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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
Director, T. Glenn Pait Spine Clinic
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Gregory Albert
Gregory Albert, M.D., MPH
Professor
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Noojan Kazemi
Noojan Kazemi, M.D.
Associate Professor
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Eylem Ocal
Eylem Öcal, M.D., FAANS
Professor
Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Viktoras Palys, MD
Viktoras Palys, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Surgical Director, Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
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Erika Petersen
Erika Petersen, M.D.
Professor
Director, Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery
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Analiz Rodriguez
Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
Associate Professor
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology
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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
Pediatric Neurosurgery
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M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Phillip Porcelli, D.O.
Phillip Porcelli, D.O.
Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery Section Chief, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Faculty with Secondary Appointments in Neurosurgery

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