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Neurosurgery Resident Program Alumni

2019 - 2020

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Dustin Donnelly, MD	Spine Fellowship, Duke University
David Penn, MD	Skull Base/ Cerebrovascular Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
Christian Strong, MD	Spine Fellowship, New England Baptist Hospital

2018 - 2019

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Vamsidhar Chavakula, MD	BWH Functional Attending, Fellowship, Milan Italy
Ziev Moses, MD	Spine Fellowship, Rush University, IL
Pokmeng Alfred See, MD	Cerebrovascular Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago	Shillito Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital

2017 - 2018

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Hormuzdiyar Dasenbrock, MD	Endovascular Fellowship, Rush University, IL Neuroendovascular Fellowship (enfolded), Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA	Faculty, Boston Medical Center
Viren Vasudeva, MD	Spine Fellowship (enfolded), Brigham and Women' Hospital, MA	Private Practice, Georgia Brain and Spine Center, GA

2016 - 2017

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD	Skull Base Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital	Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA
Matthew Vestal, MD, MBA	Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA	Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center

2015 - 2016

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD	Spine Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA	Assistant Professor, Duke University, NC
Michael Raber, MD	Spine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, MD	Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, TX

2014 - 2015

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Bradley Gross, MD	Endovascular Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ Neuroendovascular Fellowship	Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Peleg Horowitz, MD, PhD	Skull Base Neuro-Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center	Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, IL

2013 - 2014

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Stephen Nalbach, MD	Private Practice, Tyler Neurosurgical Associates, TX	Private Practice, Tyler Neurosurgical Associates, TX
Alexander Ropper, MD	Spine Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ	Director of Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Judith Wong, MD	Pediatric Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles, CA	Private Practice, Kaiser Permanente, CA

2012 - 2013

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Ning Lin, MD	Endovascular Fellowship, University at Buffalo, NY	Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY
Urvashi Upadhyay, MD	Skull Base Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA	Faculty, Boston Medical Center

2011 - 2012

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Sarah Jernigan, MD MPH	Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA	Private Practice, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, NC
Yi Lu, MD PhD	Spine Fellowship, University of Miami, FL	Director of Neurological Trauma, Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA

2010 - 2011

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Kevin Cahill, MD PhD MPH	Spine Fellowship, Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL	Private Practice, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, NC
Suzanne Tharin, MD PhD	Spine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, OH	Assistant Professor, Stanford University Medical Center, CA

2009 - 2010

Resident	Fellowship/ Subsequent Position	Current Position
Lance Governale, MD	Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA	Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, L.D. Hupp Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, FL
Albert Kim, MD PhD	Skull Base Fellowship, University of Miami, FL	Associate Professor, Developmental Biology Surgical Director, Washington University School of Medicine, MO

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