Faculty
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, Department of Neurosurgery, Ernest & Thelma Del Monte Distinguished Professor in Neuromedicine
Lucas Alves Aurich M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery
Matthew Bender M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Imaging Sciences
Tarun Bhalla M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Imaging Sciences
Turker Dalkilic, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery
Pierre S. Girgis, M.D.
Associate Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery
Melissa A. LoPresti, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Public Health Sciences
Thomas K. Mattingly, M.D., MSc.
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Imaging Sciences
James Mills, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurosrugery
Vincent N. Nguyen, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
David A. Paul, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Thomas G. Rodenhouse, M.D.
Associate Professor,Clinical Neurosurgery
Tyler M. Schmidt, D.O.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Howard J. Silberstein, M.D.
Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, and Orthopaedics
Steven Soler, MD.
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery and Neurology
Jonathan J. Stone, M.D., M.Se.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering
G. Edward Vates, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurosurgery and Medicine
Kevin A. Walter, M.D.
Professor, Neurosurgery, Cander Center and Orthopaedics
Andrew M. Wensel, M.D.
Associate Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery, and Neurology
For Referring Physicians
Your Personal Contact to UR Medicine

Rose Gilbert
Physician Relations Manager, Neuromedicine
(585) 455-5685
We look forward to helping your patients receive the area’s most advanced neurosurgical care in the region.
To transfer a patient, please call the Strong Transfer Center
at (585) 275-4999 or 1-800-499-9298.
To refer a patient, please call our Brain and Spine Line at (585)-225-5767.
To refer a patient to one of our regional satellite offices, please click here for a full listing of locations.
To explore CME programs offered by UR Neurosurgery, please see our Continuing Medical Education page.
