Gabriele Bartoli Brain Tumor Lab

Past Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Marcela Assanah
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (2006-2007)
  • Liang Lei
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (2007-2015)
  • Richard Leung
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (2011-2013)
  • Matei Banu
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (2014-2016)
  • Markel Olabarria Larizgoitia
    Associate Research Scientist (2017-2019)

Clinical Fellows and Residents

  • Adam Sonabend, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2009-2015)
  • Jason Ellis, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2010-2011)
  • Hani Malone, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2011-2012)
  • David Gass, Pediatric Oncology Fellow, Columbia University (2011-2013)
  • David Pisapia, Neuropathology Fellowship Research (2012-2013)
  • Randy Damico, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2016-2017)
  • Justin Neira, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2016-2017)
  • Eleonora Spinazzi, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2018-2019)
  • Anna Filley, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2019-2020)
  • Zachary Englander, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2019-2020)
  • Brian Gill, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2015-2022)
  • Dominique Higgins, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2018-2021)
  • Matei Banu, Neurosurgery Resident, Columbia University (2016-2023)

Medical Students

  • Colin Sperring, BS
    Dean's Research Fellowship, Columbia University (2022-2023)

  • Adithya Kannan
    Dean's Research Fellowship, Columbia University (2022-2023)

  • Cole Chokran, BA
    Dean's Research Fellowship, Columbia University (2022-2023)

  • David J. Fusco, MD
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2005-2006)
  • Leif-Erik Bohman
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2006-2007)
  • Monique Vanaman
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2006-2007)
  • Jason Ellis
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2007-2008)
  • Katy Linsky
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2007-2008)
  • Benjamin Kennedy
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2007-2008)
  • Marie Roguski
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2008-2009)
  • Isaac Chan
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2009-2010)
  • Celina Crisman
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2009-2010)
  • Craig Soderquist
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2009-2010)
  • Jonathan Yun
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2009-2010)
  • Randy Damico
    Doris Duke Research Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2010-2011)
  • Hannah Goldstein
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2011-2012)
  • Victoria Ebiana
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2011-2012)
  • Arthur Carminucci
    Doris Duke Research Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2011-2012)
  • Brian Gill
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2012-2013)
  • Jane O, MD
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2012-2013)
  • Robert Rothrock
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2012-2013)
  • Christopher Showers
    Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, Columbia University (2012-2013)
  • Stephen Bowden
    Columbia University Medical Student (2015-2016)
  • Zachary Englander
    Columbia University Medical Student (2016-2017)
  • Petros Petridis
    Columbia University Medical Student (2017-2018)
  • Deborah Boyett
    Columbia University Medical Student (2018-2019)
  • Akshay Save
    Columbia University Medical Student (2018-2019)
  • Pavan Upadhyayula
    UCSD Medical Student (2018-2020)
  • Peter Wu
    Columbia University Medical Student (2019-2021)
  • Linda Wang
    Columbia University Medical Student (2019-2021)
  • Farhan Khan
    Columbia University Medical Student (2019-2021)

Visiting Foreign Medical Students

  • Kiki Rassmussen
    Visiting Medical Student from University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2008-2011)
  • Richard Leung
    Visiting Student from Ben-Gurion University, Israel (2010-2011)

Medical Students (Summer)

  • Anthony Tang
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Hannah Haile
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Isa Aguirre
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Michael Lahiff
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Melanie Kristt
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Paige Warner
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Shailen Sampath
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2023)
  • Amanda Lusa
    Summer Research Fellow, Columbia University (2011)
  • Moshe Praver
    ABTA Research Fellow, Columbia University (2011)
  • Max Shutran
    Visiting Research Fellow, Tufts University, School of Medicine (2011)
  • Alexandra Bercow
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2014)
  • Petros Petridis
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2015)
  • Deborah Smith
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2015)
  • Lillian Liao
    Columbia Medical Student (2019)
  • Michael Argenziano
    Columbia Medical Student (2019)
  • Oluwaseyi Adeuyan
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2021)
  • Damian Teasley
    Columbia Medical Student (2021)
  • William Savage
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2022)
  • Nadine Khoury
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2022)
  • Mitchell Yeary
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2022)
  • Benjamin Shapiro
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2022)
  • Katherine Ho
    Columbia Medical Student, T35 Recipient (2022)

Graduate Students

  • Franklin Garcia
    Graduate Student, Columbia University (2011-2017)
  • Daniela Torres
    Graduate Student, Columbia University (2013-2018)
  • Lisa Sprinzen
    Graduate Student, Columbia University (2017-2021)

Undergraduate Students

  • Aida Razavilar
    SURF Scholar, Columbia University

  • Amy Chen
    Undergraduate Thesis in Neuroscience, Barnard College (2006-2008)
  • Roland Zemla
    SURF Scholar, Columbia University (2008-2009)
  • Sonal Noticewala
    SURF Scholar, Columbia University (2009-2011)
  • Jina Lim
    SURF Scholar, Columbia University
  • Smriti Kanangat
    Columbia University Undergraduate (2016-2018)
  • David Shan
    Columbia University Undergraduate (2017-2018)
  • Ankita Saxena
    Columbia University Undergraduate (2017-2018)
  • Brianna Pereira
    Columbia University Undergraduate (2016-2018)
  • Zarmeen Mussa
    Columbia University Undergraduate (2017-2019)
  • Sylvester Benson
    SURF Scholars, Columbia University (2020-2023)
  • Aida Razavilar
    SURF Scholar, Columbia University (2022-2023)

Laboratory Staff

  • Christina Corpuz
    Staff Associate
  • Jorge L. Samanamud, BA
    Program Coordinator
  • Benjamin I. Amendolara
    Research Technician
  • Matthew Nazarian
    Tumor Bank Technician
  • Tamara Marie, BA
    Tumor Bank Technician
  • Taj Sudhakar
    Tumor Bank Technician