Principal Investigators:
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Name: Sima Mofakham, PhD Title: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Credentials: Post-doctoral fellowship, Computational Neuroscience at New York University (Langone), NY PhD, Biophysics and Computational Neuroscience, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI MS, Physics (Condensed Matter), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran BS, Physics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran |
Name: Charles B. Mikell, MD Title: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Credentials: Mini-fellowship, Functional Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, KY Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital, (Columbia University), NY Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY AB, Comparative Literature, Princeton University, NJ |
Staff:
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Nathaniel Cleri National Science Foundation Research Fellow |
Jordan Saadon Daniel Egnor Research Fellow |
Susan Fiore Clinical Research Coordinator |
Current Medical Students:

Leor Alkadaa

Anthony Asencio

Kevin Gilotra

Nathaniel Herman

Robert Kleyner

Regina Kuhia

Nicki Naddaf

Anthony Oganov

Justin Passman

Claire Polizu

Jermaine Robertson

Sabir Saluja

Sujith Swarna

Vaibhav Vagal

Cassie Wang

Jeffrey Wong

Jason Zhang

Xuwen (Alice) Zheng
Graduate Students and Collaborators:

Yusra Abdurrob

Benjamin Alexander

Noshin Anjum

Lara Castaneda

Brianna Christie

Nakisa Dashti

Ariana Forohar

Joshua Gershenson

Andrew Khalili

Michael Ly

Maria Rodriguez

Heshwin Singh

Fan Yang

Vania Zubair
Alumni:
- Adam Fry
- Himanshu Sharma
- Nathan Winans
- Justine J. Liang
- Joseph Adachi
- Megan Elizabeth Cosgrove
- Bradley Ashcroft
- Himanshu Sharma
- Theresa Gammel
- Melissa Janssen
- Racheed Mani
- Zhe (Zoey) Wang
- Zirun (Tina) Zhao
Gallery

SBU Neurosurgery Symposium - Summer 2022
Meeting of Minds - 2019
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