Alumni
See where past residents in the Department of Neurological Surgery are working now.
2024
Constantine Karras, MD - Skull Base and Minimally Invasive Cranial Surgery/Fellowship, Ohio State University
Aaron H. Palmer, MD - General Neurosurgery/ Summa Health, Akron
Siting Trybula, MD, PhD - Clinical Faculty/Department of Neurological Surgery/ Northwestern Medicine, Central DuPage Hospital
2023
Michael Cloney, MD, MPH - Spine and Neurotrauma Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
H. Greg Frankel, MD - Complex and Reconstructive Spine Surgery Fellowship, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Matthew Ordon, MD - Neuro-Spine Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Michael Jones, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Private Practice, Waukesha, WI
Grace Lai, MD, PhD - Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Nikhil Murthy, MD, MS - Faculty, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
2021
Roxanna M Garcia, MD, MS, MPH - Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern , Chicago, IL
Kartik Kesavabhotla, MD - Private Practice, Milwaukee, WI
William Metcalf-Doetsch, MD - Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern , Chicago, IL
Madhav Sukumaran, MD, PhD - Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2020
Amit Ayer, MD, MBA - Functional Neurosurgery, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, Palo Alto, CA
Gurvinder Kaur, MD - NeuroOncology Fellowship, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL
2019
Rudy Rahme, MD - Endovascular fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Olabisi Sanusi, MD - Skull base surgery fellowship , Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
2018
Angela Bohnen, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Neurosurgery One, Littleton, CO
2017
Omar Arnaout, MD - Faculty, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Randall Graham, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Private Practice, Dallas, TX
Drew Spencer, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Northwestern Medicine-Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
2016
Allan Nanney III, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Private Practice, Boulder, CO
James Stadler III, MD - Faculty, , University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
2015
Rohan Lall, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
2014
Jamal McClendon, Jr., MD - Faculty, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
Timothy R Smith, MD, PhD, MPH - Faculty, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Albert P Wong, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Joseph Adel, MD - Neurological Surgeon, St. Mary’s of Michigan, Saginaw, MI
Patrick A Sugrue, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
2012
Peter Lee, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Northwestern Medicine, Winfield, IL
Stephen F Shafizadeh, MD, PhD, DC - Neurological Surgeon, CHI St. Vincent Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, Sherwood, AR
Nicholas P Slimack, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Santa Maria Specialty Health Center, Santa Maria, CA
2011
David Hahn, MD, MS - Neurology,
Ryan J Halpin, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Olympia Orthopaedic Associates, Olympia, WA
Patrick Shih, MD - Neurological Surgeon, The Neurosurgical Brain and Spine Center, Houston, TX
2010
Sunit Das, MD, PhD - Faculty, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Christopher Eddleman, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, Texas
2009
David Moller, MD - Faculty, UC Davis, Kaiser Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
2008
Stefan A Mindea, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Pozimed, Constanta, Romania
Brian O’Shaughnessy, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Howell Allen Clinic, Nashville, TN
Glen Pollock, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Aurora Neuroscience Innovation Institute, Milwaukee, WI
2007
Patrick C Hsieh, MD - Faculty, Director of Neurosurgery Spine Program, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
Robert H Thiele, MD - Faculty, Anesthesiology, UVA Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Benson P Yang, MD - Neurological Surgeon, AMITA Health, Chicago, IL
2006
Tyler R Koski, MD - Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Director of Spine Fellowship, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Kenji Muro, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Advocate Medical Group, Chicago, IL
2005
Ania G Pollack, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Dayton, OH
Bratislav Velimirovic, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Neurosurgical Specialists of El Paso, EL Paso, TX
2004
Lance E Gravely, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Providence, Pasadena, CA
Allan M Jorge, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Private Practice, Miami, Florida
Thomas J Morrison, III, MD - Neurological Surgeon (Deceased), Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery, Atlanta, GA
2003
George A Alsina, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Port City Neurosurgery & Spine, Wilmington, NC
Frank La Marca, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Henry Ford Health System, Jackson, MI
2002
Sean Salehi, MD, FAANS - Neurological Surgeon, Neurological Surgery and Spine Surgery, Westchester, IL
2001
Bernard R Bendok, MD - Chair, Neurosurgery, Arizona, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Diane Sierens, MD - Neurological Surgeon, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, Chicago, IL
2000
Hugo Benalcazar, MD - Chief of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical System, Bel Air, MD
Yannick Grenier, MD - Neurosurgery specialist , Cincinnati, OH
Sagi M Kuznits, MD, FACS - Neurological Surgeon, Neurosurgical Care, Royersford, PA
Randall R McCafferty, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Desert Care Network, Palm Springs, CA
Craig P Nolan, MD - Neuro-Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
1999
Moise Danielpour, MD - Chair, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Barry I Katz, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Mercy Clinic Neurosurgery, Joplin, MO
Jason A Rolls, MD - General Surgeon, Transplant Surgeon, DMC Medical Group, Detroit, MI
1998
Joseph Ciacci, MD - Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego, CA
John C Liu, MD - Faculty, Professor of Neurosurgery, Co-Director of USC Spine Center, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Hector W Ho, MD - Neurological Surgeon, St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare, Fullerton, CA
1996
James P Chandler, MD - Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Lavin/Fates Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Denise E Crute, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Rockford, IL
Dominique G Engel, MD - Neurological Surgeon, Live Oak, CA
Mitchell Gropper, MD - Chairman, Department of Surgery (Deceased), The Community Hospital, Munster, IN