Graduates
2024
Evan Joiner, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Fellow, Columbia University
Eleonora Spinazzi, MD
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Current Position: Fellow, Barrow Neurological Institute
2023
Jonathan Sisti, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Fellow, The Mount Sinai Hospital
Matei Banu, MD
Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine (Romania)
Current Position: Attending, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
2022
Garrett Banks, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Baylor University
Justin Neira, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
2021
Brian Gill, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
Dominique Higgins, MD
Medical School: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Current Position: Attending, University of North Carolina
2020
Nikita Alexiades, MD
Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Current Position: Attending, Banner Health Clinic
Hannah Goldstein, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Seattle Children’s Hospital
2019
Brett Youngerman, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
Randy D’Amico, MD
Medical School: UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Current Position: Attending, Lennox Hill Hospital
2018
Jonathan Yun, MD
Medical School: UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
2017
Hani Malone, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines
Robert McGovern, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, University of Minnesota Medical Center
2016
Jason Ellis, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Lenox Hill Hospital
Benjamin Kennedy, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Chuck Mikell, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Stony Brook University
2015
Adam Sonabend, MD
Medical School: National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Current Position: Attending, Northwestern University
Christopher Kellner, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Mount Sinai
2014
Zachary Hickman, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Mount Sinai
Brad Zacharia, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Penn State University
2013
Marc Otten, MD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
Simon Hanft, MD
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Current Position: Attending, Robert Wood Johnson
Elizabeth Fontana, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Nassau University Medical Center
2012
Paul Gigante, MD
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurological Associates of New Jersey
Raqeeb Haque, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Regional West Medical Center
2011
Andrew F. Ducruet, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Barrow Neurological Institute
Robert Morgan Stuart, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Roper St. Francis Healthcare
Omar N. Syed, MD
Medical School: NYU School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Metropolitan Neurosurgery Associates
2010
Ricardo J. Komotar, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Position: Attending, University of Miami
Gaetan Moise, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurological Associates of New Jersey
2009
Todd Hankinson, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, University of Colorado
Grace K. Mandigo, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
Christopher E. Mandigo, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
2008
William Mack, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, University of Southern California
Allen Waziri, MD
Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine
Current Position: CEO, ICE Neurosystems, Inc.
2007
Alfred Ogden, III, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
J Mocco, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai
2006
Anthony D’Ambrosio, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
Patrick Senatus, MD
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Attending, University of Connecticut Health System
2005
John O’Toole, MD
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Attending, Rush University Medical Center
Ty Olson, MD
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
2004
Peter D. Angevine, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
Alan Lozier, MD
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, SSM Health
2003
Richard Anderson, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
Christopher J. Winfree, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Columbia University
2002
Judy Huang, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Parsa, MD
Medical School: SUNY-Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Current Position: Chair of Neurosurgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Deceased
2001
Tanvir Choudhri, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, Mount Sinai
Amory Fiore, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Specialists
2000
Michael Kaiser, MD
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
Charles Prestigiacomo, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Attending, University of Cincinnati
1999
Charles Rich, MD
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Current Position, Neurosurgeon, Intermountain Healthcare
Theodore Schwartz, MD
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Attending, Weill Cornell Medicine
1998
Barry Birch, MD
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Deceased
David Pincus, MD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente
1997
E. Sander Connolly, Jr., MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Current Position: Chair of Neurosurgery, Columbia University
Jeffrey Johnson, MD
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Northwest Spine and Laser Surgery Center
For a complete list of our alumni, please email neurosurg_edu@cumc.columbia.edu.