![Neurosurgery alumni at an alumni dinner](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-alumni-dinner.jpg?h=e28a5e76&itok=d-JIpef-)
Resident Alumni
Learn where our recent Department of Neurosurgery residency graduates have gone next in their careers.
All of U-M Medical School Department of Neurosurgery residents pursue advanced fellowship training with a fifteen-year fellowship acceptance rate of 100%. All of our graduates become faculty at academic institutions or go on to careers in private practice, with most of our residents pursuing academic careers.
- Badih Junior Daou, MD - Endovascular Fellow, Barrow Neurosurgery
- Timothy Yee, MD - Spine Surgery Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
![Neurosurgery residency class of 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-alumni-2023.jpg?itok=P-fsK-g_)
![Neurosurgery residency class of 2022](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-alumni-2022.jpg?h=b7a91703&itok=mBPjBWNW)
- Amy Bruzek, MD, MS - Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Children's Minnesota
- Siri Sahib S. Khalsa, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Spine Division, The Ohio State University
- Matthew Willsey, MD, PhD, MEng - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin and Visiting Instructor at the Neural Prosthetics Translational Lab, Stanford University
![Neurosurgery residency class of 2021](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-alumni-2021.jpg?h=088a5503&itok=j85NCXf0)
- David Altshuler, MD, MS - Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery & Otolaryngology, University of Michigan
- Yamaan Saadeh, MD - Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery & Director, University of Michigan Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Program
![Neurosurgery residency class of 2020](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-alumni-2020.jpg?h=bbd4e833&itok=6VC0FjG5)
- Todd Hollon, MD - Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery. University of Michigan and Affiliate Assistant Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics & Michigan Institute for Data Science
- Jay Nathan, MD - Neurosurgeon, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
- Brandon Smith, MD, MS - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Duke University
![Neurosurgery residency class of 2019](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-alumni-2019.jpg?h=ae1281eb&itok=T0IjfDIB)
- Jacob R. Joseph, MD - Director of CNS Trauma, Adult Neurosurgery, Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery & Emergency Medicine, and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, University of Michigan
- Luis Savastano, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco
- David (Drew) Wilkinson, MD - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
![Map of where Neurosurgery fellowship graduates have gone in their careers](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-10/neurosurgery-fellowshipmap.png?itok=5-NnF9vH)