Resident Life

Events

NYC Softball Tournament

Each year, we participate in the Annual Charity Neurosurgery Residency Conference in New York City. While we aren’t always the champions, we have a great time interacting with other neurosurgery residency programs from across the country. And all for a great cause!

Caption: NYC Residency Charity Softball, June 2016

Other Social Events:

Holiday Party
Resident End-of-Year Party
Post-ABNS Exam Party
Random fun activities as thought up by the residents
Caption: Resident Graduation, June 2016

Giving Back

Throughout the year, we participate in numerous events to expand our volunteer efforts. For example, two of our residents accompany our Pediatric Neurosurgery group to Haiti each spring to operate on children in need. Whether it is a local charity fun run or a trip to an underserved country to provide medical care, our residents are actively involved in changing the lives of others!

Caption: Haiti FIENS 2016

Resident Awards

ABNS Primary Examination High Score Award

2013 – Yoshua Esquenazi Levy, MD
2014 – Shane Abdunnur, MD / Saint-Aaron Morris, MD
2015 – Sebastian Villarreal, MD
2016 – Saint-Aaron Morris, MD
2017 – Dan Monsivais, MD
2018 – Keith Kerr, MD
2019 – Hussein Zeineddine, MD
2020 – Hussein Zeineddine, MD
2021 – Phillip Choi, MD
2022 – Hussein Zeineddine, MD
2023 – Dallas Sheinberg, MD

Most Valuable Resident (“MVR”) of the Year

2013 – J. Edward Hsu, MD
2014 – Jessica Stark, MD
2015 – Keith Kerr, MD
2016 – J. Edward Hsu, MD
2017 – Wesley Jones, MD
2018 – Jessica Stark, MD
2019 – Daniel Monsivais, MD
2020 – Matthew Mullarkey, MD
2021 – Cole Lewis, MD
2022 – Phillip Choi, MD
2023 – Hussein Zeineddine, MD

Faculty Awards

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award

*Recognizes outstanding contributions to resident teaching for the past year

2014 – Karl Schmitt, M.D.
2015 – Nitin Tandon, M.D.
2016 – Scott Shepard, M.D.
2017- Karl Schmitt, M.D.
2018 – Joseph Cochran, M.D.
2019 – Karl Schmitt, M.D.
2020 – Karl Schmitt, M.D.
2021 – John Caridi, M.D.
2022 – Joseph Cochran, M.D.
2023 – John Quinn, M.D.