Projects and Awards Funded by Honor Your Mentor Funds
Honor Your Mentor (HYM) Funds recognize the incredible people who have advanced neurosurgery. Each mentor fund has a specific purpose, and donations fund a chosen research or educational endeavor in the mentor’s name across a variety of subspecialties.
To date, the following HYM funds have provided funding for projects or awards:
2021
- Dr. Martin Muthinja Kariinya, Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi Kenya
- Dr. Emmanuel Wafula, Tenwek Hospital, Bomet Kenya
2022
- Dr. Martin Muthinja Kariinya, Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi Kenya
2023
- Dr. Martin Muthinja Kariinya, Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi Kenya
2024
- Dr. Martin Muthinja Kariinya, Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi Kenya
2018
- Maria Peris-Celda, MD, PhD, Albany Medical College, Rhoton Young Clinician Investigator Award for Neuroanatomical Research
- Sricharan Gopakumar, Baylor College of Medicine, Rhoton Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
- Brian F. Jimenez, University of Tennessee, Rhoton Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
2022
- Christopher S. Graffeo, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
Rhoton Young Clinician Investigator Award for Neuroanatomical Research
2017
- Darryl Lau, MD, University of California-San Francisco, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2018
- Teddy Kim, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2019
- Benjamin T. Himes, MD, Mayo Clinic, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2020
- Victoria E. Clark, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2021
- Michael B. Keough, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2022
- Ashish Shah, MD, University of Miami
2023
- Elena Kurudza, MD, University of Utah
2023
- Shelly Timmons, MD, PhD, FAANS
2024
- Rocco Armonda, MD, FAANS
2018
- Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, FAANS
2021
- Khaled Alok, MD (Charles Tator Spinal Cord Injury Resident Research Award)
- Allan D. Levi, MD, PhD, FAANS (Tator Lecture)
2022
- Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD (Charles Tator Spinal Cord Injury Resident Research Award)
- Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC (Tator Lecture)
2023
- Obada Alhalabi (Charles Tator Spinal Cord Injury Resident Research Award)
2024
- Laureen Hachem, MD
- Michelle Gittler
2121
- Nitin Agarwal, MD, “REDUCE – Comparative effectiveness of reduction versus in-situ arthrodesis for high grade spondylolisthesis: A quality outcomes database pilot study”
2022
- James Phillip Caruso, MD, University of Texas Southwestern “Lumbar lordosis restoration after low-grad spondylolisthesis correction: Is interbody fusion superior?”
2023
- Lumbar Spondylolisthesis QOD Study Funding
2017
- Vincent J. Alentado, Michael Brendan Cloney, Doniel Drazin, Benjamin D. Elder, George M. Ghobrial, C. Rory Goodwin, Peter Grunert, Daipayan Guha, Ibrahim Hussain, Christian Iorio-Morin, Evan Joseph Lytle, Allan R. Martin, Meghan Murphy, Aria Nouri, Vijay Ravindra, Ahilan Sivaganesan, Vijay Yanamadala, Michael M.H. Yang, and Scott L. Zuckerman.
2018
- Mark Andrew Attiah, Yi-Ren Chen, Lee Onn Chieng, Michael Cloney, Shashank V. Gandhi, Jakub Godzik, Jian Guan, Allen L. Ho, Katie L. Krause, Darryl Lau, Jay Kiran Nathan, Tianyi Niu, Imran Noorani, Eric W. Sankey, Ganesh Shankar, Corey Tyler Walker, Vijay Yanamadala, Juneyoung L. Yi, and Hesham Mostafa Zakaria.
2019
- Owoicho Adogwa, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Mark Andrew Attiah, Oliver GS Ayling, Andrew Kai-Hong Chan, Islam Fayed, Shashank V. Gandhi, Jack M. Haglin, Allen L. Ho, Sertac Kirnaz, Mohamed Macki, Anthony L. Mikula, Aria Nouri, Zachary Sanford, Alisson R. Teles, Zoe E. Teton, Jamie RF Wilson, Michael M.H. Yang, Hesham Mostafa Zakaria, and Scott L. Zuckerman
2020
- Roberto Perez-Roman, Andrew K. H. Chan, Ken Chang, Mena G. Kerolus, Michael Karsy, Yaroslav J. Gelfand, Nida Fatima, Allan R. Martin, Harry Mushlin, John F. Burke, Jacob C. Hoffmann, Samuel H. Farber, Chencai Wang, Lee Onn Chieng, Darryl Lau, Jakub Godzik, Anshit Goyal, Anthony L. Mikula, Oliver GS Ayling, and Michael M. H. Yang
2021
- Daniel Myers, MD, Zach Pennington, MD, Brandon Sherrod, MD, Tolga Sursal, MD, Nikita Lakomkin, MD, Anthony L. Mikula, MD, Ali Moghaddamjou, MD, Dayton Grogan, MD, James Caruso, MD, Seokchun Lim, MD, Chad F. Claus, DO, John F. Burke, MD, Yaroslav J. Gelfand, MD, Safwan Alomari, MD, Islam Fayed, MD, Khaled Alok, MD, Daryl Fields, MD, Timothy Y. Wang, MD, and Yagiz U. Yolcu, MD
2022
- Hasan S. Ahmad, Ahmed Albayar, Ammar Alsalahi, DO, Vikram Chakravarthy, MD, Andrew K. Chan, MD, Sai Chilakapati, Pravesh Gadjradj, Jacob Goldberg, MD, Travis M. Hamilton, MD, Kevin T. Huang, MD, Michael H. Lawless II, DO, Robert W. McCabe, DO, Giorgos Michalopoulos, Anthony L. Mikula, MD, Jose Orenday, Alp Ozpinar, MD, Paul Page, MD, Zachariah Pinter, Yamaan S. Saadeh, MD, Saman Shabani, MD
2023
- Abdul Karim Ghaith, Aladine Elsamadicy, Aria Nouri, David Kurland, David Mazur-Hart, Edvin Telemi, Edwin Kulubya, Evan Joiner, Gustavo Anton, Jacob Jasinski, James Mooney, James Zhou, Jeff Ehresman, Joravar Dhaliwal, Joseph Linzey, Joseph Withrow, Katriel Lee, Kavelin Rumalla, Ken Porche, Laureen Hachem, Maaria Abdel-Moneim, Mark Zaki, Michael Cloney, Miguel Cardozo, Mohammad A. Nour el Dine, Patrick Flanigan, Pavlos Texakalidis, Rafael del la Garza Ramos, Roxana Beladi, Ryan Screven, Sananthan Sivakanthan, Sean Neifert, Steve Cho, Steve Monk, Syed Faraz Kazim, Syed Khalid, Tarek Mansour, Tej Azad, Timothy Chryssikos
2024
- Kimberly Ashayeri, MD, Hani Chanbour, MD, Steve Cho, MD, Michael Cloney, MD, Ian Connolly, MD, Joseph DiDomenico, MD, James Dragonette, MD, Alexander Dru, MD, Aladine Elsamadicy, MD, S. Harrison Farber, MD, Colin Gold, MD, Saad Javeed, MD, MSCI, Eli Johnson, MD, Benjamin Johnston, MD, Rushikesh Joshi, MD, Adham Khalafallah, MD, Syed Khalid, MD, Adam Leibold, MD, Jannik Leyendecker, MD, Daniel Lilly, MD, Joseph Linzey, MD, MSc, Tarek Mansour, MD, David Mazur-Hart, MD, Anthony Mikula, MD, Rabih Bou Nassif, MD, Christine Park, MD, Nicholas Rabah, MD, Alexander Schupper, MD, Maryam Shahin, MD, Alan Stein, MD, Pavlos Texakalidis, MD, Timothy Yee, MD, Iyan Younus, MD, Sabrina Zeller, MD, Justin Zhang, MD, MSCI
2022
- Yared Nigusie, Christopher I Shaffrey International Travelling Fellow Award
2023
- Visagan Ravindran
2024
- Ebtesam Abdulla, MD, MRCSI, University of Arizona
2022
- Andrew Jack, MD, MSc, FRCSC, University of Alberta
- Saad Javeed, MD, Washington University
2023
- Megan Jack, MD, PhD
- Stanley Bazarek, MD
2024
- Benjamin Johnston, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2022
- We salute the David L. Kelly, Jr. Honor Your Mentor Fund for providing support to residents for ongoing educational programs within the department of neurosurgery at Wake Forest University.
Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award for Medical Student
2016
- Kristen A. Batich
2017
- Vaidehi Mahadev
2018
- Ahmed Jorge, PhD
2019
- Deborah Boyett
2020
- Keyan Peterson
2021
- Keyan Peterson
2022
- Oishika Das
2023
- Sachin Govind
Donald O. Quest Clinical Science Award for Medical Student
2016
- Jason Anthony Liew
2017
- Gautam Madhu Nayar
2018
- Aaron Gelinne, BS
2019
- Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD
2020
- Noah Cutler
2021
- Caroline Goedmakers
2022
- Anthony Piscopo, BS
2023
- Vanesha Walters
Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award for Candidate Member or Non-Member (Resident)
2016
- Ganesh Mani Shankar, MD
2017
- Dominic Maggio, MD
2018
- Ahmed Jorge, PhD
2019
- Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD
2020
- David Bonda, MD
2021
- Panagiotis Mastorakos, MD, PhD
2022
- Jacob S. Young, MD
2023
- Leonal Ampie, MD
Donald O. Quest Clinical Science Award for Candidate Member or Non-Member
2016
- Allen Ho, MD
2017
- Richard Rammo, MD
2018
- Andrew K. Chan, MD
2019
- Siir Sahib Singh Khalsa, MD
2020
- Abdul-Kareem H. Ahmed, MD
2021
- Jacob S. Young, MD
2022
- Timothy J. Yee, MD
2023
- Armaan Malhotra, MD
2023
- Nishanth Krishnan
2024
-
Nicolas Dea, MD, MSc
Syed Khalid, MD
Establishment of a special archive at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston including a collection of historical materials and educational resources related to Harvey Cushing and other figures in neurosurgery, and funding for a Departmental summer program for underprivileged and minority high school and college students.
2021
- Mischa McLean, 10th grade, John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
Samantha Bethoney, sophomore, Northeastern University
2022
- Nora C. Kim, MD, New York University “Impact of sarcopenic obesity on perioperative morbidity and mechanical complications following lumbar fusion”
2023
- Lumbar Spondylolisthesis QOD Study Funding
We salute the Harbaugh-Drake Honor Your Mentor Fund for providing support to the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section for the annual Harbaugh-Drake Neurovascular Outcomes Research Scholar who will present at the CV section during the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting.
2022
- Diane Aum, MD, Washington University
2022
- Evan Bander (CNS)
2023
- Elyse Moore (AANS)
- Brandon P. Lucke-Wold, MD, PhD (CNS)
2024
- Jimin Shin
2023
- Anthony L. Mikula, MD, Mayo Clinic
2024
- Samer Zammar, MD, MBA, MPH
2023
- Abdul-Kareem H. Ahmed, MD, SM
2024
- National Sports Brain Bank
2023
- Samantha Melendrez, University of California, Los Angeles
- Katie Stark, University of Southern California
2024
- Gabriela Colon, Stanford University
- Sangami Pugazenthi, Washington University
2024
- Thomas J. Nasca, MD
The AANS/CNS Section on Tumors will grant $1,000 awards at both AANS and CNS meetings based on the best radiosurgery abstract scored.
2021
- Isaac Jonathan Pomeraniec, MD (AANS)
- Jason P. Sheehan, MD, PhD, FAANS (CNS)
2022
- Zane Schnurman, MD, (AANS)
- Andrea Klein (CNS)
2023
- Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD (AANS)
- Stephanie Robert, MD, PhD (CNS)
2024
- Othman Bin-Alamer
2021
- 2021 Michelle Lin, MD
An endowed lectureship in honor of Dr. Jannetta has been established at UPMC
The fund is supporting an annual lecture and education day in honor of Dr. Scott at Boston Children’s Hospital.
2018
- Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., MD, FAANS
2019
- E. Sander Connolly, Jr., MD, FAANS
2020
- Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD, FAANS
2021
- J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD, FAANS
2022
- Murat Gunel, MD, FAANS
2023
- Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, FAANS
Ongoing support for the NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) Effectiveness of Fusion for Grade I Spondylolisthesis study.
2023
- Pravesh Gadjardi
2021
- Sebastian Salas-Vega, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
2022
- Pravesh Gadjardi, MD
- Christina Huang Wright, MD, Oregon Health and Sciences University “What factors influence sub-specialization and when? Analysis of evolving priorities throughout residency with a focus on identifying factors that may improve diversity within the spine subspecialty.”
2023
- Logan Muzyka
- William Clifton, MD
- Cervical QOD Study Funding
2023
- Victor Lu, University of Miami
- Belinda Shao, MD, Brown University
2022
- Theresa Williamson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
2023
- Charuta G. Furey, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute
2024
- Josephine Volovetz, MD, Cleveland Clinic
2018-20
- Dr. Jetan Bhadiwala, UNH/University of Toronto
2021
- James H. Mooney, MD, University of Alabama “Multicenter prospective analysis of clinical and radiographic outcomes after lumbar disc arthroplasty”
2022
- Mohammad Bydon, MD, FAANS
2023
- Cervical QOD Study Funding
2024
- Timothy Yee, MD
2023
- Arthur R. Bartolozzi, Austin H. Carroll, Christopher M. Mikhail, Diana Douleh, Djani Robertson, Dylan C. Thomas, Gerard Marciano, Gurmit Singh, Hannah A. Levy, Jerry Du, Jerry E. Robinson III, Jessica Albanese, Matthew W. Godlewski, Michael J. Kelly, Micheal Raad, Monis A. Khan, Nathan J. Lee, Nishanth Krishnan, Patrick Young, Prashant V. Rajan, Pratyush Shahi, Robert Merrill, Ryan Finkel, Stephane Owusu-Saprong, Stephen R. Stephan, Takashi Hirase
2024
- Garrett Berger, MD, PharmD, Austin Carroll, MD, Ahmed Doomi, MD, Steven Girdler, MD, Takashi Hirase, MD, Chuan-ching Huang, Sahir Jabbouri, MD, Youssef Khalafallah, MD, Hannah Levy, MD, Ashley MacConnell, MD, Angel Ordaz, MD, Clifford Pierre, MD, Chad Simon, BS, David Sing, MD, Tejas Subramanian, MBChB, Avani Vaishnav, MBBS, Sree Vemu, MD, Tyler Williamson, DO
2023
- Jacob Greenberg, MD
- Zach Pennington, MD
2023
Aladine Elsamadicy, MD
James Caruso, MD
2022
- Anna Huguenard, MD, Washington University
2023
- Arati Patel, MD, University of California-San Francisco
2024
- Nadia Atai, MD, PhD
2023
- Cervical QOD Study Funding
2017
- Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD
2019
- Olusoji Afuwape, MD, PhD
- Matthew Helton, MD
- Patrick Paullus, MD
2020
- Matthew Helton, MD
- Marcus Stephens, MD
2021
- Matthew Helton, MD
2022
- William Coggins, MD
- Brooke Elberson, MD, PhD
- Matthew Helton, MD
Zachary Porter, MD
Marcus Stephens, MD
2023
- Stenia Accilien, MD
- Brooke Elberson
- William Coggins, MD
- Zachary Porter, MD
2024
- Stenia Accilien, MD
- William Coggins, MD
- Arthur Rezayev, MD