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Residents
| Name | Year |
|---|
| Lito Porto, M.D. |
1965 |
| Robert Stockton, M.D. |
1966 |
| Gary Hutchinson, M.D. |
1967 |
| James Bland, M.D. |
1968 |
| Carlos Acosta, M.D. |
1969 |
| Clark Watts, M.D. |
1970 |
| Phil Williams, M.D. |
1971 |
| Gary Kaufman, M.D. |
1972 |
| Harvey Birsner, M.D. |
1972 |
| Charles Sternbergh, M.D. |
1973 |
| Martin Lazar, M.D. |
1973 |
| Larry Rogers, M.D. |
1974 |
| Nick Grivas, M.D. |
1974 |
| Duke Samson, M.D. |
1975 |
| Doug Nielson, M.D. |
1976 |
| William Reid, M.D. |
1977 |
| Richard Hodosh, M.D. |
1978 |
| Edward Neuwelt, M.D. |
1978 |
| Michael Ditmore, M.D. |
1979 |
| Nicolas Kandalaft, M.D. |
1980 |
| Jeffrey Cone, M.D. |
1981 |
| Paul Scharf, M.D. |
1982 |
| Hunt Batjer, M.D. |
1983 |
| Bruce Mickey, M.D. |
1984 |
| Jacob Rosenstein, M.D. |
1985 |
| Thomas Kingman, M.D. |
1986 |
| Jonathan Paine, M.D. |
1987 |
| Oliver Lee Kesterson, M.D. |
1987 |
| Lowell Stanley, M.D. |
1988 |
| Donald Philip Megison, M.D. |
1989 |
| Melissa Neima, M.D. |
1989 |
| Philip Stieg, M.D. |
1989 |
| Cole Giller, M.D. |
1990 |
| Tim Adamson, M.D. |
1991 |
| Yves Meyer, M.D. |
1991 |
| Scott Schlesinger, M.D. |
1992 |
| David Kosmoski, M.D. |
1993 |
| E. Hunter Dyer, M.D. |
1994 |
| Arnold Vardiman, M.D. |
1995 |
| Mahmood Moradi, M.D. |
1996 |
| Greg Adderholt, M.D. |
1996 |
| Mark D’Alise, M.D. |
1996 |
| Kevin Teal, M.D. |
1997 |
| Louis Horn, M.D. |
1998 |
| Frank Fichtel, M.D. |
1999 |
| Fraser Landreneau, M.D. |
1999 |
| Matthew Wills, M.D. |
1999 |
| Brett Dietze, M.D. |
2000 |
| Jonathan White, M.D. |
2000 |
| Jon Krumerman, M.D. |
2001 |
| Lee Kern, M.D. |
2002 |
| Kevin Morrill, M.D. |
2002 |
| Vinay Deshmukh, M.D. |
2003 |
| Richard Stovall, M.D. |
2003 |
| Zeena Dorai, M.D. |
2004 |
| Debra Steele, M.D. |
2004 |
| Samuel Barnett, M.D. |
2005 |
| Thomas Psarros, M.D. |
2005 |
| Shawn Moore, M.D. |
2006 |
| Talmadge Trammell, M.D. |
2007 |
| Kelly Schmidt, M.D. |
2008 |
| Chris Lothes, M.D. |
2008 |
| Joseph Beshay, M.D. |
2009 |
| Steve Brown, M.D. |
2009 |
| Armen Choulakian, M.D. |
2010 |
| Atif Haque, M.D. |
2010 |
| Erika Petersen, M.D. |
2010 |
| Bryan Wohlfeld, M.D. |
2011 |
| Brad McGowan, M.D. |
2011 |
| Albert Lee, M.D. |
2012 |
| Michael Gomez, M.D. |
2013 |
| Jeremy Lewis, M.D. |
2013 |
| William 'Chip' Scott, M.D. |
2014 |
| Charles Hatchette, M.D. |
2014 |
| Adam Griffith, M.D. |
2015 |
| Daniel Klinger, M.D. |
2015 |
| Benjamin Boudreaux, M.D. |
2016 |
| Bruno Flores, M.D. |
2016 |
| Brett Whittemore, M.D. |
2016 |
| James Botros, M.D. |
2017 |
| John Cain, M.D. |
2017 |
| Kathryn Hoes, M.D. |
2018 |
| Salah Aoun, M.D. |
2019 |
| Robert Funk, M.D. |
2019 |
| Ankur Patel, M.D. |
2019 |
| Matthew Davies, M.D. |
2020 |
| Awais Vance, M.D. |
2020 |
| Tarek El Ahmadieh, M.D. |
2021 |
| Benjamin Kafka, M.D. |
2021 |
| Om Neeley, M.D. |
2022 |
| Aaron Plitt, M.D. |
2022 |
| Chen Shi, M.D. |
2022 |
| Scott Connors, M.D. |
2023 |
| Zachary Johnson, M.D. |
2023 |
| Vin Shen Ban, MB BChir MRCS MSc |
2023 |
| Carl Youssef, M.D. |
2023 |
| James Caruso, M.D. |
2024 |
| Matthew MacAllister, M.D. |
2024 |
| Vishal Patel, M.D. |
2024 |
| Mary Ashley Liu, M.D. |
2025 |
| Julia Yi, M.D. |
2025 |
| Jose Marin Sanchez, M.D. |
2026 |
| Cody Wolfe, M.D. |
2026 |
Fellows
Cerebrovascular
| Name | Year |
|---|
| Michael Murphy, M.D. |
1993 |
| Mark Dexter, M.D. |
1999 |
| John McMahon, M.D. |
2001 |
| Hisham Al-Khayat, M.D. |
2004 |
| Eric Hauck, M.D. |
2008 |
| Caleb Feliciano, M.D. |
2011 |
| Jeremy Lewis, M.D. (Skull base) |
2014 |
| Jeff Beecher, M.D. |
2016 |
| Rafael De Oliveira Sillero, M.D. |
2017 |
| Young-Jun Kim, M.D. |
2020 |
| Richard Shaw, M.D. |
2026 |
Functional
| Name | Year |
|---|
| Jason Hsieh, M.D. (CAST) |
2024 |
| Jordan Iordanou, M.D. (CAST) |
2025 |
| William Gibson, M.D., (CAST) |
2026 |
Spine
| Name | Year |
|---|
| Christopher Abood, M.D. |
1997 |
| Vinay Deshmukh, M.D. |
2003 |
| Atif Haque, M.D. |
2009 |
| Achal Parsotam, M.D. (CAST) |
2018 |
| Salah Ghassan Aoun, M.D. (CAST) |
2020 |
| Omar S. Akbik, M.D. (CAST) |
2021 |
| Benjamin R. Kafka, M.D. |
2022 |
| Ibironke Emmanuel, M.D. |
2023 |
| Ahmed Moussa, M.D. |
2024 |
| Mary Ashley Liu, M.D. (Enfolded, CAST) |
2025 |
| Julia Yi, M.D. (Enfolded) |
2025 |
| Jose Marin Sanchez, M.D. (Enfolded, CAST) |
2026 |
Neurocritical Care
| Name | Year |
|---|
| Cyrus Dastur, M.D. |
2010 |
| Stanley Lue, M.D. |
2011 |
| Aashish Patel, M.D. |
2011 |
Pediatrics
| Name | Year |
|---|
| Dmitry Kopachev, M.D. |
2020 |
| Abdulbaki Kozan, M.D. |
2020 |
| Young-Jun Kim, M.D. |
2020 |
| Hossam Youssef, M.D. |
2021 |
| Jo Ling Goh, M.D. |
2022 |
| Bassel Bali, M.D. |
2023 |
| Nida Fatima, M.D. |
2023 |
| Ahmed Moussa, M.D. |
2023 |
| Torin Karsonovich, D.O. |
2024 |
| Francsico Spessatto Pesente, M.D. |
2024 |
| Mohamed Alashwal, M.D. |
2026 |
