UAB DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY FACULTY
J. Nicole Bentley, MD
• Assistant Professor
• Functional and Movement Disorders; Epilepsy
Jeffrey P. Blount, MD
• Professor; Director, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Pediatric Neurosurgery-Epilepsy
M.R. Chambers, MD, DVM
• Professor
• Brain Tumors; Spinal Disorders
Winfield S. Fisher III, MD
• Griffith R. Harsh, III Endowed Chair
• Neurovascular Disorders; Brain Tumors
James Markert, MD, MPH
• James Garber Galbraith Endowed Chair;
Department Chair
• Neuro-Oncology
Ichiro Nakano, MD, PhD
• Professor
• Neuro-Oncology
Matthew J. Nelson, PhD
• Assistant Professor
• Neurovascular Disorders, Epilepsy, Functional and
Movement Disorders, Brain Tumors
W. Jerry Oakes, MD
• Dan Hendley Professor of Pediatrics and
Neurosurgery
• Pediatric Neurosurgery
G. Yancey Gillespie, PhD
• Professor Emeritus
• Neuro-oncology Mamerhi O. Okor, MD
• Associate Professor
• Medical Director, Ambulatory
• Spinal Disorders
Barton L. Guthrie, MD
• Professor
• Functional and Movement Disorders; Brain Tumors Satoru Osuka, MD, PhD
• Assistant Professor
• Molecular Neuro-oncology
Mark N. Hadley, MD
• Charles A. and Patsy W. Collat Endowed Chair;
Director Emeritus, Neurosurgery Residency Program
• Spinal Disorders Patrick R. Pritchard, MD
• Associate Professor
• Spinal Disorders
Mark Harrigan, MD
• Professor
• Medical Director, Inpatient
• Neurovascular Disorders
Zachary Irwin, PhD
• Instructor
• Functional and Movement Disorders, Computational
Neuroscience
James M. Johnston Jr., MD
• Associate Professor; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Fellowship Program
• Pediatric Neurosurgery-Brain Tumors; Spinal Disorders
and Neurovascular Disorders
Bonita S. Agee, PhD, MPH
• Instructor
• Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kristen Riley, MD
• Professor
• Brain Tumors, Epilepsy
Brandon G. Rocque, MD
• Associate Professor
• Pediatric Neurosurgery-Brain Tumors; Spinal
Disorders, Functional and Movement Disorders
Curtis J. Rozzelle, MD
• Professor; Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
• Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Disorders, Epilepsy
Thomas A. Staner, MD, FACS
• Clinical Professor
• Spinal Disorders
Jesse Jones, MD
• Assistant Professor
• Neurovascular Disorders Erwin Van Meir, PhD
• Professor
• Molecular Neuro-oncology
Elizabeth J. Le, MD
• Assistant Professor
• Brain Tumors; Neurovascular Disorders Beverly C. Walters, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
• Adjunct Professor
• Resident Education
Jianmei Wu Leavenworth, MD, PhD
• Assistant Professor
• Brain Tumors; Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
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