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Former Residents & Fellows

University at Buffalo Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo/Kaleida Health Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology service is world-renowned for its innovation advances in minimally invasive treatments for neurological disorders. In collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists at the acclaimed Canon Stroke & Vascular Research Center, the endovascular surgical neuroradiology faculty and fellows conduct “translational” research, which involves the rapid application of treatment breakthroughs in the clinical arena. In addition, the faculty & fellows  participate in numerous national clinical trials. Thus, staying at the forefront of the latest advances in technology & treatment which continues today.

Former Chief Residents

2025 Moleca Mahmoud Ghannam

MD, MPhil

2025  Ryan Hess

MD

2024  Steven (Blake) Housley

MD

2024  Matthew Recker

MD

2024  Alexander Becker

MD

2023  Justin M. Cappuzzo

MD

2023  Matthew J. McPheeters

MD, MBA

2023  David E. Smolar

MD

2022   Robert Starling

MD

2022   Amade Bregy

MD, PhD

2022   Patrick Jowdy

MD

2021   Justice Agyei

MD

2021   Tim O'Connor

MD

2021   Ashish Sonig

MD

2020   Michael Kogan

MD

2020   Kunal Vakharia

MD

2019   Evan Winograd

MD

2019   Joshua E. Meyers

MD

2018   John F. Morrison

MD

2018   Hakeem Shakir

MD

2017   Simon Morr

MD, MPH

2017   Andrew J. Fanous

MD

2016   Sabareesh Natarajan

MD

2016   Naser Jaleel

MD, PhD

2015   Lindsay Lipinski

MD

2015   Gursant S. Atwal

MD

2014   Grant Sorkin

MD

2013   Justin Thomas

MD

2013   Craig Berg

MD

2012   Jason Przybylo

MD

2012   Regis Hoppenot

MD, MPH

2011   Thomas Gruber

MD

2011   Andrea Chamczuk

MD, MSc

2010   Kenneth V. Snyder

MD, PhD

2010   Andrew Fabiano

MD

2009   Rabih G. Tawk

MD

2008   Jody Leonardo

MD

2007   John Fahrbach

MD

2006   Lisa Apfel

MD

2006   Hunaldo Villalobos

MD

2005   Niteen Andalkar

MD

2004   Mei Wong

MD

2003   Amos Dare

MD

2002   John German

MD

2001   John Pollina, Jr

MD, FACS

2000   Demetrius K. Lopes

MD

2000   Michael K. Landi

MD

1999   Gregory Castiglia

MD, FACS

1998   John D. Borchers

MD

1997   Gus Varnavas

MD

1997   Ana Maria DeVilliers

MD

1996   Lee R. Guterman

PhD, MD

1995   Ahmad Zakeri

MD

1994   Peter M. Sorini

MD

1994   Arvind Ahuja

MD

1993   Kevin J. Gibbons

MD, FACS

1992   Geoffrey Blatt

MD

1991   Dominic Cannella

MD

1990   Douglas Moreland

MD, FACS

1988   James Burgess

MD

1987   Gregory J. Bennett

MD

1986   James G. Egnatchik

MD

1986     L. Nelson Hopkins

MD

1985     James L. Budny

MD

1985   Thomas Doolittle

MD

1984   Elizabeth Doherty

MD

1983   Fred Geisler

MD

1982   Farook Kidwai

MD

1981   Nabil Muhanna

MD

1980   Wimal Perera

MD

1978   James L. Budny

MD, FACS

1977   Leonard Strickman

MD

1976   Roy Harvey Silvers

MD

1975   L. Nelson Hopkins

MD

1974   Woodrow Janese

MD

1973   Anthony Avellanosa

MD

1972   Walter Grand

MD

1971   Herbert Cares

MD

1970   Stephen Padar

MD

1970   Fairuz Matuk

MD

1969   Guillermo Nogueira

MD

1968   Guillermo Santa Cruz

MD

1967   Tajamul Bhatti

MD

1966   Ikram Haque

MD

1965   George Stepanien

MD

1964   Luciano Modesti

MD

Former Endovascular Fellows

2026 Jaims Lim

MD

2025 Hamid Sharif Khan

MD

2024  Tyler Scullen

MD

2024  Steven (Blake) Housley

MD

2024  Kunal Raygor

MD

2024  Matthew McPheeters

MD, MBA

2024  Mehdi Bouslama

MD

2023  Rosalind Lai

MD

2023  Ryan Turner

MD

2022  Justin Cappuzzo

MD

2022  William Metcalf-Doetsch

MD

2021   Rimal Dossani

MD

2020   Michael Tso

MD

2020   Gary Rajah

MD

2019   Kunal Vakharia

MD

2019   Stephan A. Munich

MD

2018   Gursant Atwal

MD

2018   Vernard S. Fennel

MD, MSc

2017   Jeffrey Beecher

DO

2017   Sabareesh Natarajan

MD

2017   Hakeem Shakir

MD

2016   Jason M. Davies

MD, PhD

2016   Ashish Sonig

MD

2016   Leonardo Rangel-Castilla

MD

2015   Marshall C. Cress

MD

2015   Grant Sorkin

MD

2015   Chandan Krishna

MD

2014   Maxim M. Mokin

MD, PhD

2014   Ning Lin

MD

2013   Travis Dumont

MD

2013   Jorge Eller

MD

2012   Shady Jahshan

MD

2012   Peter Kan

MD, MPH

2011   Sharon Webb

MD

2011   David Orion

MD

2011   Parham Yashar

MD

2011   Kenneth V. Snyder

MD, PhD

2010   Rashid M. Janjua

MD

2010   Alexander Khalessi

MD, MS

2010   Mandy J. Binning

MD

2010   David J. Langer

MD

2010   Rabih G. Tawk

MD

2009   Eric Hauck

MD

2009   Christopher S. Ogilvy

MD

2009   Larry R. Shannon, Jr.

MD

2008   J Mocco

MD, PhD

2007   Ramachandra Tummala

MD

2006   Eric Sauvageau

MD

2006   Robert Ecker

MD

2004   Christopher Wehman

MD

2004   Mark Harrigan

MD

2004   Jay Howington

MD

2004   Ricardo Hanel

MD, PhD

2003   Elad I. Levy

MD, MBA

2002   Bernard Bendok

MD

2002   Alan Boulos

MD

2002   Stanley Kim

MD

2002   Adnan Qureshi

MD

2001   Demetrius Lopes

MD

2001   Andrew Ringer

MD

2000   Richard Fessler

MD

1999   Giuseppe Lanzino

MD

1998   Robert Mericle

MD

1997   Rafael Rodriguez-Mercado

MD

1996   Lee R. Guterman

MD, PhD

1996   Ajay K. Wakhloo

MD, PhD

1995   Tamerla Chavis

MD

1994   Scott Standard

MD

1993   Kimberly Livingston

MD

1981   James L. Budny

MD

Former Complex Spine Neurosurgery Fellows

2026 Ibrahim Abdulmohsin I Alhalal

MBBS

2025 Raphael Bastianon Santiago

MD

2025 Esteban Quiceno Restrepo

MD

2024 Mohamad Soliman

MD

2023 Maria Cavagnaro

MD

2023 David E. Smolar

MD

2022 Adolfo Viloria

MD

2021  Zeeshan Qazi

MD

2021  Robert Starling

MD

2021 Marc Christensen

MD

2020  Justice O. Agyei

MD

2020  Timothy O’Connor

MD

2019  Joshua E. Meyers

MD

2018  Sunil Kukreja

MD

Former Functional Neurosurgery Fellows

2026 Hussain Shallwani

MD

2024  Matthew Recker

MD

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