Program Director's Message
Excellence in medical education has been a tradition of Mercy Hospital of Buffalo for over 100 years. The Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo combines hospital activities, clinical research opportunities, teaching experience, and administrative training. There is available clinical, radiographic, and electrophysiology experience for those applying from other than a neuroscience background. Practical experience comes from multiple clinical settings and work with Neurocritical Care-certified physicians who strive to foster your personal interests.
The particular strength of the program is its collaboration between faculty from departments of neuroendovascular, neurology, neurosurgery, critical care medicine, cardiovascular surgery, cardiology, emergency medicine, radiology, and anesthesiology, and its association for training at the regional Level-One trauma center.
Upon successful completion, fellows are certified in Emergency Neurological Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and they are board-eligible for the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties Neurocritical Care examination. They will have developed a foundation in teaching and clinical research for their future careers.
Raed Alnaji, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Program Staff
Amanda Melas
Neuroscience Program Administrator/Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program Coordinator
Akelly2@chsbuffalo.org
Core Faculty
Raed Alnaji, MD – Neurointensivist
Fellowship Program Director
William Coplin, MD, FCCM, FNCS – Neurointensivist
Medical Director Neurocritical Care
Julius G. LaTorre, MD, MPH – Neurointensivist
Professor of Neurology
Medical Directory Neurology & Stroke SUNY Upstate
Lee Guterman, PhD, MD – Endovascular Neurosurgeon
Medical Director, Neuroscience Service Line
Steve Dofitas, MD – Vascular Neurologist
Gregory Castiglia, MD – Neurosurgeon
Christopher Wilcox, DO, MS – Neurointensivist, Cardiac Intensivist
Arie Weinstock, MD – Epileptologist
Professor of Clinical Neurology SUNY Buffalo
Director, Epilepsy Program and Long-Term Monitoring
Arun Babu, MD – Neurologist
James Egnatchik, MD – Neurosurgeon Chairman of Neurosurgery
Edward Cosgrove, MD – Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
William J Flynn Jr., MD – Trauma surgeon, Intensivist
Chief, Division of Critical Care Erie County Medical Center
Associate Professor, Program Director Critical Care fellowship
Michael S. Chopko, MD – Trauma surgeon, Intensivist
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nurse Practitioner Team
Amanda Coleman, NP
Andrea Perry, NP
Maria White, NP
Brittany McMillan, NP
Trevor Chichelli, DNP
Nicole Wedzina, DNP
Kara Wopperer, NP
Supervising Attending Physicians/ Faculty
Andrew SanFilippo, DO, DPT – Vascular Neurologist
Peterkin Lee-Kwen, MD – Neurologist
Jason Davies, MD, PhD – Endovascular Neurosurgeon
Jeffery Lewis, MD – Neurosurgeon
Stephen Gladysz, MD – Anesthesiologist
Nishi Harvey, MD – Anesthesiologist
Nirosshan Thiruchelvam, MD – Intensivist, Pulmonologist
Zeeshan Qureshi, DO – Neuroradiologist