2018-19 Neurosurgical Residents
Chief Residents
Jason Michael Paluzzi, M.D.
Hometown: Ewing, NJ
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Carlos Vivas, M.D.
Hometown: Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
Medical School: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of South Florida
Professional Interests: Pediatric spinal deformity and spinal biomechanics
PGY-6 Residents
Alexander Haas, M.D.
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Meleine Martinez Sosa, M.D.
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Medical School: University of Michigan
Undergraduate: Columbia University
PGY-5 Residents
Sara Hartnett, M.D.
Hometown: Texas
Medical School: University of Texas San Antonio
Undergraduate: Rice University
Professional Interests: Pediatrics,
Cranial, Epilepsy surgery
Brooks Osburn, M.D.
Hometown: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Medical School: University of Missouri Kansas City
Undergraduate: University of Missouri Kansas City
PGY-4 Residents
Clayton Bauer, M.D., PhD
Hometown:
De Land, Florida
Medical School: Virginia
Commonwealth University
Undergraduate: Wake Forrest
University
Travis Dailey, M.D.
Hometown: Clearwater,
Florida
Medical School: USF Health
Morsani College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Central Florida
Paul Krafft, M.D.
Hometown: Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
Medical School: J.W. Goethe-University, Germany
Undergraduate: J.W. Goethe-University, Germany
PGY-3 Residents
Vladimir Ljubimov, M.D.
Hometown:
Kiev, Ukraine
Medical School: Keck School
of Medicine University of Southern California
Undergraduate: University
of Southern California
Professional Interests: Functional,
spine, skull base, neuro- engineering, neuro-prosthetics
Paul McBride, M.D.
Hometown: Albany, New York
Medical School: University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Undergraduate: Boston College
PGY-2 Residents
Angel Chinea, M.D.
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Daniel Welsh, M.D.
Hometown: Springboro, Ohio
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Miami University (Ohio)
PGY-1 Residents
Jay Kumar, M.D., M.B.A
Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate: University of Oklahoma
Keaton Piper, M.D.
Hometown:
Springfield, MO
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Undergraduate:
University of Arkansas
Professional Interests: Pediatric neurosurgery, functional, and
spine