Residency and Fellowship Programs

Frank Culicchia, MD
Chairman

Clinical Interests:
Cerebrovascular Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Brain Tumors, and Stereotactic Radiosurgery

John Steck, MD
Program Director
 
Clinical Interest: 
Complex Spinal Surgery

Cole Lewis, MD
Assistant Program Director

Clinical Interests:
General Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Oncology

Kelsey Hundley, MD
Assistant Program Director

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Neurosurgery

Gabriel Tender, MD

Clinical Interests: 
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Complex Spinal Surgery, and Neurotrauma

Adam Podet, MD

Clinical Interest:
General Neurosurgery

Young Lee, MD

Clinical Interests:
General Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, and Endovascular

O. Adetola Roberts, MD

Clinical Interest:
Pediatric Neurosurgery 

Bryan Payne, MD

Clinical Interests: 
Functional Neurosurgery and General Neurosurgery

L. Luciano Ponce Mejia, MD

Clinical Interests: 
Vascular, Neurocritical Care, and Neuroendovascular

Alan Velander, MD

Clinical Interest:
Neurocritical Care

James Matthew Dupree, MD

Clinical Interest:
Neurocritical Care

Matthew Hart, MD

Clinical Interest:
Neurocritical Care

Yazmin Odia, MD
Director of Neuro-Oncology

Medical Director of the Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office (CC-CTO)

Balveen Kaur, PhD
Vice Chair for Research in Neurosurgery

Associate Cancer Center Director of Translational Science