Faculty
AHN Neurosurgery Residency Program
Chairman
Chief Medical Officer and President, Allegheny Clinic
System Chair, AHN Neuroscience Institute
Director of Epilepsy Surgery
Program Director
Director of AHN Adult Hydrocephalus Center
Director of AHN Pituitary Center
Associate Director of Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Associate Program Director
Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology, Skull Base Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Neurosurgery
Assistant Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Assistant Director, Adult Deformity Surgery
Surgical Director Neurologic Intensive Care Unit
Core Faculty Neurosurgical Attendings
Parviz Baghai, MD, MBA
Vice Chairman, AHN Department of Neurosurgery
Forbes Regional Hospital
Director of Neuro Critical Care- Allegheny General Hospital
E. Richard Prostko, MD
Chairman, AHN Credentials Committee
Vice-Chair, AHN Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Director, Endovascular Services
Director, Stroke Program
Assistant Director, Skull Base Surgery
Neurosurgical Attendings
Chairman, AHN Department of Neuroendoscopy
Director, Jho Institute for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Neuroscience Research
Boyle Cheng, PhD
Saadyah Averick, PhD
Neurosurgical Subspecialty Teams
Skull Base Surgery
- Alexander Yu, MD
- Richard Williamson, MD
- Douglas Chen, MD
- Todd Hillman, MD
- Erik Interval, MD
- Matthew Straka, MD
Neuro-Oncology
Cerebrovascular Surgery
- Ashis Tayal, MD
Movement Disorders / Deep Brain Stimulation
- Philip Lee, MD, PhD
Complex Spine
- Gary Schmidt, MD
Minimally Invasive Spine
UPMC Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Ian Pollack, MD
- Taylor Abel, MD
- Stephanie Greene, MD
- Robert Kellogg, MD
- Michael McDowell, Clinical Instructor
Peripheral Nerve
- Philip Lee, MD, PhD
- Parviz Baghai, MD
Neuroanesthesia
- Adam Yuan, MD
- Leanne Fike, MD
Extradepartmental Key Clinical Faculty
Clinical Pharmacology
- Sarah Young, Pharm. D
Neuro-Oncology
- Tulika Ranjan, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Neuropathology
- Kymberly Gyure, MD
- Jancie Ahn, MD
Neurology
- Ashis Tayal, MD
Neuroradiology
- Warren Chang, MD
- Michael Goldberg, MD
- Charles Li, MD
- Albert Sohn, MD
- Michael Spearman, MD
- Marc Wallace, DO
- Christian Wanamaker, MD
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, and Throat)
- Erik Interval, MD
Palliative Care
Pulmonary Critical Care
Neurosurgical Administration