University of Wisconsin–Madison

Faculty & Staff

Cerebrovascular

Azam Ahmed

Credentials: MD, FAANS, FACS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

Credentials: MD

Position title: Robert J. Dempsey Professor in Neurological Surgery

Email: baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

Email: dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

David Niemann

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Laura Stone McGuire

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: mcguire@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Functional and Epilepsy

Azam Ahmed

Credentials: MD, FAANS, FACS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

General Neurosurgery

Amgad Hanna

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS

Email: hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bradley Schmidt

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: schmidt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Neuro Critical Care

Patrick Belton

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: belton@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Marin Darsie

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS in Emergency Medicine

Email: medarsie@medicine.wisc.edu

Erick Tarula

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS in Neurology

Email: tarula@neurology.wisc.edu

Neuroendovascular (NES)

Beverly Aagaard Kienitz

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS in Radiology

Email: BAagaard-Kienitz@uwhealth.org

Azam Ahmed

Credentials: MD, FAANS, FACS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

David Niemann

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Laura Stone McGuire

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: mcguire@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Otolaryngology

Ian Koszewski

Credentials: MD, FACS, FARS

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: koszewski@surgery.wisc.edu

Joseph Roche

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: jproche@wisc.edu

Pathology

Shahriar Salamat

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Professor - CHS in Pathology

Email: ssalamat@wisc.edu

Pediatric

Raheel Ahmed

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: raheel.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor

Email: iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Andy Stadler

Credentials: MD, MAS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: stadler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Peripheral Nerve

Amgad Hanna

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS

Email: hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor

Email: iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Plastic Surgery

Daniel Cho

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: chod@surgery.wisc.edu

Catharine Garland

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: garland@surgery.wisc.edu

Spine

Nathaniel Brooks

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS

Email: hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bradley Schmidt

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: schmidt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Tumor

Azam Ahmed

Credentials: MD, FAANS, FACS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

Credentials: MD

Position title: Robert J. Dempsey Professor in Neurological Surgery

Email: baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

Email: dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mahua Dey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: dey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Laura Stone McGuire

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: mcguire@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Biomedical Engineering

Kip Ludwig

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Eric Shusta

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

Email: eshusta@wisc.edu

Justin Williams

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

Email: jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Research Faculty

Reid Alisch

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: alisch@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

Credentials: MD

Position title: Robert J. Dempsey Professor in Neurological Surgery

Email: baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

Email: dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS

Email: hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor

Email: iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kip Ludwig

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Eric Shusta

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

Email: eshusta@wisc.edu

Raghu Vemuganti

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Justin Williams

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

Email: jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

All Faculty

Beverly Aagaard Kienitz

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS in Radiology

Email: BAagaard-Kienitz@uwhealth.org

Azam Ahmed

Credentials: MD, FAANS, FACS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raheel Ahmed

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: raheel.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Reid Alisch

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: alisch@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

Credentials: MD

Position title: Robert J. Dempsey Professor in Neurological Surgery

Email: baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Patrick Belton

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: belton@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Cho

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: chod@surgery.wisc.edu

Marin Darsie

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS in Emergency Medicine

Email: medarsie@medicine.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

Email: dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mahua Dey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: dey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Catharine Garland

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: garland@surgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS

Email: hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor

Email: iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Ian Koszewski

Credentials: MD, FACS, FARS

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: koszewski@surgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kip Ludwig

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: kaludwig2@wisc.edu

David Niemann

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Joseph Roche

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: jproche@wisc.edu

Shahriar Salamat

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Professor - CHS in Pathology

Email: ssalamat@wisc.edu

Bradley Schmidt

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: schmidt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Eric Shusta

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

Email: eshusta@wisc.edu

Andy Stadler

Credentials: MD, MAS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: stadler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Laura Stone McGuire

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: mcguire@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Erick Tarula

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS in Neurology

Email: tarula@neurology.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raghu Vemuganti

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Justin Williams

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

Email: jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Fellows

Kelsey Bowman

Credentials: MD

Position title: Endovascular Fellow

Email: bowman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Miner Ross

Credentials: MD, MPH

Position title: Cerebrovascular Fellow

Email: ross@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

PGY-7

Kelsey Bowman

Credentials: MD

Position title: Endovascular Fellow

Email: bowman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Research Scientists

Bharath Chelluboina

Credentials: M.Pharm, PhD

Position title: Scientist I

Email: chelluboina@wisc.edu

Suresh Mehta

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Scientist

Email: mehta@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Aaron Suminski

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist

Email: suminski@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Uma Wesley

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Research Professor
Distinguished Scientist

Email: wesley@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Research Staff

Dan Hellenbrand

Credentials: MS

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: hellenbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Administrative and Support Staff

Tara Anderson

Position title: Graduate Medical Education Program Manager

Email: anderson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-0480

Mary Benkaddour

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: benkaddour@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-7304

Max Brunner

Position title: Accountant III

Email: brunner@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-5885

Joyce Bushar

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: bushar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-1410

Anna Chapman

Position title: Senior Medical Program Assistant

Email: chapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-9585

Myhia Chapman

Position title: CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

Email: mchapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-4144

Robert Dempsey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

Email: dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Sara DeTienne

Position title: Senior Director of Development

Email: sara.detienne@supportuw.org

Phone: 608-308-5366

Mary Beth Dunning

Position title: Neuro Clerkship Student Services Coordinator

Email: dunning@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-9627

McKenzie Endres

Position title: Regulatory Research Specialist

Email: endres@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-7481

Steven Goodman

Position title: Distinguished Editor

Email: goodman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Chad Krueger

Position title: Senior Engineer IV

Email: krueger@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-0458

Olivia Lefevre

Position title: Neuro Clerkship Student Services Coordinator

Email: lefevre@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-2422

Aimee Lemrise

Position title: Senior Coding Coordinator

Email: lemrise@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-5271

Jenna Maybock

Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator II

Email: maybock@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-261-1577

Michelle Mcintyre

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: mcintyre@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-0485

Maggie Oimoen

Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator II

Email: oimoen@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-6493

Janelle Poehnelt

Position title: Education Coordinator

Email: poehnelt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-890-1988

Ardiana Rushiti

Position title: CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

Email: rushiti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-8857

Sima Sayyahmelli

Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator / Researcher I

Email: sayyahmelli@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-4514

Stephanie Schuessler

Position title: Executive Assistant I

Email: schuessler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-5967

Danielle Shaw

Position title: Administrative Assistant III

Email: shaw@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-4144

Emma Staudenmaier

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: staudenmaier@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-5443

Caleb Swenson

Position title: System Engineer IV

Email: swenson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-0458

Jessica Thorson

Position title: CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

Email: JThorson2@uwhealth.org

Niki Virnig

Credentials: MBA

Position title: Chief Administrative Officer
Department Administrator

Email: virnig@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Annie Weirough

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: weirough@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Cassie Whiting

Position title: Clinical Sciences Associate Department Administrator

Email: whiting@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-261-1417

Stephanie Wilbrand

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Research Administrator / Clinical Research Manager

Email: wilbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-9248

Greg Zalesak

Position title: Former Director

Email: zalesak@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-0590

All Faculty and Staff

Beverly Aagaard Kienitz

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS in Radiology

Email: BAagaard-Kienitz@uwhealth.org

Azam Ahmed

Credentials: MD, FAANS, FACS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raheel Ahmed

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: raheel.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Reid Alisch

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: alisch@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Tara Anderson

Position title: Graduate Medical Education Program Manager

Email: anderson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-0480

Mustafa Baskaya

Credentials: MD

Position title: Robert J. Dempsey Professor in Neurological Surgery

Email: baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Patrick Belton

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: belton@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mary Benkaddour

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: benkaddour@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-7304

Kelsey Bowman

Credentials: MD

Position title: Endovascular Fellow

Email: bowman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Max Brunner

Position title: Accountant III

Email: brunner@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-5885

Joyce Bushar

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: bushar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-1410

Anna Chapman

Position title: Senior Medical Program Assistant

Email: chapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-9585

Myhia Chapman

Position title: CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

Email: mchapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-4144

Bharath Chelluboina

Credentials: M.Pharm, PhD

Position title: Scientist I

Email: chelluboina@wisc.edu

Daniel Cho

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: chod@surgery.wisc.edu

Marin Darsie

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS in Emergency Medicine

Email: medarsie@medicine.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

Email: dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Sara DeTienne

Position title: Senior Director of Development

Email: sara.detienne@supportuw.org

Phone: 608-308-5366

Mahua Dey

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: dey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mary Beth Dunning

Position title: Neuro Clerkship Student Services Coordinator

Email: dunning@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-9627

McKenzie Endres

Position title: Regulatory Research Specialist

Email: endres@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-7481

Catharine Garland

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: garland@surgery.wisc.edu

Steven Goodman

Position title: Distinguished Editor

Email: goodman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Jocelyn Grendahl

Credentials: RN BSN CNRN

Position title: Patient Navigator

Email: grendahl@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor - CHS

Email: hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Karla Hano

Credentials: RN

Email: KHano@uwhealth.org

Dan Hellenbrand

Credentials: MS

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: hellenbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor

Email: iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Ian Koszewski

Credentials: MD, FACS, FARS

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: koszewski@surgery.wisc.edu

Chad Krueger

Position title: Senior Engineer IV

Email: krueger@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-0458

Wendell Lake

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Benjamin Lee

Credentials: MD

Email: blee@uwhealth.org

Olivia Lefevre

Position title: Neuro Clerkship Student Services Coordinator

Email: lefevre@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-2422

Aimee Lemrise

Position title: Senior Coding Coordinator

Email: lemrise@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-5271

Kip Ludwig

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Jenna Maybock

Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator II

Email: maybock@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-261-1577

Michelle Mcintyre

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: mcintyre@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-0485

Suresh Mehta

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Scientist

Email: mehta@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Elsa Nico

Credentials: MD

Email: enico@uwhealth.org

David Niemann

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Maggie Oimoen

Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator II

Email: oimoen@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-6493

Jenny Paul

Credentials: RN

Email: jpaul@uwhealth.org

Janelle Poehnelt

Position title: Education Coordinator

Email: poehnelt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-890-1988

Daniel Resnick

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Joseph Roche

Credentials: MD

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: jproche@wisc.edu

Miner Ross

Credentials: MD, MPH

Position title: Cerebrovascular Fellow

Email: ross@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Ardiana Rushiti

Position title: CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

Email: rushiti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-8857

Shahriar Salamat

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Professor - CHS in Pathology

Email: ssalamat@wisc.edu

Sima Sayyahmelli

Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator / Researcher I

Email: sayyahmelli@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-4514

Bradley Schmidt

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: schmidt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Stephanie Schuessler

Position title: Executive Assistant I

Email: schuessler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-5967

Danielle Shaw

Position title: Administrative Assistant III

Email: shaw@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-4144

Eric Shusta

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

Email: eshusta@wisc.edu

Samantha Skaife

Credentials: DNP APNP

Email: SSkaife@uwhealth.org

Andy Stadler

Credentials: MD, MAS

Position title: Associate Professor - CHS

Email: stadler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Emma Staudenmaier

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: staudenmaier@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-5443

Laura Stone McGuire

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS

Email: mcguire@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Aaron Suminski

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist

Email: suminski@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Caleb Swenson

Position title: System Engineer IV

Email: swenson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-0458

Erick Tarula

Credentials: MD

Position title: Assistant Professor - CHS in Neurology

Email: tarula@neurology.wisc.edu

Jessica Thorson

Position title: CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

Email: JThorson2@uwhealth.org

Gregory Trost

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raghu Vemuganti

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor, Vice-Chair

Email: vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Niki Virnig

Credentials: MBA

Position title: Chief Administrative Officer
Department Administrator

Email: virnig@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Annie Weirough

Position title: Medical Program Assistant

Email: weirough@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Uma Wesley

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Research Professor
Distinguished Scientist

Email: wesley@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Cassie Whiting

Position title: Clinical Sciences Associate Department Administrator

Email: whiting@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-261-1417

Stephanie Wilbrand

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Research Administrator / Clinical Research Manager

Email: wilbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-265-9248

Justin Williams

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

Email: jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Greg Zalesak

Position title: Former Director

Email: zalesak@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-0590