Former Adult Neurology Residents
Class of 2025
Arsenoi Asfour, MD
   Time off
Sanyukta Bihari, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Oncology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
John Budrow, MD
   Fellowship: Neuroimmunology, University of Maryland
Adomas Bunevicius, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Oncology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
George Cappos, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of California San Francisco
Nicole Casson, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Yale University
Samuel Jacobson, MD
   Fellowship: Stroke, University of Pennsylvania
Pallavi Juneja, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Weill Cornell/NYP
Mallory Kerner Rossi, MD
   Neurophysiology EEG, Weill Cornell/NYP
Mevish Siddiq, MD
Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Shivangi Singh, MD
   PGY5 Chief Resident Year, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Fellowship: Stroke New York University
Christine Toufexis, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology EMG, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Class of 2024
Alanna Balbi, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alicia Brady, MD
   Fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Anna Cai, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology EMG, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Evan Hess, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Alexander Houck, MD
   Fellowship: Behavioral Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Adam Kroopnick, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Arielle Lehman, MD
   Fellowship: TBI and Sports Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute
Edward Lee, MD
   Fellowship: Stroke, New York University
Luke Massaro, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Grace Russo, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, New York University
Class of 2023
Emanuele Barca, MD
   Research: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Amanda Bilski, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, NYU
Alec Friedman, MD
   Fellowship: Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Danish Ghazali, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology-EMG, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Christoforos Koumas, MD
   Fellowship: Neurophysiology/EMG,  Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sean Marinelli, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, University of Washington, Seattle
Amol Mehta, MD
   Fellowships: Vascular Neurology and Neuroendovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai
Robert Rifkin, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Austin Wang, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Casey Young, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Mount Sinai Beth Israel 
Class of 2022
Jeremy Ader, MD, MBA
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia/Cornell/NYP
Ifewinya Asonye, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia/Cornell/NYP
Li Hui Chen, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Rachelle Dugue, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Stanford University
Eileen Harrigan, MD
   Fellowship: Palliative Care, New York University 
Francesco Michelassi, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: R25 Research Fellowship (Neuromuscular), Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mariel Pullman, MD 
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York
Greer Waldrop, MD, MS
   PGY5 Chief Resident Year, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Fellowship: Neuroimmunology fellowship, UCSF
Tommy Wilson, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Psychiatry residency, Johns Hopkins University 
Vivian Yang, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Harvard University/Mass General Hospital 
Class of 2021
Charles Beaman, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology, UCLA
Nathan Carberry, MD
   Fellowship: EMG, CUIMC/NYP
Justine Chen, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, University of Texas 
Brian Fidali, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Eva Franzova, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Bryanna Gulotta, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of Penn
Krishna Kandregula, MD
   Fellowship: Stroke, University of Cincinnati 
Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Matthew Schelke, MD
   Chief Resident,  Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Matthew Viereck, MD
   Fellowship: Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Class of 2020
Elizabeth Chernyak, MD
   Neurohospitalist Attending: Neurohospitalist, Maimondes Medical Center
Prajwal Ciryam, MD
   Fellowship: NeuroIntensive Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Samantha Epstein, MD
   Fellowship: Neuroimmunology/MS, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Konstantin Karmazin, MD
Nina Massad, MD
   Fellowship: NeuroIntensive Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Elizabeth Matthews, MD
   Chief Resident: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Andrew Michalak, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neuropysiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sara Radmard, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hannah Roeder, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, University of Iowa
Steven Shapiro, MD
   Fellowship: Interventional Neuroradiology, Westchester Medical Center
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Kara Shetler, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Class of 2019
Marissa Barbaro, MD
   Fellowship: Neurological Oncology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Olivia Begasse de Dhaem, MD
   Fellowship: Headache, MGH, Harvard
Jenna Ford, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Jean Lopez, MD
   Private Practice: Clinical Neurology, Westchester
Jessica Magid-Bernstein, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Anna Nordvig, MD
   Fellowship: Behavioral Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Kathryn Rimmer, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Helen Shi, MD
   Assistant Professor: Neurology [Neurohospitalist], Emory University
Steven Tobochnick, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Brigham & Women’s, Harvard
Genna Waldman, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Class of 2018
Rachael Benson, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Behnaz Esmaeili, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard
Hillary Grosso, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Aging and Dementia, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Joanne Guo, MD
   Fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis, UCSF
Seyed Pouyan Jalali, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Rachel Mehendale, MD
   Fellowship: Neurohospitalist, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Jason Neal MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Stroke/Neurovascular, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
David Robinson, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, University of Cincinnati
Jessica D. Schulte, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neurological Oncology, UCSF
Johnny Sun, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, UCSF
Andrew Taylor, MD
   Fellowship: Neurophysiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Class of 2017
Andrew Bauerschmidt, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Judy Ch’ang, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, University of California, San Francisco
Julia Ciampa Shervans, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neurotherapeutic Development, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Claudiu Diaconu, MD
   Fellowship: Neuroimmunology/R25, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Lauren Dunn, MSD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Minji Kim, MD
   Fellowship: Neurophysiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Bradley Klein, MD
   Fellowship: Stroke, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Ashley Roque, MD
   Fellowship: Neurological Oncology, Yale School of Medicine
William  Roth, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Class of 2016
Erin Beck, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neuroimmunology, National Institutes of Health
Laura Donovan, MD
   Chief Resident, Fellow, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Brad Kamitaki, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Artem Kaplan, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Christine Kim, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Eliza Miller, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Shelly Regev, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiolog, New York University
Kaitlin Reilly, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Mount Sinai
Alexandra Reynolds, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Alton E. Sartor, MD, MBA
   Fellowship: Neuro-Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Class of 2015
Ananda Fine, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Critical Care, MGH/BWH
Carl Gold, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, UCSF
Aya Haggiagi, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Benjamin Kummer, MD
   Fellowship: Stroke, Cornell Medical Center
Erika Marulanda-Londono, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, University of Miami
Divya Prabhu, MD
Aldo Rinaldi, MD
   Fellowship: Palliative Care, MGH
Jennifer Sevush, MD
   Fellowship: Stroke, Cornell Medical Center
Lauren Schaff, MD
   Fellowship: Chief Resident, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Julio Vieira, MD
   Fellowship: Headache, Montefiore Medical Center
Class of 2014
Christina Blum, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular, University of Pennsylvania
David Chung, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, MGH/BWH
Charles Esenwa, MD
   Chief Resident: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Manisha Gupte, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG/Epilepsy), Columbia University
Inna Kleyman, MD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG/Neuromuscular Medicine), Columbia University
Sara Rostanski, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Miriam Sklerov, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Steven Smith, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, New York University
Benjamin Tolchin, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Harvard
Shennan Weiss, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, UCLA
Class of 2013
Michelle W. Bell, MD
   Chief Resident:  Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Carolyn J. Bevan, MD
   Fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis, UCSF
Amy C. Jongetrng, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG/Epilepsy), Columbia University
Paulomi N. Kadakia, MD
   Fellowship: Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
Jutre A. Kurek, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, North Shore LIJ
Arjun V. Masurkar, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Aging & Dementia, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Kelly Matmati, MD, MSc
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Stony Brook University
Jeremy T. Ragland, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Critical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Marianna Yugrakh, MD
   Fellowship: The Headache Institute, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital
Rachel E. Ventura, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-Ophthalmology, New York University
Class of 2012
Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neuro Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Comana Cioroiu, MD
   Chief Resident: Columbia University (to be fellow in 2013-2014 in Neuromuscular, Columbia University)
Cynthia Correll, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Barry Czeisler, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro Critical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Alexandra Dimitrova, MD
   Fellowship: Pain and Complementary Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
Marco Gonzales-Castellon, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Megan Leitch, MD
   Fellowship: Neuromuscular, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mia Minen, MD, MPH
   Fellowship: Neuropsychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ilana Ruff, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Munazza Sophie, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, North Shore-LIJ Health System
Brenton Wright, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Class of 2011
Jason Diamond, MD, MPH
   Attending Neurologist: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital – Hospitatrst service and Allen Hospital
Zianka Faltrl, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, NYU
Brandon Foreman, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Ilana Katz, MD
   Fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis, Mount Sinai
Aaron Lord, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Kathleen Multrn, MD
   Fellowship: Headache, Montefiore; Faculty: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Heidi Munger Clary, MD, MPH
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hiral Shah, MD
   Chief Resident: Visiting Scholar: World Health Organization, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Linus Dashih Sun, PhD, MD
   Post-doctoral research training: Neuroscience, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Christina Ulane, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Neuromuscular, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Faculty:  Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Billy Yung, MD
   Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of Pennsylvania
   Private practice in White Plains, NY
Class of 2010
Sachin Agarwal, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Faculty: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sonja Blum, MD, PhD
   Fellowship: Aging & Dementia, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Faculty: NYU
Leonid Groysman, MD
   Fellowship: Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care, University of Southern Catrfornia
Christopher Hess, MD
   Fellowship and post-doctoral research training: Movement Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Daniel Huddleston, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorders, Emory University
   Faculty: Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta GA
Sushma Podila, MD
   Fellowship: Neuromuscular, University of Michigan
   Private practice Atlanta, GA
Cetrne Rahman, MD
   Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
   Faculty: North Shore – LIJ, New York NY
Mary Ann Thenganatt, MD
   Fellowship: Movement Disorder, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Faculty: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
Rebecca Traub, MD
   Fellowship: Neuromuscular, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
   Private Practice: Abington Memorial Hospital, PA
Jose Vega, MD, PhD
   Assistant Professor: Departments of Immunology & Neurology, College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami FL
Mary Welch, MD
   Fellowship: Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   Faculty: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
