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Neurosurgery Department, UF College of Medicine

Neurosurgery Department: Faculty and Staff

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Faculty

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	William A. Friedman, MD Professor & Chairman	Brain Tumor Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Radiosurgery
	J. Richard Lister, MD, MBA Professor & Associate Chairman	Neurosurgical Oncology, Neurovascular Surgery
	Erin M. Dunbar, MD Assistant Professor	Comprehensive Brain Tumor Care for Floridians, Patient and Caregiver Advocacy, Medical Education
	Kelly D. Foote, MD Associate Professor	Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, Brain Tumor Surgery,Radiosurgery
	Brian L. Hoh, MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS Associate Professor	Aneurysms, AVMs, Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke, Moyamoya Disease, SAH
	Daniel Hoh, MD Assistant Professor	Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery Spinal Cord Regeneration Neurologic Rehabilitation
	R. Patrick Jacob, MD Professor	Complex Spine Surgery (including all types of spinal instrumentation), Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
	Matthew F. Lawson, MD Clinical Lecturer	General Neurosurgery Cerebrovascular Disease Endovascular Neurosurgery Skull Base Surgery
	Stephen B. Lewis, MD Associate Professor	Minimally Invasive Cerebrovascular Surgery, Carotid Artery Disease, Moyamoya Disease, Brain/Skull Base Tumors
	Gregory J.A. Murad, MD Assistant Professor	General Adult Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Convection Enhanced Delivery Techniques
	David W. Pincus, MD, PhD Professor	Pediatric Neurysurgery including: Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Complex Spine Surgery, Epilepsy, Vascular Malformations
	Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., MD Professor & Chairman Emeritus	Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm, Pituitary Tumors, Acoustic Neuromas, Microsurgical Anatomy
	Steven N. Roper, MD Professor	Epilepsy Surgery, Surgery for Pituitary Tumors, Epilepsy Research

Research Faculty

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	Hassan Azari MSc., Ph.D. Post Doctoral Associate	Neural stem cells Cell replacement therapy Developing new assays Cancer stem cells
	Frank J. Bova, PhD Professor	Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Computer Guided Neurosurgery
	Huan-Xin Chen, MD, PhD Assistant Scientist	Epilepsy Surgery, Pituitary Tumor Surgery, Epilepsy Research
	Loic P. Deleyrolle, PhD Research Assistant Professor	Glioma Tumor initiating Cells Innovative Technologies Neural Stem Cell Functions and Dysfunctions
	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
	Atchar Sudhyadhom, PhD Visiting Assistant Scientist	Imaging, Image Guidance for Surgical Applications, Radiosurgery
	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

Education Faculty

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

Physician Extenders

Photo	Name & Title	Specialty Team
	Kathleen C. Best, PA-C	Kelly D. Foote, MD Movement Disorders Gregory J.A. Murad, MD General Adult Neurosurgery
	Jacqueline Crump, ARNP	Brian L. Hoh, MD Endovascular Neurosurgery, AVM, Stroke Stephen B. Lewis, MD Carotid Artery Disease, Aneurysms, J. Mocco, MD SAH, Intracranial Disease
	Yolanda Gertsch-Lapcevic, ARNP	Brian L. Hoh, MD Endovascular Neurosurgery, AVM, Stroke Stephen B. Lewis, MD Carotid Artery Disease, Aneurysms J. Mocco, MD SAH, Intracranial Disease
	Pamela A. Martin, RN	Kelly D. Foote, MD Movement Disorders
	Leigh-Ann Perkins, ARNP	David W. Pincus, MD, PhD Pediatric Neurosurgery
	Phyllis Pumphrey, ARNP	Erin M. Dunbar, MD Neuro-Oncology
	Pamela M. Ritter, ARNP	William A. Friedman, MD Brain Tumor Surgery, Radiosurgery Steven N. Roper, MD Epilepsy, Pituitary Tumors
	Kathy P. Smith, ARNP, PhD	J. Richard Lister, MD, MBA VA Hospital
	Angela Wolfe, ARNP	R. Patrick Jacob, MD Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery

Clinical Research Staff

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	Barbara H. Frentzen, ARNP	Research, Research Ethics, Brain Tumor Banking
	Renee Boyette, RN, BSN, OCN, CCRC	Clinical Research Billing and Budget Compliance, Patient Advocacy, Novel Therapeutic Clinical Trials
	Nina McGrew, RN, MSN	Deep Brain Stimulation and Multi-Center Studies
	Tiffany Sheehan, RN	Neurosurgery Acute Care, Cerebral Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
	Jennifer West, RN	Brain Tumors
	Nicolle Wilson, RN	Cerebral Aneurysm, Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Medical Illustrators

Photo	Name & Title	Special Interests
	David A. Peace, MS	Microsurgical Neuroanatomy, Computer-generated Medical, Biological, and Scientific Illustration
	M.E. Robin Barry, MA	Microsurgical Neuroanatomy, Computer-generated Medical, Biological, and Scientific Illustration

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