Recent Graduates | Neurological Surgery Residency Program | MedStar Health
We are very proud of our resident graduates, who, year-after-year, go to highly competitive fellowship training, followed by much-sought-after academic and practice positions. Here is a summary of what our most recent graduates have done after MedStar Georgetown:
2023
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Tianzan Zhou, MD
Fellowship: Endovascular Neurosurgery at Cedars Sinai
Ehsan Dowlati, MD
Fellowship: Endovascular Neurosurgery at University of Michigan
2022
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Islam Fayed, MD
Fellowship: Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Current Position: Director of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery at Cooper University Health Care
- Alex Tai, MD
Fellowship: Skull Base Surgery at University of South Florida Tampa General Hospital
Current Position: Skull Base Surgeon at Washington Brain and Spine Institute
2021
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John Lynes, MD
Fellowship: Neurosurgical Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL
2020
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Anthony Conte, MD
Fellowship: Complex Spine at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL
Current Position: in Hackensack, NJ -
Kyle Mueller, MD
Fellowship: Complex Spine at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University in Providence, RI
Current Position: UPenn Neurosurgery at Cherry Hill, NJ
2018
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Jason McGowan, MD
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Care
Current Position: Private Practice at NeurosurgeryOne in LIttleton, CO -
Tushar Jha, MD
Fellowship: University of South Florida Tampa General Hospital
Current Position: Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, MA
2017
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Daniel Felbaum, MD
Fellowship: Global Neurosciences Institute
Current Position: Open/Endovascular Neurosurgery at Global Neurosciences Institute in Philadelphia, PA -
Joshua Ryan, MD
Current Position: Private Practice at Long Island Neurosurgical and Pain Specialists in West Islip, NY
2016
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Hasan Syed, MD
Sub-specialty: Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow
Fellowship: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Northwestern) -
Robert Rice, MD
Current Position: Private Practice, Bristol, TN
2015
- Rory Petteys, MD
Sub-specialty: Complex Spine
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital - Steven Spitz, MD
Sub-specialty: Complex Spine
Fellowship: Emory University Hospital
2014
- David Herzig, MD
Sub-specialty: General Neurosurgery, Minimally invasive spinal techniques
Fellowship: Rex, Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists, Raleigh - Jay Rhee, MD
Sub-specialty: Complex Spine
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
2013
- Hugh Gill, MD
Sub-specialty: General Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Lynchburg General Hospital - Dana Adkins, MD
Sub-specialty: Complex Spine
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center
2012
- Amanda Saratsis, MD
Sub-specialty: Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow
Fellowship: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Northwestern) - Amjad Anaizi, MD
Sub-specialty: Skull Base
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati/Mayfield Clinic Current Position: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
2011
- Gregory Cumberbatch, MD
Current Position: Atlanta Medical Center
2010
- J. Alex Thomas, MD
Current Position: Atlantic Neurosurgical and Spine Specialists, P.A.
2009
- Michael Huang, MD
Sub-specialty: Skull Base
Fellowship: USH - van Loveren
Current Position: University of California San Francisco/San Francisco General
2008
- Nicholas Coppa, MD
Sub-specialty: Skull Base
Fellowship: Oregan Health and Science University - Delashaw
Current Position: Cape Cod Healthcare
2007
- Mudit Sharma, MD
Current Position: Virginia Spine Specialists
2006
- Jean-Marc Voyadzis, MD
Sub-specialty: Spine (MIS)
Fellowship: University of Chicago - Fessler
Current Position: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
2005
- Jeffrey Degen, MD
Current Position: Hudson Valley Brain and Spine Surgery
2004
- Amanda Yaun, MD
Sub-specialty: Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center - Keating
Current Position: OU Medicine
2003
- Ryder Gwinn, MD
Sub-specialty: Epilepsy
Fellowship: Yale - Spencer
Current Position: Swedish MC, Seattle
2002
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Faheem Sandhu, MD
Sub-specialty: Spine (MIS)
Fellowship: University of Chicago - Fessler
Current Position: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
2001
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Jean-Valery Coumans, MD
Sub-specialty: Spine
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic - Benzel
Current Position: Harvard/ Massachusetts General Hospital
At the end of each academic year, our program celebrates the completion of training of our residents in a dinner reception. Here are some pictures from the recent events:
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