Our Team

Chairman

Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD

Julius Stoll, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital
Clinical Director, Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute
President, Neurosurgery Foundation

Neurosurgery Clinical Faculty

Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD

Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience
Director, Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Program
Director, Cognitive Neuro-physiology and Neuro-modulation Laboratory

Deus J. Cielo, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Director,Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division
Co-Director,Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program
Director,Miriam Hospital Neurosurgery Program

Curtis E. Doberstein, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery
Executive Vice-Chair, Clinical Operations
Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull-base Surgery Division
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program

Jared S. Fridley, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Spinal Outcomes Laboratory

Maria A. Guglielmo, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Neurosurgery at Kent Hospital

Petra M. Klinge, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Division
Director, Center for CSF Disorders of the Brain and Spine

Adetokunbo A. Oyelese, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Spinal Surgery Division
Surgical Director, Comprehensive Spine Center

Prakash Sampath, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Immunotherapy Program
Director, Neurosurgery at Roger Williams Medical Center

Konstantina A. Svokos, DO, MS

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Director of Fetal Neurosurgery

Albert E. Telfeian, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice-Chair, Quality Improvement
Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Steven A. Toms, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology
Vice-Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Tumor and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program

Alexios G. Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Director, Comprehensive Spine Center

Keith-Austin Scarfo, DO, MS

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Comprehensive Spine Center,
Medical Arm

Kyle Silva, DO

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Comprehensive Spine Center,
Medical Arm

Tianyi (Tim) Niu, MD

Junior Attending - Spine

Joaquin Q. Camara, MD

Junior Attending - Spine

Neurointerventional Radiology Clinical Faculty

Richard A. Haas, MD

Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
of Diagnostic Imaging, Neurosurgery, and Neurology

Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
Director, Neurovascular Center

Ryan A. McTaggart, MD

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
Director, Interventional Neuroradiology

Neurocritical Care Clinical Faculty

Ali Mahta, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Neurosurgery and Neurocritical Care
Academic Neurointensivist
Neurologist

Shyam Rao, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Neurologist, Division of Neurocritical Care
Director, Quality Control, Neurocritical Care Unit, Rhode Island Hospital

Michael Reznik, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Neurologist, Division of Neurocritical Care

N. Stevenson Potter, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Neurologist, Division of Neurocritical Care

Bradford B. Thompson, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director, Division of Neurocritical Care
Medical Director, Neurocritical Care Unit
Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center for Neurocritical Care Services

Linda C. Wendell, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Education
Vice-Chair of Education for Neurology
Director, Clinical Neurosciences Clerkship (Neurology)
Director, Sub-Internship in Neurology, Advanced Elective in Neurology

Neuro-Oncology Clinical Faculty

Heinrich Elinzano, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Clinician Educator
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Committee
Co-Director, Brown University Oncology Research Group
Neuro-Oncology Medical Lead, Lifespan Cancer Institute

Alexander Mohler, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Medicine
Attending Neurologist, Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, and Newport Hospital
Co-Director of the Neuro-Oncology Clinic, Lifespan Cancer Institute

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Clinical Faculty

Rishi Lulla, MD, MS

Division Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology,
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Attending Physician,
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Alan G. Hassenfeld Endowed Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Neuropathology Clinical Faculty

Douglas C. Anthony, MD, PHD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Neurology
Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Medical Director, Lifespan Laboratories, Lifespan Academic Medical Center
Associate Director for Translational Research
Lifespan Cancer Institute