Neurosurgery Residency Alumni
University of Maryland has been training neurosurgeons since 1939. Graduates of this program have become leaders across the world, going on to make significant contributions to their institutions and communities.
2030-2021
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Gregory Cannarsa, MD
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Neurosurgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, University of California San Francisco
2021
Nathan Pratt, MD, MS
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch
Aaron Wessell, MD
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Current Position: Staff Neurosurgeon, Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Neurosurgery, Sentara Neurosurgery Specialists
2020-2011
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Matthew J. Kole, MD
Fellowships: Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery/Skull Base Surgery, McGovern Medical School, UT-Houston
Endovascular Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, UT-Houston
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Harry Mushlin, MD
Fellowship: Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Complex Spine and Deformity, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
2019
Salazar Jones, MD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Erik Hayman, MD
Fellowship: Complex & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of South Florida School of Medicine
2018
David Hersh, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Elizabeth Le, MD
Fellowship: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
2017
Evan Lewis, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, FL
Akil Patel, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded);
Cerebrovascular Surgery/Endovascular Surgery, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Current Position: General and Vascular Neurosurgery, Kettering Brain & Spine, OH
2016
Narlin Beaty, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded);
Endovascular Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Current Position: General and Vascular Neurosurgery, Tallahassee Neurological Clinic, FL
Kenneth Crandall, MD
Fellowship: Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Miami
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center
2015
Justin Slavin, MD
Fellowship: Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine
2014
Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Director of Neurotrauma/Critical Care, Shock Trauma Center
Adam Polifka, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (enfolded); Neuroendovascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville
2013
David Chesler, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Current Position: Associate Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Christopher Maulucci, MD, FAANS, FACS
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine
2012
David Ibrahimi, MD
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery, University of Virginia
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (in memoriam)
Michael Koltz, MD
Fellowship: Neuroendovascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
2011
Louis Chang, MD
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Navigation, Weill Cornell-NY Presbyterian
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
Mark Iguchi, MD, FAANS
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2010-2001
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John Caridi, MD
Fellowship: Scoliosis, Hospital for Special Surgery
Current Position: Associate Professor, Chief of Neurosurgical Spine Division, UTHealth Neurosciences, McGovern Medical School
Danny Liang, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center
2009
Nicholas Szerlip, MD
Fellowships: Neurosurgery, National Institutes of Health; Neurosurgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School
William Wirchansky, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Brain & Spine Surgeons of New York
2007
Robert F. James, MD
Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Current Position: Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Vascular Neurosurgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine as Associate
Ryan P. DenHaese, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, AXIS Neurosurgery and Spine, Buffalo, NY
2006
Edward S. Ahn, MD
Fellowships: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic
2005
Nirav K. Shah, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Princeton Brain & Spine Medical, Langhorne, PA
Bimal G. Rami, MD, FAANS
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
2004
Thomas K. Mattingly, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgery, London Health Sciences Center
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Katrina Murphy, MD, PhD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Associates, Richmond, VA
2003
Rajesh V. Metha, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Associates, Richmond, VA
2002
Judson Howard Cook, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Spine & Neurosurgery Specialists of Austin, Austin, TX
2001
Eric A. Potts, MD
Fellowship: Spine Surgery, Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
Current Position: Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Carmel, IN
Barbara E. Lazio, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Providence Medical Group Southwest Washington Neurosurgery, Olympia, WA
2000-1991
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David H. Harter, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Program Director of Neurosurgery Residency, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
1999
Patrick Doherty, MD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery; Chief of Neurosurgery, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital - New London, Yale School of Medicine
Andrew Chiou, MD
Tupelo, MS
1998
Robert Bryan Mason, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgery, National Naval Medical Center
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Kevin M. Zitnay, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Conemaugh Neurosurgical Associates, Johnstown, PA
1997
Charles Park, MD, PhD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Amiel Bethel, MD
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD
1996
Leon K. Liem, MD
Current Position: General Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Arthur J. DiPatri, Jr., MD
Fellowships: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
1995
Brent Morgan, MD
General Neurosurgery, Plano, TX and Spokane, WA
1994
Jamshid Saleh, MD
Redding, CA
1993
Stephen L. Huhn, MD
Newark, CA
Stanley Skarli, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Children’s Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Current Position: Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
1992
Thomas N. Spagnolia, MD
Bismarck, ND
Mark Stephen Monasky, MD
Sioux Falls, SD
1991
John Ragheb, MD
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center
Current Position: Chief, Department of Surgery, Director, Division of Neurosurgery, Nicklaus Children's Hospital
1990-1981
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James Michael Randle, MD
Nacogdoches, TX
1989
Gregory Corradino, MD
Kingsport, TN
Henry Joseph Elsner, MD
Greensboro, NC
1988
Robert W. Nudelman, MD
Greensboro, NC
Schlegel, Robert, MD
Harrisburg, PA
1987
Francis T. Ferraro, MD
Johnstown, PA
1985
Miguel A. Machado, MD
Greensboro, NC
1984
Ernesto M. Botero, MD
Charlotte, NC
Mark P. Carrol, MD
Charlotte, NC
1983
David H. Cahill, MD
Tampa, FL
1981
Hatem Abdo, MD
Baltimore, MD
1980-1971
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John T. Lucas, MD
Greenville, SC
J. Douglas Abbott, MD
Baltimore, MD
Roberto B. Bellegarrigue, MD
Winter Haven, FL
1979
Abdul L. Itani, MD
Cleveland, OH
1978
Merle P. Stringer, MD
Panama City, FL
Joseph K. Jamaris, MD
Baltimore, MD
Edwin H. Bellis III, MD
Salisbury, MD
1977
Gustavo R. Roca, MD
Sao Paula, Brazil
Panayiotis Louis Sitaras, MD
Fallston, MD
1976
Robert A. Rashti, MD
Hampton, VA
Walker L. Robinson, MD
Urbana, IL
1975
Richard A. Pratt II, MD
La Mesa, CA
Joseph A. Soliman, MD
Westminster, MD
1974
Charles J. Lancelotta, Jr., MD
Baltimore, MD
David M. Cook, MD
Lutherville, MD
1973
Daniel H. White, MD
Norfolk, VA
Donald P. Sickler, MD
Dayton, OH
1972
Edward D. Layne, MD
Baltimore, MD
Jorge R. Ordonez, MD
Baltimore, MD
Octavio Polanco, MD
Baltimore, MD
1971
Frederick N. Sugar, MD
San Diego, CA
Frederick K. Cressman, MD
Louisville, KY
1970-1961
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Robert S. Holt, MD
San Diego, CA
Jon A. Gulbrandsen, MD
1969
Ronald L. Paul, MD
York, PA
1968
Roberto A Negron, MD
San Antonio, TX
Ivan L. Butler, MD
York, PA
1967
Thavatchai Fungvudhhiran, MD
Bangkok, Thailand
1966
William Kraut, MD
Baltimore, MD
1965
Robert T. James, MD
Florence, South Carolina
1964
Iradja Khalatberry, MD
Tehran, Iran
1963
G. Lee Russo, MD
Baltimore, MD
1962
Charles M. Henderson, MD
Baltimore, MD
1961
Rui Raul Dahas de Carvalho, MD
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Paul C. Hudson, MD
Baltimore, MD
Steven Malina, MD
Baltimore, MD
1960-1951
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Israel H. Weiner, MD
Lutherville, MD
1958
Herbert S. Bell, MD
Cleveland, OH
Rafael Longo, MD
San Juan, Puerto Rico
John O. Sharrett, MD
Baltimore, MD
1954
James S. Browne, MD
San Francisco, CA
August Kiel, MD
Baltimore, MD
1952
J.A. Alvarez de Choudens, MD
San Juan, Puerto Rico
George H. Smith, MD
Augusta, GA
1951
Robert M. N. Crosby, MD
Baltimore, MD
1950-1939
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Louis O. J. Manganiello, MD
Augusta, GA
1949
William H. Mosberg, MD
Baltimore, MD
1948
E. Thornton Pfeil, MD
Phoenix, AZ
1947
Raymond K. Thompson, MD
Baltimore, MD
1942
James G. Arnold, MD
Baltimore, MD
1941
William W. McKinney, MD (first full resident)
Fort Worth, TX
1939
William B. Scoville, MD (neurosurgery training)
Hartford, CT
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