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Neurosurgery

Cranial

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

Functional

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

Spine

Name	Specialty	Location
Lynn Bartl, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center in Summit
Nicholas Hempeck, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center in 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 O’Leary, MD	Neurosurgery Spine surgery	Aurora Medical Center Kenosha

Stroke and endovascular

Name	Specialty	Location
Sudeepta Dandapat, MD	Endovascular neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Saritha Kundoor, MD	Vascular neurology	Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
Ilana Ruff, MD	Vascular neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kavit Shah, MD	Endovascular neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Thomas Wolfe, MD	Endovascular neurology System medical director, stroke	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Amanda Wilcox, DO	Endovascular neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neurology

General neurology

Name	Specialty	Location
Aasifuddin Ahmed, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Ali H. Alrefai, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (St. Francis)
Leonid Bouinyi, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center Southern Lakes
Shilpa Chaku, DO	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Oak Creek)
Grace DeHoff, DO	Neurology, Neuro CC	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kate Essad, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)
Taylor Finseth, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Anastasia H. Fischer, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
Kathryn D. Gaines, DO	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)
Mhd Kher Heder, MD	Neurology	Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic, Summit
Vijay Johnson, MD	Neurology, Neuro CC	Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic, Summit
Sany T. Khabbaz, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Group, Green Bay
Ikram Khan, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Saritha Kundoor, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Janki Lavingia, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Teresa Lee, MD	Neurology	Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Michael Levin, MD	Neurology	Aurora Advanced Healthcare (Mequon)
Wilson H. Luy Tan, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center, Oshkosh
Eric F. Maas	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)
Jorge Marquez de Leon, MD	Neurology	Aurora Advanced Healthcare (Hartford)
James L. Napier Jr., MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Group, Green Bay
Brandon Overhold, MD	Neurology, Neuro CC	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Heidi Pangborn, MD	Neurology	Aurora Advanced Care (Menomonee Falls)
Eric Potts, MD	Neurology	Aurora Advanced Care (Menomonee Falls)
Darryl Prince, MD	Neurology	Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic, Summit
Ajaz Qhavi, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (New Berlin)
Lea Rayman, MD	Neurology	Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic, Summit
Lara Riles, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center, Sheboygan
Ilana Ruff, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Steven Sandstrom, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center, Oshkosh
Shaik Sayeed, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's South Shore Medical Office Building
Trent Schmeling, MD	Neurology	Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic, Summit
Umang Shah, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Simran Singh, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Mount Plesant
Veronica Sosa, MD	Neurology Medical director-epilepsy	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Asad Ullah, MD	Neurology	Aurora Advanced Care (Menomonee Falls)
Shawn Whitton, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Group, Green Bay
Amanda Wilcox, DO	Neurology, Neuro CC	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center

Concussion

Name	Specialty	Location
Kate Essad, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)

Epilepsy and seizures

Name	Specialty	Location
Ikram Khan, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Umang Shah, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Veronica Sosa, MD	Neurology Medical director, epilepsy	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Shawn Whitton, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Group, Green Bay

Multiple sclerosis

Name	Specialty	Location
Aasifuddin Ahmed, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Eric F. Maas, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)
Lea Rayman, MD	Neurology	Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic, Summit

Neuro oncology

Name	Specialty	Location
Asadullah Khan, MD	Neuro Oncology, Neurology	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Isaac Melguizo-Gavilanes, MD	Neuro Oncology, Neurology	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center

Movement disorders

Name	Specialty	Location
Ali H. Alrefai, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (St. Francis)
Taylor Finseth, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kathryn D. Gaines, DO	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)
Teresa Lee, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Headache

Name	Specialty	Location
Ashley Holdridge-Martin, DO	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Whitefish Bay)

Pediatric neurology

Name	Specialty	Location
Edward Kovnar, MD	Neurology	Aurora Health Center (Good Hope Rd., Milwaukee)
Kumar Sannagowdara, MD	Neurology	84South (Greenfield)
Dorota Telega, MD	Neurology	Neurology

Neuro hospitalist

Name	Specialty	Location
Michael Connor, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan
Abdurahim Elkhetali, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant
Nihal Herath, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Joav Kofman, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Jigar Mankad, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Jimmy Ninh, MD	Neurology	Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
Suneel Varma, MD	Neurology	Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center

Other specialties

Neuroradiology

Name	Specialty	Location
Jonathan Jennings, MD	Neuroradiology, radiology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Neuropsychology

Name	Specialty	Location
Jessica Chapin, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Medical Center in Grafton
Tarra Combs, PhD	Neuropsychology, pediatric	Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha
Joseph Cunningham, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Katie Elverman, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Emilie Franchow, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Tobias Kaemmerer, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kerry O’Mahar, PhD	NeuroPsychology	Aurora Advanced Healthcare (Menomonee Falls)
Gina Rehkemper, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Hartland Clinic
Nichelle Rothong, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Kiryl Shada, PsyD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Behavioral Health Center
Rebecca Torres, PhD	Neuropsychology, Pediatric	Aurora Advanced Healthcare (Menomonee Falls)
Melissa Wingate, PhD	Neuropsychology	Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha

Pain Management

Name	Specialty	Location
Amy Pearson, MD	Pain Management	Aurora St Luke's South Shore

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