2019 Neurosurgical Residency Matches
The AANS congratulates medical students accepted into a North American neurosurgical residency program in 2019!
If you are a student who has “matched” or otherwise been accepted into neurosurgical residency, please log in through MyAANS.org and select “Create a new application.” From the drop-down box, select “Medical Student – Match” and follow the simple instructions.
| Residency Program | Match | Medical School |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Kevin J. Sexton, MD | SUNY Upstate (Syracuse) |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Melissa Chua, MD | Boston University SOM |
| Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech | Srijan Adhikari, MD | Frank H. Netter MD SOM at Quinnipiac University |
| Carolinas Medical Center | Steve Hubert Monk, MD | Vanderbilt University SOM |
| Case Western Reserve | Dana Defta, MD | Wright State University/Boonshoft SOM |
| Case Western Reserve | Olindi Wijesekera, MD | Boston University SOM |
| Duke University Hospital | Joshua Jackson, MD | University of Alabama SOM |
| Duke University Hospital | Prince Antwi, MD | Yale University SOM |
| Emory University | Ali M. Alawieh, MD | Medical University of South Carolina SOM |
| Emory University | Matthew Agam, MD | USC/Keck SOM |
| Geisinger Health System | Christian O. Bohan, MD | Geisinger Commonwealth SOM |
| George Washington University | Max Fleisher, MD | University of Florida COM |
| George Washington University | Hayes Patrick, MD | Louisiana State University SOM/New Orleans |
| Henry Ford Hospital | Hassan Fadel, MD | Wayne State University SOM |
| Inova Fairfax Medical Campus | Luke Alan Mugge, MD | University of Toledo COM |
| Jackson Memorial Medical Center | Vignessh Kumar, MD | Albany Medical College |
| Jackson Memorial Medical Center | Michael Alexander Silva, MD | Harvard SOM |
| Johns Hopkins University | Lydia Ju-mi Bernhardt, MD | Johns Hopkins University SOM |
| Johns Hopkins University | Tej Azad, MD | Stanford University SOM |
| Louisiana State Univ./New Orleans | Roboan Idsart Guillen Arguello, MD | Florida International University/Wertheim COM |
| Louisiana State Univ./Shreveport | Ryan R. Diaz, MD | Florida State Univ. COM |
| Louisiana State Univ./Shreveport | Lane Anyson Fontenot, MD | Louisiana State University SOM/Shreveport |
| Loyola University | Nathan Pecoraro, MD | Loyola University Chicago/Stritch SOM |
| Loyola University | John T. Tsiang, MD | Case Western Reserve University SOM |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | William J. Munoz Miranda, MD | New York University SOM |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Ian David Connolly, MD | Stanford University SOM |
| Mayo Clinic | Kristen M. Scheitler, MD | University of Missouri/Columbia SOM |
| Mayo Clinic | Nitesh P. Patel, MD | Texas A&M COM |
| Mayo Clinic | Pierce A. Peters, MD | Mayo Clinic School of Medicine-Rochester |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville | Rachel Stein, MD | Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas Campus Medical School |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville | Alexander Vlasak, MD | University of Florida COM |
| McGill/Montreal Neurological Inst. | Lior Elkaim, MD | University of Montreal SOM |
| McMaster University | Mohamad Ali Kesserwan, MD | McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote SOM |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Omar Hussain, MD | University of Arizona COM-Phoenix |
| Methodist Hospital | Sibi Rajendran, MD | University of Kentucky COM |
| Methodist Hospital | Suraj Sulhan, MD | Texas A&M COM |
| Mount Sinai | Abhiraj Bhimani, MD | University of Illinois COM/Chicago |
| National Capital Consortium | Samuel Woodle, MD | Uniformed Services University/Edward Hebert SOM |
| New York Presbyterian/Cornell | Andrew L. A. Garton, MD | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons |
| Northwestern University | Mark Willaim Youngblood, MD | Yale University SOM |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Maryam Shahin, MD | Wright State University/Boonshoft SOM |
| Penn State | Sonia S. Majid, MPH, MD | Florida International University/Wertheim COM |
| Rush University | John Paul George Kolcun, MD | University of Miami/Miller SOM |
| Spectrum Health/Michigan State University | Andres Felipe Restrepo Orozco, MD | Universidad de Antioquia |
| St. Joseph's Hospital (Barrow) | Robert Rudy, MD | Harvard SOM |
| St. Joseph's Hospital (Barrow) | Mark A. Pacult, MD | Medical University of South Carolina SOM |
| St. Louis University | Jorge F. Urquiaga, MD | Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
| Stanford University | Silvia Daniela Vaca, MD | Stanford University SOM |
| SUNY Syracuse | Brandon Wilkinson, MD | Wayne State University SOM |
| Texas A&M | Kristin Alexandria Keith, MD | Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine Medical School |
| Univ. of Alabama | Matthew Parr, MD | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Univ. of Alabama | Yasaman Alam, MD | University of Toledo COM |
| Univ. of Arkansas | Benjamin Elberson, MD | Texas Tech University SOM/Lubbock |
| Univ. of Calgary | Jenna Mann, MD | University of Saskatchewan COM |
| Univ. of Calgary | Branavan Manoranjan, MD | McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote SOM |
| Univ. of California/Davis | Matthew Kercher, MD | University of Nebraska COM |
| Univ. of California/Los Angeles | Timothy Joseph Florence, MD | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons |
| Univ. of California/Los Angeles | Maya Harary, MD | Harvard SOM |
| Univ. of California/San Diego | Michael Gregory Brandel, MD | UC/San Diego SOM |
| Univ. of California/San Diego | Lauren Elizabeth Stone, MD | Temple University SOM |
| Univ. of Colorado | Lindsey Freeman, MD | Case Western Reserve University SOM |
| Univ. of Florida/Gainesville | Rasheedat Zakare-Fagbamila, MD | Duke University SOM |
| Univ. of Florida/Gainesville | Megan Still, MD | UT Southwestern SOM |
| Univ. of Illinois at Chicago | John Robert Souter, MD | Loyola University Chicago/Stritch SOM |
| Univ. of Illinois at Chicago | Sophia Peng, MD | Albany Medical College |
| Univ. of Iowa | Nahom Teferi, MD | Addis Ababa University |
| Univ. of Louisville | Vivien T. Dang, MD | Texas Tech University SOM/Lubbock |
| Univ. of Massachusetts | Rrita Daci, MD | Cooper Medical School of Rowan University |
| Univ. of Michigan | Joseph R. Linzey, MD | University of Michigan SOM |
| Univ. of Michigan | Ayobami Ward, MD | Augusta University/Univ. of Georgia Med. Partners |
| Univ. of Mississippi | Zachary Wetsel, DO | William Carey University/College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical School |
| Univ. of Ottawa | Alick Wang | McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote SOM |
| Univ. of Pennsylvania | Yohannes Ghenbot, MD | University of Pennsylvania/Perelman SOM |
| Univ. of Pittsburgh | Ali A. Alattar, MD | UC/San Diego SOM |
| Univ. of Pittsburgh | Joseph Scott Hudson, MD | University of Iowa/Carver COM |
| Univ. of Pittsburgh | Andrew D. Legarreta, MD | Vanderbilt University SOM |
| Univ. of Puerto Rico | Freddie Yamel Rodriguez-Beato, MD | University of Puerto Rico SOM |
| Univ. of Puerto Rico | Jose G. Sanchez Jimenez, MD | University of Puerto Rico SOM |
| Univ. of Rochester | Clifton R. J. Houk, MD | Virginia Tech Carilion SOM |
| Univ. of Rochester | Gurkirat Singh Kohli, MD | UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School |
| Univ. of Southern California | Robert Grady Briggs, MD | University of Oklahoma COM |
| Univ. of Texas/Galveston | Adam F. Carlton, MD | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science |
| Univ. of Texas/Houston | Duncan Trimble, MD | University of Texas/Houston SOM |
| Univ. of Texas/Houston | Shivani Bindal, MD | UT Southwestern SOM |
| Univ. of Texas/Houston | Laura Zima, MD | University of Nebraska COM |
| Univ. of Texas/San Antonio | William Chase Johnson, MD | University of Texas SOM/San Antonio |
| Univ. of Toronto | Karl G. Narvacan, MD | University of Alberta SOM |
| Univ. of Toronto | Husain Shakil, MD | McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote SOM |
| Univ. of Utah | Jeffrey Nadel, MD | University of Michigan SOM |
| Univ. of Washington | Evgeniya Tyrtova, MD | Yale University SOM |
| Univ. of Washington | Margaret McGrath, MD | University of Washington SOM |
| Univ. of Washington | Scott H. Boop, MD, MPH | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Claudio Cavallo, MD | Universita delgi studi di Pavia |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nishit Mummareddy, MD | Vanderbilt University SOM |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Campbell Liles | Vanderbilt University SOM |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Dean M. Leonard, MD | Texas A&M COM |
| Washington University | Vivek Sean Gupta, MD | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons |
| Wayne State University | Hael Abdulrazeq, MD | UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School |
| Yale University | Layton Lamsam, MD | Stanford University SOM |