Our residents have many choices available after completing their residency training.

Below is a summary of recent resident destinations. 

Alumni destinations

  • 2018, Olatilewa Awe, Mosaic Life Care
  • 2018, Yasunori Nagahama, UCLA Health
  • 2017, Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, Mayo Clinic
  • 2016, Taylor Abel, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • 2016, Andrew Grossbach, The Ohio State University
  • 2015, Brian Dalm, The Ohio State University
  • 2015, Stephanus Viljoen, The Ohio State University
  • 2014, Raheel Ahmed, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • 2014, Daniel Hansen
  • 2013, Kelly Mahaney, Stanford University
  • 2013, Brian Dlouhy, University of Iowa
  • 2012, David Kung, University of Pennsylvania
  • 2012, Adam Jackson, Sanford Health
  • 2011, Nadar Dahdaleh, Northwestern Medicine
  • 2011, Timothy Vogel, Hackensack University Medical Center
  • 2011, Timothy Lindley, Heartland Orthopedic Specialists
  • 2010, Chandan Reddy, University of Florida Health
  • 2010, Fangxiang Chen, Mercy Health System
  • 2009, Gregory Albert, Arkansas Children's Hospital
  • 2009, Saul Wilson, University of Iowa
  • 2008, Albert Fenoy, McGovern Medical School at UT Health
  • 2008, Bryan Bertoglio, Amita Health Medical Group
  • 2007, Meryl Severson, Durham VA Health Care
  • 2006, David Hasan, University of Iowa
  • 2006, Steven Kraljic, CHI St. Alexius Health
  • 2005, Kurt M. Eichholz, St. Louis Minimally Invasive Spine Center
  • 2005, Dan Guillaume, University of Minnesota
  • 2004, Christopher Barry, Neurological Services
  • 2004, Jeremy Greenlee, University of Iowa
  • 2003, Laurie Ackerman, Indiana University

Assessments

During the seven years of intensive training, each of the above elements of clinical competence is periodically assessed by direct faculty supervision and by senior resident colleagues with subsequent review by the program director. 

Re-appointment and promotion to the subsequent PGY year requires a satisfactory progression in the development of these elements of clinical competence.

The educational program of the residency is designed to meet specific goals and objectives at each level of training as outlined in the following table. The program is designed in accordance with the ACGME core competencies. RRC requirements can be found on the ACGME Neurological Surgery site.