Our Faculty

• Harry Van Loveren, MD
  

  David W. Cahill Professor and Chair
  Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
  Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
  hvanlove@health.usf.edu

• Siviero Agazzi, MD, MBA,FACS
  

  Vice Chair, Professor
  Director, Division of Cranial Surgery
  Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
  sagazzi@health.usf.edu

• Naomi Abel, MD
  

  Assistant Professor
  nabel@health.usf.edu

• Puya Alikhani, MD
  

  Assistant Professor
  Complex Spine, Scoleosis Surgery
  Pituitary Surgery
  palikhan@health.usf.edu

• Gene Balis, MD
  

  Professor
  gbalis@health.usf.edu

• Yarema (Jeremy) Bezchlibnyk, MD, PhD, FRCSC
  

  
  yaremab@health.usf.edu

• Paula Bickford, PHD
  

  Distinguished Professor, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair
  pbickfor@health.usf.edu

• Cesario Borlongan, MA, PHD
  

  Professor
  Director and Distinguished Professor, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair
  cborlong@health.usf.edu

• Michael Campanelli, DO
  

  Assistant Professor
  General Neurosurgery
  mcampane@health.usf.edu

• Thomas Freeman, MD, FAANS, FACS
  

  Professor
  Neural Transplantation for Neurological disorders, Complex Spine Surgery
  tfreeman@health.usf.edu

• Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis, PhD, D.Sc
  

  Professor, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair
  sgarbuzo@health.usf.edu

• Mark Greenberg, MD, FAANS
  

  Associate Professor
  General Spine Neurosurgery
  mgreenbe@health.usf.edu

• Yuji Kaneko, PHD
  

  Assistant Professor, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair
  ykaneko@health.usf.edu

• Tsz Lau, MD
  

  Assistant Professor
  Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
  tlau@health.usf.edu

• Yolanda Leon
  

  Associate Professor
  Neuropsychology
  

• Shih Liu, MD
  

  Instructor
  sliu@health.usf.edu

• Michelle Mattingly, PhD, ABPP
  

  Assistant Professor, Neurology
  mmatting@health.usf.edu

• Maxim Mokin, MD PHD
  

  Associate Professor, Endovascular Neurology
  mokin@health.usf.edu

• Raul Olivera, M.D., FAANS
  

  Assistant Professor
  Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
  rolivera@health.usf.edu

• Zeguang Ren, MD, PhD
  

  Assistant Professor
  General Neurosurgery, Endovascular Neurosurgery
  zren@health.usf.edu

• Jayson Sack, MD
  

  Assistant Professor
  Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
  jsack@health.usf.edu

• Paul R. Sanberg, PHD
  

  Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Aging
  psanberg@usf.edu

• Michael Schoenberg, PHD, ABPP
  

  Associate Professor
  Neuropsychology
  

• Roland Shytle, PHD
  

  
  dshytle@health.usf.edu

• Donald Smith, MD
  

  Associate Professor
  General Spine Neurosurgery, Deep Brain Stimulation
  dosmith@health.usf.edu

• Jose Torres Gluck, MD
  

  Assistant Professor General Neurosurgery
  jtorresg@health.usf.edu

• Naoki Tajiri, P.T., Ph.D.
  

  
  ntajiri@health.usf.edu

• Susan Welsh, DC, D.A.C.B.S.P.
  

  Chiropractor, Neurosurgery
  swelsh@health.usf.edu

• Alison Willing, PhD
  

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  awilling@health.usf.edu

Adjunct Faculty

• Carolyn Marie Carey, M.D.
  

  Affiliate Assistant Professor
  

• George Issa Jallo, M.D.
  

  Clinical Practice Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
  Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
  Volunteer Professor
  

• Luis Felipe Rodriguez, M.D.
  

  Affiliate Assistant Professor
  

• Nam D. Tran, MD, PhD
  

  Affiliate Assistant Professor
  

• Gerald Francis Tuite, M.D.
  

  Affiliate Associate Professor
  

• Steven Parrish Winesett, M.D.
  

  Affiliate Assistant Professor
  

In memoriam

• David  W. Cahill, M.D.
  

  
  

• John Thompson, M.D.