Faculty

The training received by physicians participating in the Neurological Surgery Residency Program is provided by neurosurgeons, neurovascular radiologists, neurovascular surgeons, spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and peripheral nerve surgeons.

The faculty, listed below, are dedicated to the education of the next generation of neurological surgeons.

Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute

Keith L. Black, MD
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute

Michael Alexander, MD
Director, Neurovascular Center
Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery

Ray M. Chu, MD
Neurosurgeon

Moise Danielpour, MD
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Program
Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Program

Gabriel E. Hunt, Jr., MD
Neurosurgeon

Adam Mamelak, MD
Co-Director, Pituitary Center

Marcel Menahem Maya, MD
Neurovascular Radiologist

Franklin G. Moser, MD
Director, Clinical Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology

Burak Ozgur, MD
Neurosurgeon

David Palestrant, MD
Director, Neuro-critical Care
Director, Stroke Program

Barry D. Pressman, MD
Chairman, S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center; Chief, Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology

Wouter I. Schievink, MD
Director, Neurovascular Surgery

John S. Yu, MD
Co-Director, Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program

Cedars-Sinai Institute of Spinal Disorders

J. Patrick Johnson, MD
Co-Director, Spine Stem Cell Research
Director of Education, Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders; Director, Neurosurgical and Orthopedic Spine Fellowship

Eli Baron, MD
Neurosurgeon

Srinath Samudrala, MD
Neurosurgeon

Khawar Siddique, MD
Neurosurgeon