Fellows
We are immensely proud of our current and former fellows – a talented, diverse group of brilliant neurointensivists. Each of them has shaped the program in a unique way, implemented their own ideas, and contributed to our program’s growth.
Current Fellows
Ali Abu-Alya, D.O.
Residency program: Neurology program at HCA Sunrise Consortium Las Vegas, Nevada
Academic Interests and Research Projects: TBI, stroke, SCI, neurocritical care, neurology, neurosurgery, neurointerventional radiology, neuroradiology
Hobbies: Spending time with family
Fellowship goals: Improve clinical skills, expand on research experiences
How do you take your coffee: Drip with cream
Alex Brahmsteadt, D.O.
Residency Program: University of Michigan Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Academic Interests and Research Projects: Exploring effective implementation of early rehabilitation principles in critically-ill patients, including mobilization of ventilated ICU patients, prognostic scales for ICU brain injury patients, and machine-learning driven risk stratification for rehospitalization and mortality of spinal cord injury patients.
Hobbies: Skiing, climbing, fishing, taking my dog on adventures
Fellowship Goals: Become better equipped to implement rehabilitation principles and practice across multiple ICU environments and learn to better ask and explore questions which will help us to preserve and restore function in critically ill patients.
How do you take your coffee? Black, with a shot or two of espresso
Recent Fellows
Xin Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Current Position: Information to come
Residency Program: Henry Ford Health (Neurology)
Fellowship Accomplishments: Information to come
Kristopher Hendershot, M.D
Current Position: Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington (Emergency Medicine)
Residency Program: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami (Emergency Medicine)
Fellowship Accomplishments: I am most proud of being accepted into the Neuro-EM Scholars Pipeline Program and winning the Harborview Medical Center Top Clinical Educator Award. I am also proud and thankful for my wife, Maya, supporting and guiding me through this very rewarding fellowship.
Sean Marinelli, M.D.
Current Position: Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
Residency Program: Columbia University (Neurology)
Fellowship Accomplishments: Information to come
Dominic Siler, M.D., Ph.D.
Current Position: Information to come
Residency Program: Oregon health & Science University (Neurological Surgery)
Fellowship Accomplishments: Information to come
Thuhien Nguyen, M.D.
Current Position: Denver Health
Residency Program: University of Washington (Neurology)
Fellowship Accomplishments: Acquiring advanced critical care medicine knowledge/skills and taking care of the sickest patients with a multidisciplinary team, working with the ECMO team to retrieve, cannulate, transport and manage patients & follow their recovery, gaining skills to support our patients’ families, completing the Advanced Clinical Teaching Certificate program and winning the UW Neurology best clinical science award.
Nassim Matin, M.D.
Current Position: Barrow Neurological Institute
Residency Program: SUNY Downstate (Neurology)
Fellowship Achievements: Gained strong foundations of general critical care knowledge and implemented research ideas. Had the opportunity to work with amazing neurointensivits and neurologists.
Patrick Crooks, M.D.
Current Position: Barrow Neurological Institute
Residency Program: University of Washington (Neurology)
Fellowship Achievements: Abstract on quantitative EEG predictors of clinical herniation won Best Case Report Award at the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) 20th Annual Meeting.
Lindy Craft, D.O.
Current Position: Legacy Emanuel, Portland OR (Intensivist for the Neuro ICU, MICU, and ECMO service)
Residency Program: Legacy Emanuel, Internal Medicine
Fellowship Achievements: Abstract accepted at the Neurocritical Care Society Conference and awarded the top abstract at the Oregon Society of Critical Care Medicine Symposium.
Robert H. Bonow, M.D.
Current position: Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
Neurocritical Care and Neurological Surgery
Residency Program: University of Washington (Neurological Surgery)
Fellowship Achievements: Gained comprehensive understanding of the physiologic basis of critical care, mastered bedside assessment with point-of-care ultrasound
Rafael Wabl, M.D.
Residency Program: University of Michigan (Neurology)
Current Position: Neurologist and Intensivist at Providence Everett
Fellowship Accomplishments: Becoming a well-rounded intensivist
Victor Lin, M.D.
Current Position: Neurocritical Care Faculty, University of Washington”
Residency Program: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Neurology)
Fellowship Accomplishments: Abstract presented at Neurocritical Care Society Distinguished Professor Poster rounds regarding the impact of COVID-19 on neurocritical care delivery and subsequently published as a manuscript in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.
