Mentoring: Faculty Members

​Angela Bohnen, M.D

Neurosurgery Faculty at Centura Health

​Jorge Navarro Bonnet, M.D.

​Oncology Neurosurgeon at Media Sur, Mexico City

​Eva Pamias-Portalatin, M.D.

Neurosurgery Faculty at University of Pittsburg Medical Center

​Deppendra Mahato, D.O.

Neurosurgery Faculty at Riverside University Health System

Kaisorn
​Chaichana, M.D.

Assistant Professorof Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic, Florida.

​Hugo Guerrero-Cazares, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic, Florida

David Chesler,
​M.D, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University

​Maryam Rahman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at University of Florida

Nestoras Mathioudakis, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University

Shaan Raza, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgical Oncology at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

James Frazier, M.D.

Neurological and Spine Faculty at Baltimore Neurosurgery and Spine Center

João Paulo
​Almeida, M.D.

Neurosurgery Faculty at Institute of Neurological Sciences Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil

Yun Feng, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Jiangsu University

Mingxin Zhu, M.D.

Neurosurgery Faculty at Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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RESIDENTS & FELLOWS

Andres Ramos-Fresnedo, M.D.

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Paola Suarez-Meade, M.D.

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Gaetano DeBiase, M.D.

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Diogo Garcia, M.D.

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Ricardo A. Domingo, M.D.

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Fidel Valero-Moreno,M.D.

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Tito Vivas-Buitrago

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Karim ReFaey

Research Fellow at Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida

Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez, M.D., M.S.

Fellow Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center

Sujan K. Mondal, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pittsburg

Sagar Shah, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University

Maarten Rotman, Ph.D

Research Associate-Office of Entrepreneurship at Mayo Clinic Florida

Yuxin Li

Attending Doctor of Neurosurgery at General Hospital of Jinan Military Area, China

Ernesto Cabrera-Aldana, M.D.

The National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico – Neurosurgery Resident

Young Lee, M.D.

University of California, San Francisco – Neurosurgery Resident

Sara Ganaha, M.D.

Neurosurgery Clinical Fellow at Mount Sinai, New York

Juan Carlos Martinez-Gutierrez, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital – Neurology Resident

Alejandro Ruiz-Valls, M.D.

Johns Hopkins – Post-Doctoral Fellow

Wendy Bautista, M.D., Ph.D.

Mexico – Post-Doctoral Fellow

Ignacio Jusué-Torres, M.D.

Johns Hopkins – Neurosurgery Post-Doctoral Fellow

Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, M.Sc., M.D.

Johns Hopkins University – Neurosurgery Resident

Elizabeth Ogando-Rivas, M.D.

General Hospital of Mexico – Neurosurgery Resident

Eric Goulin Lippi Fernandes, M.D.

VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands – Neurosurgery Resident

Sofia Y. Ligard, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center – Family Medicine Resident

Sara Abbadi, Ph.D.

TBD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Ameer Abutalab, M.D.

University of Maryland – Internal Medicine Resident

Pragathi Achanta, Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University – Postdoctoral Fellow

Hadie Adams, M.D.

The Netherlands – Postdoctoral Fellow

Joaquin Camara-Quintana, M.D.

Yale University – Neurosurgery Resident

Vivian Capilla, Ph.D.

Andalusian Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine Centre – Postdoctoral Fellow

Linda Chen, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University – Radiation Oncologist Resident

​Bowen Jiang, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University – Neurosurgery Resident

Thomas Kosztowski, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University – Spine Oncology Fellow

Qian Li, Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University – Anesthesiology Fellow

Eric Momin, M.S., M.D.

Baylor College of Medicine – Neurosurgery Resident

Debraj Mukherjee, M.D.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Neurooncology Fellow

Ahmed Mohyeldin, M.D., Ph.D.

Ohio State University – Neurosurgery Resident

Courtney Pendleton, M.D.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Neurosurgery Resident

Sussan Salas, M.D.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Neurosurgery Resident

Neda Isabel Sedora-Roman, M.D.

Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital – Radiology Resident

QingYang (Kristy) Yuan, M.D.

Washington University School of Medicine – Neurology Resident

Hasan Zaidi, M.D.

St. Joseph’s Hospital – Neurooncology Fellow

​Grettel Zamora-Berridi, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital – Anesthesiology Resident

Deepak Atri, M.D.

Johns Hopkins – Medicine Resident

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MEDICAL STUDENTS

Hatice Basdag, B.S., M.H.S., M.S.

Johns Hopkins University – M.D. Candidate

Sean
​Dangelmajer, B.S.

Stanford School of Medicine – M.D. Candidate

Saksham Gupta, B.S.

Harvard University – M.D. Candidate

Elizabeth Wu, B.S.

Johns Hopkins University – M.D. Candidate

Lakesha Johnson, B.S.

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine – M.D. Candidate

Lyonell Kone,
​B.S., M.H.S

Johns Hopkins University – M.D. Candidate

Alexandra Larsen, B.S.

Harvard University – M.D. Candidate

Julia Litzky B.S.

​The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth – M.D./Ph.D. Candidate

Alex Liu, B.S.

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas – M.D. Candidate

Brian Liu, B.S.

David Purger, B.S.

Stanford School of Medicine – M.D./Ph.D. Candidate

Olindi Wijesekera, B.A., M.S.

Boston University – M.D. Candidate

Ram Sundaresh, B.S., M.S.

Yale University – M.D. Candidate

Eric Weaver, B.A., M.S.

Johns Hopkins University – M.D. Candidate

Cheetel Algoe

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Andres Ramos Fresnedo

Medical student at Anahuac University in Mexico City

Gaetano De Biase

Medical student at the “Sacred Heart” Catholic University in Rome, Italy

Paola Suárez Meade

Medical Student at Anahuac University in Mexico City

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GRADUATE STUDENTS & POSTBACCALAUREATES

Alexandra Bechtle

Biomedical Engineering

Elizabeth Juarez-Diaz

Post-Baccalaurete. Chemistry with Physics Minor, St. Catherine University

Akhila Denduluri, B.S., M.S.

Biomedical Engineering Consulting – TBA

Bill Ruff, B.S.

Yale University – Ph.D. Candidate

Candice Shaifer, Ph.D.

Founder/Principal of BioLance Writing and Editing

Christopher Smith, Ph.D.

Scientist at Meso Scale Discovery

Guillermo Vela, B.A., M.S

CEO and Cofounder of Nebulab

Keila Alvarado, B.S., M.S.

Polytechnic University of Valencia – Ph.D. Candidate

Liron Noiman, B.A.

UCSF – Ph.D. Candidate

Nate Tippens, B.S.

Cornell University – Ph.D. Candidate

Roxana Magaña Maldonado, B.S., M.S.

National Autonomous University of Mexico/Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía – Ph.D. Candidate

Roxana Mesias, B.A., M.A.

Mount Sinai – Senior Research Coordinator

​Sooji Lee, B.A., M.S.P.H.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health – Project Manager

Tom O’Donnell, B.S.

Johns Hopkins University – Research Technician

Vanessa Valdivia, B.S.

M.D. Applicant

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Chris Figueroa

Johns Hopkins University – B.S. Candidate

Leslie Sibener

Johns Hopkins University – B.S. Candidate

Sural Ranamukhaarachchi

University of California San Diego – B.S. Candidate

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

​Darren Wang

​Jonathan Perera

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

​Young Lee

Congratulations to our research team member Young Lee on matching at University of California San Francisco for neurosurgery! (March 2016)