Neurology Residency Program

Past Residents

Past Neurology Residents:

Class of 2023:

Mustafa Al-Chalabi, D.O.
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, University of South Florida Morsani, Tampa, FL

Khaled Gharaibeh, M.D.
Vascular Neurology Fellowship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Sumayya Naz, M.D.
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Sihyeong Park, M.D.
Epilepsy/EEG Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Judy Zheng, M.D.
Movement Disorders Fellowship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

 

Class of 2022:

Jayasai Jeyarajan, M.D.
Headache Fellowship, Hartford Healthcare

Sohaib Lateef, M.D.
Vascular Neurology Fellowship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Mariam Noor, M.D.
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Maria Rabbani, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

 

Class of 2021:

Nasar Ali, DO
Vascular Neurology Fellowship, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ

Jennifer Amsdell, MD
Movement Disorder Fellowship, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Haroon Majoka, MD
Epilepsy Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Irfan Sheikh, MD
CNP/Epilepsy Fellowship, Massachusetts General, Boston, MA

 

Class of 2020:

Ausaf Ahmed, MD
EEG/Neurophysiology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Nurose Karim, MD
Vascular Neurology Fellowship, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Payam Sadry, DO
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Amin Sanei, MD
Neuroimmunology Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 

Class of 2019:

Guru Ramaiah, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Jae Eun Lee, MD
Fellowship in Epilepsy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Umar Shuaib, MD
Fellowship in Movement Disorders, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ehad Afreen, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

 

 Class of 2018:

Fellowship in Neuro Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship in Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Practicing Neurologist, Baystate Neurology, Springfield, MA

Neuromuscular Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

 

Class of 2017:

Practicing Neurologist, Advanced Neurologic Associates, Bellevue, OH

Vieh Ming Kung, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Hisham Salahuddin, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Texas, Dallas, TX
Fellowship in Interventional Neurology/Instructor of Neurology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

 

Class of 2016:

Assad Amin, MD
Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Fellowship in Neuromuscular/EMG, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX

Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

 

Class of 2015:

Fellowship in Sleep Disorders, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Practicing Neurologist, Sioux Falls, SD

Vikram Shivkumar, MD
Fellowship in Movement Disorders, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
Assistant Professor, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

Pawani Sachar, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Medford, OR

 

Class of 2014:

Ajaz Sheikh, MD
Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship in Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Jhanvi Menon, MD
Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Practicing Neurologist, San Marcos, CA

Mehmood Rashid, MD
Fellowship in Neurovestibular Disorders, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Fellowship/Clinical Instructor, Movement Disorders, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

 

Class of 2013:

Nabeel Herial, MD, MPH
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
Fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, MN
Fellowship in Endovascular Neurology and Neurovascular Critical Care, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Sunil Nair, MD
Fellowship in Neurophysiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Lincoln, NE

Lakshmi Shankar, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Hershy, PA

 

Class of 2012:

Archie Ong, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Practicing Neurologist, Skokie, IL

Ghazala Perven, MD
Fellowship in Epilepsy, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Instructor of Neurology, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Muhammad S. Siddiqi, MD
Fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine, Sloan Memorial Kettering Hospital, New York City, NY
Practicing Neurologist, Tallahassee, FL

 

Class of 2011:

Shan E. Abbas, MD
Fellowship in Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Practicing Neurologist, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Aruna Bollineni, MD
Fellowship in EMG, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Westminster, MD

Siddharth Sehgal, MD
Fellowship in Stroke, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH
Practicing Neurologist, Burlington, MA

 

Class of 2010:

Elysia James, MD
Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Practicing Neurologist, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Neena Jamwal, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Clinical Assistant Professor, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI

Fouzia Siddiqui, MD
Practicing Neurologist, Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA
 

Class of 2009:

Selena Nicholas-Bublick, MD, MHS
Fellowship in Movement Disorders, The University of Toledo, toledo OH
Community Faculty, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Practicing Neurologist, Promedica Physician Group, Toledo, OH

Bharatkumar Patel, MD
Practicing Neurologist, Tampa, FL

Olga McAbee, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Southampton, NY

 

Class of 2008:

Mark Ramirez, MD,
Practicing Neurologist, Roseburg, OR

Ruggero Serafini, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Assistent Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

 

Class of 2007:

Anand Gundappa, MD
Fellowship in Neurophysiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Practicing Neurologist, Niagara Falls, New York

Salman Wali, MD, MPH
Practicing Neurologist, Philadelphia, PA

 

Class of 2006:

Fellowship in EMG, Sleep Medicine, SUNY Healthcare at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY
Practicing Neurologist, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ

Neeraj Kaplish, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, Sleep Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

Class of 2005:

Timothy Hickey, MD
Practicing Neurologist, Toledo, OH

Purvi Saraiya, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Practicing Neurologist, The Toledo Clinic, Toledo, OH
Community Faculty, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

 

Class of 2004:

Liliana Cohen, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Private Practice, Thousand Oaks, CA

Vasanthi Krishna, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Sacramento, CA

 

Class of 2003:

Marietta Medel, MD
Fellowship in EEG/EMG, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Lima, OH

Vicki Ramsey-Williams, MD, PhD
Fellowship in EEG, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Associate Professor of Neurology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

 

Class of 2002:

Hongyan Li, MD, PhD
Fellowship in EEG, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Attending Neurologist, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Professor of Neurology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Venka Veerappan, MD 
Practicing Neurologist, Las Vegas, NV

 

Class of 2001:

Rima Dafer, MD
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Assistant Professor and Director of the Stroke Unit, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Associate Professor, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Professor of Neurological Sciences, Rush University, Chicago, IL

Istvan Pirko, MD
Fellowship in Neuroimmunology, Mayo Clini, Rochester, NY
Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinatti, OH
Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY
Deceased, 2014

 

Class of 2000:

Martha Boulos, MD
Fellowship in Neurophysiology, Sleep Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Practicing Neurologist, Hampton, VA
Community Faculty, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

Khaled Yassine, MD
Fellowship in EEG, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Attending Neurologist for Cleveland Clinic Affiliated Hospital
Practicing Neurologist, Promedica Physician Group, Toledo, OH
Community Faculty, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH