Andrew Utter, M.D., is a fellowship trained spine surgeon and neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive and complex spine procedures, spinal deformity and scoliosis surgery and spine and brain tumor surgery. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and completed eight years of internship and residency training and a Masters in Clinical Research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. Utter also completed a spine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in August of 2009.  He has completed the Neurosurgery written boards, scoring in the 99th percentile and is eligible to sit for the oral boards after completion of 100 consecutive surgical cases.

He is published in numerous journals and books and has presented papers nationally at the American Epilepsy Society, The Winter Clinics for Cranial and Spinal Surgery, and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.  He has received numerous awards and honors to include Chief Neurosurgery Resident at the Mayo Clinic (2007-2008), a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Grant, and the BrainLab Stereotactic Clinical Case Award in 2006.

Dr. Utter is married to Dina Barnett Utter and they have 2 children, Nathan and Karleigh.  His hobbies and interests include snow and water skiing, hunting, fishing, mountain biking and running marathons.