The Department of Neurosurgery is proud that many of its trainees are in neurosurgical positions across the country, both in academic medicine and in private practice.

Every faculty member had a vested interest in my success and did their absolute best to give me the tools, in the operating room and out, to be a great neurosurgeon.

Amy Lee, MD, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Washington
Pediatric Division Chief, Seattle Children’s Hospital

We are interested in hearing from our alumni. Whenever your career takes a new direction, please contact us so that we can highlight your career path.

Where Are They Now?

Rupen Desai, Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Anna Huguenard, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis 

Peter Yang, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis

2022

Christopher Dibble, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC

Jacob Greenberg, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Bhuvic Patel, Skull Base Neurosurgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

2021

Adam Bevan, Intermountain Healthcare, Provo, UT

Dan Hafez
, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Sylvester, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

2020

Brendan Fong, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

Richard “Rick” Price, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis

Afshin Salehi,  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center

2019

S. Hassan A. Akbari, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Ashwin Kamath, Private practice, Austin, TX

Ananth Vellimana, Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

2018

Katie (McCoy) Dlouhy Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa

Jarod Roland, Assistant Professor, Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, Washington University in St. Louis

Zohny S. Zohny, Private practice, St. Joseph, MO

2017

Eric Arias, Private practice, Englewood, CO

Thomas Beaumont, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, UC San Diego Health

Bradley Stephens, Private Practice, Springfield, IL

2016

Ammar Hawasli, Private practice, Kansas City, MO

Rory Murphy, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Barrow Brain and Spine Phoenix, AZ

Chester Yarbrough, Private practice, Greensboro, NC

2015

S. Katie Bandt, Indiana University Health, Muncie, IN

Terry Holekamp, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

Matthew Reynolds, Private practice, New Lenox, IL

2014

Devon Haydon, Private Practice, Clearwater, FL

Chad Washington, Chair and Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

2013

Manish Shah, Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

Ivan Stoev, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Port St. Lucie, FL

2012

Ian G. Dorward, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Eriks Lusis, Private Practice, Kalamazoo, MI

2011

Wilson Z. Ray, Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering;
Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Chief, Division of Spine Surgery; Director, Peripheral Nerve Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis

Jon T. Willie, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Neurology; Director of Stereotactic, Functional, and Epilepsy Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

2010

Spiros Blackburn, Associate Professor, University of Texas-Houston

Amy Lee, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Washington in Seattle; Pediatric Division Chief, Seattle Children’s Hospital

2009

James M. Johnston, Associate Professor; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Program, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Daniel Refai, Associate Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

2008

Srinivas Prasad, Associate Professor, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Nilesh A. Vyas, Chief of Neurosurgery, Inova Neurosciences Institute, Fairfax, VA

2007

William Ashley, Jr., Professor, George Washington University; Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and LifeBridge Health System, Baltimore, MD

David D. Limbrick, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University

2006

Sarah Jost Fouke, Private Practice, St. Louis, MO

Jose Menendez, Private practice, Phoenix, AZ

2005

Douglas “Kit” Fox, Private practice Austin, TX

Eric C. Leuthardt, Shi H. Huang Professor of Neurosurgery; Vice-Chair of Innovation, Department of Neurosurgery; Chief, Division of Neurotechnology; Professor of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science; Director, Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology; Director, Brain Laser Center, Washington University in St. Louis

2004

Richard Lytle, Jr., Private practice, Asheville, NC

David H. Walker, Private practice, Medford, OR

2003

James Lu, Private practice, Town & Country, MO

Dennis Rivet, Associate Professor Virginia Commonwealth University, Chesapeake, VA,

2002

Jeffrey R. Leonard, Professor and Chief of the Pediatric Division Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Todd J. Stewart, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

2001

Stuart S. Kaplan, Private practice, Las Vegas, NV

John E. Wanebo, Private practice, Scottsdale, AZ

2000

Eric W. Sherburn, Private practice, Tulsa, OK,

Neill M. Wright, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

1999

Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Professor & Chief of the Pediatric Division, University Of Washington School of Medicine; Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Seattle Children’s Hospital 

Michael A. Vogelbaum, Program Leader, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Chief of Neurosurgery, Moffitt Cancer Center

1998

Michael J. Giordano, Private practice, Milford, CT

Kent D. Yundt, Private practice, Bend, OR

1997

Michael Chicoine, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Martin Henegar, Private practice, Charlotte, NC

1996

Joshua L. Dowling, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

Daniel L. Kitchens, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

1995

Marc E. Eichler, Private practice, Minot, ND

1994

Adam P. Brown, Private practice, Wilmington, NC

1993

Michael C. Molleston, Private practice, Jackson, MS

1992

Christopher Heffner, Private practice, Belleville, IL

1991

James P. Hollowell, Private practice, Milwaukee, WI

1990

Keith R. Kuhlengel, Private practice, Lancaster, PA

1989

Lewis Harris, Private practice, Knoxville, TN

1988

Steven P. Disch, Private practice, Roswell, GA

1987

Mark H. Camel, Private practice, Greenwich, CT

1986

Kerry L. Bernardo, Private practice, Hattiesburg, MS

1985

Erik M. Gregorie, Private practice, Sayre, PA

1984

Selwyn Picker, Private practice, St. Louis, MO

1983

Roy P. Baker, Private practice, Savannah, GA

1982

Keith M. Rich, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Cerebrovascular, Neuro-Oncology (retired)

1981

Richard H. Schwartz, Private practice, Salt Lake City, UT

1980

H. Evan Zeiger, Birmingham, AL

1979

J. Alexander Marchosky, Chesterfield, MO

1978

Robert Q. Craddock, Birmingham, AL

1977

A. Bernhard Kliefoth, Knoxville, TN

1976

Nicholas D. Yamodis, Bend, OR

1975

Arthur B. Jenny, Kansas City, MO

Frank S. Letcher Tulsa, OK

1974

Morris W. Pulliam, Cortland, OH

Fremont P. Wirth, Jr., Savannah, GA

1973

Robert L. Grubb, Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis

P. Robert Schwetschenau, Cincinnati, OH

1972

Robert A. Ratcheson, Hamilton, MT

1971

Michael Murphy

1970

Peter Heilbrun, Sausalito, CA

1969

Ralph A. Lehman, Tampa, FL

John Corley VanGilder, Iowa City, IA

1968

Stewart B. Dunsker, Cincinnati, OH

Francis M. Fennegan, Harlingen, TX

1967

Robert S. Bourke

Jerry M. Petty

1966

J. Clayton Davie, Birmingham, AL

Paul E. Stohr, St. Louis, MO

1965

Wolff M. Kirsch, Loma Linda, CA

Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., Gainesville, FL

1964

Lyndon U. Anthony, St. Louis, MO

Kenneth R. Smith, Jr., St. Louis, MO

1963

A. Basil Harris, Camano Island, WA

1961

Thomas G. Holmes

1960

Laverene Erickson

1959

Shi H. Huang

John H. Kendig

1958

Herbert Lourie

J. Shelby Metcalf

1956

Sidney Goldring

Harold D. Paxton

1955

Frederick W.L. Kerr

1954

Griff R. Harsh, III

1953

William F. Collins, Jr.

1952

William E. Hunt
J. Louis Schricker, Jr.

1951

Thomas P.R. Hinchey

1950

Edward J. Bishop

Robert B. King, Jamesville, New York

1949

George L. Hawkins

1948

Nathan Rifkinson

1947

George E. Roulhac