The Department of Neurosurgery is proud that many of its trainees are in neurosurgical positions across the country, both in academic medicine and in private practice.
Every faculty member had a vested interest in my success and did their absolute best to give me the tools, in the operating room and out, to be a great neurosurgeon.
Amy Lee, MD, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Richard G. Ellenbogen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Washington
Pediatric Division Chief, Seattle Children’s Hospital
We are interested in hearing from our alumni. Whenever your career takes a new direction, please contact Michele Bridges at bmichele@wustl.edu so that we can highlight your career path.
Where Are They Now?
2025
Ryan Cleary – Tumor and Skull Base Surgeon, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Diane Aum – Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Rowland Han – Research and Neuro-Oncology Fellow, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2024
Kevin Cross – Neurosurgical Oncology Research Fellow, MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX
Carl Hacker – Assistant Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Anja Srienc – Endovascular Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2023
Rupen Desai – Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Anna Huguenard – Assistant Professor, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Peter Yang – Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Houston
2022
Christopher Dibble – Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Jacob Greenberg – Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Co-Director, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Bhuvic Patel – Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Surgical Director, Pituitary Center, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2021
Adam Bevan – Private Practice, Intermountain Health, Provo, UT
Dan Hafez – Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Peter Sylvester – Private practice, St. Louis, MO
2020
Brendan Fong – Private practice, St. Louis, MO
Richard “Rick” Price – Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
Afshin Salehi – Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
2019
S. Hassan A. Akbari – Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Ashwin Kamath – Private practice, Austin, TX
Ananth Vellimana – Private practice, Dallas, TX
2018
Katie Dlouhy – Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Jarod Roland – Assistant Professor, Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, Director of The T.S. Park Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) Program, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Zohny S. Zohny – West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Morgantown, WV
2017
Eric Arias – Medical Director, CarePoint Neurosurgery & Spine, Englewood, CO; 2024 Top Doctor by 5280/Castle Connolly
Thomas Beaumont – Associate Professor, UC San Diego Health
Bradley Stephens – Private Practice, Harlingen, TX
2016
Ammar Hawasli – Private practice, Kansas City, MO
Rory Murphy – Associate Professor, Barrow Brain and Spine, Phoenix, AZ
Chester Yarbrough – Private practice, Greensboro, NC
2015
S. Katie Bandt – Assistant Professor, Indiana University Health, Muncie, IN
Terry Holekamp – Private practice, St. Louis, MO
Matthew Reynolds – Private practice, New Lenox, IL
2014
Devon Haydon – Private Practice, Clearwater, FL
Chad Washington – Associate Professor and Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2013
Manish Shah – Professor, John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair, University of Texas-Houston
Ivan Stoev – Private Practice, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Port St. Lucie, FL
2012
Ian G. Dorward – Private Practice, Provo, UT
Eriks Lusis – Private Practice, Kalamazoo, MI
2011
Wilson Z. Ray – Henry G. & Edith R. Schwartz Professor, Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering, Chief, Division of Spine Surgery, Director, Peripheral Nerve Fellowship, Castle Connolly Top Doctor, WashU Medicine, St. Louis
Jon T. Willie – Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Neurology, WashU Medicine, St. Louis
2010
Spiros Blackburn – Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, University of Texas-Houston
Amy Lee – Professor of Neurosurgery, Richard G. Ellenbogen Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Washington in Seattle; Pediatric Division Chief, Seattle Children’s Hospital
2009
James M. Johnston – Professor and Pediatric Division Chief, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Daniel Refai – Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2008
Srinivas Prasad – Associate Professor, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA
Nilesh A. Vyas – Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, Chief of Neurosurgery, Inova Neurosciences Institute, Fairfax, VA
2007
William Ashley, Jr. – Professor, George Washington University; Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and LifeBridge Health System, Baltimore, MD
David D. Limbrick – James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2006
Sarah Jost Fouke – Private Practice, St. Louis, MO
Jose Menendez – Private practice, Phoenix, AZ
2005
Douglas “Kit” Fox – Private Practice, Austin, TX
Eric C. Leuthardt – Shi H. Huang Professor of Neurosurgery; Vice-Chair of Innovation, Department of Neurosurgery; Chief, Division of Neurotechnology; Professor of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science; Director, Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology; Director, Brain Laser Center, Washington University in St. Louis
2004
Richard Lytle, Jr. – Private practice, Asheville, NC
David H. Walker – Private practice, Medford, OR
2003
James Lu – Private practice, Town & Country, MO
Dennis Rivet – Professor and Harold I. Nemuth Chair in Neurological Disorders, Virginia Commonwealth University, Chesapeake, VA,
2002
Jeffrey R. Leonard – Chief of Neurosurgery and the Robert F. & Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
Todd J. Stewart – Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO
2001
Stuart S. Kaplan – Private practice, Las Vegas, NV
John E. Wanebo – Private practice, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
2000
Eric W. Sherburn – Private practice, Tulsa, OK,
Neill M. Wright – Private practice, St. Louis, MO
1999
Jeffrey G. Ojemann – Richard G. Ellenbogen Endowed Chair, Professor, Senior Vice President, and Chief Physician Executive, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Michael A. Vogelbaum – Professor, University of South Florida; Chief of Neurosurgery, Moffitt Cancer Center
1998
Michael J. Giordano – Private practice, Milford, CT
Kent D. Yundt – Private Practice, Bend, OR
1997
Michael Chicoine – Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri-Columbia
Martin Henegar – Private practice, Charlotte, NC
1996
Joshua L. Dowling – Professor, WashU Medicine
Daniel L. Kitchens – Private practice, St. Louis, MO
1995
Marc E. Eichler – Private Practice, Minot, ND
1994
Adam P. Brown – Retired
1993
Michael C. Molleston – Private Practice, Jackson, MS (passed)
1992
Christopher Heffner – Private Practice, Belleville, IL
1991
James P. Hollowell – Private Practice, Milwaukee, WI
1990
Keith R. Kuhlengel – Private Practice, Lancaster, PA
1989
Lewis Harris – Private Practice, Knoxville, TN
1988
Steven P. Disch – Private Practice, Roswell, GA (passed)
1987
Mark H. Camel – Private Practice, Greenwich, CT
1986
Kerry L. Bernardo – Private Practice, Hattiesburg, MS
1985
Erik M. Gregorie – Private Practice, Sayre, PA
1984
Selwyn Picker – Private Practice, St. Louis, MO
1983
Roy P. Baker – Private Practice, Savannah, GA
1982
Keith M. Rich
1981
Richard H. Schwartz – Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT
1980
H. Evan Zeiger – Private Practice, Birmingham, AL
1979
J. Alexander Marchosky – Private Practice, Chesterfield, MO
1978
Robert Q. Craddock – Private Practice, Birmingham, AL
1977
A. Bernhard Kliefoth – Private Practice, Knoxville, TN
1976
Nicholas D. Yamodis – Private Practice, Bend, OR
1975
Arthur B. Jenny – Private Practice, Kansas City, MO
Frank S. Letcher – Private Practice, Tulsa, OK (passed)
1974
Morris W. Pulliam – Private Practice, Cortland, OH
Fremont P. Wirth, Jr. – Private Practice, Statesboro, GA
1973
Robert L. Grubb – Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis
P. Robert Schwetschenau – Private Practice, Cincinnati, OH
1972
Robert A. Ratcheson – Professor and Chair, Case Western
1971
Michael Murphy (passed)
1970
M. Peter Heilbrun – Professor, University of Utah (passed)
1969
Ralph A. Lehman – Private Practice, Tampa, FL (passed)
John Corley VanGilder– Professor and Chair, University of Iowa (passed)
1968
Stewart B. Dunsker – Professor, University of Cincinnati
Francis M. Fennegan – Private Practice, Harlington, TX (passed)
1967
Robert S. Bourke – Professor, Albany Medical College (passed)
Jerry M. Petty – Private Practice, Charlotte, NC (passed)
1966
J. Clayton Davie – Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham (passed)
Paul E. Stohr – Private Practice, St. Louis, MO (passed)
1965
Wolff M. Kirsch – Professor, Loma Linda University (passed)
Albert L. Rhoton, Jr.– Professor and Chair, University of Florida (passed)
1964
Lyndon U. Anthony – Teaching Neurosurgeon, St. Louis University (passed)
Kenneth R. Smith, Jr. – Professor and Chief, St. Louis University (passed)
1963
A. Basil Harris – Professor, University of Washington (passed)
1961
Thomas G. Holmes (passed)
1960
Laverene Erickson – Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT (passed)
1959
Shi H. Huang – Private Practice, Taipei, Taiwan (passed)
John H. Kendig – Private Practice, St. Louis, MO (passed)
1958
Herbert Lourie – Private Practice, Syracuse, NY (passed)
J. Shelby Metcalf – Professor, University of Tennessee (passed)
1956
Sidney Goldring – Professor and Chief, Washington University in St. Louis (passed)
Harold D. Paxton – Professor and Chief, Oregon Health & Science University (passed)
1955
Frederick W.L. Kerr – Professor, Mayo Clinic (passed)
1954
Griff R. Harsh, III – Professor and Chief, UAB (passed)
1953
William F. Collins, Jr. – Professor and Chief, Yale (passed)
1952
William E. Hunt – Professor and Chief, Ohio State University (passed)
J. Louis Schricker, Jr. – Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT (passed)
1951
Thomas P.R. Hinchey – Private Practice, Brighton, MA (passed)
1950
Edward J. Bishop – Private Practice, Cleveland, OH (passed)
Robert B. King – Professor and Chair, Upstate Medical University in Syracuse (passed)
1949
George L. Hawkins – Private Practice, St. Louis, MO (passed)
1948
Nathan Rifkinson – Director of Neurosurgery, University of Puerto Rico (passed)
1947
George E. Roulhac – Associate Professor, University of Missouri (passed)