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

J.D. Day, M.D.

J.D. Day, M.D.

Professor

Chairman

Gregory Albert

Gregory Albert, M.D., MPH

Professor

Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Noojan Kazemi

Noojan Kazemi, M.D.

Associate Professor

Eylem Ocal

Eylem Öcal, M.D., FAANS

Associate Professor

Pediatric Neurosurgery

T. Glenn Pait, M.D., FACS, FAANS

T. Glenn Pait, M.D., FACS, FAANS

Professor

Director, T. Glenn Pait Spine Clinic

Viktoras Palys, MD

Viktoras Palys, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Surgical Director, Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Erika Petersen

Erika Petersen, M.D.

Professor

Director, Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery

Analiz Rodriguez

Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Director, Neurosurgical Oncology

Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D.

Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D.

Professor

Tomoko Tanaka, M.D.

Tomoko Tanaka, M.D.

Associate Professor

Pediatric Neurosurgery

M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.

M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.

Professor Emeritus

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

Joseph Chacko

Joseph G. Chacko, M.D.

Professor

Ophthalmology

Jennifer Gess

Jennifer L. Gess, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Jennifer Kleiner

Jennifer S. Kleiner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Richard McCarthy

Richard E. McCarthy, M.D.

Professor

Orthopaedic Surgery

Samuel Overley

Samuel C. Overley, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Orthopaedic Surgery

Vishank Shah

Vishank A. Shah, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Neurology

Mhd Zaghlouleh

Muhammad E. Zaghlouleh, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Neurology