Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Team

Our team of adult and pediatric surgeons performs approximately 2,000 neurosurgical procedures each year. Each of our neurosurgeons has specific neurosurgical subspecialty expertise.

Ziya Gokaslan, MD

Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital

Curtis Doberstein, MD

Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD

Director, Functional Neurosurgery & Epilepsy Program; Co-Director, Deep Brain Stimulation; Laboratory Director, Cognitive Neurophysiology & Neuromodulation

Joaquin Q. Camara, MD

Director of Neurosurgery, Newport Hospital

Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon

Deus J.C. Cielo, MD

Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Program Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division

Jared Fridley, MD

Director, Spinal Surgical Outcomes Laboratory

Maria A. Guglielmo, MD

Neurosurgeon

Petra M. Klinge, MD, PhD

Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hasbro Children’s Hospital; and Director, CSF Disorders of the Brain and Spine, Rhode Island Hospital

Christine Kyuyoung Lee, MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon

Athar Naveed Malik, MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon

Krisztina Moldovan, MD

Cerebrovascular Surgeon, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Co-Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

Tianyi Niu, MD

Neurosurgeon

Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, FAANS

Director, Spinal Surgery Division, Director, Norman Prince Spine Institute

Prakash Sampath, MD

Director, Brain Tumor Immunology Program, Rhode Island Hospital

Patricia Leigh Zadnik Sullivan, MD

Director, Center for Spine Tumor and Chordoma Research

Konstantina Svokos, DO

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Albert E. Telfeian, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spinal Surgery

Radmehr Torabi, MD

Co-Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center, Rhode Island Hospital; Co-Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery