Residents Leadership and Faculty
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Program leadership

Jason H. Huang, MD
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Awais Zafar Vance, MD
Program Director

Specialties: Neurosurgery, Diagnostic Radiology, Neuro-otology

Jose Soto, MD
Associate Program Director

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Faculty

Ethan A. Benardete, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Christopher Jason Burnett, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Pain Management

James Kevin Cooper, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Ibrahim Muftah ElNihum, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Dongxia Feng, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

David Garrett, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Frank Stephen Harris, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Walter S Lesley, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology

Jen Murillo, DO
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neuro-oncology

Kimball Nelson Pratt, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery

Yuan Shan, MD, PhD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neuropathology

Eric Robert Trumble, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Residents

PGY-7

Laura Reed, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

PGY-6

Kristin Keith, DO
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

PGY-5

Anthony Nguyen, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine

PGY-4

Samuel Daly, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School

PGY-3

Sam Gearhart, MD
University of Mississippi School of Medicine

PGY-2

Sarah-Marie Gonzalez, MD
Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago

PGY-1

Shray Bindal, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Bronson Ciavarra, MD
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas – Houston