Current and Past Spine Fellows

Fellows of Cedars-Sinai's Spinal Surgery Fellowship Program have gone on to serve as neurosurgical and orthopaedic surgeons in private practice and academic settings.

2012-2013 Fellow

• Nicholas P. Slimack, MD
  Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

2011 - 2012 Fellows                  

• Harvinder Bedi, MD
  SUNY Upstate Medical University
• M. Kamran Khan, DO
  Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine       
• Ali Shirzadi, MD
  Texas Tech University School of Medicine
  

2010 - 2011 Fellows

• Thomas Phillips, MD
  Albany Medical College
  

2009 - 2010 Fellows

• Stephen Scibelli, MD
  Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
  

2008 - 2009 Fellows

• Terrance Kim, MD
  University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
• Paul Salinas, MD
  University of Texas Medical School at Houston
• J. Scott Schoeb, MD
  George Washington University School of Medicine
  

2007 - 2008 Fellows

• Gowriharan "Ty" Thaiyananthan, MD
  University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
• Richard Wupperman, MD
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Curt Freudenberger, MD
  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  

2006 - 2007 Fellows

• Kevin Ammar, MD
  Neurological Associates of Savannah
• Eli Baron, MD
  Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
• Ramin Rabbani, MD
  University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  

2005 - 2006 Fellows

• Tooraj Gravori, MD
  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• Anthony Hadden, MD
  Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA
• Stepan Kasimian, MD
  Brotman Medical Center
• Mukesh Misra, MD
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Justin Paquette, MD
  Associate Director, Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Spine at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
• Edward Rustamzadeh, MD
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  

2004 - 2005 Fellows

• Khawar Siddique, MD
  Associate Director, Neurological Spine Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
• John Hamilton, MD
  Private practice in New York City, NY
• Hooman Melamed, MD
  Private practice in Los Angeles, CA
• Brian Perri, DO
  Associate Director, Orthopedic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
• Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD
  Brown University in Providence, RI
  

2003 - 2004 Fellows

• Karin Swartz, MD
  University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Chris Lycette, MD
  Private practice in Allentown, PA
• Saad Khairi, MD
  University of Indianapolis, IN
• S. Craig Meyer, MD
  Private practice in Los Gatos, CA
• Hamid Miraliakbar, MD
  Tri-city Regional Medical Center
  

2002 - 2003 Fellows

• Firooz Amjadi, MD
  Private practice in San Diego, CA
• Darren Bergey, MD
  Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA
• Mark Wolgin, MD
  Private practice in San Diego, CA
  

2001 - 2002 Fellows

• John Stokes, MD
  Private practice in Austin, TX
• Alan T. Villavicencio, MD
  Private practice in Denver, CO
• Paul Liu, MD
  Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, CA
  

2000 - 2001 Fellows

• Naresh Patel, MD
  Mayo Clinic-Arizona in Scottsdale, AZ
• Neill Wright, MD
  Washington University at St. Louis in MO
• Jae Lim, MD
  Private practice in Spokane, WA