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Department of Neurological Surgery

FACULTY & STAFF

FACULTY

Webster H. Pilcher, MD, PhD, Frank P. Smith Professor and Chair
Rafael Allende, MD, Assistant Professor
Robert S. Bakos, MD, Associate Professor
Pierre Girgis, MD, Assistant Professor
Jason H. Huang, MD, Assistant Professor
John Markman, MD, Assistant Professor
Paul K. Maurer, MD, Associate Professor
James T. Maxwell, MD, Assistant Professor
Thomas G. Rodenhouse, MD, Associate Professor
Jason M. Schwalb, MD, Assistant Professor
Howard J. Silberstein, MD, Assistant Professor
G. Edward Vates, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Kevin A. Walter, MD, Associate Professor

FACULTY WITH SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS IN NEUROSURGERY

Joseph W. Dooley, MD, Assistant Professor
Karl A. Illig , MD, Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Kolano, MD, Associate Professor
Steven P. Meyers, MD, PhD, Professor
Peter J. Papadakos, MD, FCCM, FCCP, Professor
Henry Z. Wang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

NURSE PRACTITIONERS/PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS

Judy Cavanaugh, RN, NP, MS
Marianne Chiafery, RN, NP, MS
Lesley Johnson, RN, NP, MS
Mary Lang, RN, NP, MS
Kathleen McIntosh, RN, NP, MS
Christine Northrup, RN, NP, MS
Valerie Parrish, PA
Jacqueline Behr,
RN, NP, MS
Shirley Rast, RN, NP, MS
Susan O. Smith, RN, NP, MS

Kim Yirinec RN, NP, MS

RESEARCH FACULTY

Rashid Deane, PhD, Associate Professor
Steven Goldman, MD., PhD, Professor
Shirley Joseph, PhD, Professor
Eileen Lynd-Balta, PhD, Instructor
Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, Professor
Ellie Carson-Walter, PhD, Research Assistant Professor
Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

Alisa Allen, Accounting Bookeeper
Maryann Ballou
, Special Projects
Rose Gilbert, Physician Liason
Rebecca Hart, Finance Manager
Peter Kapatos, MIS Manager/Multimedia Manager
Patty Pecoraro, Billing Manager
Susan Powell, Program Administrator
Laurie Riley, Information Analyst
Cherie Rynerson, Clinic Manager

Melanie Zandvoort, Administrator, Residency Coordinator
Cathy Hain, Development

RESIDENTS
Patrick Reid, MD, Chief
Andrew Wensel, MD, PGY6
Christian Kaufman, MD, PGY5
Arash Farahvar, MD, PGY4
Angel Boev, MD, PhD, PGY3
Vassilious Dimopoulos, MD, PGY2
Henry Kesler, MD, PGY2
Anthony Petraglia, MD, PGY1
Zeguang Ren , MD, PGY1