Current and Past Spine Fellows

Fellows of Cedars-Sinai's Spinal Surgery Fellowship Program have gone on to serve as neurosurgical and orthopaedic surgeons in private practice and academic settings.

2011 - 2012 Fellows

M. Kamran Khan, MD
Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Harvinder Bedi, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University

2010 - 2011 Fellows

Thomas Phillips, MD
Albany Medical College

2009 - 2010 Fellows

Stephen Scibelli, MD
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

2008 - 2009 Fellows

Terrance Kim, MD
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Paul Salinas, MD
University of Texas Medical School at Houston

J. Scott Schoeb, MD
George Washington University School of Medicine

2007 - 2008 Fellows

Gowriharan "Ty" Thaiyananthan, MD
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Richard Wupperman, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Curt Freudenberger, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

2006 - 2007 Fellows

Kevin Ammar, MD
Neurological Associates of Savannah

Eli Baron, MD
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

Ramin Rabbani, MD
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

2005 - 2006 Fellows

Tooraj Gravori, MD
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Anthony Hadden, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA

Stepan Kasimian, MD
Brotman Medical Center

Mukesh Misra, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Justin Paquette, MD
Associate Director, Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Spine at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

Edward Rustamzadeh, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

2004 - 2005 Fellows

Khawar Siddique, MD
Associate Director, Neurological Spine Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

John Hamilton, MD
Private practice in New York City, NY

Hooman Melamed, MD
Private practice in Los Angeles, CA

Brian Perri, DO
Associate Director, Orthopedic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD
Brown University in Providence, RI

2003 - 2004 Fellows

Karin Swartz, MD
University of Kentucky, Lexington

Chris Lycette, MD
Private practice in Allentown, PA

Saad Khairi, MD
University of Indianapolis in IN

S. Craig Meyer, MD
Private practice in Los Gatos, CA

Hamid Miraliakbar, MDCedars-Sinai Medical Center

2002 - 2003 Fellows

Firooz Amjadi, MD
Private practice in San Diego, CA

Darren Bergey, MD
Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA

Mark Wolgin, MD
Private practice in San Diego, CA

2001 - 2002 Fellows

John Stokes, MD
Private practice in Austin, TX

Alan T. Villavicencio, MD
Private practice in Denver, CO

Paul Liu, MD
Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, CA

2000 - 2001 Fellows

Naresh Patel, MD
Mayo Clinic-Arizona in Scottsdale, AZ

Neill Wright, MD
Washington University at St. Louis in MO

Jae Lim, MD
Private practice in Spokane, WA

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