School of Medicine

Department of Neurosurgery

Department Head 

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Frank Culicchia, MD, FAANS
Professor and Chairman

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine                       
New Orleans, LA 

Residency:Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA  

Fellowship: Fellow, Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ 

Curriculum Vitae                                                                                 

Program Director 
 

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Gabriel Tender, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

Medical School: Craiova Medical School, Craiova, Romania
                      
Residency: Louisiana State University, School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA 

Fellowship: Pain Inhibition Research Fellowship
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Curriculum Vitae

 

Faculty
 

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Jason Wilson, MD, MBA, MS, FAANS
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

Medical School:Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine  
Cleveland, Ohio

Residency: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Fellowship: Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery Fellowship
Goodman and Campbell Brain and Spine
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Neurointerventional Fellowship
University Hospitals Case Medical Center 
Neurological Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Curriculum Vitae

    

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Aaron Mammoser, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

Medical School: University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Residency:University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas 

  
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Robert Dawson, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Residency: Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Denver, CO

Fellowship: Neuroradiology Fellowship:University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 

Curriculum Vitae 

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John Steck, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Residency: University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Curriculum Vitae  

                       Bryan Payne, MD                                        Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery                                         Medical School: University of Louisville, School of Medicine;                                                   Louisville, Kentucky                                         Residency: Louisiana State University School of Medicine                                        New Orleans, LA                                         Fellowship: University of Virginia, Department of Neurosurgery                                        Lars Leksell Radiosurgery                                         Emory University, Division of Neurosurgery                                        Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery            
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yan Payne, MD
       Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

       Medical School: University of Louisville, School of Medicine;                 Louisville, Kentucky

       Residency: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
       New Orleans, LA

       Fellowship: University of Virginia, Department of Neurosurgery
       
Lars Leksell Radiosurgery

                                        Emory University, Division of Neurosurgery
                                        Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery 

                                         
                                          Alan Velander, MD

                                          Assistant Professor of Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
                                         
                                          Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
                                          Ann Arbor, MI

                                          Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell                                                        Medical College
                                          New York, NY

                                          Neurocritical Care Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital                                                   

                                         
                                          Merritt Brown, MD
                                          Assistant Professor of Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
                                          Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
                                          Philadelphia, PA
                                           
 

                                   

Research Faculty

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Ludmila Belayev, M.D.                                                               
Professor/Research Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neuroscience Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical School: Medical University School, Novosibirsk, Russia               

Fellowship: Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine                                 

 

Emeritus Faculty 

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David G. Kline, M.D.
Professor and Department Chairman Emeritus                                        

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Residency: University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Curriculum Vitae

    
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Leo T. Happel, Ph.D - Gratis
Professor Emeritus, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physiology, and Neuroscience                  

PhD: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Children's Hospital
 

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Clarence Greene, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery                                                

Medical School: Howard University
Washington, D.C.

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 Oritsejolomi Adetola Roberts, MD
 Clinical Assistant Professor 

 Medical School: Duke University
 Durham, North Carolina

 Residency: University of Colorado
 Boulder, Colorado

  Curriculum Vitae

 
 

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Jerome Volk, III, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Residency: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

 
Fellowship:Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois