About the Vascular Neurology Fellowship
UMass Chan Medical School partners with UMass Memorial Health to provide a comprehensive education and training program in our Stroke Center and Vascular Neurology department.
UMass Memorial Medical Center is a cornerstone for medical care throughout central and western New England, a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I trauma center with more than 140,000 annual ED visits, the home of the LifeFlight emergency helicopter service, and the hub for an established telestroke program that brings neurovascular expertise into community hospitals. There are more than 800 patients admitted to the UMass Stroke Service annually. Our comprehensive stroke center provides access to the state-of-the-art neurocritical care unit as well as Neurointerventional radiology, and neurosurgery.
Explore our program highlights, curriculum, and rotation schedule for more information about our program.
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Majaz Moonis, DM, MD, MBBS, DTCD , Director, In-Patient Stroke Services; Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyMajaz Moonis, MD, MBBS, DTCD, MD(Medicine), DM(Neurology), MRCPI, FRCPE, FAAN, FAHA, FAASM
Director Stroke and Sleep Centers, Day Kimball Hospital, Connecticut
Academic Profile Physician ProfileEducation:
- fellowship training in neurology of aging and dementia, and epilepsy at UMASS Chan Medical School
- residency training in neurology at UMASS Chan Medical School
- residency training in neurology at All India Institute of Med Sciences, Delhi
- residency training in internal medicine at Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi
- residency training in pulmonary medicine at V.P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi
- residency training in medicine and surgery at Safadarjung Hospital, University of Delhi
- medical school, University College of Medical Science, at University of Delhi, Delhi, India -
Brian Silver, MD, FRCPC, FAHA, FAAN, FANA , Endowed Chair in Neuroscience Research, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, University of Western Ontario
- residency training in neurology at UMass Chan Medical School
- medical degree from McGill University in Montreal Canada -
Nils Henninger, MD, PhD , Associate Vice Chair of Research
Associate ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training in Cerebrovascular Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
- residency training in Neurology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany,
- residency training in Neurology at UMass Chan Medical School
- medical school at the University of Mainz, Germany -
Rakhee Lalla, DO
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training in Vascular Neurology at Boston Medical Center
- residency training in neurology at the University of Maryland Medical Center
- medical school, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine -
Thomas Ford, MD
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training at Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center
- residency training at Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center
- medical school at UMass Chan Medical School -
Danison Emmerson, MD
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training in vascular neurology at the University of Connecticut
- residency training in neurology at the University of Connecticut
- medical school, -
Annie Ferris, MD , Associate Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship in vascular neurology at UMass Chan Medical School
- residency in neurology at UMass Chan Medical School
- medical school, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA -
Muhammad Ramzan, MD
Assistant ProfessorPrograms: Neurodiagnostics Center, Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training in
- residency training in
- medical school, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in medicine -
Raphael Carandang MD , Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
Associate ProfessorPrograms: Neurocritical Care Center, Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training in vascular neurology at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH, and in Neurocritical Care at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA.
- residency training in Neurology at Boston University Medical School/ Boston Medical Center, Boston MA. Internship in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College / Metropolitan Hospital, NY.
- residency training in Internal Medicine at Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan, MM, Philippines
- medical school, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Metro Manila, Philippines -
Richard Goddeau, DO, FAHA
Associate ProfessorPrograms: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Category: NeurologyAcademic Profile Physician Profile
Education:
- fellowship training in Vascular Neurology, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- residency training in Neurology at UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
- medical school, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME
Fellowship Coordinator
Current Fellows
July 2024 - June 2025
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Sherif Mahmoud Elsayed, MD, - Neurovascular Fellowship at UMass Chan Medical School |
Fellowship Alumni
July 2023 - June 2024
Eliza Grigoriciuc, MD, vascular neurology fellow, received neurology residency training at UMass Chan Medical School, and attended medical school at the Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Juliu Hatieganu
Muhammad Khurram Afzal, MD, vascular neurology fellow, received neurology residency training at St. Louis University, School of medicine- Neurovascular Fellowship at UMass Chan Medical School
July 2022 - June 2023
Annie Ferris, MD, received neurology residency training at UMass Chan Medical School and joined the faculty team upon graduation.
Ray Catton, MD, received neurology residency training at UMass Chan Medical School. Catton, MD, began a Neuro Interventional Radiology fellowship program after leaving UMass Chan.
July 2021 - June 2022
Shakaib Qureshi, MD, MBBS vascular neurology fellow received training from the Gulf Medical; University in the United Arab Emirates. Qureshi, MD, MBBS, went on to work at Mercy Health in Michigan.
Simona Nedelcu, MD, PhD, vascular neurology fellow, received neurology residency training at UMass Chan Medical School. Nedelcu, MD, PhD, transitioned to the Neuro Interventional Radiology fellowship for additional specialty training.
July 2020 - June 2021
Marwa Elnazeir, MD, was our graduating fellow. Marwa Elnazeir, MD received training from St. Matthew’s University in Grand Cayman.
Raphaella Weiser, MD, was our graduating fellow. Raphaella Weiser, MD, received training from the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
July 2019 - June 2020
Zimbul Albo, MD,PhD, was our graduating fellow. Zimbul Albo, MD, PhD, received training from the Central University of Venezuela, and went on to work at Tufts Medical Center
Muhammad Azeem, MBBS- Came from the Shifa College of Medicine in Pakistan.
July 2018 - June 2019
Sandhya Mehla, MBBS, was our graduating fellow. Sandhya Mehla, MBBS received training from the M P Shah Government Medical College in India, and went on to work at the Hartford Healthcare Headache Center in CT.
Dilip Kumar Jayaraman, MD, was our graduating fellow. Dilip Kumar Jayaraman, MD received training from the SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center in India, and went on to work at Tower Health in PA
July 2017 - June 2018
Max Mandelbaum, MD, PhD, was our graduating fellow. Max Mandelbaum, MD, PhD, went on to work at Mercy Medical Center in California
Shweta Sapnar, MBBS, was our graduating fellow.