Neurology Residency Program

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree Earned

  • Residency

Program Type

  • On Campus
Name: Jeffrey Ratliff, MD, FAAN
Position: Residency Program Director, Department of Neurology
Name: Christopher Skidmore, MD
Position: Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Neurology
Name: Ericka Wong, MD
Position: Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Neurology
Name: Zach Bonetti, MEd, C-TAGME
Position: Residency Coordinator
Contact Number(s):

Contact

Name: Nicholas Apato
Position: Residency Coordinator
Contact Number(s):

Residents & Program Alumni

Current Resident Class

Tarek Antar, MD
Medical: University of Maryland Molly Brigham Medical School, Baltimore, MD

 

Aliakbar Asadi-Pooya, MD 
Medical: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Alexandra Blomfield, MD
Medical: SUNY - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 

Hannah Edelmann, MD
Medical: Lewis Katz School of Medicine/Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

Gabriela Funez-dePagnier, MD
Medical: University at Buffalo,  Buffalo, NY

 

Zachary Holmes, MD
Medical: Eastern Virginia Medical College, Norfolk, VA

Mariah Nunez, MD
Medical: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Julia Larsen, MD
Medical: Lewis Katz School of Medicine/Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Andrew Van, MD
Medical: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 

Youssef Younossi, MD
Medical: Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Molly Brigham, MD
Medical: Rush University Medical College, Chicago, IL 

Sarah Decedue, MD
Medical: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) NJ

Samuel DeMatte, MD
Medical: Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Samantha Nasr, MD
Medical: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 

Jacob Kalmanovich, MD
Medical: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 

 

Marwin Li, MD
Medical: Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 

Alexia Richie, MD
Medical: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

Natalia Souza, MD
Medical: Universidad Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil 

Hayley Striegel, MD
Medical: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hampstead, NY

Rachael Witmer, MD
Medical: Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Noah Allanoff, MD
Medical: Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Margaret Denbleyker, MD
Medical: Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Andrew MacKinnon, MD
Medical: University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 

Anurag Modak, MD
Medical: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ 

Johann Pacheco-Marrero, MD
Medical: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM

Kenneth Pereira, DO
Medical: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI

Jillian Piskorski, MD
Medical: Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Amanda Salvatore, MD
Medical: Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 

Lokeash Shobana, MBBS
Medical: Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, India

Linda Zhang, MD
Medical: Cooper Medical School/Rowan University (CMSRU), Camden, NJ  

Katherine Beard, MD
Medical: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV

Sahil Chawla, MD
Medical: Virginia Commonwealth University VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA

Caroline Donahue, MD
Medical: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Kathleen Graveran-Perez, MD 
Medical:  Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Taylor Haddad, MD
Medical: Skidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Helen Hernandez, MD
Medical: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 

Regina Kurapova, MD
Medical: University of Navada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV

Rebecca Mayeda, MD
Medical: Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Gabrielle Mendes, MD
Medical: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ

Kevin Thomas, MD, MPH
Medical: University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR 

Class of 2026

Nicole Calautti, MD

Neuromuscular Fellowship (Jefferson)

Shandon Coffman, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship,(Mayo Clinic, AZ)

Audrey Del Re, MD

Clinical Practice (Jefferson)

Kathryn Dent, MD

Epilepsy Fellowship (Univ of Penn)

Kiran Iyer, MD, MBA

Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson)

Kimberly Sansalone, MD

Neuro-Oncology Fellowship (Harvard/Dana Farber)

Leah Shabo, MD

Neurocritical Care Fellowship (Univ of Texas, Houston)

Deborah Steinberg, MD

Vascular/Stroke Fellowship (Jefferson)

Sarah Stuccio, MD

Neuroimmunology/MS Fellowship (Jefferson)

Dean Zeldich, MD

Headache Fellowship (Jefferson)

Class of 2025

Brianna Casey, MD Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson)
Michael DeMaio, MD Clinical Practice (Jefferson)
Karyn Ding, MDClinical Practice (NYU)
Elizabeth Fletman, DONeurocritical Care Fellowship (Jefferson)
Pooja Gupta, MDMovement Disorders Fellowship (Univ of Florida)
Yuan-Ping (Peter) Li, MD, PhD Neuromuscular Fellowship (Univ of Colorado)
Emily Lubas, MD Movement Disorders Fellowship (Univ of Penn)
Danielle Porreca, MD, PhDNeuromuscular Fellowship (Jefferson)
Madeline Russell, MD Vascular Neurology Fellowship (Emory)
Heping (Ann) Sheng, MD Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson)
Emma Yellin, MDCognitive Fellowship (Yale) 

Class of 2024

Rikka Azuma, MDNeuroimmunology/MS Fellowship (Beth Israel MC)
Nathaniel Fox, MDEpilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson) 
Julian Gal, MDEpilepsy Fellowship (Univ of Pennsylvania)
Patricia Graese, MD Movement Disorder Fellowship (Univ of Florida)
Rebecca Hsu, MD Neuromuscular Fellowship (Univ of Penn)
Jennifer Newman, MD Neuro-Oncology Fellowship (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
Megan Super, MD Movement Disorder Fellowship (Univ of Penn) 
Anya Volski, MD Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson)
Qiu Zi Yang, MD Headache Fellowship (Jefferson) 

Class of 2023

Erum Ahmed, MDTelehealth Care, Neuro-hospitalist
Rachael Burke, MD Movement Fellowship (Univ of Florida)
Alex Buslov, MDEpilepsy Fellowship (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical College, Boston)
Courtney Curran, MDStroke Fellowship (Jefferson)
Brendan Elias, MDClinical Neuro-hospitalist (St. Luke's) 
Lucia Liao, MD Headache Fellowship (Jefferson)
Mitchell Silver, MDVascular Neurology Fellowship (Jefferson)
Victor Wang, MDHeadache Fellowship (Jefferson)
Jessica Yi , MDNeuromuscular Fellowship (Jefferson) 

Class of 2022

Michelle Braslavksy, MD
Epilepsy Fellowship (Univ of California San Francisco)
Karina Burda, MD Movement Disorders Fellowship (Jefferson)
Tzu-Ying Chuang, MD, PhDMS & Neuroimmunology Fellowship (Mass General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Olivia Gruder, MD Neuroimmunology/MS Fellowship (Yale)
Eunice Lee, MD Neurocritical Care Fellowship (Jefferson)
Henry Lee, MD Clinical Practice (Christiana Hospital)
Lucy Maguire, MD, PhDNeurocritical Care Fellowship (Jefferson)
Kasun Navarathna, MD Neurocritical Care Fellowship (Yale)
Priyadarshee Patel, MD Vascular Neurology Fellowship (Univ of Pittsburgh)
Louis Porreca, MD Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson)
Malissa Pynes, MD Neurocritical Care Fellowship (Univ of So California)

Class of 2021

Frank Anzelmi, MDVascular Neurology Fellowship (Jefferson)
Lara Basovic, MDEpilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson)
Michelle  DePoy, MDHeadache Fellowship (Jefferson)
Judy Diep, MDNeuroimmunology/MS Fellowship (Univ of Rochester) 
Belle English, MDAdult/Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson/ Nemours)
Brittany Heckel, MDHeadache Fellowship (Jefferson)
Estevana Isaac, MDCognitive/Behavioral Fellowship (Univ of Penn)
Shyam Majmundar, MD Vascular Neurology Fellowship (Univ of Pittsburgh), Interventional Neurology Fellowship (Jefferson)
Mahnoor Rehman, MD Epilepsy Fellowship (Jefferson) 

Class of 2020

Tucker Allred, MD Vascular Neurology Fellowship (Jefferson)
Junaid Islam, MD Neurocritical Care Fellowship (UT-Houston)
Patrick Kerns, MD, PhD Movement Disorders Fellowship (Univ of Virginia)
Jane Khalife, MDVascular Neurology Fellowship (Mount Sinai); Interventional Neurology Fellowship (Cooper Univ)
Nathanael Lee, MD Neurophysiology Fellowship (Univ of Penn)
Aniket Natekar, MD Headache Fellowship (Jefferson)
Sanskruti Patel, MD Movement Disorders Fellowship (Georgetown Univ)
Deja Rose, MD Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship (Cleveland Clinic)
Sirisha Thummalapenta, MD Movement Disorders Fellowship (Jefferson)
Courtney White, MD Headache Fellowship (Jefferson)
Hsiangkuo Yuan, MD, PhD Headache Fellowship (Jefferson)