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.
Recent Fellows
Ali Abu-Alya, D.O.
Current position: Tulane University
Residency Program: Neurology program at HCA Sunrise Consortium Las Vegas, Nevada
Fellowship Accomplishments: I’m proud of the patients and families I helped in their time of need, the colleagues I inspired with teaching, and the research I accomplished.
Alex Brahmsteadt, D.O.
Current position: University of Pittsburgh
Residency Program: University of Michigan Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Fellowship Accomplishments: The excellent multisciplinary critical care mentorship at
Harborview has helped me grow from a rehabilitation medicine resident into one of the first critical-care trained PM&R physicians. I’m proud and grateful to be so well-equipped to build bridges between neurocritical care, general critical care and rehabilitation medicine using both research and clinical pathways.
Xin Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Current Position: NeuroIR Fellow at Texas Tech
Residency Program: Henry Ford Health (Neurology)
Fellowship Accomplishments: Learned to be strong, be brave and be curious!
Kristopher Hendershot, M.D
Current Position: Neurocritical Care Faculty, University of Washington
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: Neurocritical Care Faculty, University of Washington
Residency Program: Columbia University (Neurology)
Fellowship Accomplishments: “I was part of the Harborview Medical Center Brain Death Taskforce to revise our institutional protocols to match the 2023 multi-society guidelines.”
Dominic Siler, M.D., Ph.D.
Current Position: University of Wisconsin
Residency Program: Oregon Health & Science University (Neurological Surgery)
Fellowship Accomplishments: “Gained an appreciation for the role that every organ of the body plays in recovery from brain injury. Was awarded a grant from the Richard H. Adler Endowed Professorship fund to study the role of blood volume analysis in traumatic brain injury.”
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 neurointensivist 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.