NEUROSURGERY - Faculty

Marie Alexander, MS, MSPAS, PA-C

Advanced Practice Provider, Instructor of Neurosurgery

Amber Bailey, MPAS, PA-C

Advanced Practice Provider, Instructor of Neurosurgery

Erin E. Biro, MD, FAANS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery

Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA

Director of Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Professor & Vice Chair of Clinical & Translational Research, Vada Odom Reynolds Chair in Stroke Research

Cuong "CJ" Bui, MD, FAANS

Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Health; Program Director, Tulane-Ochsner Neurosurgery, Residency Program; Co-Director of Ochsner Neuroscience Institute

Daniel Denis, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Aaron S. Dumont, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA, FAANS

Associate Dean & Vice President of Health System Clinical Affairs, Charles B. Wilson Professor & Chair of Neurosurgery

Esther Dupepe, MD, MSPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery

Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center; AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

Vernard S. Fennell MD, MSc

Director of Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Microsurgery

Thomas Francavilla, MD, FAANS

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Christopher Green, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Shannon Hextrum, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Neurology

Saifudeen Ismael, PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Joe Iwanaga, DDS, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Kendrick Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Lora Kahn, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Attending physician-Tulane/Ochsner Residency Program

James Kalyvas, MD, FAANS

Medical Director Neurosurgical Spine, Spine Fellowship Director Department of Neurosurgery

Joseph Keen, DO

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Sassan Keshavarzi, MD

Codirector of the Neurosurgery Spine Program

Pervez Khan, MD

Director of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Bonnie Koepp, FNP-C, WCC,CWS,FACCWS,FA

Advanced Practice Provider, Instructor of Neurosurgery

Cynthia L. Laviolette, MPAS, PA-C

Advanced Practice Provider, Instructor of Neurosurgery

Ning Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Joseph Lockwood, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Eric Lonseth, MD, MPH

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Alejandra Martinez-Lege, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Christopher Maulucci, MD, FAANS, FACS

Professor of Neurosurgery, Vice Chair of Clinical Neurosurgery, Codirector of the Neurosurgery Spine Program, Assistant Residency Program Director

Martha Robinson, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Neurology

Roger D. Smith, MD

Chairman Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Wenyan Sun, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

R. Shane Tubbs, PhD, MS, PA-C

Professor of Neurosurgery; Professor of Structural & Cellular Biology; Anatomical Research Director, CNRC; Surgical Anatomy Director, Tulane School of Medicine