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Current Residents

This fully accredited ACGME program is designed to train future leaders in neurosurgery. Our staff of 24 full-time surgeons sees one of the largest and most diverse patient populations in the country, allowing us to offer training in all neurosurgical subspecialties.

Staff members from each subspecialty conduct their own research and coordinate their efforts with investigators from other sections and departments to ensure that patients receive comprehensive, state-of-the-art care.

Residents are expected to participate in basic and clinical research projects and are encouraged to present their findings at national meetings. The two-year segment of training can be approached in many ways; the goal is to help the resident develop and refine an academic niche.




Neurosurgery

Year 7»

Gwyneth Hughes, MD - Chief Resident

Medical School: Case Western Reserve
Undergraduate: Smith College
Clinical Interests: NS include Functional Neurosurgery, more specifically DBS, Epilepsy
Research Activities: Brain Mappingy

James Liu, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Clinical Interests: Complex spine, cerebrovascular
Research Activities: Using Phage display to isolate a 12 Amino Acid Length Peptide with Neuronal Membrane Binding Properties. Work is currently being undertaken to test these Peptides following insertion into the Cap Sid of Adeno Associated Viral Vectors in attempts to create Neurotropic Viral Vectors

Virgilio Matheus, MD

Medical School: Universidad Central Venezuela
Undergraduate: Universidad Central Venezuela
Clinical Interests: Complex Spine, Vascular

Year 6»

Amer Khalil, MD

Medical School: University of Jordan Medical School
Undergraduate: University of Jordan
Clinical Interests: Spine Surgery, Spine Tumors, MIS Spine, and Neuro-oncology
Research Activities: Neuro-regeneration, Spinal Cord Injury

Bjorn Lobo, MD

Medical School: Northeastern Ohio Universities School of Medicine
Undergraduate: The University of Akron
Clinical Interests: Open and closed Cerebrovascular Surgery
Research Activities: Biomechanics in Degenerative Disc Disease

Sumeet Vadera, MD

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Interests: Cerebrovascular, Spine
Research Activities: Stroke, SAH

Year 5»

Michael L. Kelly, MD

Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Clinical Interests: Spine, Vascular and Epilepsy
Research Activities: Ethics, Neuro-ethics, Health-care Policy

Varun Kshettry, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Interests: Spinal Biomechanics, Spinal Oncology, Aneurysms, Arteriovascular Malformations, Endovascular Therapies, Neurological Trauma
Research Activities: Technological Innovation and Development, Clinical Outcomes Research, Surgical Ethics, History of Medicine and Surgery

Benjamin Rosenbaum, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Undergraduate: Purdue University

Year 4»

Ryan Brennan, MD

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Indiana University

Andrew Torre-Healy, MD

Medical School: Drexel Univer College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Stony Brook Univ. New York

Year 3»

Rupa Gopalan, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville VA
Undergraduate: Duke University, Durham NC

Kevin Walsh, MD - PGY

Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown W VA
Undergraduate: Tufts University, Medford MA

Jeffrey Mullin, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame, South Bend , IN

Year 2»

Elizabeth Abbott , MD

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

Nina Moore, MD

Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine

Muhammad Z. Memon, MD

Medical School: Medical School Pakistan – Aga Khan Medical College

Year 1»

Alex Witek, MD

Medical School: University of Wisconsin Medical School

Andres Maldonado, MD

Medical School: Universidad Central del Ecuador

Bryan Lee, MD

Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine