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Neurocritical Care

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Leadership

Syed Omar Shah, MD, MBA
  • Director
  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
Department of Neurology
Jacqueline Urtecho, MD
  • Associate Director
  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
  • Department of Neurology

For Program Information

Michelle Hoffman
Fellowship Coordinator

909 Walnut Street
Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Fellows & Alumni

Current Fellows 

2026

  • Xu Tang, DO
  • Hemal Patel, MD

2025

  • Matthew Hart, MD 
  • Jorawar Singh, MD 

Alumni

Eunice Lee, MD - Neurointensivist, Thomas Jefferson University 

Lucy McGuire, MD - Neurointensivist, Christiana HealthCare 

Satabdi Pulakanti, MD – Medical Director of Neurocritical Care, Geisinger Health Neurocritical Care 

Sean Cleymaet, MD – Locums Neurocritical Care

Caio Matias, MD - Neurosurgeon, Thomas Jefferson University

Ephrem Teklemariam, MD - Neurointensivist, Hackensack Meridian Healthcare 

Tijo Thomas, MD –Neurointensivist, Thomas Jefferson University 

Franziska Herpich, MD - Neurointensivist, Christiana HealthCare 

Kumud Sharma, MD - Neurointensivist, Tower Health 

Mohammed Kananeh, MD - Neurointensivist, Capital Health

Anna Karpenko, MD –Neurologist,  Dartmouth-Hitchcock University Health

Yu Kan Au, MD – Neurointensivist, Hartford Healthcare

John Liang, MD – Neurointensivist,  Mt. Sinai Health

David Slottje, MD – Neurosurgeon, Sentara Martha Jefferson Neurosciences

Amna Sheikh, MD – Critical Care Intensivist, Valley Health/Winchester Medical Center

Amandeep Dolla, MD – Neurointensivist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Ilya Levin, DO – Neurointensivist, Maimonides Medical Center

Navid Tabibzadeh, DO – Neurointensivist, Lehigh Valley Hospital

Syed Omar Shah, MD, MBA – Neurointensivist, Fellowship Program Director, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Michelle Ghobrial, MD – Neurointensivist, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center

Lauren Ng, MD, MPH – Neurointensivist, Mayo Clinic

James Peoples, MD – Neurointensivist, Reading Hospital

Ali Seifi, MD – Neurointensivist, Director of the Neuro-ICU, University of Texas  Health Science Center

Glenn M. Fischberg, MD – Neurointensivist , Director of Neurocritical Care and Neurology Residency Director at Desert Regional Medical Center

Moussa Yazbeck, MD – Neurointensivist, Chief of Staff, John Muir Health, Director of ICU, Kindred Healthcare

Jacqueline Urtecho, MD –Neurointensivist, Associate Fellowship Program Director, Thomas Jefferson University

Valerie Dechante, MD – Neurointensivist, Chief Medical Officer, Newark Campus,  Christiana Care Hospital

William McBride, MD  – Neurointensivist, Associate Director of Neurocritical Care Reading Health System/Tower Health 

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