Neurosurgery Resident Program Alumni

2023 - 2024

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Stanley Bazarek, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine  
Neil Klinger, MD Faculty, Munson Neurosurgery, Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, MI  
Martina Mustroph, MD, PhD Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship, Emory University  

2022 - 2023

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Joseph Driver, MD Complex Spine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Logan Health, Kalispell, MT
Walid Ibn Essayed, MD Faculty, UTHealth Neurosciences and McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX  
David Segar, MD Epilepsy and Functional Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco Faculty, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2021 - 2022

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Yasser Jeelani, MD Skull Base and Open CV Fellowship, Arkansas Neuroscience Institute Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ
Rosalind Lai, MD Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship, University at Buffalo Neurosurgery (UBNS) Faculty, University of Buffalo Neurosurgery
Kyle Wu, MD Skull Base & Minimally Invasive Cranial Surgery Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center & James Cancer Institute, OH Faculty, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center & James Cancer Institute, OH

2020 - 2021

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Kevin Ted Huang, MD Complex Spine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Complex Faculty, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ian James Tafel, MD Spine Fellowship, University of Miami Faculty, University of Florida Health
Pablo Andres Valdes Quevedo, MD, PhD Neurosurgical Oncology and Functional Brain Mapping Fellowship, Montpellier, France Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch

2019 - 2020

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Dustin Donnelly, MD, PhD Spine Fellowship, Duke University Faculty, Case Western Reserve University
David Penn, MD Skull Base/ Cerebrovascular Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University Attending, Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Danbury Hospital, Nuvance Health, Poughkeepsie NY
Christian Strong, MD Spine Fellowship, New England Baptist Hospital Private Practice, WellStar Atlanta Medical Center

2018 - 2019

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Vamsidhar Chavakula, MD BWH Functional Attending, Fellowship, Milan Italy Faculty, Neurosurgical Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA
Ziev Moses, MD Spine Fellowship, Rush University, IL Faculty, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Pokmeng Alfred See, MD Cerebrovascular Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Shillito Pediatric Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital

2017 - 2018

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Hormuzdiyar Dasenbrock, MD Endovascular Fellowship, Rush University, IL Neuroendovascular Fellowship (enfolded), Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA Faculty, Boston Medical Center
Viren Vasudeva, MD Spine Fellowship (enfolded), Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA St. Mary’s Healthcare System, Georgia Neurological Surgery and Comprehensive Spine, Athens, GA

2016 - 2017

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD Skull Base Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA
Matthew Vestal, MD, MBA Shillito Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center

2015 - 2016

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD Spine Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA Associate Professor, Duke University, NC
Michael Raber, MD Spine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, MD Kootenai Health, Coeur d’Alene, ID

2014 - 2015

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Bradley Gross, MD Neuroendovascular Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Peleg Horowitz, MD, PhD Skull Base Neuro-Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, IL

2013 - 2014

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Stephen Nalbach, MD Private Practice, Tyler Neurosurgical Associates, TX Private Practice, Tyler Neurosurgical Associates, TX
Alexander Ropper, MD Spine Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ Director of Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Judith Wong, MD, MPH Pediatric Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles, CA Private Practice, Kaiser Permanente, CA

2012 - 2013

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Ning Lin, MD Endovascular Fellowship, SUNY Buffalo, NY Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center, NY 
Urvashi Upadhyay, MD Skull Base Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA Faculty, Boston Medical Center

2011 - 2012

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Sarah Jernigan, MD, MPH Shillito Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA Private Practice, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, NC
Yi Lu, MD, PhD Spine Fellowship, University of Miami, FL Director of Neurological Trauma, Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA

2010 - 2011

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Kevin Cahill, MD, PhD, MPH Spine Fellowship, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL Private Practice, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, NC
Suzanne Tharin, MD, PhD Spine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, OH Assistant Professor, Stanford University Medical Center, CA

2009 - 2010

Resident Fellowship/Subsequent Position Current Position
Lance Governale, MD Shillito Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, L.D. Hupp Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, FL
Albert Kim, MD, PhD Skull Base Fellowship, University of Miami, FL Associate Professor, Developmental Biology Surgical Director, Washington University School of Medicine, MO

 

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