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Training for Residents and Fellows
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Tufts Medical Center Residency Training Program
The goal of our neurosurgery residency training program is to provide outstanding clinical training and surgical experience to the resident. The attending staff stresses both bedside and operating room teaching while encouraging progressive independence in clinical decisions and the performance of surgery. The abundance and variety of surgical procedures ensure that the finishing resident will be familiar with and competent in "state-of-the-art" neurosurgery. There is increasing emphasis on the interaction between clinical and the basic sciences. Participation in research and the acquisition of research skills is required. Although the neurosurgical service is very busy, the attending and house staff encourage a close and collegial relationship. To facilitate the handling of the clinical load, extensive use is made of physician's assistants and nurse practitioners.
Community Environment
Boston is an outstanding cultural and urban center with the highest concentration of major universities of any city in the country. It has outstanding museums, symphony, opera, and ballet. Live theater is well represented in Boston and Cambridge. All major professional and collegiate sports are represented. Boston is located on the seacoast of New England with easy access to Cape Cod and to the mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. There are three neurosurgery residency training programs in Boston affording numerous opportunities for social and intellectual interaction.
The Department of Neurosurgery at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts Medical School's major teaching hospital) has recently completed a renovation and expansion program supported by the Cam Neely Foundation. The hospital is located in the center of a rapidly changing area of Boston. The center abuts the theater district and Chinatown near the financial district. The medical center campus is adjacent to the Jean Mayer Regional Nutrition Center and the Tufts Dental School. The Tufts Medical School is also in the same campus facilitating research and interdisciplinary conferences.
The Lahey Clinic is a large multidisciplinary group practice located just outside of Boston. The neurosurgical practice is large and varied. It is located about thirty minutes from Tufts Medical Center.
Current Residents
Clemens M. Schirmer, MD
Chief Resident Tufts Medical Center
Pranatartiharan Ramachandran, MBBS
Chief Resident Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Abraham Boskovitz, MD
Research
Ami Raval, MD
Research
William R. Miele, MD
Resident
Jason Rahal, MD
Junior Resident
Mina Safain, MD
Intern
Past Residents
2009: Steven Hwang, MD - Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia,
PA, Pediatric Spine Fellowship
2008: Daniel Hoit, MD - Semmes-Murphy Clinic, Memphis, TN
2007: Ron I. Riesenburger, MD - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2006: Vasilios A. Zerris, MD, MPH, MMSc - Athens, Greece
2005: Justin Paquette, MD - Cedars-Sinai Institute, Los Angeles, CA
2004: James Kryzanski, MD - Boston Institute of Neurosurgery, Tufts
Medical Center, Boston, MA
2003: Samuel Kim, MD - San Diego, CA
2002: Tina Lin, MD - Kaiser Permanente, Anaheim, CA
2001: Lyndell Y. Wang, MD - Redwood City, CA
2000: Neil Troffkin, MD - University of Kentucky, College of Medicine,
Lexington, Ky
1995: Jonathan A. Borden MD, FACS - Riverhills Healthcare Inc,
Cincinatti, OH
1993: Carl B. Heilman, MD - Boston Institute of Neurosurgery, Tufts
Medical Center, Boston, MA
1987: Julian K. Wu, MD, FACS - Boston Institute of Neurosurgery, Tufts
Medical Center, Boston, MA
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