Residency Program Alumni

Graduated 2023

Young Lee, MD

Endovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis

Ramin Morshed, MD

Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota

Justin Scheer, MD

Complex Spine Fellowship, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University

Graduated 2022

John Burke, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma

Taemin Oh, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, University of Utah Neurosurgery

Kunal Raygor, MD

Endovascular Fellowship, University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

Graduated 2021

Andrew Chan, MD

Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery and Director of Neurosurgical Spine Research, Columbia University

Michael Safaee, MD

Assistant Professor Of Clinical Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California

Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Graduated 2020

Darryl Lau, MD

Orthopedic Pediatric Spinal Deformity Fellow, Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia

Stephen Magill, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine

Caleb Rutledge, MD

Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellow / Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Fellow, Barrow Neurological Institute

Graduated 2018

Jonathan Breshears, MD

Neurosurgeon, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO

Joseph Osorio, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego

Martin Rutkowski, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Augusta University

Derek Southwell, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University

Graduated 2017

John Rolston, MD, PhD

Director of the Mapping & Engineering Neural Dynamics (MEND) Laboratory

Doris Wang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Corinna Zygourakis, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford

Graduated 2016

Tene Cage MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Stanford University

Seunggu Han MD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University

Dario Englot MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University

Graduated 2015

Rajiv Saigal MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Jason Davies MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Bioinformatics, State University of New York at Buffalo

Nathan Rowland MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina

Graduated 2014

Aaron Clark MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Michael Ivan MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Miami

Jason Cheng MD

Neurosurgeon, John Muir Medical Center

Graduated 2013

Matthew Potts MD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University

Michael Oh MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon, Moody Brain and Spine Institute at Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Phiroz Tarapore MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Graduated 2012

Brian Jian MD, PhD

Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento

Matthew Tate MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in Neurological Surgery and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Orin Bloch MD

Associate Professor in Neurological Surgery, UC Davis

Graduated 2011

Mark Richardson MD, PhD

Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Michael Sughrue MD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Oaklahoma

Graduated 2010

Edward F. Chang MD

Professor in Residence, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Vincent Wang MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon, Seton Brain and Spine Institute

Isaac Yang MD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles

Graduated 2009

Daniel Lu MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles

Nader Sanai MD

Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Barrow Neurological Institute

James Waldron MD

Neurosurgeon, NeuroTexas Institute

Graduated 2008

Frank L. Acosta, Jr. MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Keck Medical Center of USC

Daniel A. Lim MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Rene Sanchez-Mejia MD

Neurosurgeon, Virgina Mason Health System, Seattle, WA

Graduated 2007

Kurtis Auguste MD

Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Director of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

John Chi MD, MPH

Director of Neurosurgical Spinal Cancer, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Justin Smith MD, PhD

Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Graduated 2006

Rose Du MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Marcus L. Ware MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University

Graduated 2005

Devin K. Binder MD, PhD

Brain and Elective Spine Treatment Center

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa MD

Chair Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Florida

Graduated 2004

Cornelia S. Von Koch MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Redwood City, CA

Graduated 2003

Jay Y. Chun MD, PhD

Faculty, Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists

G. Edward Vates MD, PhD

Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine

Graduated 2002

Steven G. Ojemann MD

Assistant Professor and Director of Stereotatic & Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado

Matthew D. Smyth MD

Assistant Professor, Washington University, St. Louis MO

Philip V. Theodosopoulos MD

Professor and Vice Chair, University of California, San Francisco

Graduated 2001

Geoffrey T. Manley MD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF

Praveen V. Mummaneni MD

Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF

Graduated 2000

Daniel M. Lieberman MD

Faculty, Phoenix Spine Center

Scott P. Wachhorst MD

Neurosurgeon, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Graduated 1999

Sandeep Kunwar MD

Associate Professor, UCSF

Aviva Abosch MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado

Graduated 1998

Paul Matz MD

Neurosurgeon, St. Luke's Hospital, MO

Eldan Eichbaum MD

Bell Neuroscience Institute of Silicon Valley

Andrew Metzger MD

Southwest Neurosurgical Associates

Graduated 1997


Scott Shepard MD

Assistant Professor, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Charles Cobbs MD


Neurosurgeon, Swedish Medical Center Seattle and Issaquah
 

Graduated 1996

Adam Mamelak MD

Director, Functional Neurosurgery Program, Cedars-Sinai

Sanjoy Sundaresan MD

Texoma Pain and Spine Center, Wichita Falls, TX

Dong Kim MD

Professor and Chair, University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Graduated 1995

Michon Morita MD

Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu

Sherry Taylor MD, PhD

Private Practice, Marysville, CA

Graduated 1994

Jeffrey McDonald MD, PhD

Private Practice, Coeur D'Alene, ID

Patricia Ann Mancuso MD

Lone Star Neurosurgery, San Antonio, TX

Graduated 1993

William Obana MD

Chief, Neurosurgery Division, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

Graduated 1992

Samuel Ciricillo MD

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Graduated 1991

Thomas Mampalam MD

Sutter Health, Pinole, CA

James Baumgartner MD

Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Eric Omsberg MD

Private Practice, Waterville, ME

Jacob Rachlin MD

Instructor in Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Graduated 1990

Joshua Bederson MD

Professor and Vice-Chairman, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Graduated 1989

Stanley Barnwell MD

Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Donald Ross MD

Medford Neurological and Spine Clinic, Medford, OR

Graduated 1988

Jonathan Hodes MD

Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Louisville, KY

Brian Andrews MD

Pacific Neurosurgical Associates, San Francisco, CA

Graduated 1987

Robert Levy MD, PhD

Professor, Northwestern University School of Medicine

Griffith Harsh, IV MD, MBA

Professor, Stanford University Medical Center

Graduated 1986

Corey Raffel MD

Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Graduated 1985

Nicholas Barbaro MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University School of Medicine

Mitchel Berger MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Graduated 1984

Neil Martin MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center

David Baskin MD

The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

Graduated 1983

Greg Zorman MD

Neurosurgery Chief, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL

Stephen Powers MD

Staff Physician, Penn State Medical Center

Graduated 1982

Donald Wright MD

Private Practice, Washington, DC

James Earl Boggan MD

Professor, University of California, Davis

Graduated 1981

Alexander MacKay MD

Private Practice, Spokane, WA

George Prioleau MD

 

Graduated 1980

Craig Yorke, Jr. MD

Private Practice, Topeka, KS

Isabelle Richmond MD

Private Practice, Norfolk, VA

Graduated 1979

Mark Rosenblum MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI

Philip Gutin MD

Chief, Neurosurgical Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Graduated 1978

Raymond Lagger MD

Private Practice, Mountain View, CA

Hoi-Sang U MD

Professor, University of California, San Diego

Graduated 1977

Lawrence Dempsey MD

Private Practice, Anchorage, AK

Robert Spetzler MD

Emeritus Chair, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ

Graduated 1975

Lawrence Pitts MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF 

Hal Hankinson MD

Neurosurgical Associates, Albuquerque, NM

Graduated 1974

Grant Gauger MD

Associate Professor, UCSF

John Grollmus MD

 

Graduated 1973

Jerome Stovall King MD

Private Practice, Pittsboro, NC

Graduated 1972

E. Fletcher Eyster MD

Associate Physician, UCSF

Graduated 1971

Ernest Bates MD

American Shared Hospital Services, San Francisco, CA

Philip Weinstein MD

Professor, UCSF

Graduated 1970

Timothy Altenhoffen MD
 
Louis Nelson MD

CNS Center Neurosurgery Medical Group, Modesto, CA

Graduated 1969

Earl Olsen, MD
 
Robert Chow MD

Private Practice, Piedmont, CA

Graduated 1968

Jay Levy MD

Private Practice, Napa, CA

Jacob Mathis MD

 

Information not currently available for residents graduated before 1968.