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PGY-7

Emma Celano

Emma Celano, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Skull Base Surgery

Medical School: Emory School of Medicine
Undergraduate: New York University, Psychology

David Zhao

David Zhao, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Spine Surgery

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Graduate: Georgetown University, Physiology and Biophysics
Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

PGY-6

Nirali Patel

Nirali Patel, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Neurosurgery

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College, Neuroscience

Gnel Pivazyan

Gnel Pivazyan, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Spine Surgery

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Undergraduate: University of California, Molecular and Cell Biology

PGY-5

Kelsi Chesney

Kelsi Chesney, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Neurosurgery

Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Undergraduate: University of Southern California, Neuroscience

Kelsey Cobourn

Kelsey Cobourn, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Spine Surgery

Graduate School: Wake Forest, MBA Class of 2024
Medical School:
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Georgetown University, Neurobiology and Studio Art

PGY-4

Jeffrey Stewart

Jeffrey J. Stewart, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Spine Surgery
Medical School: 
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Cornell University, Biological and Biomedical Engineering

Gregory Keating

Gregory Keating, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Neurosurgery

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Neurobiology

PGY-3

Joseph McAbee

Joseph H. McAbee, MD, PhD (NIH)

Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neuro-Oncology
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Graduate: University of Cambridge, Clinical Neurosciences
Undergraduate: Wofford College, Biology and Neuroscience

Jeffrey Breton

Jeffrey Breton, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Vascular and Neuro-Oncology

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Tufts University, Biology

Garrett Coleman

Coleman Garrett, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Functional Neurosurgery

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of California, Neuroscience

PGY-2

Amanda Roehrekase

Amanda Roehrkasse, MD, PhD (NIH)

Subspecialty Interest: Undecided
Medical School: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Graduate: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Undergraduate: Oklahoma Christian University, Biochemistry

Clare Grady

Clare Grady, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Spine Surgery
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Austin Peay State University, Biology

Jean-Paul Bryant

Jean-Paul Bryant, MD, MPH, MS

Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery
Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Graduate: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Master of Public Health; University of Central Florida, Master of Science in Nanotechnology
Undergraduate: University of Central Florida, Molecular and Microbiology

PGY-1

Evan Der

Evan Der, MD, PhD (NIH)

Subspecialty Interest: Undecided
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Case Western Reserve University, Biology

Halle Ronk

Halle Ronk, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Neuro-Oncology
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Biology and Chemistry

Devon O'Donnell

Devon B. O’Donnell, MD

Subspecialty Interest: Vascular and Skull Base Surgery
Medical School: New York Medical College
Undergraduate: Tulane University, Neuroscience

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