Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO

Kristin Huntoon, PhD DO, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. She is a fellowship-trained brain and spine tumor neurosurgeon and studies these tumors in her research laboratory to develop new diagnostics and treatments for these devastating tumors. Dr. Huntoon is a grant-funded neurosurgeon-scientist with over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous book chapters. She additionally serves as Co-chair of several committees on the Tumor Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons and is an editor for the Journal of Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery among other scientific journals.