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Over the years, NREF has granted the following fellowships and awards:
2007 Awardees
		Justin Cetas, MD, PhD – NREF/Porex Research Fellow
		H. Francis Farhadi, MD, PhD – NREF/DePuy Spine Research Fellow
		Andrew Foy, MD – Research Fellow
		James Frazier, MD – NREF/ Biomet Research Fellow
		Jason L. Gerrard, MD, PhD – Research Fellow
		Gerald Grant, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Brian L. Hoh, MD – Young Clinician Investigator
		Jason Huang, MD – NREF/Spine & Peripheral Nerves Section Young Clinician Investigator
		Dimitris Placantonakis, MD, PhD – NREF/AANS Pinnacle Partner Research Fellow
		Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD – ACS/AANS-NREF Faculty Career Development Award
		Eve Tsai, MD, PhD – NREF/Kyphon Young Clinician Investigator
		Gregory Zipfel, MD – Young Clinician Investigator
2006 Awardees
		John A. Boockvar, MD 2006 NREF/AANS Pinnacle Partners Young Clinician Investigator
		Ming (David) Cheng, MD - – Research Fellow
		Lewis Chun Hou, MD – Research Fellow
		Eric M. Jackson, MD – Research Fellow
		Adrian W. Laxton, MD – NREF/Medtronic Neurological Research Fellow
		Jean-Christophe Leveque, MD - NREF/Kyphon Research Fellow
		Daniel A. Lim, MD, PhD – Research Fellow
		Neil R. Malhotra, MD – NREF/DePuy Spine Research Fellow
		Wael Musleh, Md, PhD – Research Fellow
		Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD – Young Clinician Investigator
		Michael D. Taylor, MD, PhD – Young Clinician Investigator
		G. Edward Vates, MD – NREF/W. Lorenz Young Clinician Investigator
		Lyman Whitlatch, MD, PhD – NREF/Kyphon Research Fellow
2005 Awardees
		Gavin W. Britz, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		William T. Curry, Jr., MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Emad Eskandar, MD - NREF/Medtronic Neurological Young Clinician Investigator
		James W. Leiphart, MD - NREF/Kyphon Young Clinician Investigator
		Stephen Russell, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Daniel P. Cahill, MD - Research Fellow
		Ali Chahlavi, MD, MS - Research Fellow
		Suresh N. Magge, MD - Research Fellow
		Joseph G. Ong, MD - NREF/DePuy Spine Research Fellow
2004 Awardees
		Steven Casha, MD - NREF/Kyphon Young Clinician Investigator
		Amy B. Heimberger, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Charles Y. Liu, MD, PhD - Young Clinician Investigator
		David Cory Adamson, MD - Research Fellow
		Ryan DenHaese, MD - Research Fellow
		Michael Kelly, MD - NREF/DePuy Research Fellow
		Kendall H. Lee, MD - NREF/Medtronic Research Fellow
		Brian Ragel, MD - Research Fellow
		Michael Louis Smith, MD - Research Fellow
2003 Awardees
		Ramin Amirnovin, MD - Research Fellow
		Judy Huang, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Robert J. Kowalski, MD - DePuy Spine Research Fellow
		John S. Kuo, MD, PhD - American Brain Tumor Association Research Fellow (ABTA)
		Todd G. Mainprize, MD - Research Fellow
		Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Atom Sarkar, MD, PhD - Research Fellow
		Kevin A. Walter, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
2002 Awardees
		Robert L. Dodd, MD, PhD - Frank Z. Bagan Research Fellow
		Ira Garonzik, MD - NREF-Medtronic Research Fellow
		Charles C. Matouk, MD - Research Fellow
		Sheila K. Singh, MD, PhD - American Brain Tumor Association Research Fellow
		Jeffrey P. Blount, MD - DePuy Acromed Young Clinician Investigator
		Nicholas Boulis, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
2001 Awardees
		Laurie L. Ackerman, MD - NREF-Medtronic Research Fellow
		Kent C. New, MD, PhD - American Brain Tumor Association Research Fellow
		Adetokunbo A. Oyelese, MD, PhD - Research Fellow
		Theodore H. Schwartz, MD - Young Clinician Investigator
		Michael Taylor, MD - Research Fellow
		Zelma H.T. Kiss, MD, PhD - Young Clinician Investigator
2000 Awardees
		Dean Chou - Research Fellow
		Michael M. Woodruff - Research Fellow
		Bruce E. Pollock - Hunt-Wilson Young Clinician Investigator
		Michael A. Vogelbaum - Young Clinician Investigator
		John K. Park - Young Clinician Investigator
1999 Awardees
		Gregory D. Foltz - Rhone Poulenc Rorer Research Fellow
		Sunghoon Lee - Research Fellow
		Babak S. Jahromi - Shirley L. Bagan Research Fellow
		Robert E. Gross - Young Clinician Investigator
		John H. Sampson - Young Clinician Investigator
1998 Awardees
		Tord D. Alden - Research Fellow
		Judith L. Gorelick - Research Fellow
		James M. Schuster - Research Fellow
		Frederick F. Lang - Young Clinician Investigator
		Carl Lauryssen - Young Clinician Investigator
1997 Awardees
		Lilyana Angelov - Research Fellow
		Amy B. Heimberger - Research Fellow
		E. Sander Connolly - Young Clinician Investigator
		Adam Mamelak - Young Clinician Investigator
1996 Awardees
		Frank Feigenbaum - Research Fellow
		Guy M. McKhann - Research Fellow
		James M. Markert - Young Clinician Investigator
1995 Awardees
		John H. Sampson - Research Fellow
		D. Kyle Kim - The Upjohn Company Research Fellow
		Lawrence S. Chin - Young Clinician Investigator
		Mark S. Dias - Joint Section of Pediatric Neurological Surgery Young Clinician Investigator
1994 Awardees
		James D. Guest - Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Research Fellow
		William D. Hunter - Research Fellow
		R. Loch Macdonald - Young Clinician Investigator
		Donald M. O'Rourke - Young Clinician Investigator
		Abbas F. Sadokot - Young Clinician Investigator
1993 Awardees
		John Paul Elliott - Research Fellow
		William T. Couldwell - Young Clinician Investigator
		Diana L. Abson Kraemer - Young Clinician Investigator
1992 Awardees
		Mark S. LeDoux - Research Fellow
		Stephen L. Skirboll - Research Fellow
		Ian Pollack - Young Clinician Investigator
1991 Awardees
		Gregory A. Brandenberg - Research Fellow
		E. Thomas Chappell - Research Fellow
		Kenneth Follett - Young Clinician Investigator
		Jeffrey J. Olson - Young Clinician Investigator
		Eric L. Zager - Young Clinician Investigator
1990 Awardees
		Michael M. Haglund - Research Fellow
		M. Christopher Wallace - Young Clinician Investigator
1989 Awardees
		Joung H. Lee - Head Trauma Foundation Research Fellow
		Richard G. Parker - Research Fellow
		Samuel J. Hassenbusch - Young Clinician Investigator
		Fredric B. Meyer - Young Clinician Investigator
1988 Awardees
		John Aryanpur - Head Trauma Foundation Research Fellow
		Gary K. Steinberg - Head Trauma Foundation Young Clinician Investigator
		Julian K. Wu - Young Clinician Investigator
1987 Awardees
		Roberta P. Glick - Young Clinician Investigator
		J. Marc Simard - Young Clinician Investigator
1986 Awardees
		Griffith R. Harsh - Research Fellow
		Charles J. Weitz - Research Fellow
		Marc R. Mayberg - Young Clinician Investigator
		Warren R. Selman - Young Clinician Investigator
1985 Awardees
		Joseph M. Phillips - Research Fellow
1984 Awardees
		Steven J. Schiff - Research Fellow
1983 Awardees
		Samuel J. Hassenbusch - Research Fellow
		Robert M. Levy - Research Fellow