Neurosurgery Residency Program

Current Residents

Chief Resident
Hamid Aliabadi, MD (Medical College of Virginia '03) E-mail: hamid.aliabadi@duke.edu
Chief Resident
Ben Waldau, MD, PhD (Ruprecht-Karls University, Germany '02) E-mail: ben.waldau@duke.edu
PGY 5
Chuck Kanaly, MD (Vanderbilt University '05) E-mail: charles.kanaly@duke.edu
Steve Parker, MD (Indiana University '05) E-mail: stephen.parker@duke.edu
PGY 4
Renee Reynolds, MD (SUNY Upstate Medical University '06) E-mail: renee.reynolds@duke.edu
Shahid M Nimjee, MD, PhD (Duke University '06)  E-mail: nimje001@mc.duke.edu
PGY 3
Betsy Hughes, MD (Medical College of Georgia '07) E-mail: betsy.hughes@duke.edu
Isaac Karikari, MD (Duke University '06) E-mail: isaac.karikari@duke.edu
Ankit Mehta, MD (Harvard Medical School '07) E-mail: ankit.mehta@duke.edu
PGY 2
Amitoz Manhas, MD, MPH (New York Medical College '08) E-mail: amitoz.manhas@duke.edu
Jonathan Choi, MD (Duke University '08)  E-mail: choi0016@mc.duke.edu

Recent Graduates 

Ashutosh A. Pradhan, MD ('06)
Jacksonville, Fl; 2006-present

Kent New, M.D., PhD ('05)
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; 2006-present

Parag Patil, MD, PhD ('05)
Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship, Univ. of Toronto; 2006-07
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Univ of Michigan; 2007-present

D. Cory Adamson, MD, PhD, MPH ('05)
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Duke University; 2005-present
Chief of Neurosurgery, Durham VA Medical Center; 2005-present

Ken Little, MD ('04)
Boise, Idaho; 2005-present

Dragan Dimitrov, MD ('03)
Monteray, CA; 2003-present

Russell Margraf, MD, PhD ('02)
Raleigh, NC; 2002-present

Amy Heimberger, MD ('02)
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, M.D. Anderson; 2002-present

Allan Villavicencio, MD ('01)
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, CO; 2001-present

Jay Wellons, MD ('01)
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Univ of AL; 2001-present