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Neurosurgery

Cranial

Name	Specialty	Location
Jacob Bagley, MD	Neurosurgery	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Aaron Plitt, MD	Neurosurgery	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Richard Rovin, MD	Neurosurgery Medical Director, Neuro-oncology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kyle Swanson, MD	Neurosurgery Functional Neurosurgery	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Functional

Name	Specialty	Location
Kyle Swanson, MD	Neurosurgery Functional Neurosurgery	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neuro-oncology

Name	Specialty	Location
Richard Rovin, MD	Neurosurgery Medical Director, Neuro-oncology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neurosurgery

Name	Specialty	Location
David C. Straus, MD	Neurosurgery	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Spine

Name	Specialty	Location
Lynn Bartl, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Nicholas Hempeck, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Walter Jacobsen, DO	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Zachary Jaffa, DO	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Kartik Kesavabhotla, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Shaun T. O’Leary, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha

Neurology

General Neurology

Name	Specialty	Location
Aasifuddin Ahmed, MD	Neurology Multiple Sclerosis	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Mohammad Abdul Azeem, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Arshad Ahmed, MD	Neurology	Neurology Alliance - West Allis, WI
Ali H. Alrefai, MD	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora Health Center (St. Francis)
Karina M. Arkush, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures Neurophysiology	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Barak Bar, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Jitendra K. Baruah, MD	Neurology	Jitendra Baruah, MD, SC - Milwaukee, WI
Arminius S. Caldwell, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's South Shore
Michael A. Connor, DO	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist Neurophysiology Vascular Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan, WI
Shilpa Chaku, DO	Neurology Hospital Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - West Allis
Melissa Cook, MD	Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Sudeepta Dandapat, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Grace DeHoff, DO	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kate M. Essad, MD	Neurology Concussion	Aurora Neurology - Milwaukee, WI
Andrew C. Ferguson, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Fond du Lac
Taylor A. Finseth, MD	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Brian-Fred Fitzsimmons, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kathryn Gaines, DO	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora Neurology - Milwaukee, WI
Pramod R. Gupta, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Mhd K. Heder, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora Medical Center - Burlington
Karen Anne Hoerst, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Oshkosh
Emily R. Jaeger, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Oak Creek, WI
Vijay Johnson, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Sany T. Khabbaz, MD	Neurology	Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Ikram W. Khan, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Edward H. Kovnar, MD	Neurology Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Milwaukee, WI
Janki Lavingia, MD	Neurology Neurophysiology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Teresa H. Lee, MD	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Michael I. Levin, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Mequon, WI
Wilson H. Luy Tan, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Oshkosh, WI
Jorge Marquez de Leon, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Hartford, WI
Michael Mitchell, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
James L. Napier, MD	Neurology	Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Zachary I. Norman, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora Medical Center - Oshkosh, WI
Nicholas Osteraas, MD	Neurology Vascular Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Brandon Overholt, DO	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Chaya M. Pinson, MD	Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - Grafton, WI
Eric E. Potts, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Menomonee Falls, WI
Darryl Prince, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Ajaz Qhavi, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - New Berlin, WI
Lindsay Raab, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Lea H. Rayman, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Lara Ries, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Sheboygan, WI
Kumar Sannagowdara, MD	Neurology Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Greenfield, WI
Shaik Sayeed, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's South Shore
Trent Schmeling, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Hartland, WI
Umang Shah, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Simran Singh, DO	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Mt. Pleasant
Veronica N. Sosa, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Rebecca Spasari, MD	Neurology Pediatric Neurology	Advocate Medical Group Neurology - Libertyville, IL
Dorota H. Telega, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Brookfield, WI
Asad Ullah, MD	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Menomonee Falls, WI
Anastasia H. Wells, MD	Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine	Aurora Neurology - Milwaukee, WI
Shawn M. Whitton, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Amanda Willcox, DO	Neurology Endovascular Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Concussion

Name	Specialty	Location
Kate M. Essad, MD	Neurology Concussion	Aurora Neurology - Milwaukee, WI

Endovascular

Name	Specialty	Location
Kavit B. Shah, MD	Neurology Endovascular Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Amanda Willcox, DO	Neurology Endovascular Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Thomas J. Wolfe, MD	Neurology Endovascular Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Epilepsy and Seizures

Name	Specialty	Location
Karina M. Arkush, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures Neurophysiology	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Jacob Deutsch, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Massihullah Hamidi, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Jonathan Jennings, MD	Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Ikram W. Khan, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Umang Shah, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Veronica N. Sosa, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Dorota H. Telega, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Brookfield, WI
Anil Y. Tumu, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Shawn M. Whitton, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures	Aurora BayCare Medical Center

Headache

Name	Specialty	Location
Ashley Holdridge, DO	Neurology	Aurora Neurology - Whitefish Bay, WI

Hospital Medicine

Name	Specialty	Location
Candace B. Borders, MD	Neurology Hospital Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Shilpa Chaku, DO	Neurology Hospital Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - West Allis

Movement Disorders

Name	Specialty	Location
Ali H. Alrefai, MD	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora Health Center (St. Francis)
Taylor A. Finseth, MD	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kathryn Gaines, DO	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora Neurology - Milwaukee, WI
Teresa H. Lee, MD	Neurology Movement Disorders	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Multiple Sclerosis

Name	Specialty	Location
Aasifuddin Ahmed, MD	Neurology Multiple Sclerosis	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Lea H. Rayman, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Summit

Neurocritical Care

Name	Specialty	Location
Barak Bar, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Grace DeHoff, DO	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Pramod R. Gupta, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Vijay Johnson, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Zachary I. Norman, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora Medical Center - Oshkosh, WI
Brandon Overholt, DO	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Lindsay Raab, MD	Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Amanda Willcox, DO	Neurology Endovascular Neurology Neurocritical Care	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neuro-Hospitalist

Name	Specialty	Location
Leonid Bouinyi, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora Medical Center - Burlington
Michael A. Connor, DO	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist Neurophysiology Vascular Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan, WI
Abdurahman Elkhetali, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora Medical Center - Mount Pleasant
Mhd K. Heder, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora Medical Center - Burlington
Nihal Herath, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora Medical Center - Grafton
Jigar P. Mankad, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Jimmy V. Ninh, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Suneel Varma, MD	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center

Neuromuscular Medicine

Name	Specialty	Location
Melissa Cook, MD	Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Chaya M. Pinson, MD	Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine	Aurora Medical Center - Grafton, WI
Anastasia H. Wells, MD	Neurology Neuromuscular Medicine	Aurora Neurology - Milwaukee, WI

Neurophysiology

Name	Specialty	Location
Karina M. Arkush, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures Neurophysiology	Aurora Medical Center - Summit
Michael A. Connor, DO	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist Neurophysiology Vascular Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan, WI
Janki Lavingia, MD	Neurology Neurophysiology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Pediatric

Name	Specialty	Location
Edward H. Kovnar, MD	Neurology Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Milwaukee, WI
Kumar Sannagowdara, MD	Neurology Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Greenfield, WI
Rebecca Spasari, MD	Neurology Pediatric Neurology	Advocate Medical Group Neurology - Libertyville, IL
Dorota H. Telega, MD	Neurology Epilepsy and Seizures Pediatric Neurology	Aurora Pediatric Neurology - Brookfield, WI

Stroke

Name	Specialty	Location
Thomas J. Wolfe, MD	Neurology Endovascular Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Vascular

Name	Specialty	Location
Michael A. Connor, DO	Neurology Neuro-Hospitalist Neurophysiology Vascular Neurology	Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan, WI
Nicholas Osteraas, MD	Neurology Vascular Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neuro Oncology

Name	Specialty	Location
Jacob Deutsch, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Massihullah Hamidi, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Jonathan Jennings, MD	Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Isaac Melguizo-Gavilanes, MD	Neurology Neuro Oncology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Anil Y. Tumu, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology

Neuro Ophthalmology

Name	Specialty	Location
Susiani Intan, MD	Neurology Neuro Ophthalmology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neuropsychology

Name	Specialty	Location
Bryanna T. Bruger, PsyD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Milwaukee, WI
Jessica S. Chapin, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Medical Center - Grafton
Tarra A. Combs, PhD	Neuropsychology Pediatric Neuropsychology	Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Joseph M. Cunningham, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Milwaukee, WI
Kathleen Elverman, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Milwaukee, WI
Emilie I. Franchow, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Milwaukee, WI
Tobias Kaemmerer, PsyD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Milwaukee, WI
Kerry O’Mahar, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Menomonee Falls, WI
Gina M. Rehkemper, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Hartland, WI
Nichelle D. Rothong, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuroscience Innovation - Milwaukee, WI
Kiryl Shada, PsyD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Nataly I. Stewart, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Neuropsychology - Milwaukee, WI
Rebecca Torres, PhD	Neuropsychology, Pediatric	Aurora Neuropsychology - Menomonee Falls, WI
Melissa Wingate, PsyD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha

Neuroradiology

Name	Specialty	Location
Jacob Deutsch, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Massihullah Hamidi, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI
Jonathan Jennings, MD	Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Anil Y. Tumu, MD	Diagnostic Radiology Epilepsy and Seizures Neuro Oncology Neuroradiology	Aurora Health Center - St. Francis, WI

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