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The Department of Neurosurgery has a rich and dynamic history of training high-quality neurosurgeons who work in a broad range of settings including private practice, academia, and industry.

We are proud of our alumni, who remain active contributors to the field, and many of whom have gone on to hold teaching and leadership positions at hospitals and medical centers throughout the United States.

Graduates of our program have become distinguished community neurosurgeons, academic neurosurgical chairmen, leaders in organized neurosurgery, innovative researchers, and excellent clinicians.

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University of Utah Neurological Surgery Residents 2014-2015

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University of Utah Neurological Surgery Residents 2016-2017

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University of Utah Neurological Surgery Residents 2017-2018

We Want to Hear From You!

We want to share your success with our community. Submit an update about your life—photos, what you have been doing since graduation, your favorite memory, etc.—or notify us of an alumni death. Email your update to cortlynd.olsen@hsc.utah.edu.

NEUROSURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM ALUMNI


2024

2023

2022

Guilherme Agnoletto, MD
AdventHealth, FL

Robert Kim, MD
UCHealth Memorial Hospital, CO

Evan Joyce, MD
Saint Alphonsus, Boise, ID

Jonathan Scoville, MD
Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Al-Wala Awad, MD
Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital, UT

Bornali Kundu, MD, PhD
University of Missouri, MO

Christopher Wilkerson, MD
Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT

2021

2020

2019

Ilyas Eli, MD 
Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners, Nashville, TN

Michael Karsy, MD, PhD 
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Andrea Brock, MD, MSCI 
Private Practice, Lehi, UT

Nam Yoon, MD  
Private Practice, Salt Lake City, UT

Jian Guan, MD  
Pacific Spine Health Center, Torrance, CA

2018

2017

2016

Vijay Ravindra, MD 
Naval Medical Center San Diego, Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Craig Kilburg, MD 
University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Marcus Mazur, MD 
University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Walavan Sivakumar, MD 
Private Practice, PNI, Los Angeles, CA

Christian Bowers, MD  
Hurley Neurological Center - Mid-Michigan Center for Brain & Spine Disorders, Fenton, MI

Ricky Kalra, MD  
Private Practice, Plano, TX

2015

2013

2012

Khalid Krisht, MD 
Private Practice, Montgomery, AR

Sarah Menacho, MD 
Assistant Professor, University of Utah Health, SLC, UT

Ramin Eskandari, MD 
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, MUSC, Charleston, SC 

Michael Mumert, MD 
Private Practice, Springfield, MO 

Christina Sayama, MD, MPH 
Pediatric Neurosurgery, OHSU, Portland, OR

Valerie Coon, MD  
Oregon Neurosurgery, Springfield, OR

2011

2010

2009

Chad Cole, MD 
Associate Professor & Vice Chair, UNM, Albuquerque, NM

Frank Bishop, MD 
Intermountain Health St. George Regional Hospital, St. George, UT 

Brad Duhon. MD 
Director of Neurosurgery, UCHealth, CO 

Toba Niazi, MD 
Holtz Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

Mandy Binning. MD  
Global Neurosciences Institute, Philadelphia, PA 

Michael Finn, MD  
UCHealth, CO

2008

2007

2006

Amin Amini, MD, MS 
Private Practice, Silver Spring, MD 

Peter Kan, MD, MPH 
UTMB Health, Galveston, TX 

Todd McCall, MD 
University of Illinois, Peoria, IL

Sam Browd, MD, PhD 
Seattle Children's, UW Medicine, Seattle, WA 

Oren Gottfried, MD 
Duke Health, Raleigh, NC 

Brian Ragel, MD 
Private Practice/Academic, Vancouver, WA

Daniel Fassett, MD, MBA  
Rothman Orthopaedics, FL 

James Liu, MD  
Director, Skull Base Institute, New Jersey Medical School,  NJ

2005

2004

2003

Paul Klimo, MD 
Pediatric Neurosurgery Chief, UTHSC, Memphis, TN 

Ganesh Rao, MD 
Chair, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Adam Arthur, MD, MPH 
Semmes Murphy, Memphis, TN 

Wayne Gluf, MD 
UCHealth, CO 

Paul House, MD 
Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT

Scott Soleau, MD  
Private Practice, Baton Rouge, LA

2002

2001

 

Jim Pingree, MD 
MountainStar Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT 

William Whitehead, MD, MPH 
Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Russell Lonser, MD 
Professor and Chair, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 

Kavina Shahi, MD, PhD 
Sutter Health,  Roseville, CA