Howard Riina, M.D (Chairman Medical Advisory Board)
Weill Cornell Medical College - New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York, New York
Director of neurological surgery residency program
Co-Director Interventional neuroradiology
Associate Professor of neurological surgery

Dr. Howard A. Riina received his B.S.E. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Biology from Franklin and Marshall College. Dr. Riina then received a Master of Philosophy in Molecular Neurobiology from Cambridge University before receiving his MD from Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Riina then completed his General Surgical internship and Neurosurgical training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During this neurosurgical program, he completed fellowships in Diagnostic Neuroradiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Endovascular-Interventional Neuroradiology at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Beth Israel Medical Center.

Prior to joining Weill Cornel Medical College of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Riina completed a fellowship in Cerebrovascular/Skull Base Surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. Dr Riina has lectured and published extensively regarding intracranial aneurysms and vascular malformations of the brain and spine. Dr. Riina is one of a few nationally recognized individuals who performs both open micro-cerebrovascular neurosurgery as well as interventional neuroradiology. TOP

Mark Burnett, MD
Maryland Brain and spine - Annapolis, Maryland
Neurological Surgeon

Dr. Burnett was born and raised in the Baltimore and Annapolis areas. After finishing his undergraduate degree at Yale University he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study international healthcare policy. He completed his medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1998 and his residency training in neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. Following the completion of his residency, Dr. Burnett completed a fellowship in complex spinal surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona . Dr. Burnett joined Maryland Brain and Spine in 2006.

Dr. Burnett's interests include complex and minimally-invasive spinal surgery, spinal sports medicine, neurotrauma, and peripheral nerve surgery. He has been awarded two research grants from the National Institutes of Health for his work on cerebrovascular physiology and the development of non-invasive blood flow monitors to treat patients with brain and spinal injuries. He has authored more than twenty peer reviewed manuscripts and multiple book chapters. Dr. Burnett continues to research and publish clinical outcomes and decision analysis studies relating to neurosurgical procedures and treatment pathways. TOP

William T Curry, MD
Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston Massachusetts
Attending Neurosurgeon Instructor in Neurosurgery

Following completion of residency in 2004, Dr. William Curry joined the neurosurgical staff at Massachusetts General Hospital. As a member of the Pappas Center for Neuro-oncology, he specializes in the surgical treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors, both malignant and benign. His academic interests center around brain tumor immunology, and he is developing a translational research program around clinical immunotherapy trials for patients with malignant gliomas.

Dr. Curry was born in New York, NY and studied as an undergraduate at Harvard University. He graduated from Cornell University Medical College in 1997. TOP

Roger Hartl, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College - New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York, New York
Assistant professor of Neurological surgery
Assistant Neurological surgeon

Dr. Roger Hartl is a Medical graduate from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. He completed his Neurosurgery residency at Weill Cornell Medical College. After finishing a Fellowship in complex spine surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, he re-joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College as an Attending Surgeon.

Dr. Hartl believes that surgery should be part of a multidisciplinary approach to disease processes. He works very closely with other specialists such as Neurologists, pain specialists and physical therapists in order achieve the best possible results for his patients. Dr. Hartl has lectured and published extensively on the surgical treatment of spine disorders and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. TOP

Michael T. Lawton MD
University of California, San Francisco - Department of Neurological Surgery
Associate Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery, Tong Po Kan Endowed Chair
Chief, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery Programs
Director, Cerebrovascular Disorders Program
Principal Investigator, Cerebrovascular Research

Dr. Lawton specializes in the surgical treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas, and cavernous malformations. He has special expertise in carotid endarterectomy and cerebral revascularization surgery using intracranial bypasses. He is also on the faculty of the UCSF Center for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, in coordination with colleagues in Interventional Neuroradiology and the Department of Neurology.

Dr. Lawton's work as a principal investigator is focused on developing gene therapies for cerebrovascular disorders. Previously at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Dr. Lawton initially investigated the role of venous hypertension and angiogenesis in the formation of dural arteriovenous fistulas - work that was recognized by the World Federation of Neurological Societies and the International Congress of Neurological Surgery with the Young Neurosurgeon Award. Currently, Dr. Lawton is investigating the biology of radiation-induced arterial occlusion in order to develop a gene therapy that enhances radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). TOP

Geoffrey Manley MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco-Department of Neurological Surgery
Associate Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director and Principal Investigator, Brain and Spinal Injury Center (BASIC)
Chief of Neurotrauma, San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center

Dr. Manley's particular specialty interests lie in the repair of injury to the central nervous system. Among Dr. Manley's research interests are investigations of brain oxygenation during hemorrhagic shock, the role of aquaporin water channels in cerebral water transport, direct measurement of oxygenation and metabolic, cellular, and molecular responses in clinically relevant animal models of brain injury, and metabolic monitoring of severely injured patients during resuscitation and critical care. TOP

Igor Ougorets, M.D
Weill Cornell Medical College - New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York, New York
Director of Neuroscience ICU
Assistant Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology in neurological surgery

Dr. Igor Ougorets, obtained his Medical Degree in 1987 from the Kauno Medicinos Institutas, Lithuania. After an internship in Internal Medicine at City Hospital #1 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, he returned to Lithuania and practiced Internal medicine before coming to the United States. In the United States, he finished his residency in Internal Medicine at Flushing Hospital Medical Center from 1993-1996. He subsequently completed his Neurology Residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University from 1996 to 1999. He then went to Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, where he completed his Fellowship in Critical Care Neurology and Stroke.

Dr. Igor Ougorets, obtained his Medical Degree in 1987 from the Kauno Medicinos Institutas, Lithuania. After an internship in Internal Medicine at City Hospital #1 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, he returned to Lithuania and practiced Internal medicine before coming to the United States. In the United States, he finished his residency in Internal Medicine at Flushing Hospital Medical Center from 1993-1996. He subsequently completed his Neurology Residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University from 1996 to 1999. He then went to Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, where he completed his Fellowship in Critical Care Neurology and Stroke. Now Dr. Igor Ougorets is at Weill Cornell Medical College as an Assistant Professor of Neurology, an Assistant Attending and the Director of Neuroscience ICU. TOP

Nick Theodore, M.D
Barrow Neurological Institute - Phoenix, Arizona
Associate Director of neurological surgery residency program

Nicholas Theodore, MD, graduated from Cornell University, where he was the recipient of a Cornell Tradition Academic Fellowship. He attended medical school at Georgetown University, where he graduated with honors. After completing his internship at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Dr. Theodore served as a Senior General Medical Officer with the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan.

Dr. Theodore completed his neurosurgical residency and fellowship in spinal surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and the recipient of many research awards including a prestigious RO-1 grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

After completing his residency in 2001, Dr. Theodore served as Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Naval Medical Center San Diego, overseeing the largest neurosurgery complement in the Navy. In 2003, he rejoined the faculty at Barrow Neurological Institute, and assumed the position of Director of Neurotrauma. In 2004, he was appointed Associate Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at the Barrow Neurological Institute. The Residency Program is the largest in the United States and is currently training four residents per year group. His area of focus includes brain and spinal cord injury, minimally invasive surgery, and robotics.   Dr. Theodore is a Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. TOP

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