Neurosurgery Residency Alumni

2024

Ashish Sharma, MD
Current Position: Neurosurgeon at Atlas Neurosurgery and Spine, Scottsdale, AZ

Nathan Han, MD
Fellowship: Spine Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

2023

Nick Caffes, MD
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular, Swedish Neuroscience Institute, WA
Current Position: Cerebrovascular and General Neurosurgery, WellSpan York Hospital, PA

Jeff Oliver, MD
Fellowship: Endovascular, Geisinger Medical Center, PA

2022

Gregory Cannarsa, MD
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Neurosurgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute

Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, University of California San Francisco
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center

2021

Nathan Pratt, MD, MS
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch

Aaron Wessell, MD
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Current Position: Staff Neurosurgeon, Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Neurosurgery, Sentara Neurosurgery Specialists

2020

Matthew J. Kole, MD
Fellowships: Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery/Skull Base Surgery, McGovern Medical School, UT-Houston
Endovascular Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, UT-Houston
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Harry Mushlin, MD
Fellowship: Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Complex Spine and Deformity, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University 

2019

Salazar Jones, MD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Erik Hayman, MD
Fellowship: Complex & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of South Florida School of Medicine

2018

David Hersh, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Elizabeth Le, MD
Fellowship: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

2017

Evan Lewis, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, FL

Akil Patel, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded);
Cerebrovascular Surgery/Endovascular Surgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Current Position: General and Vascular Neurosurgery, Kettering Brain & Spine, OH

2016

Narlin Beaty, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded);
Endovascular Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Current Position: General and Vascular Neurosurgery, Tallahassee Neurological Clinic, FL

Kenneth Crandall, MD
Fellowship: Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Miami
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center

2015

Justin Slavin, MD
Fellowship: Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

2014

Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Director of Neurotrauma/Critical Care, Shock Trauma Center

Adam Polifka, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded); Neuroendovascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville

2013

David Chesler, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Current Position: Associate Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Christopher Maulucci, MD, FAANS, FACS
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine

2012

David Ibrahimi, MD
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, University of Virginia
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (in memoriam)

Michael Koltz, MD
Fellowship: Neuroendovascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

2011

Louis Chang, MD
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Navigation, Weill Cornell-NY Presbyterian
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center

Mark Iguchi, MD, FAANS
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Greater Baltimore Medical Center

2010

John Caridi, MD
Fellowship: Scoliosis, Hospital for Special Surgery
Current Position: Associate Professor, Chief of Neurosurgical Spine Division, UTHealth Neurosciences, McGovern Medical School

Danny Liang, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center

2009

Nicholas Szerlip, MD
Fellowships: Neurosurgery, National Institutes of Health; Neurosurgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School

William Wirchansky, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Brain & Spine Surgeons of New York

2007

Robert F. James, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Current Position: Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Vascular Neurosurgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine as Associate

Ryan P. DenHaese, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, AXIS Neurosurgery and Spine, Buffalo, NY

2006

Edward S. Ahn, MD
Fellowships: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic

2005

Nirav K. Shah, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Princeton Brain & Spine Medical, Langhorne, PA

Bimal G. Rami, MD, FAANS
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

2004

Thomas K. Mattingly, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgery, London Health Sciences Center
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Katrina Murphy, MD, PhD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Associates, Richmond, VA

2003

Rajesh V. Metha, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Associates, Richmond, VA

2002

Judson Howard Cook, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Spine & Neurosurgery Specialists of Austin, Austin, TX

2001

Eric A. Potts, MD
Fellowship: Spine Surgery, Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
Current Position: Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Carmel, IN

Barbara E. Lazio, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Providence Medical Group Southwest Washington Neurosurgery, Olympia, WA

2000

David H. Harter, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Program Director of Neurosurgery Residency, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

1999

Patrick Doherty, MD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery; Chief of Neurosurgery, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital - New London, Yale School of Medicine

Andrew Chiou, MD
Tupelo, MS

1998

Robert Bryan Mason, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgery, National Naval Medical Center
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

Kevin M. Zitnay, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Conemaugh Neurosurgical Associates, Johnstown, PA

1997

Charles Park, MD, PhD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Amiel Bethel, MD
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD

1996

Leon K. Liem, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

Arthur J. DiPatri, Jr., MD
Fellowships: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

1995

Brent Morgan, MD
General Neurosurgery, Plano, TX and Spokane, WA

1994

Jamshid Saleh, MD
Redding, CA

1993

Stephen L. Huhn, MD
Newark, CA

Stanley Skarli, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Children’s Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Current Position: Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

1992

Thomas N. Spagnolia, MD
Bismarck, ND

Mark Stephen Monasky, MD
Sioux Falls, SD

1991

John Ragheb, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center
Current Position: Chief, Department of Surgery, Director, Division of Neurosurgery, Nicklaus Children's Hospital

1990

James Michael Randle, MD
Nacogdoches, TX

1989

Gregory Corradino, MD
Kingsport, TN

Henry Joseph Elsner, MD
Greensboro, NC

1988

Robert W. Nudelman, MD
Greensboro, NC

Schlegel, Robert, MD
Harrisburg, PA

1987

Francis T. Ferraro, MD
Johnstown, PA

1985

Miguel A. Machado, MD
Greensboro, NC

1984

Ernesto M. Botero, MD
Charlotte, NC

Mark P. Carrol, MD
Charlotte, NC

1983

David H. Cahill, MD
Tampa, FL

1981

Hatem Abdo, MD
Baltimore, MD

1980

John T. Lucas, MD
Greenville, SC

J. Douglas Abbott, MD
Baltimore, MD

Roberto B. Bellegarrigue, MD
Winter Haven, FL

1979

Abdul L. Itani, MD
Cleveland, OH

1978

Merle P. Stringer, MD
Panama City, FL

Joseph K. Jamaris, MD
Baltimore, MD

Edwin H. Bellis III, MD
Salisbury, MD

1977

Gustavo R. Roca, MD
Sao Paula, Brazil

Panayiotis Louis Sitaras, MD
Fallston, MD

1976

Robert A. Rashti, MD
Hampton, VA

Walker L. Robinson, MD
Urbana, IL

1975

Richard A. Pratt II, MD
La Mesa, CA

Joseph A. Soliman, MD
Westminster, MD

1974

Charles J. Lancelotta, Jr., MD
Baltimore, MD

David M. Cook, MD
Lutherville, MD

1973

Daniel H. White, MD
Norfolk, VA

Donald P. Sickler, MD
Dayton, OH

1972

Edward D. Layne, MD
Baltimore, MD

Jorge R. Ordonez, MD
Baltimore, MD

Octavio Polanco, MD
Baltimore, MD

1971

Frederick N. Sugar, MD
San Diego, CA

Frederick K. Cressman, MD
Louisville, KY

1970

Robert S. Holt, MD
San Diego, CA

Jon A. Gulbrandsen, MD

1969

Ronald L. Paul, MD
York, PA

1968

Roberto A Negron, MD
San Antonio, TX

Ivan L. Butler, MD
York, PA

1967

Thavatchai Fungvudhhiran, MD
Bangkok, Thailand

1966

William Kraut, MD
Baltimore, MD

1965

Robert T. James, MD
Florence, South Carolina

1964

Iradja Khalatberry, MD
Tehran, Iran

1963

G. Lee Russo, MD
Baltimore, MD

1962

Charles M. Henderson, MD
Baltimore, MD

1961

Rui Raul Dahas de Carvalho, MD
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paul C. Hudson, MD
Baltimore, MD

Steven Malina, MD
Baltimore, MD

1960

Israel H. Weiner, MD
Lutherville, MD

1958

Herbert S. Bell, MD
Cleveland, OH

Rafael Longo, MD
San Juan, Puerto Rico

John O. Sharrett, MD
Baltimore, MD

1954

James S. Browne, MD
San Francisco, CA

August Kiel, MD
Baltimore, MD

1952

J.A. Alvarez de Choudens, MD
San Juan, Puerto Rico

George H. Smith, MD
Augusta, GA

1951

Robert M. N. Crosby, MD
Baltimore, MD

1950

Louis O. J. Manganiello, MD
Augusta, GA

1949

William H. Mosberg, MD
Baltimore, MD

1948

E. Thornton Pfeil, MD
Phoenix, AZ

1947

Raymond K. Thompson, MD
Baltimore, MD

1942

James G. Arnold, MD
Baltimore, MD

1941

William W. McKinney, MD (first full resident)
Fort Worth, TX

1939

William B. Scoville, MD (neurosurgery training)
Hartford, CT