Name

Fellow / Lab

Yong-Jun Cho, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Cho received his M.D. from Yonsei University, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the Medical College of Kyung-Hee University, Korea. Dr. Cho is a visiting
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Hallym University, Chunchon City, Korea, specializing in spine and peripheral nerve. Current research includes: 1) Minimally invasive surgical techniques for spine that will postoperative outcomes, and 2) Peripheral nerve surgery.

Kim Fellow

Klaus Fabel

Palmer (Neurobiology Lab)

Konstanze Fabel

Palmer (Neurobiology Lab)

Michel Ferrand-Drake, M.D., Ph.D.
Michel Ferrand-Drake M.D., Ph.D., is a post-doc scholar. He completed his undergraduate and medical training at the University of Lund, Sweden. He has studied mechanisms responsible for the development of cell damage
following cerebral ischemia and hypoglycemia. In particular, cell death pathways initiated at the level of mitochondria is an important area of research.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Zhen Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.

Yenari

Kisoo Han, M.D.
Dr. Han received a Master’s degree in Medical Science, Neurosurgery, from the Graduate School of Korea University, and his MD, magna cum laude from the College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. His research interest is in endoscopic spine surgery, image-guided spine surgery, and peripheral nerve reconstruction.

Kim

Takeshi Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Shirley Huang, Ph.D.
Dr. Huang received her Ph.D. in pharmacology from the College of
Pharmacy, University of Kentucky. Her expertise is in the field of gene transcriptional regulation in the development of pathogenesis of diseases related to hypertension and
stroke. Her current project is focused on the role of transcription factors in the molecular mechanisms underlying regulation of SOD neuronal protection against brain ischemia.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Xian-Nan Tang, MD, PhD

Steinberg/Yenari Lab

Carolina Maier, Ph.D.
Dr. Maier has studied the effects of various NMDA receptor antagonists in both in vitro and in vivo models of cerebral ischemia and hypothermia as a therapeutic strategy against stroke. Her current research involves studying the role of reactive oxygen species in ischemia-reperfusion injury, blood-brain barrier breakdown, and intracerebral hemorrhage. The goal of this research is to develop new strategies for the treatment and prevention of stroke.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Shuzo Okuno, M.D.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Palmer (Neurobiology Lab)

Torsten Rohlfing, Ph.D.
Dr. Rohlfing received his MS in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and his PhD in Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin for for research on multi-modality image registration and image-guided neurosurgery. His research interests include 3D-to-3D and 2D-to-3D image registration, tomographic image reconstruction, visualization, and image-guided medical procedures.

Image Guidance Lab (Shahidi/Maurer)

Atsushi Saito, M.D.
Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan. Dr. Saito researches: 1) vasospastic machinery after subarachnoid hemorrhage; 2) apoptotic mechanism after cerebral ischemia; 3)spinal cord ischemia; and 4) thrombolysis after embolc cerebral ischemia.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Imad Shahhal, M.D.
M.D., American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Neurosurgery Residency, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California. Research: Comparing different techniques for cervical spine fixation in order to discover solutions that are minimally invasive, yet result in highly successful surgical outcomes.

Kim Fellow

I. Chun Wang, M.D.
Dr. Wang received his M.D. from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. He currently researches minimally invasive and computer-assisted spinal surgery.

Kim Fellow

Eric Wexler, M.D.

Palmer (Neurobiology Lab)

Fengshan Yu, M.D.
Dr. Yu received his M.D from North China Coal Medical College, and a master's degree in Neurobiology from Capital University of Medical Science in Beijing, China. His current research focuses on spinal cord injury and bone marrow stromal cell.

Chan (Neurosurgical Laboratories)

Heng Zhao, Ph.D.
Dr. Zhao received his doctoral degree from Nihon University, Tokyo. His current research interest is in gene therapy to treat stroke or cerebral ischemia. By using a Herpex simplex virus system, which can deliver genes into the brain, he tests whether overexpression of Bcl-2 or HSP 72 offers better protection before or after cerebral ischemia or stroke.

Steinberg/Yenari Lab

John Sinclair, MD

Steinberg Fellow