Residency Graduates

After completing training, UT Southwestern neurology residents are very successful in securing excellent fellowship positions at UT Southwestern and at other top programs.  Our residents are well prepared for careers in private or academic practice.

2011 Graduates

After Residency

James Battiste, MD, PhD
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Neuro-oncology fellowship

Stephen Figueroa, MD*
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Neurocritical Care fellowship

Paul Hansen, MD

UT Southwestern - Neurovascular Stroke fellowship

Beenish Khwaja, DO

Vanderbilt University - Sleep Medicine fellowship

Gincy Samuel, MD

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Matthew Stevenson, MD

University of Michigan - Clinical Neurophysiology

Diana Castro, MD
(child neurology)

UT Southwestern - Pediatric Neuromuscular Fellowship

Cherrie Herren, MD
(child neurology)

UT Southwestern - Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship

Mazen Almidani, MD
(child neurology)

Academic practice - Kansas City, Missouri

(*) current neurology faculty at UT Southwestern

2010 Graduates

After Residency

Avesh Verma
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Cherian Karunapuzha
(chief)

UT Southwestern - Movement Disorders fellowship

Rafeed Alkawadri

Cleveland Clinic - Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy Fellowship

Stephen (Wes) Clark

MGH / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Neuro-oncology fellowship

Waqas Sohail

Wake Forest University - Neurophysiology fellowship

Aanchal Taneja

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Lindsay Elton
(child neurology)

Child neurology academic practice - Austin, Texas

Adrian Lacy
(child neurology)

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Andrea Andrade
(child neurology)

UT Southwestern - Pediatric Epilepsy fellowship

 

 

2009 Graduates

Lakshmi Beeravolu
(chief resident)

St. Louis University - Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship

Amer Awad

Case Western University - Epilepsy fellowship

Bachir Estephan

Case Western University - Neurophysiology fellowship

Khaled Hammoud

University of Chicago - Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship

Hamid Sadeghian

UT Southwestern - Neuromuscular medicine fellowship

Satish Agadi
(child neurology)

Baylor College of Medicine - Neurophysiology fellowship

Rita Newman
(child neurology)

Private practice, Maui, Hawaii

Sailaja Golla
(child neurology)

UT Southwestern - Neurodevelopmental disorders fellowship

 

 

2008 graduates

 

Puneet Gupta*
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - EEG/Epilepsy fellowship

Erik Burton*

UT Southwestern - Multiple sclerosis fellowship

Dhimant Dani

University of Wisconsin - Neurocritical care fellowship

Michael Rubin

Washington University - Neurocritical care fellowship

Colin Nguyen
(child neurology)

University of Florida, Miami - Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Fares Kokash
(child neurology)

Texas Tech Department of Pediatrics - Assistant Professor

Muna Khan*
(child neurology)

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

 

 

2007 Graduates

 

Angie Bates
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Multiple sclerosis fellowship

Sachin Dave

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Sangeeta Goel

Private practice, Wheaton Franciscan Health Care - Waterloo, IA

Geetha Kandimala 

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Asha Singh

Harvard/Brigham & Womens Hospital - Sleep fellowship

 

 

 2006 Graduates

 

Christos Lazaridis
(chief resident)

Johns Hopkins University - Neuro critical care fellowship

Hakam Asad

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Kay Nguyen

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Dario Beltran

St. Louis University - Neurophysiology fellowship

 

 

 2005 Graduates

 

Jose Cardenas
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Cerebrovascular/stroke fellowship

Jai Grewal

MD Anderson cancer center - Neuro-oncology fellowship

Baha Esheh

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Alpa Shah

UT Southwestern - Neuromuscular medicine fellowship

Maushmi Sheth

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

 

 

2004 Graduates

 

Mia Scheufele
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Charlece Hughes

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Sean Milligan

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Amir Torabi

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Cheunju Chen

NIH - 3 year intramural research fellowship

 

 

2003 Graduates

 

Michael Kellam
(chief resident)

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

James Armstrong

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

Pravin Khemani

UT Southwestern - Neuromuscular medicine fellowship

Mary Quiceno*

UT Southwestern - Behavioral neurology fellowship

Elizabeth Samuel

UT Southwestern - Neurophysiology fellowship

 

 

*Current neurology faculty at UT Southwestern.