Neurosurgery Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Neurosurgery Faculty
Peter Kan, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FAANS
Professor and Chairman
Robert L. Moody, Sr. Distinguished University Chair
Neurosurgery Faculty
Rudy Briner, MD
Assistant Professor
Patrick J. Karas, MD
Assistant Professor
Residency Program Associate Director
Kliefoth Family Professorship of Neurosurgery
Rishi Lall, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
Director of Neurosurgery Spine
Residency Program Director
Samuel R. Snodgrass, MD Professorship in Neurosurgery
Aaron Mohanty, MD
Professor
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Nathan Pratt, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Pablo Valdes, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jennie Sealy Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
Adjunct Faculty
Neurosurgery Faculty
Remi Nader, MD, CM, FRCS(C), FACS, FAANS
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Paul J. Schmitt, MD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Research
Neurosurgery Research Faculty
Roberto Garcia, MD
Research Scientist II
Laboratory Director of NEURAL
Ella Englander, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Nurse Practitioner
Staff
Julia Anderson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Shanna Thompson, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Morgan Vestal, MSN, APRN, AGACNP
Nurse Practitioner
Chelsea Zirpoli, MSN, ACNPC
Nurse Practitioner
Staff
Staff
Ann Gillen, MBA
Assistant to the Chairman
(409) 772-0330
Taylor Doneley
Residency Program Coordinator
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