Daniel Herrick, MD, PhD
Daniel Herrick, MD, PhD is a PGY6 Neurosurgery Resident at Stanford University. He is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and completed his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Tufts University School of Medicine. His Ph.D. research detailed neural stem cell responses to acute injury in the mouse olfactory epithelium and was published in journals such as PNAS and Journal of Neuroscience. He is passionate about leveraging translational science, health technology innovation, and his unique clinical training in both neurosurgery and neurocritical care to improve outcomes for patients with acute injury to the brain and spine. His active areas of research include the identification of biomarkers for central nervous system injury, predicting outcomes following spine fusion surgery, and improving the use of evidence-based guidelines in the care of neurosurgical ICU patients. In 2022-2023, he was the inaugural CAST Neurosurgery Neurocritical Care Fellow and was also awarded intramural funding to pilot a novel translational human CSF biomarker study in patients with central nervous system injury. Outside of neurosurgery, he enjoys playing tennis, fly fishing, traveling, and being in the outdoors.
Education:
2018 – Present
Stanford University – Palo Alto, CA
Department of Neurosurgery
Resident Physician
2022—2023
Stanford University – Palo Alto, CA
Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Neurocritical Care Fellow (Enfolded, CAST)
2021—2022
Stanford University – Palo Alto, CA
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
Biodesign Innovation Fellow
2010 – 2018
Tufts University – Boston, MA
M.D. Medical Scientist Training Program
2012 – 2016
Tufts University – Boston, MA
Ph.D. Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
2004 – 2008
Colby College – Waterville, ME
B.A. magna cum laude
Chemistry
Program Completion:
2025
Awards and Honors:
David L. Kasdon Prize in Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine 2018
Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Medical Society, Tufts University School of Medicine 2018
Student Enrichment Grant, Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences 2015
NIH F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award , Tufts University School of Medicine 2014
Bradford P. Mundy Award in Organic Chemistry, Colby College 2008
Frank and Maureen Wilkens Student Research Fellowship, Colby College 2007