Meet Our Team

The surgeons and clinicians in the Department of Neurosurgery specialize in diagnosing and treating complex conditions of the brain, spine, and nerves with compassionate, expert care. The following is a list of our highly trained clinicians, each dedicated to supporting you before, during, and after your hospital stay.

Department Leadership

Joshua B. Bederson, MD
The Leonard I. Malis, MD / Corinne and Joseph Graber Professor of Neurosurgery and System Chair
Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System

Raj K. Shrivastava, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Education
Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System

Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA
Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs
Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System

Saadi Ghatan, MD
Professor and Site Chair
Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside

Christopher P. Kellner, MD
Associate Professor and Director
Cerebrovascular Center

John K. Houten, MD
Professor and Director
Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai South Nassau

Zachary L. Hickman, MD
Associate Professor and Director
Department of Neurosurgery NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

Professors

Alejandro Berenstein, MD

Johanna T. Fifi, MD

Brian H. Kopell, MD

Kalmon D. Post, MD

Hongyan Zou, MD, PhD

Associate Professors

Tanvir F. Choudhri, MD

Reade A. De Leacy, MD

Neha S. Dangayach, MD

Konstantinos Margetis, MD, PhD

Fedor E. Panov, MD

Tomoyoshi Shigematsu, MD, PhD

Hazem M. Shoirah, MD

Jeremy M. Steinberger, MD

Raymund L. Yong, MD

Assistant Professors

Hae Young Baang, MD

Arianne Boylan, MD

Hang S. Byun, MD

M. Travis Caton, MD

Divaldo De Arruda Camara Jr., MD

Daryl Goldman, MD

Gregory Kapinos, MD, MS

Cappi C. Lay, MD 

John W. Liang, MD 

Stephen Miranda, MD, MS

Shahram Majidi, MD

Peter F. Morgenstern, MD

Thomas J. Oxley, MD, PhD

Benjamin I. Rapoport, MD, PhD

Chanland (Chan) Roonprapunt, MD, PhD

Laura Salgado-Lopez, MD, PhD

Jonathan Sisti, MD

Sedat Ulkatan, MD

Nirit Weiss, MD

Advanced Practice Providers

Leslie C. Schlachter, PA

Kayla L. Epstein, PA

Rezve Karim, PA

Rebecca Katz, PA