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College of Medicine: Department of Neurosurgery

Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery have expertise in various subspecialties including general neurosurgery, neurosurgical oncology, vascular neurosurgery, neurotrama, spine neurosurgery, and functional neurosurgery for movement disorders, seizures and chronic pain.
Our neurosurgeons perform research, multiple clinical trials and are the leaders for simple and complex surgeries not available at other centers in Arkansas.

Primary Faculty

T. Glenn Pait, M.D., FACS, FAANS
T. Glenn Pait, M.D., FACS, FAANS
Professor, Interim Chair
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Director, T. Glenn Pait Spine Clinic
Gregory Albert
Gregory Albert, M.D., MPH
Professor
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Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Noojan Kazemi
Noojan Kazemi, M.D.
Associate Professor
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Video: https://youtu.be/4OetV4O2hnY
Eylem Ocal
Eylem Öcal, M.D., FAANS
Professor
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Pediatric Neurosurgery
Viktoras Palys, MD
Viktoras Palys, M.D.
Assistant Professor
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Surgical Director, Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Erika Petersen
Erika Petersen, M.D.
Professor
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Twitter: @https://twitter.com/ErikaPetersenMD
Director, Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery
Phillip Porcelli, D.O.
Phillip Porcelli, D.O.
Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery Section Chief, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Analiz Rodriguez
Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
Associate Professor
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Twitter: @ARODMDPHD

Director, Neurosurgical Oncology

Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D.
Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., MBA
Professor
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Hector Soriano-Baron, M.D.
Hector Soriano-Baron, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Joint Spine Service
Tomoko Tanaka, M.D.
Tomoko Tanaka, M.D.
Associate Professor
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Pediatric Neurosurgery
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Faculty with Secondary Appointments in Neurosurgery

David Bumpass
David B. Bumpass, M.D.
Associate Professor
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Orthopaedic Surgery
Joseph Chacko
Joseph G. Chacko, M.D.
Professor
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Ophthalmology
Jennifer Gess
Jennifer L. Gess, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Psychiatry
Jennifer Kleiner
Jennifer S. Kleiner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Psychiatry
Richard McCarthy
Richard E. McCarthy, M.D.
Professor
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Orthopaedic Surgery
Samuel Overley
Samuel C. Overley, M.D.
Assistant Professor
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Orthopaedic Surgery