Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
2023-24 Neurological Surgery Residents
Chief Residents
Angel Chinea, M.D.
Medical School: Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Tampa
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cesar Carballo Cuello, M.D.
Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe (Puerto Rico)
Undergraduate: University of Tampa
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ivo Petoe, M.D.
Previous Residency: Albert-Ludwig University (Germany)
Medical School: Charles University (Czech Republic)
Undergraduate: Charles University (Czech Republic)
Hometown: Kosice, Slovakia
PGY-6 Residents
Jay Kumar, M.D., M.B.A
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Graduate School: Harvard Business School, Masters in Business Administration
Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Keaton Piper, M.D.
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Undergraduate:
University of Arkansas
Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
PGY-5 Residents
Gautam Rao, M.D.
Medical School: USF Health, Morsani College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Maryland
Hometown: Clarksville, Maryland
Ryan Screven, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Alabama, College of Medicine
Undergraduate: The University of Tampa
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
PGY-4 Residents
Elliot Neal, M.D.
Undergraduate: Tulane University
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Elliot Pressman, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
PGY-3 Residents
Mohammad Hassan A. Nour El Dine, M.D., MSc
Medical School: LAU
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanon
Graduate School: Lebanese University (Lebanon), Masters in Neuroradiology
Undergraduate: Lebanese
American University (LAU), Beirut, Lebanon
Hometown: Ghassanieh, Lebanon
Anthony Patrizz, M.D., PhD
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Graduate School: MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School, PhD in Neurobiology Undergraduate: University of Connecticut
Hometown: Vernon, Connecticut
PGY-2 Residents
Casey Ryan, M.D.
Undergraduate: Penn State University
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Srujan Kopparapu, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of California - Davis
Hometown: Folsom, California
PGY-1 Residents
Phillip "Mitch" Johansen, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Utah
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Gersham Rainone, M.D.
Undergraduate: Providence College
Hometown: Cranston, Rhode Island