Recent Graduates

Recent Graduates from the Department of Neurological Surgery include a number of distinguished clinicians, surgeons and researchers.

Year Name Category Location
2018 Fernando Alonso, M.D. Private practice Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
2018 Efrem Cox, M.D. Fellowship University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL
2018 Gabriel A. Smith, M.D. Academic University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2017 Abhishek Ray, M.D. Academic University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2017 Brian D. Rothstein, M.D. Academic University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2016 Margaret Carmody, M.D. Private Practice

Avera Medical Group Neurosurgery, Sioux Falls, SD 

2016 Justin Singer, M.D. Private Practice Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Sunil Manjila, M.D. Academic Wayne State University
2014 Ioannis Karampelas, M.D. Private practice Athens, Greece
2014 Kaine Onwuzulike, M.D. Fellowship University of Utah SOM (effective 7/1/2015)
2014 David M. Smith, M.D. Private practice Provo, Utah
2013 Alia Hdeib, M.D. Academic University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2013 Charles Munyon, M.D. Academic Temple University SOM, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Shakeel A. Chowdhry, M.D. Cerebrovascular
Fellowship
Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona
2012 Andreas C. Tomac, M.D. Private Practice Spine-Health, Inc.
Clearwater, FL
2011 Yin C. Hu, M.D. Academic -
Cerebrovascular
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2011 Fahd Khan, M.D. Academic - 
Functional
Neurosurgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, California
2010 Rishi Goel, MD Private Practice Southwest General Medical Center
Middleburg Heights, OH
and St. John Medical Center
Westlake, OH
2010 Jason Wilson, M.D. Academic-
cerebrovascular
LSU Health
New Orleans, LA
2009 Steven Fulop, MD Private practice -Spine Southwest General Medical Center
Middleburg Heights, OH
2009 Alan Hoffer, MD Academic -NeuroCritical Care University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2008 Brian Gantwerker, M.D. Private Practice The Craniospinal Center
Los Angeles, CA
2008 Jonathan Miller, MD Academic -Functional University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2007 Shervin Dashti, MD, PhD Private practice - Cerebrovascular Norton Neuroscience Institute Louisville, KY
2006 Jeremy Amps, M.D. Academic Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH
2006 Aleksandyr Lavery, MD Private practice Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
Redwood City, CA
2005 Natasha McKay, MD Private practice New England Neurosurgical Associates
Springfield, MA
2005 Meg Verrees, MD Academic -Tumor Central California Faculty Medical
Group Fresno, CA
2004 Tina Rodrigue, MD Private practice Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery
Norfolk, VA
2004 Nicholas Bambakidis, MD Academic -Vascular University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2003 Graham Mouw, M.D. Academic Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ft.  Lauderdale, FL
2003 John VanGilder, MD Private practice Great Falls, MT
2003 Gerald Molloy, MD Private practice Monroe, LA
2003 Robert Geertman, MD, PhD Academic -Pediatric MetroHealth Medical Center Cleveland, OH
2001 Ali Najafi, MD Private practice Neurosurgical Associates Medical Group, Fresno, CA
2001 Christopher Taylor, MD Academic -Vascular The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM
2001 Shekar Kurpad, MD Academic –Spine/Skull Base Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
2000 Princewell Ehirim, MD Private practice North Georgia Neurosurgical Associates, Lawrenceville, GA
1999 Jaime Alvarez, MD Private practice Southwest Florida Neurosurgical Associates, Fort Myers, FL
1999 M. Sami Abdou, MD Private practice Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
San Diego, CA
1998 Shenandoah Robinson, M.D. Academic – Pediatrics Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA