Dr. Toba N. Niazi has been appointed Chief of the Section of Neurosurgery for Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists (NCPS) and assumes a leadership position within the Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute as Director of the hospital’s Division of Neurosurgery. She will lead the Brain Institute in collaboration with Dr. Paula Schleifer, Director of the Division of Neurology.
Prior to joining the team in 2013, Dr. Niazi was with Inova Fairfax Children’s Hospital in Falls Church, VA, as a pediatric neurosurgeon. She received her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Niazi completed her internship and residency at the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Medical Center.
