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Current Residents

PGY-7

Ali Alattar, MD
Hansen Deng, MD
Joseph Scott Hudson, MD
Andrew Legarreta, MD

Chief Residents

Prateek Agarwal, MD
Jeffrey Head, MD
Rachel Jacobs, MD
David McCarthy, MD

PGY-5

Sharath Anand, MD
Andrew Faramand, MD
Sakibul Huq, MD
Anthony Schulien, MD

PGY-4

Joe Garcia, MD
Will Shuman, MD

PGY-3

Hussein Abdallah, MD
Stephanie Casillo, MD
Albin John, MD
Oliver Y. Tang, MD

PGY-2

Jordan Petitt, MD
Madi Remick, MD
Jessica Ryvlin, MD
Nikhil Sharma, MD
Gina Watanabe, MD

PGY-1

Ritesh Karsalia, MD
Najib Muhammad, MD
Abhinav Pandey, MD
Rohit Prem Kumar MD
Sangami Pugazenthi, MD

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Residency Program Contact information

GME Academic Manager:
Melissa Lukehart

Director:
D. Kojo Hamilton, MD

Associate Program Director:
Nitin Agarwal, MD

Resident Education Director:
David T. Fernandes Cabral, MD

Address:
UPMC Presbyterian
Department of Neurological Surgery
Suite B-400/200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone:
412-647-6777

E-mail:
lukeml@upmc.edu

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Neurological Surgery

UPMC Presbyterian, Suite B-400
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-647-3685
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