He is enthusiastic about engaging with and broadening the impact of organized neurosurgery within field of medicine.

University of California San FranciscoHHMI Medical Research Fellow, 2017
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 2020, MD, AOA (Inducted Junior Year)
Boston University School of MedicineMS, 2013 - 2015
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical SchoolResearch Associate, Neurology, 2011 - 2013
Boston UniversityBA, Neuroscience and Biology, Distinction in Neuroscience, 2007 - 2011

PubMed

Letter: Costs of Academic Engagement in Organized Neurosurgery in the United States.
Lucas Pari Mitre, Ankush Chandra
Neurosurgery. 2025-08-14
Factors associated with matching into highly ranked U.S. neurosurgical residencies.
Ankush Chandra, Cameron Ehsan, James Trippett, Min J Kim, Michael G Brandel
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2025-07-14
Integrated management of metastatic spinal tumors: current status and future directions.
Min J Kim, Neelan J Marianayagam, Ankush Chandra, Carlotta Ranalli, Ethan Schonfeld
Medical Oncology. 2025-05-14

Journal Articles

The cerebral circulation and cerebrovascular disease I: Anatomy
Chandra A, Li WA, Stone CR, Geng X, Ding Y, Brain Circulation, 7/18/2017
The cerebral circulation and cerebrovascular disease II: Pathogenesis of cerebrovascular disease
Chandra A, Stone CR, Li WA, Geng X, Ding Y, Brain Circulation, 7/18/2017
The cerebral circulation and cerebrovascular disease III: Stroke
Chandra A, Stone CR, Du X, Li WA, Huber M, Bremer R, Geng X, Ding Y, Brain Circulation, 7/18/2017

Books/Book Chapters

Hypoxia and Human Diseases
Chapter: Hypothermia in Stroke Therapy: Systemic versus Local Application
Page 179 - 209Huber M, Duan HL, Chandra A, Li F, Wu L, Guan L, Geng X, Ding Y.Editors: Jing Zheng, Chi Zhou.InTechEdition 1,2017