Meet the Faculty
In the Neurological Surgery Residency program at Loyola Medicine, the residents have a close working relationship with the seven full-time faculty. Each resident is assigned a faculty adviser at the beginning of the program.
Meet the Faculty
Meet and learn more about the Department of Neurological Surgery faculty.
Clinical Faculty
Anand V. Germanwala, M.D.
Professor, Interim Chair
Residency Program Director
Douglas E. Anderson, M.D.
Professor
Paul M. Arnold, M.D.
Professor
Daryn K. Cass, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Francisco Espinosa, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Daphne Li, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Vikram C. Prabhu, M.D.
Professor
Quality Medical Director
Joseph C. Serrone, M.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Residency Program Director
Anthony Kam, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
David Pasquale, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology
Program Director, Neurointerventional Program
Brandon Bond, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Anupama Chundury, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Jigisha Thakkar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Michael Schneck, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Research Faculty
Rob Hand, M.S.
Departmental Biostatistician
Avinash Patwardhan, Ph.D.
Professor
Erika Piedras-Renteria, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell & Molecular Physiology
Meharvan Singh, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell & Molecular Physiology
Vice-Provost of Research
Derek Wainwright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
Scientific Director, Brain Tumor Research
Clinical and Research Staff
Niki Chokshi, PA
Physician Assistant (Inpatient and Outpatient)
Physician Assistant (Inpatient and Outpatient)
Stephanie Dahl, MSN
Triage Nurse (Outpatient)
Triage Nurse (Outpatient)
Raina George, APN
Advanced Practice Provider (Inpatient)
Mousa Javidialsaadi, Ph.D. Candidate
Research Assistant III
Eleni Kritikos, APN
Advanced Practice Provider (Inpatient)
Angela Kurien, APN
Advanced Practice Provider (Outpatient)
Magan Nielsen, APN
Advanced Practice Provider (Outpatient)
Anna Ryan, APN
Advanced Practice Provider (Outpatient)
Maria Burritt
Research Assistant
Andrew Ghannad
Research Assistant
Administration
Anand V. Germanwala, M.D.
Professor, Interim Chair
Residency Program Director
Evan Gentile, J.D., M.B.A.
Business Administrator
Michael Sedlacek, M.B.A.
Executive Director
Yuryanna Reyna
Departmental Coordinator
Laura Kate Waters
Residency Coordinator
Cindy Corcoran
Service Representative