Our Faculty and Staff

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	William A. Friedman, MD Professor & Chairman	Neurosurgeon, Professor and Chairman, Clinical Interests: Neuro-oncology, Brain Tumor Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Radiosurgery
	J. Richard Lister, MD, MBA Professor & Associate Chairman	Neurosurgeon, Associate Residency Program Director and Associate Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery. Clinical Interests: Neurosurgical Oncology, Neurovascular Surgery, General adult neurosurgery
	Spiros Blackburn, MD Assistant Professor	Neurosurgeon, Assistant Professor. Clinical Interests: Cerebrovascular Endovascular and Skull Base Surgery, Colloid Cysts
	Erin M. Dunbar, MD Assistant Professor	Neuro-oncologist, Assistant Professor. Clinical Interests: Novel therapeutic and Supportive-Care Clinical Trials, Patient and Caregiver Advocacy, Comprehensive Brain Tumor Care
	Kelly D. Foote, MD Associate Professor	Neurosurgeon, Associate Professor. Clinical Interests: Movement Disorders,Deep Brain Stimulation, Brain Tumor Surgery, Radiosurgery
	Brian L. Hoh, MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS Associate Professor	Neurosurgeon, Residency Program Director Clinical Interests: Aneurysms,AVMs, Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke, Moyamoya Disease, SAH
	Daniel Hoh, MD Assistant Professor	Neurosurgeon, Assistant Professor. Clinical Intersts: Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery Spinal Cord Regeneration Neurologic Rehabilitation
	R. Patrick Jacob, MD Professor	Neurosurgeon, Professor. Clinical Interests: Complex Spine Surgery (including all types of spinal instrumentation), Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
	Gregory J.A. Murad, MD Assistant Professor	Neurosurgeon, Assistant Professor. Clinical Interests: General Adult Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Convection Enhanced Delivery Techniques
	David W. Pincus, MD, PhD Professor	Neurosurgeon, Professor. Clinical Interests: Pediatric Neurosurgery including: Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors,  Epilepsy Complex Spine Surgery,  Vascular Malformations
	Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., MD Professor & Chairman Emeritus	Professor and Chairman Emeritus. Clinical Interests: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm, Pituitary Tumors,  Acoustic Neuromas, Microsurgical Anatomy
	Steven N. Roper, MD Professor	Neurosurgeon, Professor. Clinical Interests: Epilepsy Surgery, Surgery for Pituitary Tumors, Epilepsy Research

Research Faculty

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	Frank J. Bova, PhD Professor	Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Computer Guided Neurosurgery
	Loic P. Deleyrolle, PhD Research Assistant Professor	Glioma Tumor initiating Cells Innovative Technologies Neural Stem Cell Functions and Dysfunctions
	Koji Hosaka, PhD Assistant Scientist	Intracranial Aneurysms Aneurysm and Vascular Repair
	Dan Neal Biostatistician	Biostatistics Health Outcomes and Policy
	Didier A. Rajon, PhD Assistant Scientist	Customized Positioning Fixtures for Neurological Guided Surgery, Rapid Prototyping Technology
	Brent Reynolds, PhD Associate Professor	Neural Stem Cells, New Technologies, Cancer Stem Cells, Cell Replacement Strategies
	Florian Siebzehnrubl, MSc., PhD Research Assistant Professor	Malignant glioma invasion, Brain Repair,Cancer stem cells
	Dennis Steindler, PhD Professor	Neural Stem Cell Therapies, Debilitating Neurological Diseases, Brain Repair, Brain Tumors
	Oleg Suslov, PhD Research Scientist	Gene Expression Profiling, RNA Amplification from a Single Cell
	Vinata Vedam-Mai, MSc, PhD Postdoctoral Associate	Neural Stem Cells Deep Brain Stimulation Parkinson’s disease
	Shanshan Wang, MD, PhD Biological Scientist	Neural Stem Cells, Neurogenesis, Parkinson’s Disease
	Mu Yang, MS Assistant-In Computer Guided Surgery	Computer Guided Surgery
	Tong Zheng, PhD Research Assistant Professor	Neural Stem Cell Therapies, Brain Repair
	Fuwen Zhou, MD, PhD. Assistant Scientist	Cellular and molecular basis of epilepsy and co-morbidity

Joint Faculty

Photo	Name & Title	Department
	Chris S. Firment, MD	Department of Radiology
	Michael E. Mahla, MD	Department of Anesthesiology
	Michael S. Okun, MD	Department of Neurology
	Latha Stead, MD	Department of Emergency Medicine

Education Faculty

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	Gwen Lombard, PhD, RN Clinical Assistant Professor	Development of Innovative Educational Experiences, Medical Simulation, Faculty Development