Recent Graduates

2023

Laura Stone McGuire, MD

Laura McGuire, M.D.

Fellowship: 2023-2024 UIC Cerebrovascular/Microsurgical Fellowship
Chicago, IL

2022

Amanda Kwasnicki, MD

Amanda Kwasnicki, M.D.

Fellowship: 2022-2023 Pediatric Fellowship, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Laura Stone McGuire, MD

Laura McGuire, M.D.

Fellowship: 2022-2023 UIC Endovascular Fellowship
Chicago, IL

2020

Mandana Behbahani, M.D.

Current Position: Fellowship: Lurie Children's Hospital, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Chicago, IL

Nauman S. Chaudhry

Nauman S. Chaudhry, M.D.

Fellowship: Duke University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery/ Complex Adult and Adolescent Spine Fellow
Durham, NC

2019

Ashley Barks, M.D.

Current Position: Abay Neuroscience Center, Wichita, KS

Darian Esfahani

Darian Esfahani, M.D., M.P.H.

Fellowship: Lurie Children’s Hospital /Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Pediatric Neurosurgery )
Current Position: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2018

Gregory Arnone, M.D.

Fellowship: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Skull Base Neurosurgery)
Current Position: Penn State Hershey Neurosurgery, Hershey, PA

Sajeel Khan, M.D.

Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, Shriners Hospital (Adult and Adolescent Spinal Deformity)
Current Position: Marshall Health, Huntington, WV

2017

Gerald Oh, M.D.

Current Position: Temecula Valley Neurosurgery , Murrieta, CA

Daniel Birk, M.D.

Current Position: NSPC Brain and Spine Surgery, Port Jefferson Station, NY

2016

Alexander Ivanov, M.D., M. Sc.

Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic (Spine Surgery)
Current Position: Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Current Fellows and Recent Fellowship Graduates 

Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery 

Current Fellow
Matthew Koch, M.D.
Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital 

2020
Alfred Pokmeng See, M.D.
Residency Program: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Current Position: John Shillito Staff Associate/Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

2019
Christopher Stapleton, M.D.
Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital
Current Position: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  

Endovascular Neurosurgery

Current Fellow
Jason Choi, M.D.
Residency Program: University of Chicago 

2019
Denise Brunozzi, M.D.
Residency: Universita Politecnica delle Marche (Neurosurgery)
Current Position: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellow, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL 

2018
Sea Mi Park, M.D.
Residency Program: Albany Medical College (Neurology)
Fellowship Program: Rutgers University (Vascular Neurology)
Current Position: Lafayette General Hospital, Lafayette, LA 

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Current Fellow
Denise Brunozzi, M.D.
Residency: Universita Politecnica delle Marche (Neurosurgery) 

2020
Ryan Kochanski, M.D.
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Current Position: Functional Neurosurgery Fellow, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 

 2018
Abdulbaki Kozan, M.D. 

Spine Surgery 

2020
Denise Brunozzi, M.D.
Residency: Universita
Politecnica delle Marche (Neurosurgery)
Current Position: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellow, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL  

2019 
Cristian  Gragnaniello, M.D.
Residency: University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Current Position: Skull Base Fellow, Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA