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Neurosurgery - Faculty

Marie Alexander
Advance Practice Provider
Instructor of Neurosurgery

Aimee Aysenne, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Neurology for Inpatient Services
Prog. Dir. of Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Dir. of Neurocritical Care, Dir. of Telestroke, Assoc. Prof. of Neurosurgery

Advance Practice Provider
Instructor of Neurosurgery

Erin E. Biro, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
G. Bix
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Professor & Vice Chair of Clinical & Translational Research, Vada Odom Reynolds Chair in Stroke Research

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

Olivia Cornu, NP
Advanced Practice Provider
Instructor of Neurosurgery

Johnny Delashaw, MD
Director of Skull Base Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery

Daniel Denis, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Associate Dean & Vice President of Health System Clinical Affairs
Charles B. Wilson Professor & Chair of Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

Director of Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Microsurgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Lora Kahn, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Attending physician-Tulane/Ochsner Residency Program

James Kalyvas, MD
Medical Director Neurosurgical Spine
Spine Fellowship Director Department of Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Codirector of the Neurosurgery Spine Program
Director of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Advanced Practice Provider
Instructor of Neurosurgery

Advanced Practice Provider
Instructor of Neurosurgery

Ning Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Alejandra Martinez-Lege, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Christopher Maulucci, MD, FAANS
Vice Chair of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Director of the Neurosurgery Spine Program, Assistant Residency Program Director

Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery
Roger D. Smith, MD
Chairman Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Neurosurgery Professor; Structural & Cellular Biology Professor
Anatomical Research Director, CNRC; Surgical Anatomy Director, Tulane School of Medicine

Emma M. Twiner, MSPAS, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider
Instructor of Neurosurgery

Director of the Division of Endovascular Neurosurgery/Interventional Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology
Program Director, Brain Injury Research, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center

Marcus L. Ware, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery