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Neurosurgery Resident Program Alumni

2024 - 2025

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Benjamin Johnston, MD, PhD	Mass General Brigham	BWH, Faculty
Ari Kappel, MD	Endovascular Neurosurgery Fellow, USC Keck School of Medicine
Genaro Villa, MD, PhD	Mass General Brigham	BWH and VA Boston

2023 - 2024

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Stanley Bazarek, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Neil Klinger, MD	Faculty, Munson Neurosurgery, Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, MI
Martina Mustroph, MD, PhD	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellow, Emory University	Christus Health, Tyler, TX

2022 - 2023

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Joseph Driver, MD	Complex Spine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic	Logan Health, Kalispell, MT
Walid Ibn Essayed, MD	Faculty, UTHealth Neurosciences and McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
David Segar, MD	Epilepsy and Functional Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco	Faculty, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2021 - 2022

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Yasser Jeelani, MD	Skull Base and Open CV Fellowship, Arkansas Neuroscience Institute	Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ
Rosalind Lai, MD	Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship, University at Buffalo Neurosurgery (UBNS)	Faculty, University of Buffalo Neurosurgery
Kyle Wu, MD	Skull Base & Minimally Invasive Cranial Surgery Fellowship, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center & James Cancer Institute, OH	Faculty, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center & James Cancer Institute, OH

2020 - 2021

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Kevin Ted Huang, MD	Complex Spine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Complex	Faculty, Mass General Brigham
Ian James Tafel, MD	Spine Fellowship, University of Miami	Faculty, University of Florida Health
Pablo Andres Valdes Quevedo, MD, PhD	Neurosurgical Oncology and Functional Brain Mapping Fellowship, Montpellier, France	Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch

2019 - 2020

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Dustin Donnelly, MD, PhD	Spine Fellowship, Duke University	Faculty, Case Western Reserve University
David Penn, MD	Skull Base/ Cerebrovascular Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University	Attending, Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Danbury Hospital, Nuvance Health, Poughkeepsie NY
Christian Strong, MD	Spine Fellowship, New England Baptist Hospital	Strong Neurosurgery Consulting, Atlanta, GA

2018 - 2019

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Vamsidhar Chavakula, MD	BWH Functional Attending, Fellowship, Milan Italy	Faculty, Neurosurgical Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA
Ziev Moses, MD	Spine Fellowship, Rush University, IL	Faculty, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Pokmeng Alfred See, MD	Cerebrovascular Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Shillito Pediatric Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital	Faculty, 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's Hospital, MA	St. Mary’s Healthcare System, Georgia Neurological Surgery and Comprehensive Spine, Athens, GA

2016 - 2017

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD	Skull Base Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital	Assistant Professor, Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School, MA
Matthew Vestal, MD, MBA	Shillito 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	Associate Professor, Duke University, NC
Michael Raber, MD	Spine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, MD	Kootenai Health, Coeur d’Alene, ID

2014 - 2015

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Bradley Gross, MD	Neuroendovascular Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ	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, MPH	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, SUNY Buffalo, NY	Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center, 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	Shillito 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, Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School, MA

2010 - 2011

Resident	Fellowship/Subsequent Position	Current Position
Kevin Cahill, MD, PhD, MPH	Spine Fellowship, University of Miami, 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	Shillito 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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Current and Past Fellows

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