Our Team
Rochester Neurosurgery Partners provides the widest range of neurosurgery and neuromedicine care in the region. And that benefits our patients in several important ways:
- We provide comprehensive care. Our neuromedicine providers have expertise in virtually every type of disease that may require brain or spinal surgery.
- We offer the most advanced treatments. Our neurosurgeons are experienced in the very latest neurosurgical procedures, many of which are not available anywhere else in the region.
- Our neurosurgeons are specialists. They have more experience in providing exactly the care you need.
For more information on any of our neurosurgeons or our neuromedicine providers, click on one of the names below.
Webster H. Pilcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman
Appointment: (585) 275-7944
Specialties: Epilepsy, Spine, Brain Tumors
Jason H. Huang, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 276-3049
Specialties: Spine, Peripheral Nerve, Surgical Reconstruction
John D. Markman, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 276-3616
Specialties: Medical Pain Mgt, Injections, Spinal Cord Stimulation
Thomas G. Rodenhouse, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 473-7560
Specialties: Spine, Cranial
G. Edward Vates, M.D., Ph.D.
Appointment: (585) 273-3551
Specialties: Pituitary Tumors, Acoustic Neuroma, AVM
Kevin A. Walter, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 276-3581
Specialties: Brain and Spinal Tumors, Surgical Reconstruction, Spine

Richard V. Welles, M.D.
Appointment: (607) 301-4141
Specialties: Neurology
Pierre S. Girgis, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 276-4299
Specialties: Spine, Compression Fractures, Brain Tumors
Babak S. Jahromi, M.D., Ph.D.
Appointment: (585) 273-2751
Specialties:
Stroke/Endovascular, Aneurysm/AVM, Trigeminal neuralgia, Skull-base
Robert Replogle, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 273-3962
Specialties: Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Endovascular, Spine
Howard J. Silberstein, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 273-1606 (Peds), (585) 342-7783 (Adult)
Specialties: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Brain Tumors, Spine
Armando A. Villarreal , M.D., MBA
Appointment: (585) 276-3616
Specialties: Medical Pain Management, Injections
Linda B. Welles, M.D.
Appointment: (607) 301-4141
Specialties: Gait and Balance/Geriatrics
Andrew M. Wensel, M.D.
Appointment: (585) 467-1643
Specialties: Spine, Functional Neurosurgery, Surgical Pain Mgt.
Advanced Practice Providers (click for more information)
- Jacqueline Behr, RN, NP, MS
- Michelle Dugan, RN, NP, MS
- Cathy Hastings, RN, NP, MS
- Sharon Mansfield, RN, NP, MS
- Kathleen McIntosh, RN, NP, MS
- Rebecca Ong, RN, NP, MS
- Kim Page, RN, NP, MS
- Valerie Phillips, MS, PA
- Shirley Rast, RN, NP, MS
- Susan O. Smith, RN, NP, MS
- Laurie Vaccarelli, RN, NP, MS
- Jennifer Willison, RN, NP, MS
- Cynthia Zink, PA
Physical Therapy
- Kimberly Barker, PT
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