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Alumni - Fellows

2023 FELLOWS
Joshua Battley, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Hsueh-Sheng Chiang, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Behavioral Neurology
Sarita Kambhampati, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology		 Sohail Kamrudin, D.O. 
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Wenyang Li, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology		 Andrew Lin, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Brian Nguyen D.O.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Austin O'black, D.O.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders
Jie Pan, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy		 Taiye Popoola, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Sofiya Rehman, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine		 Chintan Rupareliya, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology
Armita Sadeghi, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Autonomic Disorders		 Anand Srikrishnan, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Spurthi Surpur, M.B.B.S.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		  

2022 FELLOWS
Christopher Bryant, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, DFW
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Marilyn Culp, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Florida
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Richard Dewey III, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders		 Andrew Lin, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Shan Luong, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine		 Angel Maldonado-Soto, M.D., Ph.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology
Shazia Mirza, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, DFW
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Donna Newsome, M.D., Ph.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology
Huy Nguyen, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, DFW 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Brittney Rhem, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine
Jenny Riecke, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Palliative Care Fellowship, UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular		 Spencer Septien, D.O.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Divya Shah, M.B.B.S.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular		 Mohamed Shabana, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, DFW
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Adam Sheffield, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, DFW
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
 Kishan Tarpara, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, Vanderbilt University
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Megan Walley, M.D. 
Post-fellowship: 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
  

2021 FELLOWS
Fayruz Araji, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonogy Fellowship, UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine		 Kaitlin Batley, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular
Leila Bostan Shirin, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, DFW
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders		 Sarah Fredrich, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, Unversity of Maryland
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuroimmunology
Adrian Hadiono, M.D.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Nurose Karim, M.B.B.S.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology
Brian Ku, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Dallas, Texas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine		 Jordan Loeb, D.O.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular
Khalid Mohamed Ahmed, M.B.B.S.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Cephus Mujurki, M.B.C.H.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Texas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Debarti Ray, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology		 Jordan Scott Loeb, D.O.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular 
Spencer Septien, D.O.
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UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Mohamed Shabana, M.D.
Post-fellowship: 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology

2020 FELLOWS
Rahul Abhyankar, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Indiana
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Wilmot Bonnet, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Pediatric Vascular Neurology
Ryan Cheung, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Neuro-Hospitalist, Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular Neurology		 Brittney Pryor Craig, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Prosper, Texas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Sarah Durica, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, University of Oklahoma
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy		 Mazen Elkurd, D.O.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders
Rasheda El-Nazer, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders		 Lindsay Frerichs, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, Washington University St. Louis
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine
Katherine Heaton, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Alabama
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Alicia Henriquez, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, Seattle Children's Hospital
UT Southwestern fellowship: Pediatric Neuromuscular Medicine
Travis Ho, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Neuro-Hospitalist, North Carolina
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Rabia Jamy, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship:
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Alka Khera, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Behavioral Neurology		 Anand Mandani, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, University of Mississippi
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Thoris Pan, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty, Dallas VA
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine		 Ranier Reyes, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Dhafer Salem, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Private practice, Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine

Lauren Tardo, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuroimmunology

2019 FELLOWS
Kristen Arredondo, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Pediatric Neurology faculty - Ohio State University
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Kyle Blackburn, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuroimmunology and Autoimmune Neurology
Diego Condes Diez Martinez, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Neurology faculty - Greenville, NC
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke		 Alex Doyle, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Jordana Fox, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Pediatric Epilepsy faculty - Phoenix
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Lisa Golden, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine
Brian Hitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Behavioral Neurology		 Michelle Machie, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern pediatric faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Fetal-Neonatal Neurology
Emmanuel Mantilla, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at John Peter Smith Hospital - Fort Worth, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuro-Oncology		 Abha Patel, D.O.
Post-fellowship: VA North Texas Healthcare System, ICU private practice
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Dustin Paul, D.O.
Post-fellowship: UT Rio Grande Valley pediatric faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Irina Podkorytova, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Peter Sguigna, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuroimmunology, Neuro-otology, Neuro-ophthalmology		 Mathew Stokes, M.D.
Post-fellowship: UT Southwestern pediatric faculty
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine
Laura Surillo Dahdah, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty - San Juan, Puerto Rico
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders		 Vismay Thakkar, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Stroke-Neurology hospitalist - Wichita, KS
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke
Leon Tung, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine - Tyler, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine		  

2018 FELLOWS
Elizabeth Chambers, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders		 Alex Doyle, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Advanced Epilepsy Fellow UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Jordana Fox, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Epilepsy Fellow (Pediatric) UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Kareem Gadelmola, M.B.ChB.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Houston
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Lisa Golden, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Autonomic Disorders Fellow UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Hisham Hamdan, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Jordan
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Andrew Hurd, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice Plano, Texas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine		 Bibi Jaumally, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Critical Care Fellow Houston
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Nadeem Khan, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Private practice in Michigan 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke		 Katherine Labiner, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at Dell Children's Medical Center Austin
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Divya Mella, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Private practice - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuro-Oncology		 Mariam Mouti, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Austin
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Ram Narayan, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at Barrow Neurological Institute
UT Southwestern fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis		 Hisham Salahuddin, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Faculty position at University of Toledo
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke
Meagen Salinas, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at Dallas VA
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders		 Pawan Singh, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Indianapolis
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuro-Oncology
Ashley Stanley-Copeland, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice Jackson - Jackson, MS
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Cynthia Wang, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty (Pediatrics) UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Autoimmune Neurology

2017 FELLOWS
Abdulradha Alqallaf, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Kuwait
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy, Movement Disorders		 Elisa Basora, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Meredith Bryarly, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty Dallas VA Medical Center
UT Southwestern fellowship: Autonomic Disorders		 Matthew Blake Freeman, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Baylor Scott & White,    Lakeway, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
Akshat Katyayan, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Fellow Boston Children's Hospital - Harvard Medical School
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy		 Shaida Khan, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine
Sam Laali, M.D.
Post-fellowship:Private practice at Baylor Scott & White - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke		 Bethany Lussier, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care

Zakraus Mahdavi, M.D. 
Post-fellowship: Neurointensivist, Fort Worth, Faculty at TCU School of Medicine 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care 

 Shamin Masrour, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine
Mohamed Osman, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Texas Health - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Kuldeep Patel, M.B.B.S.
Post-fellowship: Faculty West Virginia University
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Claudia Perez M.D.
Post-fellowship: Neurointensivist, Fort Worth, Faculty at TCU School of Medicine 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care 		 Eric Remster, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine
Safiullah Shareef, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Texas Health Plano, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Anna Wani, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Adam Willis, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Active duty at San Antonio Military Medical Center
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care Medicine		  

2016 FELLOWS
Meredith Bryarly, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Autonomic Disorders		 Omar Elghawanmeh, M.D.
Post-fellowship: King's Daughters Medical Center - Ashland, KY
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy
Yathish Haralur Sreekantaiah, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Neuroimaging Fellow DENT Neurologic Institute
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke		 Rashedul Hasan, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke
Junaid Kalia, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Aurora Health Care - Wisconsin
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Safia Khan, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Instructor UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Sleep Medicine
Zakraus Mahdavi, M.D. 
Post-fellowship: Neurointensivist, Fort Worth, Faculty at TCU School of Medicine 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care 		 Zabeen Mahuwala, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Kentucky
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine
Shraddha Mainali, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at Ohio State University
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Aashoo Pande Mentreddi, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders
Trung Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Behavioral Neurology		 Claudia Perez M.D.
Post-fellowship: Neurointensivist, Fort Worth, Faculty at TCU School of Medicine 
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care 
Naregnia Pierre-Louis, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Medical Center of Plano, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Drew Thodeson, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology

2015 FELLOWS
Hamid Kadiwala, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice in Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy		 Sudama Reddi, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Texas Neurology Consultants - Plano, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine
Christina Saldivar, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Austin, TX
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		  Gulshan Uppal, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Freeman Hospital - Joplin, MO
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology

2014 FELLOWS
Asra Akbar, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Headache Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Shin Josh Beh, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuroimmunology, Neuro-otology, Neuro-ophthalmology
Elena Caron, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Tennessee Health Science Center
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular		 Allen Desena, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
UT Southwestern fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis
Marisara Dieppa, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Kan Ding, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy
John Konikkara, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Sleep Medicine Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University
UT Southwestern fellowship: Epilepsy		 Svjetlana Miocinovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-fellowship: Surgical movement disorders fellowship (AAN/American Brain Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship) UC San Francisco
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders
Jorge Munoz, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at San Jorge Children's Hospital, Puerto Rico
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Frederic Nguyen, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice - Dallas
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Andrew Nik, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private Practice - Palm Springs, CA
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke		 Charles Olivera, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Neurointerventional Surgery Fellow Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Puerto Rico
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke
Lauren Phillips, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Ishwara Sankara, M.D., M.P.H.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Utah, Salt Lake City
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Lydia Sharp, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		  

2013 FELLOWS
James Battiste, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Oklahoma
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuro-oncology		 Priyanka Chaudhry, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Headache Medicine
Stephen Figueroa, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care		 Cherrie Herren, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Oklahoma
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology
Erin Neil Knierbein, D.O.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Michigan
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neuromuscular Medicine		 Bappaditya Ray, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at University of Oklahoma
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Tehmina A. Salahuddin, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice at Desert Regional Medical Center - Palm Springs, CA
UT Southwestern fellowship: Vascular and Stroke		 Fazeel Siddiqui, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Assistant Professor at SIU HealthCare
UT Southwestern fellowship: Neurocritical Care
Lei Wang, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Faculty at VA Medical Center, San Antonio
UT Southwestern fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology		 Rebecca Whiddon, M.D.
Post-fellowship: Private practice - Baton Rouge, LA
UT Southwestern fellowship: Movement Disorders
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