Our Adult Neurology Residents

Class of 2029 group photo — **Class of 2029** Pictured above are [left to right]: Samuel Eitenbichler, MD, Adriana Szpynda, MD, Christopher Griffey, MD, PhD, Zena Chatila, MD, PhD, Courtney Gao, MD, Alexandra Linares, MD, Alex Klein, MD, Ariana Turk, MD, Benjamin Shapiro, MD, Ariel Ben-Ezra, MD, and Hart Fogel, MD.

We invite you to read this page of our website to learn more about our current neurology residents. Upon completion of their training, they will join a distinguished list of Columbia Neurology former trainees that includes many of the country's current leaders and innovators in the field.

2026 Match Results

Class of 2027

Rebecca Allen, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Molly Charney, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Maria Diaz Ortiz, MD, PhD

Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Justin Esposito, MD

Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Karin Oh, MD

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Maya Pandit, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Gregory Spiropoulos, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rongyi Sun, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Janette Tang, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Bert Vancura, MD, PhD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Class of 2028

Evan Hale, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Andrew Iannone, MD, PhD

Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Lucy Jia, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Logan Kugathasan, MD

Medical School: Emory University, School of Medicine
William Adam Libling, DO

Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
Joana Petrescu, MD, PhD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Emma Handwerker, MD

Medical School: Zucker School of Medicine
Caroline Ryan, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Natalie Smith, MD

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Benjamin Williams, MD

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine

Class of 2029

Ariel Ben-Ezra,MD

Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
Zena Chatila, MD, PhD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Samuel Eitenbichler, MD

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hart Fogel, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Courtney Gao, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Christopher Griffey, MD, PhD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alex Klein, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alexandra Linares, MD

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Benjamin Shapiro, MD

Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Adriana Szpynda, MD

Medical School: New York Medical College
Ariana Turk, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine