Education has been an integral component of Cleveland Clinic's mission since its inception in 1921. As a part of that overall commitment to education, below are the recognized current neurology residents who value the importance of providing the highest quality of medical care.
Class of 2013»
Jonathan Beary, DO
Medical School: A. T. Still University of Health Sciences – Kirksville, Missouri
Undergraduate: Truman State University
Clinical Interests: Neuromuscular Disorders, Neurointensive Care, General Neurology
Research Activities: Yield of lumbar puncture cytology in diagnosing parenchymal/ leptomeningeal CNS malignancies
Pravin George, DO
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Erie, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: Franklin and Marshall College
Clinical Interests: Stroke and Neuro-Intensive Care
Research Activities: Neuroimaging, Acute Stroke Management, Medical Computing, Patient Experience and Bioethics
Carrie Hersh, DO
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Clinical Interests: Neuroimmunology
Seby John, MD
Medical School: St. John's Medical College - Bangalore, India
Undergraduate: Frank Anthony Public School - Bangalore, India
Clinical Interests: Cerebrovascular Disease, Neurocritical Care and General Neurology
Dimitrios Nacopoulos, MD
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Interests: Dementia and Movement Disorders
Donika Patel, DO
Medical School: Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Blacksburg, Virginia
Undergraduate: Radford University
Clinical Interests: General Neurology and Sleep Medicine
Melanie Taylor, MD
Medical School: Michigan State University School of Medicine – Lansing, Michigan
Undergraduate: Michigan State University
Lauren Velander, DO
Medical School: Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Blacksburg, Virginia
Undergraduate: Virginia Tech
Clinical Interests: Movement Disorders
Class of 2014»
Bashar Alshareef, MD
Medical School: UCE School of Medicine – Dominican Republic
Clinical Interests: Neurophysiology, Pain Management
Research Interests: Epilepsy
Russell Cerejo, MD
Medical School: Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Med College - India
Ahmed Itrat, MD
Medical School: Aga Khan Medical College – Pakistan
Clinical Interests: Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis
Research Interests: Stroke Epidemiology in Developing Countries
Adham Jammoul, MD
Medical School: American University of Beirut - Lebanon
Undergraduate: American University of Beirut
Clinical Interests: Stroke/ diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology, movement disorders and epilepsy
Research Interests: Neurogenesis, and cognitive neurosciences
Jeffrey Kim, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine – Detroit, Michigan
Undergraduate: Duke University
Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, MS, MEd
Medical School: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Clinical Interests: Pain and Headache
Research Interests: Biomarkers, Medical Education
Rachel Muh, DO
Medical School: Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Blacksburg, Virginia
Undergraduate: Virginia Commonwealth University
Ather Taqui, MD
Medical School: Aga Khan Medical College – Pakistan
Clinical Interests: Stroke and Neurocritical care
Research Interests: Stroke, neuroinfectious disease, neurocritical care
Class of 2015»
Hesham Abboud, MD
Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Cleveland Clinic
Residency: Neurology and Psychiatry University of Alexandria, Egypt
Medical School: University of Alexandria – Egypt
Clinical Interests: Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology
Zubair Ahmed, MD
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Karin Chang, MD
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine – Toledo, Ohio
Megan Donnelly, DO
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Erie, Pennsylvania
Clinical Interests: Traumatic brain injury, post-concussive syndrome, sleep disorders, epilepsy and headache
Research Activities: Acute secondary adrenal insufficiency after TBI, serum biomarkers for traumatic brain injury, screening for inflicted traumatic brain injury in infants, and post-concussive syndrome and its sequelae in children/teens
Mohamed Hegazy, MD
Medical School University of Cairo – Egypt
Clinical Interests: Cerebrovascular Disease, Epilepsy, Behavioral Neurology
Lauren Koffman, DO
Medical School Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - New York, New York
Clinical Interests: Neurocritical Care and Multiple Sclerosis
Fernando Santos Pinheiro, MD
Medical School Fundacao Universitaria do Abc - Brazil
Clinical Interests: Degenerative disorders, Epilepsy and Non-invasive brain stimulation
Research Activities: Non-invasive stimulation techniques, such as tDCS and TMS and their therapeutic impacts in neurodegenerative disorders and Epilepsy
Xin Xin Yu, MD
Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine – Lexington, Kentucky
Class of 2016»
Ali Ashhar, DO
Medical School: Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI
Undergraduate: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
Clinical/Research Interests: Clinical Oncology, miRNA's
A. Blake Buletko, MD
Medical School: Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine – Rootstown, OH
Jason Mathew, DO
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Undergraduate: Rutgers University
Clinical Interests: Stroke, Movement Disorders
Rebecca Michael, MD
Medical School: University of Nevada School of Medicine
Natalie Organek, DO
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – East Lansing, MI
Lauren Payne, MD
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine – Atlanta, GA
Luay Shayya, MD
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Oklahoma City, OK
Clinical/Research Interests: General Neurology, Neuromuscular and Stroke
Jessica Winslow, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine – Washington, D.C.
Child Neurology Residents
Class of 2013»
Gayatra Mainali, MD
Residency: Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center
Medical School: Manipal College Of Medical Sciences – Nepal
Clinical Interests: Movement Disorders, Sleep and Epilepsy
Research Interests: Tourette syndrome long term outcome, Neurofiromatosis and associated cortical dysplasia
Ahmad Marashly, MD
Medical School: University Of Damascus - Syria
Undergraduate: University of Damascus - Syria
Clinical Interests: Epilepsy, Headache and Neuro-Ophthalmology Research Interests
Infantile Spasms, Post Infectious Encephalitis, AED’s clinical trials
Class of 2014»
Suma Babu, MD, MPH
Medical School: Medical College - India
Ian Rossman, MD, PhD
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ) - Piscataway, New Jersey
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Neuroimmunology, headache, movement disorders, and autism spectrum disorders
Research Interests: Gene expression in CSF in normally developing patients, as well as those with progressive degenerative/demyelinating diseases
Class of 2015»
Adeel Yousaf, MD
Medical School: Army Medicine College (National University of Sciences and Technology), Pakistan
Sreenivas Avula, MD
Medical School: Kakatiya Medical College - Warangal, India
Clinical Interests: Neuro Metabolic Disorders/Neuro Muscular disorders
Research Interests: Neuro Metabolic Disorders, Neonatal HIE