Geoffrey Manley, MD

Dr. Geoffrey Manley is a neurosurgeon who cares for patients with brain and spinal cord injuries and for patients needing treatment for serious nervous system disorders or surgical complications. He is chief of neurosurgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and co-director of the UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center. An internationally recognized expert on neurotrauma, he is also a leader in the rapidly growing fields of advanced neuromonitoring – assessing neurological function during surgery to prevent nerve damage – and clinical informatics – analyzing medical data to improve patient outcomes – as applied to critical care.

Manley's research interests range from molecular aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to the care of patients with TBIs. His past work helped define new molecular mechanisms of nervous system injury – knowledge that may lead to new treatments. He strives to develop models that bring findings from the laboratory to the bedside, in an effort to improve diagnosis and treatment for all kinds of brain injuries. He leads many clinical trials, studies that evaluate promising therapies with human volunteers.

Manley earned his medical degree and a doctorate in neuroscience through the Medical Scientist Training Program at Weill Cornell Medicine. He completed a residency in neurosurgery and pediatric neurosurgery at UCSF.

Manley is a member of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences and UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute. For his research on traumatic injury, he has received many honors, including the General Motors Award and an award from the American College of Surgeons. He has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization's prehospital trauma care guidelines committee and on several committees for the National Institutes of Health