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Current Fellows 

Endovascular

Mark Johnson, MD
Mustafa Motiwala, MD
Jason Kim, MD

Spine

Steven Glener, M
Karim Hafazalla, MD
Eric Mong, MD
Sarah Newman, MD
D. Mitchell Self, MD

Skull Base

Justin Wang, MD

Stereotactic & Functional

Melissa Lannon, MD, PhD

 

Fellowship Alumni 

2026

  • Nathaniel Ellens, MD (Endovascular)
  • Michael Rizzuto, MD (Endovascular)
  • Evan Fitchett, MD (Spine)
  • Kavantissa Keppetipola, MD (Spine)
  • Adam Leibold, MD (Spine)
  • Hassan Saad, MD (Spine)
  • Rui Feng, MD (Skull Base)
  • Carrie Andrews, MD (Neuro-oncology)
  • Robert Ziechmann, MD (Functional)

2025

  • Elias Atallah, MD (Endovascular)
  • Spyridon Karadimas, MD (Endovascular)
  • Sravanthi Koduri, MD (Endovascular)
  • Saman Sizdahkhani, MD (Endovascular & Cerebrovascular)
  • Fahad Alotaibi, MBBS (Spine)
  • Johsua Dian, MD (Spine)
  • Jacob Jasinski, MD (Spine)
  • Roger Murayi, MD (Skull Base)
  • Lucas Philip, MD, PhD (Functional)

2024

  • Nikolaos Mouchtouris, MD (Endovascular)
  • Anand Kaul, MD (Endovascular)
  • Shyam Majmundar, MD (Endovascular)
  • Daniel Franco, MD (Spine)
  • Alejandro Lopez, MD (Spine)
  • Ross-Jordon Elliott, MD (Spine)
  • David Bray, MD (Skull Base)
  • Kevin Hines, MD (Functional)
  • Ahmet Atik, MD (Functional)

2023

  • Mario Zanaty, MD (Endovascular)
  • Omaditya Khanna, MD (Endovascular)
  • Ritam Ghosh, MD (Endovascular)
  • Panagiotis Mastorakos, MD (Endovascular)
  • Ellina Hattar, MD (Spine)
  • Guilherme Porto, MD (Spine)
  • Tareq Yaseen, MD (Spine)
  • Patrick Kelly, MD (Skull Base)
  • Islam Fayed, MD (Functional)

2022

  • Fadi Al-Saiegh, MD (Endovascular)
  • Jared Chen, MD (Endovascular)
  • Roland Jabre, MD (Endovascular)
  • Mohamed Shehab-Eldin, MD (Endovascular)
  • John Wainwright, MD (Spine)
  • Victor Sabourin, MD (Spine)
  • Anthony Stefanelli, MD (Spine)
  • Giyarpuram Prashant, MD (Spine)
  • Christopher Miller, MD (Skull Base)

2021

  • Thana Theofanis, MD (Endovascular)
  • Rizwan Tahir, MD (Endovascular)
  • Victoria Schunemann, MD (Endovascular)
  • Christopher Elia, MD (Spine)
  • Caio Matias, MD (Spine)
  • Michael Karsy, MD (Skull Base)
  • Donald Ye, MD (Neuro-oncology)
  • Michael Kogan, MD (Functional)

2020

  • Nohra El Chalouhi, MD (Endovascular)
  • Richard Schmidt, MD (Endovascular)
  • Michael Avery, MD (Endovascular)
  • Pascal Lavergne, MD (Skull Base)
  • Caio Matias, MD (Functional)

2019

  • Jonathon Lebovitz, MD (Endovascular)
  • Christopher Storey, MD (Endovascular)
  • Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, MD (Skull Base)
  • Christian Hoelscher (Spine)
  • Geoffrey Stricsek, MD  (Spine)

2018

  • Christian Hoelscher (Functional)
  • Michael Lang (Endovascular) 
  • Hermes Garcia Marrero, MD (Skull Base)
  • Yusef Imani Mosley, MD (Spine)

2017

  • Kimon Bekelis, MD (Endovascular)
  • Nabeel Herial, MD, MPH (Endovascular)
  • Matthew Renyolds, MD (Endovascular)
  • Jonathan Riley, MD (Functional)
  • Alan Siu, MD (Skull Base)
  • George Rymarczuk, MD (Spine)

2016

  • Ryan Hebert, MD (Endovascular)
  • Edison Valle-Giler, MD (Endovascular)
  • Varun Kshettry, MD (Skull Base)
  • Michael Lang (Functional)
  • Kim A. Williams, , MD (Spine)
  • Jefferson Wilson, MD (Spine)

2015

  • Adam Polifka, MD (Endovascular)
  • Sonia Geschwindt, MD (Skull Base)
  • Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE (Functional)

2014

  • Rohan V. Chitale, MD (Endovascular)
  • Richard T. Dalyai, MD (Endovascular)
  • David Kung, MD (Endovascular)
  • Farid Hamzei-Sichani, MD (Functional)
  • Christopher Maulucci, MD (Spine)
  • Mark Oppenlander, MD (Spine)
  • Marc Otten, MD (Skull Base)

2013

  • Michael Koltz, MD (Endovascular)
  • Stephen Monteith, MD (Endovascular)
  • Asterios Tsimpas, MD (Endovascular)

2012

  • Ethan A. Benardete, MD, PhD (Endovascular)
  • David S. Gordon, MD (Endovascular)
  • Grahame C. Gould, MD (Endovascular)

2011

  • Michael Lynn, MD (Skull Base)
  • Anil K. Nair, MD (Endovascular)

2010

  • Sid Chandela , MD (Endovascular)
  • Ciro G. Randazzo, MD (Endovascular)
  • Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, MD (Endovascular)
  • N. Nelson Saldua (Spinal Disorders)

2009

  • Pascal M. Jabbour, MD (Endovascular)

2008

  • Aditya S. Pandey, MD (Endovascular)
  • Meryl A. Severson, MD  (Endovascular)

2007

  • Christopher J. Koebbe, MD (Endovascular)
  • Daniel R.  Fassett, MD (Spinal Disorders)

2006

  • P. Roc Chen, MD (Endovascular)
  • Adnan H. Siddiqui, MD (Endovascular)

2005

  • Kenneth M. Liebman, MD (Endovascular)
  • B. Gregory Thompson, MD (Endovascular)

2004

  • Kevin M. Cockroft, MD (Endovascular)

2003

  • Erol Veznedaroglu, MD (Endovascular)

2002

  • George B. Shanno, MD (Endovascular)

2001

  • Ronald P. Benitez, MD (Endovascular)
  • Neil A. Troffkin, MD (Endovascular)

2000

  • Thomas R. Forget, MD (Endovascular)

1999

  • Rocco A. Armonda, MD (Endovascular)
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