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Anthony L. Asher, MD

Anthony L. Asher, MD, FACS
Vice Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Program, Carolinas Medical Center
President, Neuroscience Institute, Atrium Health
Surgical Director, Adult Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Programs; Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health

Special Interests: Micro and Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Brain Tumors, Skull Base Tumors, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Fellowship: National Cancer Institute
Residency and Internship: University of Michigan
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Affiliations: Founder and Director, National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database; Director, American Board of Neurological Surgery; Past President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Vice-President, AANS/CNS Neuropoint Alliance; Board of Directors, American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Co-Chairman of the National Task Force on Quality Initiatives in Neurosurgery; Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery and Biology, UNC; Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University; Co-Founder, Brain Tumor Fund for the Carolinas

Tim E. Adamson, MD

Tim E. Adamson, MD
Medical Director, Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery
Special Interests: Vascular Neurosurgery, Endoscopic Disc Surgery, Acoustic Tumors, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Fellowship: Neurological Surgery, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Residency and Internship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Affiliations: Board Member, AANS Ethics Committee; Operating Room Committee Chairman, Carolinas Medical Center; Medical Director, Neurosurgical Intensive Care; Member, Cerebrovascular Section of the AANS; Neurosurgeon to the Carolina Panthers

Joe D. Bernard, MD

Joe D. Bernard, MD
Medical Director of Neurovascular Services for NISS, Carolinas Medical Center
Vice-Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Carolinas Medical Center
Special Interests: Neuro-Interventional Surgery (Brain Aneurysms, AVM’s, Dural Fistula, Carotid/Vertebral/Intracranial Stenting), Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Treatment of Stroke, Carotid and Vertebral Dissections, Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Spinal Neuro-Modulation
Residency and Internship: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Affiliations: Neurotrauma, OR, Credentialing and Stroke Executive Committees at Carolinas Medical Center; NeuroInterventional Surgery and Societies; Cerebrovascular Section of CNS and AANS

Michael Bohl

Michael Bohl, MD
Special Interests: Pediatric and Adult Scoliosis, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Tumors, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Fusion, Degenerative Spine Disease
Fellowship: Orthopedic Spinal Deformity, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Residency: Barrow Neurological Institute
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Military Service: US Marine Corps, Veteran of Two Combat Deployment
Affiliations: American Medical Association, International Society for Advancing Spine Surgery

Domagoj Coric, MD

Domagoj Coric, MD
Special Interests: Artificial Disc Replacement, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Tumors, Degenerative Diseases of the Spine, Disc Disease, Spinal Cord Injuries, Endoscopic Disc Surgery
Residency and Internship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Affiliations: Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the AANS and CNS; President, North Carolina Spine Society; President Elect, Southern Neurosurgical Society; North American Spine Society

E. Hunter Dyer, MD

E. Hunter Dyer, MD
Special Interests: Transsphenoidal Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Vascular Neurosurgery, Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Fellowship: Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery, L’Hospital Foch, Suresnes, Paris, France
Residency and Internship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Affiliations: Past member, Executive Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Martin M. Henegar, MD
Special Interests:
Brain Tumors, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Complex Spine Surgery, Spinal & Cranial Endoscopy
Residency and Internship: Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Affiliations: Society for Neuro-Oncology; Joint section on Functional & Stereotactic Neurosurgery of the AANS & CNS; AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery; American Society of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Christopher Holland

Christopher Holland, MD, PhD
Special Interests:
Adult Spinal Deformity, Artificial Disc Replacement, Degenerative Spine Disease, Degenerative Spinal Disorders, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Tumors
Fellowship: Complex & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, University of Utah
Residency and Internship: Emory University
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Sarah C. Jernigan, MD, MPH
Special Interests: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hydrocephalus, Moyamoya, Spasticity, Endoscopy for Brain Tumors, Craniosynostosis
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
Residency: Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Louisville
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Affiliations: Tulane University School of Public Health

Paul K. Kim, MD

Paul K. Kim, MD
Chair, Carolinas Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery
Special Interests: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Complex Spinal Disorders, Spinal Deformities, Degenerative Spine Disease, Artificial Disk Replacement, Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Trauma, Osteoporotic Compression Fractures, Spinal Tumors
Fellowship: Spine Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic
Residency and Internship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medical School: University of Mississippi Medical School
Affiliations: North American Spine Society, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors

Matthew J. McGirt, MD

Matthew J. McGirt, MD
Special Interests:
Complex and Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery and Spinal Fusion, General Neurosurgery
Fellowship: Spinal Surgery, Johns Hopkins
Residency and Internship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Affiliations: Adjunct Research Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research; AANS/CNS Joint Spine Section; North American Spine Society (NASS)

Vincent J. Rossi, MD, MBA.

Vincent J. Rossi, MD, MBA
Special Interests: Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cervical Foraminotomy, Motion Preservation, Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement, Lumbar Artificial Disc and Facet Replacement, Robotic Spine Surgery, Outpatient Spine Surgery
Fellowships: Orthopedic Spine Fellowship, Spine Ortho Clinic – Robotic and Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Melbourne, Australia; Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship, Epworth Hospital – Cervical and Lumbar Arthroplasty, Melbourne, Australia
Residency and Internship: Carolinas Medical Center
Medical School: Ruth University Medical College
Affiliations: American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), AANS Diversity Committee, AANS Practice Management Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Southern Neurological Society, International Society for Advancement of Spine Surgery

Mark D. Smith, MD

Mark D. Smith, MD
President, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
Special Interests: Brain Tumors, Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion, Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Degenerative Spine Disorders
Residency and Internship: University of Tennessee, Memphis, Department of Neurosurgery
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Affiliations: Neurosurgery Development Team and Chief of Neurosurgery, Presbyterian Hospital

William Stetler

William R. Stetler, Jr., MD
Special Interests: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Treatment of Stroke, Vascular Neurosurgery
Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship: University of Florida
Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship: University of Michigan
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Affiliations: Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, American Heart Association Stroke Council 

Jonathan M. Parish, MD

Jonathan M. Parish, MD
Special Interests: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Treatment of Stroke, Brain Aneurysms, Arteriovenous Malformations, Skull Base Brain Tumors, Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia
Fellowship: Neuroendovascular Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center
Residency and Internship: Carolinas Medical Center
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Affiliations: Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Southern Neurosurgery Society, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgeons, Chief Resident – Neurological Surgery Residency Program (2021-2022)

Mark D. Van Poppel, MD

Mark D. Van Poppel, MD
Medical Director of Neurosurgical Trauma, Carolinas Medical Center
Special Interests: Adult and pediatric epilepsy, congenital cranial and spinal malformations in children, pediatric spinal disorders including spinal dysraphism and tethered spinal cord, pediatric cerebrovascular disease, pediatric and adult tumors of the brain and spine, endoscopic procedures for adults and children
Fellowship: Pediatric neurosurgery, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Residency & Internship: University of Tennessee and Semmes-Murphey Clinic
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Master of Science in Anatomy and Cellular Physiology: Indiana University
Master of Science in Biology: Purdue University

Scott D. Wait, MD

Scott D. Wait, MD
Program Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Program, Carolinas Medical Center
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Carolinas Medical Center
Special Interests: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Endoscopy, Cerebrovascular Disease, Epilepsy Surgery, Neurotrauma and Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Fellowships: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Skull base, endoscopic and neuro-oncology, Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Sydney, Australia
Residency: Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
Internship: Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Clinical Research Training: The National Institutes of Health
Medical School: East Carolina University School of Medicine

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