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    Christian G. Zimmerman, MD, MBA, MS, FAANS, FACS

    Neurosurgeon
    Trinity Health

    CHRISTIAN G. ZIMMERMAN is past Chairman and Founder of the Saint Alphonsus Neurosciences Institute, (SANI), Adjunct Professor of Psychology and in the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University. He also served as a Board member for the Idaho State Board of Health and Welfare. He also had the distinct honor to serve on the National Academies of Medicine, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders Board on Health Sciences Policy. Dr. Zimmerman established the SANI research facility to focus on nervous system injury, leads its various interdisciplinary research teams, and is Co-Professor for Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience/College of Business at Boise State University. Research projects include a 25-year longitudinal study of traumatic brain injury, investigations of spinal injury, and five TATRC Telemedicine Grants. To date, Dr. Zimmerman has authored and presented publications for and reviewed over 400 peer reviews at both National and International Meetings. In April of 2025, the SANI presented four publications in spinal medicine and medical economics at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Boston. Dr. Zimmerman is a re-certified Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and Pain Management, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Physician Executives, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and received his Master of Business Administration from Auburn University and Master of Healthcare Delivery Science from Dartmouth College. Dr. Zimmerman has been selected by US News and World Report Top Doctors, (Top 1%) since 2007, and was lead surgeon in the Healthgrades 2020 Report to the Nation Top 100 for Saint Alphonsus Health System in Spinal Fusion Surgery. Currently, He is also a Board Member of the Idaho State Board of Medicine.

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