Residency and Fellowship Programs

Frank Culicchia, MD
Chairman

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

Gabriel Tender, MD
Program Director

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

Berje Shammassian, MD
Associate Program Director and 
Medical Director - Trauma Liaison for UMC-New Orleans

Clinical Interests: 
Neurotrauma and Neurocritical Care

Bryan Payne, MD

Clinical Interests:
Functional Neurosurgery and
General Neurosurgery

John Steck, MD  

Clinical Interest: 
Complex Spinal Surgery

Oritsejolomi Adetola Roberts, MD

Clinical Interest:
Pediatric Neurosurgery 

Jerome Volk, II, MD

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery

Robert Dawson, MD

Clinical Interest:
Interventional Neuroradiology

Merritt Brown, MD

Clinical Interests: 
Vascular, Neurocritical Care, and Neuroendovascular

L. Luciano Ponce Mejia, MD

Clinical Interests: 
Vascular, Neurocritical Care, and Neuroendovascular

Alan Velander, MD

Clinical Interest:
Neurocritical Care

Adam Podet, MD

Clinical Interest:
General Neurosurgery

Cole Lewis, MD

Clinical Interests:
General Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Oncology