Residency alumni

2026

  • John Arena, MD
    Assistant Professor
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Susanna Howard, MD
    Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellow
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Yohannes Ghenbot, MD
    Complex Spine Fellow
    Brown University

2025

  • Sabrina M. Heman-Ackah, MD, DPhil, MSE
    Skull Base Fellow
    Harvard University
  • Maria A. Punchak, MD MSc
    Pediatric Neurological Surgery Fellow
    Texas Children’s Hospital
  • Connor A. Wathen, MD
    Assistant Professor
    University of Pennsylvania

2024

  • Rachel E. Blue, MD
    Assistant Professor 
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Michael F. Spadola, MD
    Assistant Professor
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Stephen P. Miranda, MD, MS
    Assistant Professor
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Director of Peripheral Nerve

2023

  • Svetlana Kvint, MD
    Neuroendovascular Surgeon
    Bronson Medical Group
  • Ashwin Ramayya, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Stanford University
  • Saurabh Sinha, MD
    Attending Neurosurgeon
    New England Neurological Associates

2022

  • Andrew I. Yang, MD, MS
    Cranial Neurosurgeon
    Director of Epilepsy Surgery
    Barrow Neurological Institute
  • Frederick L. Hitti, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
    UT Southwestern
    Dallas, TX
  • YouRong Sophie Su, MD
    Endovascular Neurosurgeon
    Hackensack Meridian Health

2021

  • Tracy Ma Flanders, MD
    Co-Director of Prenatal and Neonatal Neurosurgery
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Ryan D. Salinas, MD
    Attending Neurosurgeon
    UW Medicine – Valley Medical Center
    Renton, WA
  • Patricia Zadnik Sullivan, MD
    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    Director, Center for Spine Tumor and Chordoma Research
    Brown University, Providence, RI

2020

  • Peter Madsen, MD
    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    Director, Neuro-oncology and Translational Research
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Vivek Buch, MD
    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    Stanford University
  • Kerry Vaughan, MD
    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Barrow Global Division
    Barrow Neurological Institute
     

2019

  • Kalil Abdullah, MD
    Associate Professor
    Director, Translational Neuro-Oncology
    University of Pittsburgh 
  • Eric Hudgins, MD, Ph.D
    Neurosurgeon
    Southern Illinois Healthcare
  • Matthew Piazza, MD
    University of Colorado Health
    Loveland, CO

2018

  • Jared Pisapia, MD, MTR
    Westchester Medical Center
    Valhalla, NY
  • Dmitriy Petrov, MD
    Director of Neurosurgery, Spine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Northwell Health
  • James H. Stephen, MD, MENG
    Neurosurgeon
    Brigham and Women's Hospital at South Shore Health

2017

  • Paul Koch, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Nikhil Nayak, MD
    Neurosurgeon
    UNC Health
  • Jay Thawani, MD
    Neurosurgical Oncology
    Trinity Health
    Ypsilanti, MI

2016

  • Zarina S. Ali, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Co-Director, Penn Nerve Center
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Robert L. Bailey, MD
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Associate Chief of Neurosurgery, UPMC Passavant
    University of Pittsburgh
  • Maxwell B. Merkow, MD
    Spine Surgeon
    Bass Medical Group
    Walnut Creek, CA

2015

  • Leif-Erik Bohman, MD
    ChristianaCare
    Newark, DE
  • Luke Macyszyn, MD
    Neurosurgeon, Spine
    DISC Sports & Spine Center
    Marina del Rey, CA
  • Peter Syre, MD
    Colorado Brain and Spine Institute
    Englewood, CO

2014

  • Casey Halpern, MD
    Professor of Neurosurgery
    Division Head, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Shih-Shan Lang Chen, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Neurocritical Care Lead
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • H. Isaac Chen, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Residency Program Director
    University of Pennsylvania

2013

  • Bradley C. Lega, MD
    William Kemp Clark Chair of Neurological Surgery
    UT Southwestern
    Dallas, TX
  • Matt Sanborn, MD
    MaineHealth
    Scarborough, ME
  • Robert G Whitmore, MD
    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    Tufts University School of Medicine
    Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

2012

  • Arun T. Jacob, MD
    Northeast Georgia Health System
    Gainesville, GA
  • Joel Bauman, MD
    Spine Surgeon
    Hartford HealthCare Medical Group

2011

  • Deb Bhowmick, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Duke University School of Medicine
  • Melandee Brown, MD
    Valley Children's
    Madera, CA
  • Nathan Ranalli, MD
    Pediatric Neurosurgeon
    Nemours Children's Health

2010

  • Gregory Heuer, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
    Director of Prenatal and Neonatal Surgery
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Kareem A. Zaghloul, MD, PhD
    Neurosurgeon, Epilepsy
    MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Washington, DC

2009

  • Eric M. Jackson, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, MD
  • Neil R. Malhotra, MD
    Professor of Neurosurgery
    Director, EpiLog Quality Improvement Initiative
    University of Pennsylvania

2008

  • Shabbar F. Danish, MD
    Chair of Neurosurgery
    Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
    Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
  • Suresh N. Magge, MD
    Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
    University of Michigan School of Medicine

2007

  • Michael Smith, MD
    Neurosurgeon, Spine
    RWJ Barnabas Health
  • Michael F. Stiefel, MD, PhD
    Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
    Atlanta, GA

2006

  • Jason Huang, MD
    Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery
    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
  • Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    University of Minnesota

2005

  • Mark Burnett, MD
    Executive Medical Director, Neuro Texas Institute
    Director of Neuroscience Research Program
    Austin, TX
  • Scott Simon, MD
    Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Specialists
    Greenwich, CT

2004

  • John Boockvar, MD
    Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital
    Director, Brain Tumor and Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center
    Professor, Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
    Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
  • George Counelis, MD
    Bay Area Neurosciences
    Walnut Creek, CA

2003

  • Jason Schwalb, MD
    Director of Movement Disorder and Behavioral Neurosurgery
    Henry Ford Health System
    Detroit, MI
  • Lawrence Liu, MD
    Deceased

2002

  • John Abrahams, MD
    Founder, President, Neurosurgeon
    New York Brain & Spine
  • G. Timothy Reiter, MD
    Professor of Neurosurgery
    Associate Director, Spine Center
    Penn State Hershey Medical Center
    Hershey, PA

2001

  • Albert E. Telfeian, MD, PhD
    Founder and Endoscopic Spine Surgeon
    Endoscopic Spine Institute of New York
  • Susan R. Durham, MD, MS
    J. Gordon McComb Family Chair in Neurosurgery
    Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
    Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
    Keck School of Medicine of USC

2000

  • Howard A. Riina, MD
    Professor & Vice Chair
    Department of Neurosurgery
    NYU Langone Health
  • Matthew F. Philips, MD
    Chief of Brain & Spine Services
    Southcoast Health
    Dartmouth, MA

1999

  • Jeffrey E. Arle, MD, PhD
    Boston Medical Center
    Boston, MA
  • Robert J. Weil, MD
    Southcoast Physicians Group
    North Dartmouth, MA

1998

  • David J. Langer, MD
    Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
    Vice President, Neurosurgery, Western Region
    Northwell Health
  • Todd Lasner, MD
    Co-Chief, Neurosurgery
    Mount Sinai Medical Center

1997

  • Andrew Freese, MD, PhD
    Deceased
  • Charles Schnee, MD
    Neurosurgeon
    MedStar Health

1996

  • Grant P. Sinson, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Director, Neurotrauma
    Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Ellen Shaver, MD
    Augusta Back Spine Center
    Augusta, GA

1995

  • Leonardo R. Rodriguez Cruz, MD
    Covenant Health
    Cookeville, TN
  • Joseph King, Jr., MD, MSCE
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Yale University School of Medicine

1994

  • Gary Correnti, MD
    Lee Health
    Fort Myers, FL
  • Donald M. O'Rourke, MD
    John Templeton, Jr., M.D. Chair in Neurosurgery
    Director, Human Brain Tumor Tissue Bank
    Director, Glioblastoma Translational Center of Excellence University of Pennsylvania

1993

  • Steven Glazier, MD
    Neurosurgeon
    Hawai'i Pacific Health
  • Donald Moyer, MD
    Lee Health
    Fort Myers, FL

1992

  • Kenneth Blumenfeld, MD
    Sutter Health
    San Jose, CA
  • Mark Luciano, MD
    The Berry-Brem Professor in Neurosurgery
    Director of the Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Fluid Center
    Johns Hopkins Medical Center

1991

  • Mark J. Kotapka, MD
    Chairman, Division of Neurosurgery
    Albert Einstein Hospital
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Joseph Petronio, MD
    Pediatric Neurosurgeon
    Corewell Health