Our Team
About NERVE
NERVE is supported by and serves as a research branch of Brain and Spine Group, Inc. (BSG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to provide hands-on and web-based neurosurgical education to medical students around the world without economic, institutional, or geographic barriers. NERVE became part of BSG shortly after it was founded by students at Kansas City University & Campbell University.
NERVE Faculty Leadership
Faculty Director
Randy S. D'Amico, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery
Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Faculty Advisor
Alvan Ukawchukwu, MD, MSc.
Assistant Professor, Duke Health Department of Neurosurgery
Affiliate Faculty, Duke Global Health Insitute
Director of Neurosurgery Research, Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology
Faculty Advisor
Susan Pannullo, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Director, Neurosurgical Radiosurgery
Weill Cornell Medicine,
Neurological Surgery
NERVE Student Leadership
Nikki M. Barrington, MPH
Senior Director
Event Coordinator
MD/PhD Candidate, Rosalind Franklin University
Jennifer Perrault
Senior Director
Social Media Manager
DO Candidate, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nicholas Panico
Senior Director
Event Coordinator
DO Candidate, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Zachary Taylor
Senior Director
Research Manager
DO Candidate, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Shubhang (Sean) Bhalla
Senior Director
Research Manager
MD Candidate, Texas Tech University
David Doyle
Junior Director
Research Manager
MD/PhD Candidate, Central Michigan University
Anjali Gupta
Junior Director
Event Coordinator
DO Candidate, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Jayson Nelson
Junior Director
Research Manager, Statistics Consultant
MD Candidate, University of Utah
Adam Husain
Research Mentor
MD Candidate, University of Texas Medical Branch
Giselle Ghabussi
Research Mentor
DO Candidate, Lincoln Memorial University Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
NERVE Resident Alumni
Michael Kortz, DO, MBA (Co-Founder, University of Colorado)
Edwin McCray, DO, MHA (Co-Founder, University of Arizona)
Harrison Snyder, MD (Tufts Medical Center)
Sakibul Huq, MD (University of Pittsburgh)
Vamsi Reddy, MD (University of Texas Southwestern)
Jenna Meyer, MD (Mayo Clinic - Arizona)
Michael Rothbaum, MD (Oregon Health & Science University)
Taylor Reardon, DO (Henry Ford Hospital)
Shelly Sharma, MD (George Washington University)
Jennifer Mao, DO, MBA (University of Miami)
Rohin Singh, MD (University of Rochester)
Nathan Shlobin, MD, MBA (Columbia University)
Alexander Aguirre, MD (University of Buffalo)
Joanna Tabor, MD (Yale University)
Gretchen Koller, DO (Michigan State University)
Alexandra Miner, MD (George Washington University)
Karolina Pellot, MD (University of Rochester)
Bronson Ciavarra, MD (Baylor Scott & White)