Alumni

Class of 2024

• Samuel Asante, MD
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Current Position: Neurosurgeon at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, South Carolina

 
Class of 2023

• Jonathan Lee, MD
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
Fellowship: Complex Spine Surgery at Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
Current position: Neurosurgeon at Maxim Health, Morristown, NJ

• Ryan Austerman, MD
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
Fellowship: Functional Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 
Class of 2022

• Saeed Sadrameli, MD
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine 
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
Current Position: Neurosurgeon at Orlando Neurosurgery, Orlando, FL

• Amanda Jenson, MD
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Tampa, FL
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery at Duke University 

 
Class of 2020
  • Zain Boghani, MD
    Medical School: UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
    Fellowship: Spine Surgery at Brown University, Providence, RI
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Northeast Georgia, Gainesville, GA
  • Virendra Desai, MD
    Medical School: UT Medical School, San Antonio
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
    Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
    Current Position: Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Epilepsy and Functional Surgeon at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  • William J. Steele III, MD
    Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
    Fellowship: Complex Spine Fellowship, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Group of Texas, Houston, TX

 

Class of 2019

  • Meng Huang, MD 
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
    Fellowship: Complex Spine Fellowship, University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

 

Class of 2018

  • Sean M. Barber, MD 
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
    Fellowship: Spine Surgery at Brown University, Providence, RI
    Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
  • Robert A. Scranton, MD
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
    Fellowship: Skull Base Surgery Fellowship at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery Associates of Lubbock, LLP

 

Class of 2017

  • Brandon D. Liebelt, MD
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    Current Position: Cerebrovascular/Skull Base Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
    Fellowship: Cerebrovascular/Skull Base Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
    Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, The University of Vermont Medical Center

 

Class of 2016

  • Blake N. Staub, MD
    Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    Fellowship: Spine Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX

 

Class of 2015

  • Taylor L. Gist, MD
    Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Group of Texas, Houston, TX

Class of 2014

  • Andrew D. Livingston, MD
    Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Neurological and Spinal Surgery, Lincoln, NE

Class of 2013
  • Chandan Krishna, MD
    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston, TX
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    Fellowship: Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

  • Leonardo Rangel-Castilla, MD
    Medical School: Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Facultad de Medicina, México
    Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    Fellowships: Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; Cerebrovascular/Skull Base Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
    Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic