Dr. Day received his medical degree from the
University of Washington School of Medicine
in 1989. He completed residency in
neurological surgery at the University of
Southern California (USC) Medical Center.
In 1995, Dr. Day joined the faculty of the USC
School of Medicine in Los Angeles, where he
was also Director of Neurological Surgery at
the world-renowned House Ear Clinic. In late
2001, he returned to... Pittsburgh and
Allegheny General Hospital as the Director of
the Center for Cerebrovascular Surgery and
Stroke, also serving on the faculty of Drexel
University College of Medicine through 2004.
Dr. Day became Professor and Chairman of
Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences and led the department
until his recruitment to University Medical
Center in El Paso in 2023.
Dr. Day has authored 4 textbooks on neurosurgery and has published over 80 articles on neurosurgical topics.
Dr. Gasco has been practicing neurosurgery
since 2011. He completed his undergraduate
degree at the University of Valencia
Medical School in Spain and then he went
on to complete his neurosurgery residency
at the University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston, Texas.
Dr. Gasco is one of few neurosurgeons
worldwide to be board-certified in two
continents, America and Europe. Authored
2 books... and has published over 30 articles
in the field of Neurosurgery.
He specializes in brain, spine and peripheral
nerve surgery with emphasis on using the
latest minimally invasive technologies
including (MIS-TLIF, XLIF, ALIF, CoFlex,
Intracept, OLIF) and pain management
including ESI injections and blocks.
Dr. Gasco has successfully performed over 150 minimally invasive fusions, cutting the patient’s recovery time in half. Dr. Gasco is a leader in bringing endoscopic spine surgery to our region.
Dr. Harold K. Smith received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville, Arkansas, and medical degree
from the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Smith
completed his residency in neurological
surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical
Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
Dr. Smith is board certified by the American
Board of Neurological Surgery and has been
practicing medicine
... since 1988.
Dr. Smith has extensive experience in spinal
and intracranial neurosurgery, skull base,
vascular, functional and tumor neurosurgery,
as well as stereotactic radiosurgery and image
guided robotically assisted spinal surgery.
Dr. Smith has pioneered the use of fluorescence guidance and awake techniques for the resection of complex brain tumors.
