Our Adult Neurology Residents

Class of 2028

Pictured above are [left to right]: Joana Petrescu, MD, PhD, William Adam Libling, DO, Emma Handwerker, MD, Natalie Smith, MD, Logan Kugathasan, MD, Andrew Iannone, MD, PhD, Evan Hale, MD, Lucy Jia, MD, Caroline Ryan, MD, *Melanie Gershman, MD, Benjamin Williams, MD, and *Zahra Zhu, MD.
^*^{Specializing in Child Neurology}

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.

2025 Match Results

Class of 2026

Cyrus Colah, MD

Medical School: University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Wendy Melissa Coronado, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Irene Falk, MD, PhD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Julio Gonzalez Maya, MD

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Shaobo Guan, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Alexandra Rabin, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Gina Rhee, MD

Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Rebecca Tom, MD

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Valerie Velez, MD

Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Dia Yang, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine

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