About the Program
Pre-residency fellows are integral members of the neurosurgical neurocritical care teams. Duties include managing floor and ICU patients, night call, and assisting in the operating room and outpatient clinic, which together provide broad clinical exposure in the neurosciences.
The pre-residency fellows at BU/BMC work alongside eight neurosurgeons, six neuro intensive care neurologists, and neurosurgical and neurology residents at Boston Medical Center (Boston, MA) and nearby St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Brighton, MA). Fellows also participate in weekly didactic sessions, including neurosurgical core conferences, tumor board, neuroscience grand rounds, and critical care problem case conference.
In addition, opportunities exist for clinical or basic research both within the institution and throughout the robust Boston academic environment.
Accepted candidates must commit to a minimum of two years in the program. Your pay, benefits, hours, days off, and vacation time will equal those of PGY1 in other accredited programs at BU/BMC.
How to Apply
Please email your CV and cover letter to Kelley Stewart, Neurosurgery Pre-Residency Fellowship Coordinator.. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and employment offers are typically made after the residency match in March.
Current Pre-Residency Fellows
- Adefisayo Adekanmbi, MD
- Mohsin Khan, MD
- Filipe Piazzi Tavares, MD
- Masum Rahman, MD
- Felipe Ramirez Velandia, MD
- Fernando DeNigris Vasconcellos, MD
Past Pre-Residency Fellows
- Zachary Wetsel, 2023-2024, Neurosurgery Residency, Banner Health, AZ
- Teddy Gerges, 2023-2024, Anesthesiology Residency, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, MA
- Elizabeth Ogando-Rivas, 2023-2024, Neurosurgery Residency, U Missouri, MO
- Vasileios Kavouridis, 2022-2024, Neurosurgery Residency, Aristotle U of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Asra Askari, 2022-2024, Neurology Residency, Tufts U, MA
- Sonora Windermere, 2021-2023, General Surgery Residency (Preliminary), U of Florida, FL and Virginia Commonwealth U, VA
- Victor Lopez Rivera, 2021-2023, Neurosurgery Residency, Emory U, GA
- Mayank Kaushal, 2021-2022, Neurosurgery Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin,
- Kristine Ravina, 2020-2022, Neurosurgery Residency, Virginia Tech Carilion, WV
- Robert Walker, 2020- 2024, Radiation Oncology Residency, Jefferson, PA
- Dmitry Kahn, 2019-2022, Internal Medicine Residency, Good Samaritan Medical Center, MA
- Wumairehan “Mira” Salih, 2021-2022, Neurosurgery Residency, Wake Forest U, NC
- Rubachandran Murugesan, 2019-2023, Psychiatry Residency, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, MA
- Mohamed Salem, 2019-2021, Neurosurgery Residency, U Colorado, CO
- Syeda Ghalia Moamber Fatima, 2019-2021, Internal Medicine Residency, MountainView Regional Medical Center (Las Cruces), NM
- Marina Khan, 2019-2021, Internal Medicine Residency, Carney Hospital, MA
- Felix Nwajei, 2018-2021, Neurology Residency, Duke U, NC
- Alejandro Enriquez Marulanda, 2018-2020, Neurosurgery Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center/Boston Medical Center, MA - Ghani Haider 2017-2021, Neurosurgery Pre-residency Fellowship, Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA
- Oluwaseun Omofoye, 2017-2019, Neurosurgery Residency, UC Davis, CA
- Andres Restrepo Orozco, 2017-2019, Neurosurgery Residency, Spectrum Health, MI
- Mehrnoush Gorjian, 2017-2018, Neurology Residency, U New Mexico, NM
- Saleem Al Mawed, 2017-2019, Neurology Residency, Memorial Healthcare, FL
- Hasan Ashfaque, 2017-2019, Anesthesia Residency, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, MA
- Trong Huynh, MD 2017-2018, Neurosurgery Residency, Rutgers, NJ
- Mason Anthony Brown, 2016-2017, Integrated Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Aurora Health, WI
- Ali Fadhil, 2016-2017, Neurology Residency, Cleveland Clinic, OH
- Nimer Adeeb, 2016-2017, Neurosurgery Residency, LSU Health Shreveport, LA
- Devon Jackson, 2016-2019, Pathology Residency, Howard U, DC
- Julie Mayeku, 2016-2018, General Surgery Residency (Preliminary), Loma Linda, CA
- Gina Corsaletti, 2015-2019, Neurosurgery Pre-Residency Fellowship, U Miami, FL
- Jehad Zakaria, 2015-2016, Neurosurgery Residency, Loyola, IL
- Bart Thaci, 2012-2015, Neurosurgery Residency, UC Davis, CA
- Aristotelis Filippidis, 2012-2016, Neurosurgery Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Boston Medical Center, MA
- Abdul Kader Tabbara, 2012-2016, Anesthesia Residency, Boston Medical Center, MA
- Shearwood McClelland, 2010-2012, Radiation Oncology Residency, Indiana U, IN
- Christine Tschoe, 2009-2017, Neurology Residency, Baylor, TX
- Gentian Toshkezi, 2008-2011, Neurosurgery Residency, SUNY Upstate, NY
- Mayur Jayarao, 2008-2011, Neurosurgery Residency, U Missouri Columbia, MO and Geisinger Health System, PA
- Roya Saffary, 2008-2011, Anesthesiology Residency, Boston Medical Center, MA
Living in Boston
Although Boston is small in area (second smallest city with a population >500,000), it is densely populated, young (the median Bostonian is 31, largely due to the huge numbers of colleges and universities), and culturally and ethnically diverse. There are a number of neighborhoods within the city, each with its own flavor and energy and each with an interesting mix of the historic and the modern.
Boston Medical Center is located in the historic South End neighborhood of Boston, walking distance from the harbor, the Charles River and community boating launch, Boston Common, the Boston Garden, the historic Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and North End neighborhoods, and countless restaurants and bars. A thirty minute drive will put you in rural countryside and will bring you through picturesque old New England towns like Lexington and Concord. Some of the best hiking on the East Coast is within three hours of the center of Boston and the Maine coastline is only one hour north of Boston.
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Key Program Contacts
Emanuela Binello MD Pre-Residency Fellowship Co-Director emanuela.binello@bmc.org
Hormuz Dasenbrock MD Pre-Residency Fellowship Co-Director hormuzdiyar.dasenbrock@bmc.org
Jim Holsapple, MD Chair Department of Neurosurgery james.holsapple@bmc.org
Matthew Nivison Administrative Director Neurosurgery matthew.nivison@bmc.org