July 2026

NEUROSCIENCES

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE NEUROLOGY INCOMING AND OUTGOING TRAINEES

Incoming Residents — Class of 2029

We are delighted to share that we have matched 10 trainees to the Northwestern Medicine Neurology Residency Program.
Neha Aggarwal, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Jessica Baker, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan
Sarita Damaraju, MD, MSc
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Zachary Gaertner, MD, PhD
Medical School: Northwestern University
Jon Klein, MD
Medical School: Northwestern University
Anna Kolchinski, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Danielle Millan, MD
Medical School: Northwestern University
Raj Purohit, MD
Medical School: Northwestern University
Anita Puyear, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan
Parin Shah, MD, MPH
Medical School: University of Illinois, Chicago

Graduating Residents

We congratulate our graduating residents as they advance to fellowship training and clinical practice.
Nohamin Ayele, MD
Interest/Focus: Neuromuscular Medicine
Fellowship Destination: Northwestern University
Sofia Chernet, MD
Interest/Focus: Neuro-Oncology
Fellowship Destination: Yale University
Jamie Cooper, MD
Interest/Focus: General Neurology
Post-graduate Destination: Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
Tara Gill, MD
Interest/Focus: Vascular Neurology
Fellowship Destination: Northwestern University
Hannah Kim, MD
Interest/Focus: Neuro-Oncology
Fellowship Destination: Harvard - Mass General
Courtney Raab, MD
Interest/Focus: Vascular Neurology
Fellowship Destination: University of Chicago
Thejasvi Reddy, MD
Interest/Focus: Headache Medicine
Fellowship Destination: Northwestern University
Adriana Sari, MD
Interest/Focus: Neuromuscular Medicine
Fellowship Destination: Northwestern University
Fred Shen, MD
Interest/Focus: UE5 Research Award / Movement Disorders
Fellowship Destination: Northwestern University
Meghana Shownkeen, MD
Interest/Focus: Neurohospitalist
Fellowship Destination: Northwestern University

Incoming Fellows

We are delighted to share that we have matched 21 incoming fellows across the full spectrum of neurology subspecialties to the Northwestern Medicine Neurology Fellowship Program.
Erick Larios Bautista, MD
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology
Medical School: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
Heather Voss-Hoynes, MD, PhD
Specialty: Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology
Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Mohammad “Qadeer” Farooqui, MBBS
Specialty: Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology
Medical School: Dow International Medical College
Residency: University at Buffalo School of Medicine
Mara Kaufman, MD
Specialty: Epilepsy
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Laura Swanson, MD, PhD
Specialty: Pediatric Epilepsy
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Theja Reddy, MD
Specialty: Headache Medicine
Medical School: McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Fred Shen, MD, PhD
Specialty: Movement Disorders
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Shane Musick, MD
Specialty: Neurocritical Care
Medical School: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University
Residency: Medical College of Georgia
Veronica Torres Torres, MD
Specialty: Neuroimmunology and MS
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Adriana Sari, MD
Specialty: Neuromuscular Medicine
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Nohamin Ayele, MD
Specialty: Neuromuscular Medicine
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Bailyn Hogue, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Neuromuscular Medicine
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Gabriela Mata, MD
Specialty: Neuro-oncology
Medical School: Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Valencia
Residency: St. Louis University School of Medicine
Robert Porter, MD, PhD
Specialty: Neuro-oncology
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program
Alexandra Saali, MD
Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lars Johnson, MD
Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: University of Michigan Health System
Magdaleno Aaron Gutierrez, MD
Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Abigail Fariscal, MD
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School of the Medical College of Hampton Roads
Residency: University of Maryland
Tara Gill, MD
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Yousef Ahmed, MD
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
Medical School:
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Meghana Shownkeen, MD
Specialty: Neurohospitalist
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Graduating Fellows

We recognize our graduating fellows for their clinical, educational and research contributions and congratulate them on their next roles.
Noheli Rodriguez-Marrero, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology
Post-graduate Plans: part-time faculty appointment at the Pediatric University Hospital in Puerto Rico, Child Neurology section and start my private clinical practice
Dina Ghandour, MBChB
Specialty: Epilepsy
Post-graduate Plans: Faculty appointment at Northwestern Medicine
Sheng Tang, MD, PhD
Specialty: Epilepsy
Post-graduate Plans: Undecided
Sarah Guistolisi, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Epilepsy
Post-graduate Plans: Staying on as faculty at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in epilepsy and general neurology
Varun Sampat, MD
Specialty: Pediatric
Post-graduate Plans: Clinical Practice in the Division of Epilepsy at Lurie Children's. 
Faculty appointment at Northwestern Medicine as assistant professor
Jennifer Fokas, MD
Specialty: Headache Medicine
Jacob Yomtoob, MD
Specialty: Movement Disorders
Post-graduate Plans: Faculty appointment at Northwestern Medicine
Lucy Morse, MD
Specialty: Movement Disorders
Post-graduate Plans: Faculty appointment at Northwestern Medicine
Tse Chiang Chen, MD
Specialty: Neurocritical Care
Post-graduate Plans: Clinical practice at Mohawk Valley Health Systems, Utica, New York
Yuzhe Liu, MD, PhD
Specialty: Neurocritical Care
Hannah Kopinsky, MD 
Specialty: Neuroimmunology and MS
Post-graduate Plans: staying at Northwestern Medicine as a neurologist with a focus in MS and neuroimmunology in Lake Forest and Glenview
Tulsi Malavia, MD
Specialty: Neuromuscular Medicine
Post-graduate Plans: I will be a clinical assistant professor of Neurology here at Northwestern Medicine, working as a neuromuscular neurologist in the west suburbs and downtown Chicago. ​
Sangri Kim, MD
Specialty: Neuromuscular Medicine
Can Ozlu, MD
Specialty: Pediatric Neuromuscular Medicine
Post-graduate Plans: pediatric neuromuscular neurology faculty at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City
Andrew Williams, MD
Specialty: Neuro-Oncology
Post-graduate Plans: clinical practice at Allina Health in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Meghan Hill, MD
Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Post-graduate Plans: clinical practice at Corewell Health Grand Rapids in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine
Alison Szabo, MD
Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Post-graduate Plans: clinical faculty at Northwestern Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
KuangHua Guo, MD, PhD
Specialty: Sleep Medicine
Post-graduate Plans: staying on at Northwestern Medicine as an instructor in sleep medicine
Jacqueline Leong, MD
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
Post-graduate Plans: assistant professor; associate program director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship at Saint Louis University in the Department of Vascular Neurology
Jieun Kang, MD
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
Prabhjot Grewal, MD
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

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