Stanford Neurosurgery Program Alumni

Graduation Year

Name

Current Professional Activity

Parastou Fatemi, MD 

Michael Zhang, MD 

Staff Neurosurgeon, Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, CA

Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Neurosurgeon, Providence Brain and Spine Institute, Portland, Oregon

Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgeon, Senior Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic Arizona

2019

Yi-Ren Chen, MD

2019

Adrienne Moraff, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Howard University College of Medicine

2019

Laura Prolo, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2018

Kai Miller, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

2018

Linda Xu, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center

2017

Maziyar Kalani, MD

Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery. Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ.

2017

Henry Jung, MD

Attending Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2016

Terry C. Burns MD, PhD

Lab website

Mayo Clinic - Consultant, Department of Neurologic Surgery; Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Neurologic Surgery

2016

Director, Glioma Program Director, Brain Tumor Translational Research Loma Linda University Health Center

2015

Allyson Alexander, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Colorado

2015

Anand Veeravagu, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford, CA

2015

Omar Choudhri, MD

Assistant Professor Of Neurosurgery

Director for Cerebral Revascularization at The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania

2014

Robert Lober, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Wright State University School Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton Children’s Hospital

2014

Melanie Gephart Hayden, MD

Lab website

Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford, CA
Co-Director, Stanford Brain Tumor Center

2014

Paul Kalanithi, MD (1977-2015)

In Loving Memory of a Distinguished Neurosurgeon, Scientist, Writer, Husband and Father

2013

Ashley Grosvenor Tian, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Banner Health,  Mesa, AZ

2013

Justin Santarelli, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

2012

Shih-Chun "David" Lin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2012

Kevin Chao, MD

Staff Pediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon, Kaiser R, CA

2011

Gordon Li, MD

Lab website

Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford 

2011

Nandan Lad MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery, Duke University, Durham, NC

2010

Scott Berta, MD

Neurosurgeon, St. Joseph Health Queen of the Valley, Napa, CA

2010

Gordon Sakamoto, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Mills-Peninsula (Sutter Health), Burlingame, CA

2010

Chirag Patil, MD, MSE

Program Director, Neurosurgery Training Program

Director, Center for Neurosurgical Outcomes Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Lewis Hou, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA

2009

Jenny Zou, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

2008

Sam Cheshier, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Primary Children’s Hospital

2008

Justin Massengale, MD

Neurosurgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Neurosurgery

2007

Arnett Klugh III, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center

2007

Michael Lim, MD

Chair and Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

2006

Jesse Babbitz, MD

Neurosurgeon, Mercy Medical Group, Sacramento, CA

2006

Stephen Ryu, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

2005

Robert Dodd, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2005

Paul Jackson, MD, PhD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

2004

Toki Oyelese, MD, PhD

Professor, Brown University

2003

Jeff Dembner, MD

Neurosurgeon, Regional Medical San Jose, CA

2003

Odette Harris, MD, MPH

Professor, Stanford University
Vice Chair of Diversity, Stanford Department of Neurosurgery

2002

Sivakumar Jaikumar, MD

Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill

2001

Jeffrey Lee, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA

2000

Carter Beck, MD

Private Practice, Missoula, MT

1999

Steven Chang, MD

Professor, Stanford University

1998

Gary Heit, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA

1997

Victor Tse, MD, PhD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA

1996

Marc Vanefsky, MD

Head of Southern California Kaiser Neurosurgery, Anaheim, CA

1995

Kimberly Page, MD

Private Practice, Redding, CA

1994

Allen Efron, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA

1993

Monte Weinberger, MD

Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

1992

John Duncan, MD, PhD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA

1991

William Sheridan, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA

1990

Mark Belza, MD

Private Practice, Bend, OR

1989

Robert Lieberson, MD

Neurosurgeon, Mercy General Hospital, Carmichael, CA

1988

Bart Guthrie, MD

Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

1987

Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD

Former Department Chair (1995-2020)
Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1986

Russ Andrews, MD

Private Practice, San Jose, CA

1985

Rod Sanden, MD

Private Practice, Roseville, CA

1984

Lawrence Shuer, MD

Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1983

Todd Helle, MD

Private Practice Muskegan, MI (retired)

1982

Marshal Rosario, MD

Private Practice, San Jose

1981

Mark Anderson, MD

Private Practice, Orange County, CA

1980

Dennis Becker, MD

Neurosurgery, Montgomery, AL

1979

Kenneth Burres, MD

Private Practice, San Fernando Valley, CA (deceased)

1978

Richard Britt, MD, PhD

Faculty, Stanford, CA (deceased)

1977

Michael Kendrick, MD

Private Practice, Bend, OR (retired)

1976

Denver Nelson, MD

Private Practice, Eureka, CA (retired)

1975

Frances Conley, MD

Professor, Stanford, CA (retired)

1974

Thomas Clancy, MD

Private Practice, Mountain View, CA (retired)

1973

Gerald Silverberg, MD

Professor (former chair), Stanford, CA (retired)

1972

John Runnels, MD

Professor, Stanford, CA (retired)

1971

George Koenig, MD

Private Practice, Redwood City, CA (retired)

1970

Donald Prolo, MD

Professor, Stanford, CA (retired)

1969

Ray Miller, MD

Private Practice, Mountain View, Lake Osugo, Bend, Carmel, PAMF (retired)

1968

Dewitt Gifford, MD

Private Practice, Alameda, CA (retired)

1967

Jan Belza, MD

Private Practice, Carmel, CA (retired)

1966

Richard Brown, MD

Private Practice, Santa Barbara, CA (retired)

1965

Manard Pont, MD

Private Practice, San Leandro, CA (deceased)

1964

William Lewis, MD

Private Practice, Monterey, CA (retired)