Postresidency Placements

As fellows, practicing neurologists, researchers and educators, our graduated residents go on to rewarding careers across the country and right here in Western New York.

2025

Name Placement
Peter Mechtler, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Rush University
Chicago, Ill.
Minh Thu Nguyen, DO

Headache Fellowship

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
Leanne Ottoni, MD

Headache Fellowship

Mount Sinai
New York, N.Y.
Ilana Selli, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Mass.
Huasheng Wang, DO

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

University of California Irvine
Irvine, Calif.

2024

Name Placement
Jule Deren, DO

Sports Neurotrauma Fellowship

University of Florida
Gainesville, Fla.
Aya Ouf, MBBCh

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Duke University
Durham, N.C.
Natasha Qutab, MBBS

Epilepsy Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Katlyn Roginsky, DO

Movement Disorders Fellowship

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.
Azka Shaik, MBBS

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas
Michael Sherburne, MD

Epilepsy Fellowship

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wake Forest, N.C.

2023

Name Placement
Subhana Asjad, DO

Epilepsy Fellowship

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Alexus Ludwig, DO

Epilepsy Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Wentao Mi, MD, PhD

Epilepsy Fellowship

University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas
Kathleen Sellick, DO

Headache Medicine Fellowship

MedStar Health - Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D.C.

2022

Name Placement
Joseph Pittari, MD

Headache Fellowship

University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
Amanda Schwandt, DO

Epilepsy Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
David Sell, DO

Movement Disorders Fellowship

University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
Aaron Taylor, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.

 
Russell Van Coevering III, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of Colorado
Aurora, Colo.

2021

Name Placement
Saad Hasan, MBBS

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre
Harvard Medical School
Navdeep Lail, MBBS

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Brown University
Providence, R.I.
Phu Le, MD

General Neurologist

Holzer Health
Gallipolis, Ohio
Adam Perez, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Istvan Tomaschek, MD

Headache Fellowship

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth University

2020

Name Placement
Ashley Alex, MD

Headache Medicine Fellowship

Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, N.Y.
Edina Komlodi-Pasztor, MD, PhD

Neuro-oncology Fellowship

Johns Hopkins - NIH
Baltimore, Md.
Katherine Mun, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.
Ahmed Sanai, MBBS

Neuromuscular Fellowship

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Mass.
Daniel Sirica, MD

Movement Disorders Fellowship

University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, N.Y.

2019

Name Placement
Felix Cheng, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Alise Pham, DO

Headache Medicine Fellowship

Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Kevin Schmitt, MD

General Neurologist

Rochester Regional Health
Rochester, N.Y.
Evelyn Walsh, MBBS

Child Neurology Residency

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Zilfah Younus, MBBS

Headache Medicine Fellowship

Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, N.Y.

2018

Name Placement
Muhammad Ahmed, MBBS

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas
Rabia Ghazi, MBBS Family Leave
Sandhya Mehla, MBBS

Vascular Neurology and Headache Medicine Fellowships

University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Mass.
Harshit Shah, MBBS

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Daniela Zambrano, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, N.Y.

2017

Name Placement
Ashish Arora, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas
Hao Cheng, MD

Sleep Medicine Fellowship

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Svetlana Primma-Eckert, MD

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimaging Fellowships

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Brian Trummer, MD, PhD

Clinical Trial Methodology and Regulatory Science Fellowship

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.

2016

Name Placement
Haris Kamal, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas
Adnan Khan, MBBS

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Duke University
Durham, N.C.
Arangzeb Memon, MBBS

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas
Mahmoud Abdelrazek, MD

Dysaunomia Fellowship

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.

2015

Name Placement
Noureldin Abdelhamid, MBChB

Assistant Professor of Neurology

University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas
Deeya Gaindh, MD

Neuro-oncology Fellowship

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, N.Y.
Muhammad Waqas Masud, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn.
Karanbir Singh, MBBS

Neuroimaging Fellowship

Dent Neurological Institute
Buffalo, N.Y.
Pooja Sofat, MBBS

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.

2014

Name Placement
Ahmad Abokhamis, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Mahmoud Al Masry, MD

Neurologist

Rochester General Hospital
Rochester, N.Y.
Rajesh Gupta, MD

Neuro Infectious Disease Fellowship

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Mass.
Supriya Kohli, MD

Epilepsy Fellowship

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn.

2013

Name Placement
Lynn Choufeh, MD

Private Practice

Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center
Wichita, Kan.
Alyssa Fiddler, DO

Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Catherine Porter, MD

General Neurologist

INTEGRIS Neurology
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Salomi Salins, MBBS

Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Novreen Shahdad, MBBS

Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.

2012

Name Placement

Omar Kass-Hout, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Emory University
Atlanta, Ga.
Tareq Kass-Hout, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Emory University
Atlanta, Ga.
Ping Li, MD

Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Atul Mangla, MBBS

Stroke Fellowship

Cornell University
New York, N.Y.
Anil Neelakantan, MD

Private Practice

Gould Medical Group
Modesto, Calif.

2011

Name Placement
Mohamed Hamza, MD, PhD

Neuro-oncology Fellowship

MD Anderson Cancer Institute
Houston, Texas
Zeenat Jaisani, MD

Epilepsy Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Amit Kandel, MD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Maxim Mokin, MD, PhD

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.

2010

Name Placement
Zahid Choudary, MD

Private Practice

Wuesthoff Medical Center
Rockledge, Fla.
Naomi Salins, MBBS

Movement Disorders Fellowship

Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph's Hospital
Phoenix, Ariz.
Younghua Zhang, MD

Private Practice

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
Rockford, Ill.

2009

Name Placement
Gautam Arora, MD

 
M. Ziad Darkhabani, MD

Vascular Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Bijal Mehta, MD

Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimaging Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Nicolas Saikali, MD

Neuroimaging Fellowship

Dent Neurologic Institute
Buffalo, N.Y.
Jitendra Sharma, MD  
Raya Wehbeh, MD

Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Stephen Wolfe, MD

Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

2008

Name Placement
Manjunath Markandaya, MBBS

Neurosciences Critical Care Fellowship

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.

2006

Name Placement
David Hojnacki, MD

Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimaging Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.

2005

Name Placement
Marilou Ching, MD, MPH

Vascular Neurology Fellowship

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Agnes Supala, MD

Neurophysiology Fellowship

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.