Current Residents

Christian Kaufman, Chief
Hometown: St.Louis, MO
Undergraduate: University of Missouri – Columbia (Mizzou)
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Research / Subspecialty Interests: Functional, Epilepsy, & Pediatric neurosurgery

Arash Farahvar, PGY-6
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Undergraduate:
The University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Medical School:
UIUC/ UIC M.D.,
Ph.D. Postgradraduate:
University of Miami/ Miami Project to
Cure Paralysis
Research / Subspeciality Interests: Neurotrauma / Critical Care/ Stem Cell Therapy

Angel Boev, PGY-5
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate:
Valdosta State University
Medical School:
Mercer University School of Medicine
Research / Subspeciality Interests:General Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery, Vascular Neurosurgery

Vassilios Dimopoulos, PGY-4
Hometown: Kalamata, Greece
Undergraduate:
University of Patras
Medical School:
University of Patras Medical School
Research / Subspecialty Interests: Spine, General Neurosurgery, Complex Spine Surgery, Vascular Neurosurgery

Henry Kesler, PGY-4
Hometown: Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Undergraduate:
Kennesaw State University, Georgia 
Medical School:
Penn State University School of Medicine
Research / Subspecialty Interests: Traumatic brain and spinal cord injury

Anthony L. Petraglia, PGY-3
Hometown: RiverVale, NJ
Undergraduate:
University of Chicago
Medical School:
University of Rochester
Research / Subspeciality Interests: General Neurosurgery / Spinal Surgery / Neurotrauma

Zeguang Ren, PGY-3
Hometown: Shijiazhuang, China
Undergraduate:
Hebei University
Medical School:
Hebei Medical University
Research / Subspeciality Interests: Developmental neuroscience/Spine, Brain tumor, Aneurysm

Christopher P. Gallati, PGY-2
Hometown: Newman, Georgia
Undergraduate:
Westminster College
Medical School:
Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA
Research / Subspeciality Interests:General Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery, Neurotrauma, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base

Eric B. Hintz, PGY-2
Hometown: Carrboro, NC
Undergraduate:
The College of New Jersey
Medical School:
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Research / Subspeciality Interests:General Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery, Neurotrauma

Matthew Dashnaw, PGY-1
Hometown: Saranac, NY
Undergraduate:
Albany College of Pharmacy, NY
Medical School:
Ross University School of Medicine
Research / Subspeciality Interests:
Drug Delivery to the CNS, Brain Tumor Research, General Neurosurgery,
Neuro-onocology, and Endovascular