Ryan Cleary, MD

PGY7 Resident

MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

BS, Boston College

Hometown: Boston, MA

Meet our new people

We’re excited to welcome our new Advanced Practice Providers and staff to the Department of Neurosurgery. Advanced Practice Providers  Brittany HeitkampNurse Practitioner, Pediatric Neurosurgery Keith PattenNurse Practitioner, Pediatric Neurosurgery Jared ThatcherPhysician Assistant Melissa WallisNurse Practitioner Joe WalshPhysician Assistant Staff Julianna Amaral PassipieriDivision Administrator,Neurotechnology Division Nick BagbyClinical Service Representative II Wendy BettisPrecertification Coordinator Noman Bin AbidPostdoc […]

Advanced Surgical Neuro-oncology Fellowship

The Advanced Surgical Neuro-oncology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, and BJC Healthcare offers a one-year program of intensive clinical training. The program’s mission is to train fellows on the most up-to-date and technologically  advanced surgical approaches for the treatment of brain tumors, which will prepare them to use both complex skull […]

Washington University celebrates inventors, including Department of Neurosurgery faculty

Washington University will celebrate innovations and inventors, including those developed by Department of Neurosurgery faculty members, at the annual 2021 WashU Celebration of Inventors on April 15. Washington University inventors who have received patents in the last year will be recognized at the event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Central Time via Zoom. Several startups involving or […]

Q&A with Neurosurgery Resident Anja Srienc

Resident Anja Srienc hiking in Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois

Anja Srienc, MD, PhD, is a PGY 4 resident training in neurosurgery. A native Minnesotan, she also happens to speak three languages and has studied in Europe and Australia. She plans to go into academic medicine. Q. Tell us a little about your background and why you’re pursuing neurosurgery training? I grew up in an […]

Division of Neurotechnology Team

Leadership Eric Leuthardt MD, Division ChiefDaniel Moran PhD, Chief of Biomedical EngineeringGuy  Genin PhD, Chief of Mechanical Engineering Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology (CINT) Eric Leuthardt MD, DirectorCamilo Molina MD, Deputy Director of Spine Innovation Division scientists Peter Brunner, PhDIsmael Seáñez, PhD Our inventors Dennis Barbour, MD, PhDPhilip V. Bayly, PhDShantanu Chakrabartty, PhDHong Chen, […]

Surgeon-scientists are among top recipients of federal grants

Dr. Leuthardt looks at a screen of a brain image

Committed to world-class research, our department continues to attract significant federal grants for groundbreaking work to improve the human condition. Since last July alone, our surgeon-scientists have been granted more than $13 million in new federal funds. Here are some of the top grants our faculty have received: Gavin Dunn, MD – R01 $2.26M NIH R01 […]