Current Neurosurgery Residents
Resident Bios
PGY-7 | Class of 2025
![Joshua Olexa](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2025/josh-olexa.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=7778CDB35C5E320823FDD7CF31A88589)
Joshua Olexa, MD
Undergraduate: St. Mary's College of Maryland
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
PGY-6 | Class of 2026
![Phelan Shea](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2026/phelan-shea.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=9F316EE17F48EB1C57C7A48A9FE65985)
Phelan Shea, MD
Undergraduate: Goucher College
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
![Jesse Stokum](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2026/jesse-stokum.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=39788C398D3F59325AA92203C4FFCD5F)
Jesse Stokum, MD, PhD
Undergraduate: West Virginia University
Graduate School: Carnegie Mellon University, University of Maryland Baltimore
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
PGY-5 | Class of 2027
![Serra](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2027/riccardo-serra.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=00E636D1CBBA28EDF9981A24036DAB83)
Riccardo Serra, MD
Undergraduate: Liceo Classico Dante Alighieri, Latina, Italy
Medical School: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Medical School, Rome, Italy
Post-Doctoral Fellowships: Johns Hopkins University
![Wenger](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2027/nicole-wenger.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=2AE2C3CC701DB91975581AD243611063)
Nicole Wenger, MD, MBA
Undergraduate: Yale University
Graduate School: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
PGY-4 | Class of 2028
![Shreyas Panchagnula headshot](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2028/panchagnula.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=74A8D5F175FC267D5986629EB85A69AC)
Shreyas Panchagnula, MD, MHS
Undergraduate: Yale College
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine
![Parantap Patel headshot](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2028/parantap-patel.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=A74D1C7AD9D9A6D53F3569F0D5ECF67B)
Parantap Patel, MD
Undergraduate: Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical School: University of Virginia
PGY-3 | Class of 2029
![Kevin Kim, PGY - 1](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2029/kevin-kim.jpg?h=343&w=275&la=en&hash=433859FDEEE57A47F7C2D2FD254113E9)
Kevin Kim, MD
Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles
Medical School: University of Maryland, School of Medicine
![Steven Yarmoska, PGY - 1](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2029/steven-yarmoska.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=C32E0C5A3DD7719057F62E9C79A15285)
Steven Yarmoska, MD, PhD
Undergraduate: Duke University
Medical School: Emory University, School of Medicine
PGY-2 | Class of 2030
![Maureen Rakovec, MD](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2030/rakovec2023.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=583C24278F3D51A839A67C4FE50219CE)
Maureen Rakovec, MD
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
![Jordan Saadon, MD](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2030/saadon2023.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=748A919967B7A566D3CFBCA80CEE9645)
Jordan Saadon, MD
Undergraduate: Brandeis University
Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
PGY-1 | Class of 2031
![John Kim, MD, MS](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2031/johnkim.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=B8684AD50E85DB595FB061860BC77BD8)
John Kim, MD, MS
Medical School: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
![Catherine Lei, MD](/ummc/-/media/images/ummc/for-health-professionals/gme/residencies/neurosurgery/resident-headshots/2031/catherinelei.jpg?h=345&w=275&la=en&hash=E4B6A75F115B77AA810F83E1C5461163)
Catherine Lei, MD
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita