Former Residents

Name Year of Graduation Current Position
Previous Fellowship
Nathaniel Brooks 2009 Spine Fellow, Cleveland Clinic
Sharad Rajpal 2009 Spine Fellow, Cleveland Clinic
Roham Moftakhar 2008 Skull Base Fellow 2008-2009
University of Miami
Kristine Dziurzynski 2007 Asst Prof, University of Mississippi
Previously:
Skull Base Fellow 2007-2008 at the
Oregon Health Science University
Josh Medow 2006 Asst Prof, University of Wisconsin
Previously:
Endovascular Fellow 2006-2008
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Samir Lapsiwala 2005

Private Practice Fort Worth, Texas
Previously:
Spine Fellow 2005-2006
Cleveland Clinic

Brian Witwer 2004 Private Practice
Grand Junction, Colorado
Karin Swartz 2003 Asst Prof, University of Kentucky
Previously:
Spine Fellow 2003-2004
Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Keith Preston 2002 Private Practice
Paris, Texas
Peter Nguyen 2001 Private Practice
Greenbrae, California
John Sandin 2000 Clinical Instructor (Deceased)
University of Wisconsin
Spine Fellow 2000-2001 Univ Alabama
Eldad J. Hadar 1999 Assoc Professor and Section Chief
Functional Neurosurgery
Univ of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Previously:
Functional Fellow 1999-2001
Cleveland Clinic
Peter A. Rasmussen 1998 Assoc Professor and Director
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Previously:
Endo and Microvascular Fellow
1998-2000 Cleveland Clinic
Jeffrey Masciopinto 1997 Private Practice Spine Neurosurgery
Madison, Wisconsin
Previously:
Spine Fellow 1997-1998, UCLA
Peter A. Letarte 1996 Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Previously:
Trauma Fellow 1996-1997 Univ Pittsburg
Gregory R. Trost 1995 Professor, Clinical Vice Chair
and Director, Spine
Neurosurgery University of Wisconsin
Previously:
Spine Fellow 1995-1996 Cleveland Clinic


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