Faculty
Course Faculty
Ossama Al-Mefty, MD Director of Skull Base Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham & Woman's Hospital
Boston, MA
Issam Awad, MD Professor of Surgery, Neurology & The Cancer Center
Director of Neurovascular Surgery Program
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
H. Hunt Batjer, MD Chairman, Dept. of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of School
Chicago, IL
Edward Benzel, MD Chairman, Dept. of Neurosurgery
Director Center for Spine Health
Cleveland Clinic and Spine Institute
Cleveland, OH
Kenneth Casey, MD Clinical Associate Professor Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Michigan State University
School of Medicine
Trenton, MI
Mauricio Castillo, MD Professor and Chief of Neuroradiology
Co-Course Director University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Neuroradiology
Chapel Hill, NC
Juan J. Cayaffa, MD Director, Post-Graduate Course in Basic Science
Department of Neurology
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
Ivan Ciric, MD Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL
Daniel J. Curry, MD Dept of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Texas Children Hospital
Houston, TX
Jaime Gasco Tamarit, MD Assistant Professor
Director of Resident Education
Division of Neurosurgery
University of Texas Medical Branch
Fernando D. Goldenberg, MD Director, Neurocritical Care Education
Director, Transcranial Doppler Services
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
R. Gilberto Gonzalez, MD, PhD Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Director of Neuroradiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Larry J. Goodman, MD CEO
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Antoun Koht, MD Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery &
Neurology
Chief Neurosurgical Anesthesia
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Leonard I. Kranzler, MD Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery
Course Director Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Peter Letarte, MD, FACS, FAANS Section chief, Neurological Surgery
Edward G. Hines Junior Veterans Hospital
Hines, IL
Allan D. O. Levi, MD, PhD Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Robert Levy, MD, PhD Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery & Co-Director
Shands - Jacksonville Neuroscience Institute University
Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL
R. Loch Macdonald, MD, PhD Head, Division of Neurosurgery
St. Michaels Hospital
Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Michael P. Merchut, MD Professor of Neurology / Section Chief of EMG
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
Fredric B. Meyer, MD Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Thomas R. Mizen, MD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology,
Neurology and Neurosurgery; Neuro-Ophthalmology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Mark E. Molitch, MD Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medical
Chicago, IL
Thomas P. Naidich, MD Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Course Co-Director Director of Neuroradiology
Mt. Sinai Medical School
New York, NY
M. Kelly Nicholas, MD, PhD Director, Neuro-Oncology Service
Department of Neurology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD Director,
Endovascular & Operative Neurovascular Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert G. & A. Jean Ojemann
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Richard Penn, MD Professor of Neurosurgery (Retired)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Vikram C. Prabhu, MD Associate Professor, Program Director & Interium Chairman
Dept. of Neurological Surgery
Loyola University Medical Center
Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, IL
Anthony T. Reder, MD Associate Profressor
Department of Neurology
Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Albert L. Rhoton Jr., MD R.D. Keene Family Professor and Chairman Emeritus
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
A. David Rothner, MD Director, Pediatric Neurology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Sean Ruland, DO Associate Professor Neurology & Neurosurgery
Director, Neurocritical Care & Stroke
Associate Head, Dept. Neurology & Rehabilitation
University of Illinois Medical Center
College of Medicine
Chicago, IL
John Shea, MD Professor of Neurosurgery,
Neurosciences and Anatomy
Loyola University, Chicago
Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, IL
Robert Spinner, MD Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopedic and Anatomy
Mayo Clinic
College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Manuel Utset, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
John S. Wheeler, Jr., MD Professor, Department of Urology
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Bakhtier Yamini, MD Associate Professor
Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL
M. Gazi Yasargil, MD Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AK
Robert A. Zimmerman, MD Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA