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  • Leadership Fellows

    The CNS Leadership Institute has trained 175+ physicians at 61 academic institutions and 18 private practice groups.

     

  • “I have had the fortune of participating in the CNS Leadership Institute as an attendee, mentor, and faculty member. Attending the course was one of the most impactful things I have done for my career. Many things are covered during the course, and the most important thing I learned was how to systematically effect change. To come back as a mentor and as a faculty member has been both rewarding and inspiring. I look forward to continued participation!"

    Khoi D. Than, M.D.
    Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University

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  • Cohorts

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    First NameLast NameProfessional TitleInstitutionYearCNS Title(s)
    Manish Aghi Professor, Neurological Surgery University of California San Francisco 2019 Tumor Section Chair
    Ellen Air Senior Staff and Clinical Assistant Professor, Staff Neurosurgeon Henry Ford Hospital 2018  
    Lissa Baird   Medical Director, Pediatric Neuro-oncology, Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery 2017 Oregon Health & Science University
    Garni Barkhoudarian Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Neuroscience John Wayne Cancer Institute 2018 EC Member-at-Large
    Erica Bisson Associate Professor, Neurosurgery University of Utah Health Care 2019  
    Roham Chitale Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon Vanderbilt University 2018  
    Hoon Choi Assistant Professor, Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Spine Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin 2019  
    Christopher Cifarelli Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery West Virginia University 2019  
    Richard Webster Crowley Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Rush University 2019  
    Sunit Das Associate Professor, Neurosurgery University of Toronto 2019, 2017  
    Jason Davies Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Biomedical Informatics State University of New York at Buffalo 2017  
    Justin Dye Neurosurgeon Naval Medical Center San Diego 2019  
    Christopher Farrell Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery Thomas Jefferson University 2018  
    Elizabeth Fontana Assistant Professor, Neurosurgey Northwell Health 2016  
    Jonathan Forbes Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Staff Neurosurgeon University of Cincinnati 2018  
    W. Christopher Fox Associate Professor, Neurosurgery University of Florida 2019  
    Anand Germawala Associate Professor, Residency Program Director, Chief of Neurological Surgery Loyola University/Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital 2018  
    Jason Gerrard Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Chief, Functional Neurosurgery and Trauma Neurosurgery Yale School of Medicine 2018  
    L. Fernando Gonzalez Co-Director Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Duke University   2018  
    Andrew Grande Assistant Director, Neurosurgery, CoDirector, Earl Grande Stroke and Stem Cell Laboratory University of Minnesota 2017  
    Christoph Griessenauer Neurosurgeon Geisinger 2019  
    Johnathan Grossberg Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Emory University School of Medicine 2017  
    Douglas Hardesty Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery Ohio State University 2019  
    Zachary Hickman Director, Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery NYC Health & Hospitals/Elmhurst 2018  
    Tiffany Hodges Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery University Hospitals Case Medical Center 2019  
    Daniel Hoh Associate Professor, Neurology University of Florida 2016 EC Member-at-Large
    Michael Ivan Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Co-chair of Neurosurgery University of Miami 2019  
    Peter Kan Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Chief, Neuroendovascular Service Baylor College of Medicine 2018  
    Alexander Khalessi Chair, Neurological Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Radiology and Neurosciences University of California 2016 EC Ex-Officio, AM Chair
    Erin Kiehna Chair, Neurosurgery Novant Health 2016  
    Chandra Krishna Neurosurgeon The Mayo Clinic 2016  
    Sandi Lam Director of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Program, Co-Director Craniofacial Surgery Program, Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery Baylor COM/Texas Children's Hospital 2017  
    Ilya Laufer Neurosurgeon, Director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Tumor Surgery Program, Co-Director, Neuro Advanced Care Unit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2017  
    Adrian Laxton Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 2016  
    Ian Lee Neurosurgeon Henry Ford Health Systems 2017  
    Timothy Lucas Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Co-Director, Penn Center for Neuro-Engineering and Therapeutics, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery University of Pennsylvania 2017  
    Luke Macyszyn Assistant Professor, Neurosurgey and Orthopedics, Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Training UCLA 2018  
    Catherine Miller Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery University of California, San Francisco 2018  
    Debraj Mukherjee Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery John Hopkins University School of Medicine 2019  
    Jeffery Mullin Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery University of Buffalo 2019  
    Gregory Murad Assistant Professor, Associate Residency Program Director University of Florida College of Medicine 2018  
    Edjah Nduom Staff Clinician Surgical Neurology Branch NINDS, NIH 2018  
    Min Park Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Associate Residency Program Director, Neurosurgery University of Virginia 2018  
    Akash Patel Assistant Professor , Neurosurgery, Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Baylor College of Medicine 2017 EC Ex-Officio
    Nimesh Patel Executive Medical Director, Neurosurgery, Section Chief, Neurosurgery Methodist Health System 2018  
    Jeremy Phelps Neurosurgeon Integris Spine and Neurological 2018  
    Ciaran Powers Neuroscience Services Inpatient Medical Director, Associate Professor, Residency Program Director, Stroke Center Surgical Director, Neuroendovascular Fellowship Program Director Ohio State University 2018  
    Carolyn Quinsey Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Assistant Program Director, Project Director, UNC Neurosurgery Initiative in Malawi, Director, Neurosurgery Skull Base Lab, Co Founder and Director, UNC Congenital Brain and Spine Malformations Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2018  
    Maryam Rahman Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery University of Florida College of Medicine 2016  
    Jose Carlos Rodrigues, Jr. Chief of Neurosurgery Heliopolis Hospital 2019  
    Analiz Rodriguez Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Assistant Professor University of Arkansas Medical Sciences 2018  
    Alexander Ropper Assistant Professor, Director, Spinal Neurosurgery Baylor College of Medicine 2019  
    Clemens Schirmer Neurosurgery Residency Program Director Geisinger Health System 2016 CNS Ex-Officio
    Jason Schwarz Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2019  
    Basheer Shakir Chief of Neurosurgery Oklahoma City VA Health System 2017  
    Sameer Sheth Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Baylor College of Medicine 2019  
    Raj Shrivastava Professor, Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology (ENT) Mount Sinai 2019  
    Justin Singer Neurosurgeon Spectrum Health Medical Group 2019  
    Harminder Singh Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Stanford University 2019  
    Walavan Sivakumar Director of Neurosurgery Pacific Neuroscience Institute/John Wayne Cancer Institute 2019  
    Laura Snyder Neurosurgeon Barrow Neurological Institute 2019  
    Hai Sun Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Director, Epilepsy Surgery LSUHSC Shreveport 2017  
    Jennifer Sweet Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery and Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University 2016 Leadership Institite Vice-Chair, EC Member-at-Large, WINS Chairman
    Hasan Syed Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery University of Virginia 2019  
    Khoi Than Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery Oregon Health & Science University 2016  
    Krystal Tomei Division Chief, Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery Case Western Reserve University 2019, 2016 Clinical Neurosurgery Editor
    Sumeet Vadera Neurosurgery University of California, Irvine 2017    
    Anand Veeravagu Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Stanford University 2019  
    Peter Wanyoike Chief Neurosurgeon, Director The Brain, Spine, & Rehabilitation Hospital 2018  
    Chengyuan Wu Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Radiology Thomas Jefferson University 2016  

     

    Faculty

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    First NameLast NameProfessional TitleInstitutionYearCNS Title(s)
    Ellen Air Senior Staff and Clinical Assistant Professor, Staff Neurosurgeon Henry Ford Hospital 2019  
    Rich Byrne Chair of Neurosurgery, Professor, Neurosurgery, Director, Neurosurgery Rush University 2019, 2018  
    Joe Cheng Chair of Neurosurgery University of Cincinnati 2019, 2018 Joint Coding and Reimbursement Committee Chair
    Brian Hoh Chair, Neurosurgery University of Florida 2016 CNS Vice President
    Steven Kalkanis Chair, Neurosurgery Henry Ford Health System 2016 CNS President-Elect, ABNS Officer
    David Langer Chair of Neurosurgery; Professor, Neurosurgery and Radiology Lennox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health 2019, 2017  
    Elad Levy Professor and Chair, Neurosurgery, Professor, Radiology State University of New York at Buffalo 2017 EC Secretary, Neurosurgery Section Editor, ABNS Officer
    Maryam Rahman Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery University of Florida College of Medicine 2018, 2017  
    Ganesh Rao Professor, Neurosurgery MD Anderson Cancer Center 2016 CNS President
    John Ratliff Professor and Vice Chair, Neurosurgery, Department Quality Officer, Co-Director, Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division Stanford University Medical Center 2016  
    Alan Scarrrow Neurosurgeon Mercy Springfield Clinic 2018, 2016 CNS Past-President
    Khoi Than Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery Oregon Health & Science University 2019  
    Ashwini Sharan Professor, Residency Program Director Thomas Jefferson Univesity 2019 CNS Past-President, Awards Chair
    Lola Chambless Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Associate Residency Program Director Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2019, 2018 Leadership Institute Co-Chair, EC Member-at-Large
    Brian Nahed Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Associate Residency Program Director Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 Leadership Institute Co-Chair, EC Ex-Officio
    Jennifer Sweet Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery and Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University 2019 Leadership Institute Vice-Chair, EC Member-at-Large, WINS Chairman

     

    Other Faculty

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    First NameLast NameProfessional TitleInstitutionYear
    Brain Asmussen Strategic Solutions Director, Strategic Customer Engagement Medtronic 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
    Ellen Frenkel Vice President of RTG Marketing Medtronic 2016
    Casey Gibson Manager, Global Learning and Leadership Development Medtronic 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
    Christine Jackson Senior Director, Global Health Policy, Reimbursement, and Health Economics Medtronic 2016
    Pierre-Thomas Leger Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Administration University of Illinois at Chicago 2018
    Jay Noren Associate Dean for Leadership Development University of Illinois at Chicago 2019, 2018
    Emily Stiehl Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration University of Illinois at Chicago 2019, 2018
    Steven Swanson President and Principal Consultant 3Pines M.D. Strategies, LLC, formerly with Medtronic 2016
    Karen Mathre Coaching Practice Leader Medtronic 2019
    Joan Lebow Attorney Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 2019
    Fan Zhang Healthcare Management Consultant The Terry Group 2019
    Tom Donlon Consulting Actuary The Terry Group 2019
    Nick Tilipman Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration University of Illinois at Chicago 2019

     

    Mentors

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    First NameLast NameProfessional TitleInstitutionYearCNS Title(s)
    Ellen Air Senior Staff and Clinical Assistant Professor, Staff Neurosurgeon Henry Ford Hospital 2019  
    Garni Barkhoudarian Assistant Professor John Wayne Cancer Institute 2019 EC Member-at-Large
    Sunit Das Neurosurgeon, Scientist, and Assistant Professor St. Michael's Hospital 2018  
    Andrew Grande Assistant Director, Neurosurgery and Co-Director, Earl Grande Stroke and Stem Cell Laboratory University of Minnesota 2019, 2018  
    Sandi Lam Director of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Program, Co-Director Craniofacial Surgery Program, Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery Baylor COM/Texas Children's Hospital 2018  
    Ian Lee Neurosurgeon Henry Ford Health System 2019, 2018  
    Clemens Schirmer Neurosurgery Residency Program Director Geisinger Health System 2018 EC Ex-Officio
    Hai Sun Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Director, Epilepsy Surgery LSUHSC Shreveport 2018  
    Khoi Than Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery Oregon Health & Science University 2019, 2018  

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