Meet Our Neurosurgery Residents
Postgraduate Year 7
Karim Ahmed, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Notre Dame (2014)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University (2020)
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate
Awards and Grants:
- The Spine Journal and North American Spine Society (NASS) 2020 Outstanding Paper Award
- CNS 2021 Tumor Paper of the Year
Wataru Ishida, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Tokyo (2008)
Medical School: University of Tokyo (2012)
Clinical Focus: Skull base, brain tumors, epilepsy, functional
Research Focus: Robotic neurosurgery, autonomous neurosurgery, neurosurgery
education, EEG/AI
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | PubMed
Awards and Grants:
- JHH, Earl Walker Outstanding International Fellow Award (2016)
- Columbia University, Gallen Professorship Research Grant (2017)
- AANS/CNS, The American Brain Tumor Association Young Investigator Award
(2018) - Publons, Top 1% Global Peer Review Award (2019)
- JHH, Evelyn Spiro Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Research Fund (2019)
Jawad Khalifeh, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: American University of Beirut (2015)
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2020)
Clinical Focus: Spine and peripheral nerve surgery
Research Focus: peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury, clinical outcomes and health services research in spinal surgery and spinal oncology, neuro-regeneration and neuromodulation, robotic spine surgery
Profiles: Google Scholar | PubMed | X
Awards and Grants:
- Charles Kuntz Scholar, AANS/CNS Section on Diseases of the Spine and Peripheral
Nerves (2025) - Chairman’s Award for Improving Patient Safety, Johns Hopkins University (2024)
- House Staff Council Resident Appreciation Award (2022)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2020)
Postgraduate Year 6
Cory Chang, M.D.
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (2021)
Joe Dardick, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia (2015)
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2021)
Clinical Focus: CSF disorders, Neurotrauma, and Complex Spine
Research Focus: Device innovation and translational/interventional research on improving diagnostics and outcomes for CSF disorders, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury with focuses on ultrasound technologies and low-risk/low-cost interventions. See ongoing clinical trial.
Profiles: LinkedIn
Awards and Grants:
- K22 Pipeline Accelerator, NRCDP (2025)
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Distinguished Teaching Society (2025)
- Physician Scientist Training Program Research Grant, Johns Hopkins Hospital (2025)
- Donlin Long Outstanding Resident Teacher Award (2024)
- Johns Hopkins Discovery Award: Continuous and Active Surveillance of Shunt Infections
- using Clip-on Device (2023)
- Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation Research Grant (2023)
- Physician Scientist Training Program Scholar, Johns Hopkins Hospital (2022)
- AAN Futures in Neurological Research Award (2020)
- Medical Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2016-2018)
James Feghali, M.D.
Medical School: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (2018)
Profiles: LinkedIn | X
Awards and Grants:
- Chairman’s Award for Improving Patient Safety, Johns Hopkins University (2025)
- A. Earl Walker Award for Research, Johns Hopkins University (2020)
- Canon Medical Seed Funding Program Grant (2020-2022)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Connor Liu, M.D.
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis (2021)
Awards and Grants:
- Physician Scientist Training Program Scholar, Johns Hopkins Hospital (2022)
- Program Evaluation Committee neurosurgery representative
- CNS Tumor Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award (2019)
- Medical Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2016-2018)
Postgraduate Year 5
Timour Al-Khindi, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Education: Johns Hopkins University (2022)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University (2022)
Liam Hughes, M.D.
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University - Sidney Kimmel Medical College (2022)
Profiles: X | Google Scholar
Emily Johnson, M.D., M.S.
Graduate Education: Tufts University (2017)
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis (2022)
Ethan Srinivasan, M.D.
Medical School: Duke University (2022)
Profiles: LinkedIn | Google Scholar
Postgraduate Year 4
Joshua Materi, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Wyoming (2015)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2023)
Profiles: X | ResearchGate | PubMed | LinkedIn
Aaron Rusheen, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester (2014)
Medical School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (2023)
Graduate Education: Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2023)
Profiles: Google Scholar | X | PubMed
Awards and Grants:
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
- NIH Leadership Development Program Fellowship
- Society for Neuroscience Uihlein Neurosurgery Research Scholarship, Mayo Clinic
Patricia Yee, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2011)
Graduate Education: Penn State College of Medicine (2021)
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (2023)
Profiles: PubMed | Google Scholar | X
Postgraduate Year 3
Andrew Hersh, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Princeton University (2018)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2024)
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | PubMed | X
Bridget Nolan, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Lehigh University (2015)
Medical School: New York Medical College (2024)
Jacob Jo, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College (2017)
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2024)
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | X
Michelle Odonkor, M.D., M.P.H.
Undergraduate Education: Harvard University (2018)
Graduate Education: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2023)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2024)
Research Focus: Global neurosurgery, neurosurgery capacity building
Profiles: LinkedIn | PubMed | Google Scholar
Postgraduate Year 2
Jonathan Ho, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | X
Carly Weber-Levine, M.D., M.S.
Undergraduate Education: Stanford University (2019)
Graduate Education: Stanford University (2020)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2025)
Research Focus: Medical device design and innovation
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | PubMed
Sumil Nair, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | PubMed
Pranav Warman, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Duke University
Medical School: Duke University of School of Medicine
Research Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Real World Evidence
Profiles: Google Scholar | LinkedIn
David Zarrin, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Profiles: Google Scholar | LinkedIn
Postgraduate Year 1
Meghana Bhimreddy, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2026)
Profiles: ResearchGate | PubMed | X
Saket Myneni, M.D., M.P.H.
Undergraduate Education: Stanford University (2021)
Graduate Education: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2025)
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2026)
Profiles: ResearchGate | PubMed
Megan Parker, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: Stanford University
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University (2026)
Research Focus: Brain Tumor Diagnostics
Profiles: ResearchGate
Harshal Shah, M.D.
Undergraduate Education: University of Maryland, College Park (2021)
Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (2026)
Profiles: Google Scholar | ResearchGate | X