CORE CLINICAL TEAM
RESEARCH TEAM

- John Biggins, PhD – Senior Research Director – [email protected] (READ MORE)
- Navdeep Nayyar, M.D., MBA – Junior Research Director – [email protected]
- Jeff Wood, M.A. – Data Collection and Screening Coordinator – [email protected]
ADDITIONAL TEAMS
CORE OFFICE TEAM – SCREENING
- Jeff Wood, M.A.
Data Collection and Screening Coordinator – [email protected]
CORE OFFICE TEAM – MEDICAL BRANCH
- Vanessa Quezada – Office Manager – [email protected]
- Shannon McGarry – Office Coordinator – [email protected]
CORE OFFICE TEAM – SURGICAL BRANCH
- Irene Pendergast – Executive Assistant to Dr. Bolognese – [email protected]
- Dawn Verity – Surgical Coordinator – [email protected]
- Margarita Pinto– Authorization Coordinator to Dr. Bolognese – [email protected]
- Philip Papadimas – Physician Assistant to Dr. Bolognese – [email protected]
ANCILLARY MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL TEAM
- Steven Onesti, M.D., F.A.C.S. – NSPC Neurosurgeon, Chair of Neurosurgery at SNCH (READ MORE)
- Marat Avshalumov, Ph.D. – NSPC Neurophysiologist (READ MORE)
- Stelios Koutsoumbelis, M.D. – Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon (READ MORE)
- Ritha Alhindawi, M.D. – General Surgeon
- Prajoy Kadkade, M.D. – Otolaryngologist
- Ian Stein, M.D. – Neurologist
- John Pile-Spellman – Interventional Neuroradiology
PERIOPERATIVE TEAM AT MSSN/SNCH
PA’s dedicated to the hospital care
- Jackie Hunter – Physician Assistant, NSPC
- Miguel Gonzales, Physician Assistant, NPSC
- Jonathan Garing, Physician Assistant, NPSC
- Jimmy Lee, Physician Assistant, NPSC
- Farina Sial – Physician Assistant, NSPC
- Nick Strippoli – Physician Assistant, NSPC
- Nazanin Rahmani – Physician Assistant
Neuromonitoring Team (IOM at NSPC)
- Marat Avshalumov, PhD (READ MORE)
- Denmark Mugutso, MS.
- Charles V. Warnecke, CNIM
- Joel Thomas, CNIM
- David M. Zimmerman, CNIM
Nursing and Techs
- Cynthia Borquez, RN – Nurse Manager, E2 floor care
- Margaret Hempstead – Nurse Supervisor, IV team
- Eileen Giangrasso, RN – Presurgical Testing Evaluation Manager
- Marylene Teopengco-Merritt – OR Nurse
- Yemi Mejule – Perioperative Tech
- Toni Dauphin – OR Nurse
- Keia Clark – OR Nurse
- Walter Navas – Perioperative Tech
- Rasdeep Sappal – Assistant Director, Radiology
- Samantha Cucci, Susan Bissett, Alex Raigosa, Wade Rodney – Radiology Techs
Administration:
- Yansi Interiano – Chiari EDS Liaison