Faculty & Staff

Azam Ahmed

MD, FAANS, FACS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

MD

Professor

baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

MD

Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

David Niemann

MD

Associate Professor

niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Azam Ahmed

MD, FAANS, FACS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

MD

Assistant Professor

lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

MD

Professor

hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Darnell Josiah

MD

Assistant Professor

josiah@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Lincoln Ramirez

MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus

ramirez@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Marin Darsie

MD

Assistant Professor - CHS in Emergency Medicine

medarsie@medicine.wisc.edu

Joshua Medow

MD, MSc, PhD

Tenured Associate Professor

medow@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Erick Tarula

MD

Assistant Professor - CHS in Neurology

tarula@neurology.wisc.edu

Beverly Aagaard-Kienitz

MD

Professor - CHS in Radiology

BAagaard-Kienitz@uwhealth.org

Azam Ahmed

MD, FAANS, FACS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

David Niemann

MD

Associate Professor

niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Shahriar Salamat

MD, PhD

Professor - CHS in Pathology

ssalamat@wisc.edu

Raheel Ahmed

MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

raheel.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

MD

Professor

iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

James Stadler III

MD

Assistant Professor

stadler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

MD

Professor

hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

MD

Professor

iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

MD

Associate Professor

brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

MD

Professor

hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Darnell Josiah

MD

Assistant Professor

josiah@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

MD

Assistant Professor

lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Azam Ahmed

MD, FAANS, FACS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

MD

Professor

baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

MD

Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mahua Dey

MD

Assistant Professor

dey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kip Ludwig

PhD

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Eric Shusta

PhD

Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

eshusta@wisc.edu

Justin Williams

PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Reid Alisch

PhD

Assistant Professor

alisch@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

MD

Professor

baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

MD

Associate Professor

brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

MD

Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

MD

Professor

hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

MD

Professor

iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

MD

Assistant Professor

lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kip Ludwig

PhD

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Joshua Medow

MD, MSc, PhD

Tenured Associate Professor

medow@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Eric Shusta

PhD

Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

eshusta@wisc.edu

Raghu Vemuganti

PhD

Professor, Vice-Chair

vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Justin Williams

PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Beverly Aagaard-Kienitz

MD

Professor - CHS in Radiology

BAagaard-Kienitz@uwhealth.org

Azam Ahmed

MD, FAANS, FACS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raheel Ahmed

MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

raheel.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Reid Alisch

PhD

Assistant Professor

alisch@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mustafa Baskaya

MD

Professor

baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

MD

Associate Professor

brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Marin Darsie

MD

Assistant Professor - CHS in Emergency Medicine

medarsie@medicine.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

MD

Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mahua Dey

MD

Assistant Professor

dey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

MD

Professor

hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

MD

Professor

iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Darnell Josiah

MD

Assistant Professor

josiah@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

MD

Assistant Professor

lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kip Ludwig

PhD

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Joshua Medow

MD, MSc, PhD

Tenured Associate Professor

medow@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

David Niemann

MD

Associate Professor

niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Lincoln Ramirez

MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus

ramirez@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Shahriar Salamat

MD, PhD

Professor - CHS in Pathology

ssalamat@wisc.edu

Eric Shusta

PhD

Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

eshusta@wisc.edu

James Stadler III

MD

Assistant Professor

stadler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Erick Tarula

MD

Assistant Professor - CHS in Neurology

tarula@neurology.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raghu Vemuganti

PhD

Professor, Vice-Chair

vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Justin Williams

PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Denise Brost

NP

brost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Randi Davis

NP

davis@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendy Fahey

RN

WFahey@uwhealth.org

Letitia Geanon

NP

geanon@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Jennifer Hildner

NP

Jennifer.Hildner@uwmf.wisc.edu

Sara Hormig

NP

hormig@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Susan Hubanks

APNP

hubanks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Joan Kutz

RN

kutz@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Jessica Leiberg

NP

leiberg@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Theresa Lenaghan

NP

lenaghan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Jacob Mcgrath

PA

Jacob.McGrath@uwmf.wisc.edu

Lisa Mclennan

NP

mclennan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Emily Meyer

APNP

meyer@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Ann Miller

RN, BSN

miller@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Melissa Pechan

PA-C

pechan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Shelly Schmoller

PA-C

schmoller@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Andrea Strayer

NP

strayer@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Karla Wheeler

RN

KWheeler@uwhealth.org

Jennifer Winchell

NP

winchell@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mark Corriveau

MD
(PGY6)
NES Fellow

corriveau@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Vikas Parmar

MD
(PGY7)
Spine Fellow

parmar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Angela Richardson

MD, PhD
Skull Base Fellow

richardson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Larry Bodden

MD

bodden@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Demi Dawkins

MD

dawkins@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Vikas Parmar

MD
(PGY7)
Spine Fellow

parmar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mark Corriveau

MD
(PGY6)
NES Fellow

corriveau@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bradley Schmidt

MD

schmidt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Paul Page

MD

page@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Burkett

MD

burkett@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mark Kraemer

MD

kraemer@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kelsey Bowman

MD

bowman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Niall Buckley

MD

buckley@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Youngwon Youn

MD

youn@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Garret Greeneway

MD

GGreeneway@uwhealth.org

Sarah Larson

MD

slarson5@uwhealth.org

Joyce Koueik

MD

jkoueik@uwhealth.org

Lars Meisner

MD

LMeisner@uwhealth.org

Kahlilia Blanco

PhD

Assistant Scientist

blanco@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Suresh Mehta

PhD

Associate Scientist

mehta@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Gurwattan Miranpuri

PhD

Senior Scientist

miranpuri@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Aaron Suminski

PhD

Senior Scientist

suminski@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Uma Wesley

PhD

Research Professor
Distinguished Scientist

wesley@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nithya Harihan

MD

Research Specialist

harihan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Dan Hellenbrand

MS

Research Specialist

hellenbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Tara Anderson

Resident Coordinator Medical Program Assistant Senior

anderson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-0480

Stephanie Armstrong

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate Research Specialist

armstrong@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-6493

Mary Benkaddour

Medical Program Assistant Associate

benkaddour@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-7304

Jenna Bock

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate Research Specialist

bock@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-261-1577

Joyce Bushar

Medical Program Assistant Associate

bushar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-1410

Anna Chapman

Medical Program Assistant-Senior

chapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-9585

Myhia Chapman

CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

mchapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-4144

Robert Dempsey

MD

Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Sara DeTienne

Senior Director of Development

sara.detienne@supportuw.org

608-308-5366

Mary Beth Dunning

Neuro Clerkship Student Services Coordinator

dunning@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-9627

Steven Goodman

Editor

goodman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Chad Krueger

Senior Information Processing Consultant

krueger@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-0458

Aimee Lemrise

Medical Coding Specialist

lemrise@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-5271

Ali Lindemulder

Program Assistant Advanced Confidential

lindemulder@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-5443

Michelle Mcintyre

Medical Program Assistant Associate

mcintyre@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-0485

Olivia Neuman

Financial Specialist

neuman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-5885

Melanie Rider

CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

rider@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-4144

Ardiana Rushiti

CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

rushiti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-8857

Stephanie Schussler

Program Assistant Advanced Confidential

schuessler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-5885

Caleb Swenson

Senior Information Processing Consultant

swenson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-0458

Paige Veach

Pediatrics Surgery Scheduler, UWHC

PVeach@uwhealth.org

608-422-8238

Cassie Whiting

Operations Manager

whiting@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-261-1417

Stephanie Wilbrand

PhD

Research Specialist Clinical Trials Manager Research Program Manager of the UW RCC Educational/Training Contact for UW RCC

wilbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-9248

Cedric Williams

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate Research Specialist

cwilliams@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-7481

Greg Zalesak

Director

zalesak@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-0590

Beverly Aagaard-Kienitz

MD

Professor - CHS in Radiology

BAagaard-Kienitz@uwhealth.org

Azam Ahmed

MD, FAANS, FACS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Raheel Ahmed

MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

raheel.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Reid Alisch

PhD

Assistant Professor

alisch@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Tara Anderson

Resident Coordinator Medical Program Assistant Senior

anderson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-0480

Stephanie Armstrong

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate Research Specialist

armstrong@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-6493

Mustafa Baskaya

MD

Professor

baskaya@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mary Benkaddour

Medical Program Assistant Associate

benkaddour@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-7304

Kahlilia Blanco

PhD

Assistant Scientist

blanco@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Jenna Bock

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate Research Specialist

bock@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-261-1577

Larry Bodden

MD

bodden@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Kelsey Bowman

MD

bowman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nathaniel Brooks

MD

Associate Professor

brooks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Denise Brost

NP

brost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Niall Buckley

MD

buckley@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Burkett

MD

burkett@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Joyce Bushar

Medical Program Assistant Associate

bushar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-1410

Anna Chapman

Medical Program Assistant-Senior

chapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-9585

Myhia Chapman

CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

mchapman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-4144

Mark Corriveau

MD
(PGY6)
NES Fellow

corriveau@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Marin Darsie

MD

Assistant Professor - CHS in Emergency Medicine

medarsie@medicine.wisc.edu

Randi Davis

NP

davis@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Demi Dawkins

MD

dawkins@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Robert Dempsey

MD

Manucher J. Javid Professor & Chairman

dempsey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Sara DeTienne

Senior Director of Development

sara.detienne@supportuw.org

608-308-5366

Mahua Dey

MD

Assistant Professor

dey@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Mary Beth Dunning

Neuro Clerkship Student Services Coordinator

dunning@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-9627

Wendy Fahey

RN

WFahey@uwhealth.org

Letitia Geanon

NP

geanon@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Steven Goodman

Editor

goodman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Garret Greeneway

MD

GGreeneway@uwhealth.org

Clayton Haldeman

MD

haldeman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Amgad Hanna

MD

Professor

hanna@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Nithya Harihan

MD

Research Specialist

harihan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Dan Hellenbrand

MS

Research Specialist

hellenbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Jennifer Hildner

NP

Jennifer.Hildner@uwmf.wisc.edu

Sara Hormig

NP

hormig@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Susan Hubanks

APNP

hubanks@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Bermans Iskandar

MD

Professor

iskandar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Darnell Josiah

MD

Assistant Professor

josiah@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Joyce Koueik

MD

jkoueik@uwhealth.org

Mark Kraemer

MD

kraemer@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Chad Krueger

Senior Information Processing Consultant

krueger@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-0458

Joan Kutz

RN

kutz@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Wendell Lake

MD

Assistant Professor

lake@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Sarah Larson

MD

slarson5@uwhealth.org

Jessica Leiberg

NP

leiberg@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Aimee Lemrise

Medical Coding Specialist

lemrise@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-5271

Theresa Lenaghan

NP

lenaghan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Ali Lindemulder

Program Assistant Advanced Confidential

lindemulder@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-5443

Kip Ludwig

PhD

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

kaludwig2@wisc.edu

Jacob Mcgrath

PA

Jacob.McGrath@uwmf.wisc.edu

Michelle Mcintyre

Medical Program Assistant Associate

mcintyre@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-0485

Lisa Mclennan

NP

mclennan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Joshua Medow

MD, MSc, PhD

Tenured Associate Professor

medow@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Suresh Mehta

PhD

Associate Scientist

mehta@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Lars Meisner

MD

LMeisner@uwhealth.org

Emily Meyer

APNP

meyer@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Ann Miller

RN, BSN

miller@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Gurwattan Miranpuri

PhD

Senior Scientist

miranpuri@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Eric Momin

MD

Spine Fellow

momin@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Olivia Neuman

Financial Specialist

neuman@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-5885

David Niemann

MD

Associate Professor

niemann@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Paul Page

MD

page@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Vikas Parmar

MD
(PGY7)
Spine Fellow

parmar@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Melissa Pechan

PA-C

pechan@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Lincoln Ramirez

MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus

ramirez@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Daniel Resnick

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

resnick@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Angela Richardson

MD, PhD
Skull Base Fellow

richardson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Melanie Rider

CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

rider@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-4144

Ardiana Rushiti

CPC– Medical Coding Specialist

rushiti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-8857

Shahriar Salamat

MD, PhD

Professor - CHS in Pathology

ssalamat@wisc.edu

Bradley Schmidt

MD

schmidt@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Shelly Schmoller

PA-C

schmoller@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Stephanie Schussler

Program Assistant Advanced Confidential

schuessler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-5885

Eric Shusta

PhD

Howard Curler Distinguished Professor

eshusta@wisc.edu

James Stadler III

MD

Assistant Professor

stadler@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Andrea Strayer

NP

strayer@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Aaron Suminski

PhD

Senior Scientist

suminski@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Caleb Swenson

Senior Information Processing Consultant

swenson@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-0458

Erick Tarula

MD

Assistant Professor - CHS in Neurology

tarula@neurology.wisc.edu

Gregory Trost

MD

Professor, Vice-Chair

trost@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Paige Veach

Pediatrics Surgery Scheduler, UWHC

PVeach@uwhealth.org

608-422-8238

Raghu Vemuganti

PhD

Professor, Vice-Chair

vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Uma Wesley

PhD

Research Professor
Distinguished Scientist

wesley@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Karla Wheeler

RN

KWheeler@uwhealth.org

Cassie Whiting

Operations Manager

whiting@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-261-1417

Stephanie Wilbrand

PhD

Research Specialist Clinical Trials Manager Research Program Manager of the UW RCC Educational/Training Contact for UW RCC

wilbrand@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-265-9248

Cedric Williams

Clinical Research Coordinator Associate Research Specialist

cwilliams@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-262-7481

Justin Williams

PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adjunct faculty of Neurological Surgery

jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu

Jennifer Winchell

NP

winchell@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Youngwon Youn

MD

youn@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Greg Zalesak

Director

zalesak@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

608-263-0590