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, assistant professor of neurosurgery
University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital.

We are interested in hearing from our alumni. Whenever your career takes a new direction, please contact us so that we can highlight your career path.

Where Are They Now?

Rupen Desai, Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, Weil Cornell Medicine

Anna Huguenard, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis 

Peter Yang, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis

2022

Christopher Dibble, Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship, Duke University

Jacob Greenberg, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Bhuvic Patel, Skull Base Neurosurgery Fellowship,  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

2021

Adam Bevan, Private practice, Provo, UT

Dan Hafez
, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Sylvester, Neurosurgeon, St. Louis Minimally Invasive Spine Center, St. Louis, MO

2020

Brendan Fong, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

Richard “Rick” Price, Private practice, Reno, NV

Afshin Salehi,  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

2019

S. Hassan A. Akbari, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Ashwin Kamath, Private practice, Texas

Ananth Vellimana, Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

2018

Katie Dlouhy (McCoy)Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa

Jarod Roland, Assistant Professor, Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, Washington University in St. Louis

Zohny S. Zohny, Private practice, St. Joseph, MO

2017

Eric Arias, Private practice, Englewood, CO

Thomas Beaumont, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, UC San Diego Health

Bradley Stephens, Private Practice, Springfield, IL

2016

Ammar Hawasli, Private practice, Kansas City, MO

Rory Murphy, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Barrow Brain and Spine Phoenix, AZ

Chester Yarbrough, Private practice, Greensboro, NC

2015

Katie Bandt, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois Epilepsy

Terry Holekamp, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

Matthew Reynolds, Assistant Professor Loyola Medicine Maywood, Illinois Cerebrovascular and Endovascular

2014

Devon Haydon, Private Practice, Clearwater, Florida Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery

Chad Washington, Chair and Associate Professor, University of Mississippi, Cerebrovascular

2013

Manish Shah, William J. Devane Distinguished Professorship, Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery , McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

Ivan Stoev, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Martin Health

2012

Ian G. Dorward, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, Spine

Eriks Lusis, Private Practice, Kalamazoo, Michigan

2011

Wilson Z. Ray, Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Chief, Division of Spine Surgery, Director, Peripheral Nerve Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis, Spine and Peripheral Nerve

Jon T. Willie, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Neurology, Director of Stereotactic, Functional, and Epilepsy Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

2010

Spiros Blackburn, Associate Professor University of Texas-Houston Cerebrovascular, Endovascular & Skull Base Surgery

Amy Lee, Associate Professor University of Washington in Seattle, Pediatric

2009

James M. Johnston, Associate Professor, Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Program University Of Alabama, Birmingham, Pediatric

Daniel Refai, Associate Professor Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Spine

2008

Srinivas Prasad, Associate Professor Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Spine

Nilesh A. Vyas, Chief of Neurosurgery, Inova Neurosciences Institute

2007

William Ashley, Jr., Private practice, Baltimore, MD

David D. Limbrick, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University

2006

Sarah Jost Fouke, Private Practice, St. Louis, MO

Jose Menendez, Private practice, Phoenix, AZ

2005

Douglas “Kit” Fox, Private practice Austin, TX, Cerebrovascular, Skull base surgery, Complex spine

Eric C. Leuthardt, 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, Spine

David H. Walker, Private practice, Medford, OR, Spine

2003

James Lu, Private practice, Town & Country, MO, Spine

Dennis Rivet, Associate Professor Virginia Commonwealth University, Chesapeake, VA, Endovascular

2002

Jeffrey R. Leonard, Professor and Chief of the Pediatric Division Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Pediatric

Todd J. Stewart, Private practice, St. Louis, MO, Spine

2001

Stuart S. Kaplan, Private practice, Las Vegas, NV, Intracranial and spine disorders

John E. Wanebo, Private practice, Scottsdale, AZ, Cerebrovascular, Skull base surgery

2000

Eric W. Sherburn, Private practice, Tulsa, OK, Spine, Tumor, Peripheral Nerve

Neill M. Wright, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

1999

Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Professor & Chief, Pediatric Division University Of Washington, Seattle Pediatric 

Michael A. Vogelbaum, Program Leader, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Chief of Neurosurgery, Moffitt Cancer Center

1998

Michael J. Giordano, Private practice, Milford, CT, Neuropathology

Kent D. Yundt, Private practice, Bend, OR, Brain trauma

1997

Michael Chicoine, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Martin Henegar, Private practice, Charlotte, NC, Brain tumors, Stereotactic & functional Neurosurgery

1996

Joshua L. Dowling, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis Pain, Movement Disorders

Daniel L. Kitchens, Private practice, St. Louis, MO, Spine

1995

Marc E. Eichler, Private practice, Minot, ND, Brain, Spine, Vascular and Peripheral Nerve Disorders

1994

Adam P. Brown, Private practice, Wilmington, NC, Spine

1993

Michael C. Molleston, Private practice, Jackson, MS, Neuroimmunology

1992

Christopher Heffner, Private practice, Belleville, IL, Spine

1991

James P. Hollowell, Private practice, Milwaukee, WI, Spine

1990

Keith R. Kuhlengel, Private practice, Lancaster, PA, Spine

1989

Lewis Harris, Private practice, Knoxville, TN, Spine

1988

Steven P. Disch, Private practice, Roswell, GA, Cerebrovascular, Tumor

1987

Mark H. Camel, Private practice, Greenwich, CT, Spine

1986

Kerry L. Bernardo, Private practice, Hattiesburg, MS, Movement Disorders, Spine

1985

Erik M. Gregorie, Private practice, Sayre, PA, Brain Tumor, Spine, Trauma, Stereotaxic

1984

Selwyn Picker, Private practice, St. Louis, MO, Spine

1983

Roy P. Baker, Private practice, Savannah, GA Spine

1982

Keith M. Rich, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Cerebrovascular, Neuro-Oncology (retired)

1981

Richard H. Schwartz, Private practice, Salt Lake City, UT, Tumor, Spine

1980

H. Evan Zeiger, Birmingham, Alabama

1979

J. Alexander Marchosky, Chesterfield, Missouri Spine

1978

Robert Q. Craddock, Birmingham, Alabama, Brain, Spine and Nervous System Diseases

1977

A. Bernhard Kliefoth, Knoxville, Tennessee

1976

Nicholas D. Yamodis, Bend, Oregon

1975

Arthur B. Jenny, Kansas City, Missouri Tumor, Spine

Frank S. Letcher Tulsa, Oklahoma

1974

Morris W. Pulliam, Cortland, Ohio

Fremont P. Wirth, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Tumor

1973

Robert L. Grubb, Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, Spine

P. Robert Schwetschenau, Cincinnati, Ohio

1972

Robert A. Ratcheson, Hamilton, Montana

1971

Michael Murphy

1970

Peter Heilbrun, Sausalito, California

1969

Ralph A. Lehman, Tampa, Florida

John Corley VanGilder, Iowa City, Iowa

1968

Stewart B. Dunsker, Cincinnati, Ohio

Francis M. Fennegan, Harlingen, Texas

1967

Robert S. Bourke Jerry M. Petty

1966

J. Clayton Davie, Birmingham, Alabama

Paul E. Stohr, Saint Louis, Missouri

1965

Wolff M. Kirsch, Loma Linda, California

Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., Gainesville, Florida

1964

Lyndon U. Anthony, St. Louis, Missouri

Kenneth R. Smith, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri

1963

A. Basil Harris, Camano Island, Washington

1961

Thomas G. Holmes

1960

Laverene Erickson

1959

Shi H. Huang

John H. Kendig

1958

Herbert Lourie

J. Shelby Metcalf

1956

Sidney Goldring

Harold D. Paxton

1955

Frederick W.L. Kerr

1954

Griff R. Harsh, III

1953

William F. Collins, Jr.

1952

William E. Hunt J. Louis Schricker, Jr.

1951

Thomas P.R. Hinchey

1950

Edward J. Bishop

Robert B. King Jamesville, New York

1949

George L. Hawkins

1948

Nathan Rifkinson

1947

George E. Roulhac