Neurosurgery Residency Alumni
Neurosurgery Residency Program
Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgery Residents are exposed to clinical volume and complex cases spanning the breadth of Neurosurgery.
2022
Christine K. Lee, MD, PhD
Stanford Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Skull Base Surgery
Athar N. Malik, MD, PhD
Warren Alpert SOM Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital/Lifespan
Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery
Cameron Sadegh, MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Shillito Staff Associate
2021
Bryan D. Choi, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Neurosurgical Oncology
Benjamin L. Grannan, MD
UW Medicine
Acting Instructor
Jimmy C. Yang, MD
Emory University SOM
Sr. Associate
2020
Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
Matthew Koch, MD
UF Health Shands Hospital
Assistant Professor
Robert Koffie, MD, PhD
Neuroscience Group of Wisconsin
Neurosurgical Spine
2019
Sarah Bick, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Functional Neurosurgery
Vijay Yanamadala, MD
Hartford Healthcare
Medical Director, Spine Quality & Surgical Optimization
Marcus Zachariah, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Mississippi
Neurosurgery Skull Base Oncology
2018
Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor, Skull Base Neurosurgery
Christopher Stapleton, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Instructor, Cerebrovascular Surgery
Assistant Residency Program Director
Matthew Mian, MD
Colorado Carepoint
Functional Neurosurgery
2017
Pankaj Agarwalla, MD
Rutgers Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Skull Base Neurosurgery
Katie Fehnel, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor,
Director, Spinal Cord Tumor Program
Ganesh M. Shankar, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor,
Neurosurgical Spine
Assistant Residency Program Director
2016
Anoop Patel, MD
UW Medicine
Assistant Professor, Skull Base
and Endoscopic Surgery;
Neurosurgical Oncology
Pamela S. Jones, MD, MS, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgical Oncology
Associate Residency Program Director
Josh Aronson, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Assistant Professor,
Director of Functional Neurosurgery
2015
Navid Redjal, MD
Capital Institute
Attending; Director of
Neurosurgical Oncology
Brian Walcott, MD
NorthShore University Health System
Neurosurgical Spine Surgery
Patrick Codd, MD
Duke Health
Assistant Professor, Director
of Endoscopic Neurosurgery
2014
Kristopher Kahle, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Peter Fecci, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Duke Health
Director, Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program
Anna Terry, MD
New England Neurological Associates, P.C.
2013
Gavin Dunn, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Neurosurgical Oncology
John Barr, MD
Duke Health
Assistant Professor,
Neurosurgical Spine
David Jho, MD
Allegheny General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgical Spine;
Director of Endoscopic Skull Base and Spine
Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Associate Professor, Functional Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Research
Eric Chang, MD
Providence Regional Medical Center-Everett
UW Medicine
2011
Brian Nahed, MD, MSc.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor,
Neurosurgical Oncology;
Residency Program Director
Rollin Hu, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Attending, Neurosurgical Spine
2010
Jason Gerrard
Yale, Assistant Professor,
Director of Functional Neurosurgery
Wael Asaad, MD, PhD
Brown University/Lifespan
Associate Professor;
Director of Functional Neurosurgery & Epilepsy
Travis Tierney
CHI Health, St. Mary’s,
Nebraska City
Functional Neurosurgeon
2009
Christopher Farrell, MD
Jefferson Health
Associate Professor, Skull Base and Endoscopic Surgery;
Neurosurgical Oncology
Manuel Ferreira, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Associate Professor, Skull Base and Neurosurgical Oncology;
Chief, Neurosurgical Surgery
2008
Daniel Cahill, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor, Neurosurgical Oncology
Clark Chen, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Professor and Department Chair, Neurosurgical Oncology
2007
Manish Aghi, MD, PhD
UCSF
Professor, Neurosurgical Oncology;
Co-Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery
Ramin Amirnovin, MD
Inland Neurosurgery
Attending, Neurosurgery
2006
Ziv Williams, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Functional Neurosurgery;
Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Khalid Abbed, MD
Hartford Healthcare Ayer Neuroscience Institute,
Co-Physician-in-Chief
2005
Brian Hoh, MD
University of Florida
Professor, Chair of
Neurosurgery; Chief of
Cerebrovascular Surgery
Ekkehard Kasper, MD, PhD
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Chief, Neurosurgery
2004
Joseph Neimat, MD
University of Louisville
Professor and Department Chair,
Functional Neurosurgery
William Curry, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Chief Medical Officer
Professor, Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Co-Director, Neurosciences Institute
Steve Kalkanis, MD
Henry Ford Medical Group (HFMG)
CEO, HFMG & Chief Academic Officer,
Henry Ford Health System
Edward Smith, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor; Director of Pediatric Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
2002
John Brisman, MD
NSPC
Attending, Neurosurgery
Yogish Kamath, MD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Chief of Neurosurgery
2001
Albert Lee, MD
TNC Brain & Spine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University SOM
Sepi Amin-Hanjani, MD
UIC
Professor Cerebrovascular
Surgery; Residency
Program Director
2000
Richard Chung, MD
Neurosurgical Associates of
Santa Barbara
Attending, Neurosurgery
Emad Eskandar, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Chief of Neurosurgery
1999
Zoher Ghogawala, MD
Lahey Clinic
Professor and Department Chair,
Neurosurgical Spine
Bob Carter, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor and Department Chair,
Neurosurgical Oncology
Marius Maxwell, MD
Arctic Spine
Attending, Neurosurgery
Robert Friedlander, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Professor and Department Chair, Cerebrovascular Surgery
1997
John Yu, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Professor and Medical Director, Brain Tumor Center
Stephen Tatter, MD, PhD
Wake Forrest
Professor, Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology
1996
N. Nicole Moyaeri, MD
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Medical Director, Neurosurgical Oncology
Peyman Pakzaban, MD
Houston MicroNeurosurgery
1995
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Brigham & Women’s
Professor and Department Chair, Neurosurgical Oncology
David Frim, MD
University of Chicago
Professor and Department Chair, Pediatric Neurosurgery
1994
William Butler, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
William Rosenberg, MD
Midwest Neurosurgery Associates
Neurosurgeon
1993
Andrea Halliday, MD
PeaceHealth
Chief Clinical Officer & Chief
Medical Officer
Richard Westmark, MD
Houston Spine & Neurosurgery Center
Neurosurgeon
1992
Jim Schumacher, MD
Sarasota Neurosurgery
Attending, Neurosurgery
Fred Barker, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor, Neurosurgical Oncology;
Director, Skull Base Center
1991
John Steichen, MD
Roper St. Francis Physicians Partners
Neurosurgery & Spine
Neurosurgeon
Chris Ogilvy, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess
Professor, Cerebrovascular
Surgery; Director, Endovascular and Operative Surgery
1990
Kevin McGrail, MD
MedStar Georgetown
Professor and Department Chair, Cerebrovascular Surgery
Allan Hamilton, MD
The University of Arizona
Neurosurgeon, Executive Director, ASTEC
1989
Debbie Petrucci, MD
New York Neurosurgical PLLC
New York
Putnam Hospital Center
Joe Madsen, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatric
Neurosurgery; Director,
Epilepsy Surgery
90% Neurosurgery Residents
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Neurosurgery Residency Program
Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgery Residents are exposed to clinical volume and complex cases spanning the breadth of Neurosurgery.