Neurosurgery Residency Alumni

The Department of Neurosurgery has a rich and dynamic history of training high-quality neurosurgeons who work in a broad range of settings including private practice, academia, and industry.

We are proud of our alumni, who remain active contributors to the field, and many of whom have gone on to hold teaching and leadership positions at hospitals and medical centers throughout the United States.

Graduates of our program have become distinguished community neurosurgeons, academic neurosurgical chairmen, leaders in organized neurosurgery, innovative researchers, and excellent clinicians.

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We want to share your success with our community. Submit an update about your life—photos, what you have been doing since graduation, your favorite memory, etc.—or notify us of an alumni death. Email your update to cortlynd.olsen@hsc.utah.edu.

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NEUROSURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM ALUMNI

2024	2023	2022
Guilherme Agnoletto, MD AdventHealth, FL Robert Kim, MD UCHealth Memorial Hospital, CO	Evan Joyce, MD Saint Alphonsus, Boise, ID Jonathan Scoville, MD Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL	Al-Wala Awad, MD Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Bornali Kundu, MD, PhD University of California San Francisco, CA Christopher Wilkerson, MD Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT
2021	2020	2019
Ilyas Eli, MD Private Practice, Howell Allen Clinic, Saint Thomas Medical Partners, Nashville, TN	Michael Karsy, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Utah Health, SLC, UT Andrea Brock, MD, MSCI Private Practice, Lehi, UT	Nam Yoon, MD Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT Jian Guan, MD Private Practice, PNI, Los Angeles, CA
2018	2017	2016
Vijay Ravindra, MD Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Craig Kilburg, MD Assistant Professor, University of Utah Health, SLC, UT	Marcus Mazur, MD Assistant Professor, University of Utah Health, SLC, UT Walavan Sivakumar, MD Private Practice, PNI, Los Angeles, CA	Christian Bowers, MD Assistant Professor, UNM, Albuquerque, NM Ricky Kalra, MD Private Practice, Plano, TX
2015	2013	2012
Khalid Krisht, MD Private Practice, Montgomery, AR Sarah Menacho, MD Assistant Professor, University of Utah Health, SLC, UT	Ramin Eskandari, MD Associate Professor, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, MUSC, Charleston, SC Michael Mumert, MD Private Practice, Springfield, MO Christina Sayama, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, OHSU, Portland, OR	Valerie Coon, MD Private Practice, Springfield, OR
2011	2010	2009
Chad Cole, MD Associate Professor & Vice Chair, UNM, Albuquerque, NM	Frank Bishop, MD Private Practice, St. George, UT Brad Duhon. MD Private Practice/Academic, UCHealth, CO Toba Niazi, MD Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL	Mandy Binning. MD Associate Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Michael Finn, MD Assistant Professor, UCHealth, CO
2008	2007	2006
Amin Amini, MD, MS Private Practice, Silver Spring, MD Peter Kan, MD, MPH Professor and Chair, UTMB Health, Galveston, TX Todd McCall Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Peoria, IL	Sam Browd, MD, PhD Professor, Seattle Children's, UW Medicine, Seattle, WA Oren Gottfied, MD Professor, Duke Health, Raleigh, NC Brian Ragel, MD Private Practice/Academic, Vancouver, WA	Daniel Fassett, MD, MBA Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Peoria, IL James Liu, MD Professor, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, NJ
2005	2004	2003
Paul Klimo, MD Pediatric Neurosurgery Chief; Associate Professor, UTHSC, Memphis, TN Ganesh Rao, MD Professor and Chair, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX	Adam Arthur, MD, MPH Professor, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN Wayne Gluf, MD Professor, Director of Neurosurgical Trauma, UCHealth, CO Paul House, MD Functional Neurosurgery, Murray, UT	Scott Soleau, MD Private Practice - Pediatric Neurosurgery, Baton Rouge, LA
2002	2001
Jim Pingree, MD Private Practice, SLC, UT William Whitehead, MD, MPH Professor, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX	Russell Lonser, MD Professor and Chair, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Kavina Shahi, MD, PhD Private Practice, Roseville, CA

NEUROSURGERY ALUMNI

Neurosurgery Department

The Department of Neurosurgery has a rich and dynamic history of training high-quality neurosurgeons who work in a broad range of settings including private practice, academia, and industry.

We Want to Hear From You!

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