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