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Fellowship Programs

Complex Spinal Surgery Fellows

Current Fellow

2024-2025

Cesar Carballo, MD 

Past Fellows

2023-2024

Adolfo Hidalgo, MD
Berkeley Medical Center 
Martinsburg, WV 

2022-2023

Kelly Gassie, MD
Mayo Clinic
Post Graduate Fellowship

2016-2017

Jacob Januszewski, D.O.
Orlando Neurosurgery
Orlando, Florida

2015-2016

Chun Po Yen, MD
Associate Professor
University of Virginia

2014-2015

Gisela Murray Ortiz, MD
Private Practice
San Juan, Puerto Rico

2012-2013

Alexandros Zouzias, MD
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY

2011-2012

Armen R. Deukmedjian, MD, FAANS
NeuSpine Institute
Wesley Chapel, FL

2010-2011

Clinton Burkett, MD
Neurological Surgery Associates
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2009-2010

Rafael F. Cardona-Duran, MD
Puerto Rico Neurological Spine Surgery

2007-2008

Jaypal Reddy Sangala, MD
Sylvian Neuro Services
Hyderabad, India

2005-2006

Joji Inamasu, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine National Tokyo Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan

2002-2003

Caleb Lippman, MD
CommonSpirit Health
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Caple Spence, MD
INTEGRIS Health
Oklahoma City, OK

2001-2002

Shashank Sharad Kale, MD
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Delhi, India

2000-2001

Nilesh Kotecha, MD, FACS, FAANS, FCNS
Texas Institute for Spine Care
Houston, TX

1999-2000

Bret Abshire, MD, FAANS
Temecula Valley Neurosurgery 
Murrieta, CA

1998-1999

George J. Martin, MD, FAANS
Southwest NeuroSpine Institute
El Paso, TX

1996-1997

Shahin Etebar, MD
Southeast Brain & Spine Surgery
Columbus, GA

1995-1996

Walter Loyola, MD
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
Plano, TX

1992-1993

Lloyd Zucker, MD
Brain and Spine Center South Florida
Delray Beach, FL

Mark Krinock, MD
Ascension Borgess Hospital Neurosurgery of Kalamazoo  
Kalamazoo, MI

1991-1993

Ian Armstrong, MD
Orthopedic Institute
Beverly Hills, CA

1991-1992

Howard Lantner, MD
Saint Francis Hospital 
Hartford, CT

1990-1991

Jeffrey Segal, MD
Board Certified Neurosurgeon
Founder and CEO of Medical Justice 

Donald Graham, MD
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA

1989-1990

Bruce Anderson, MD
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical
Boise, ID