Neurosurgeons
If you would like to contact us but are unsure of who to contact, please call our general number (434) 924-2203 (Local) or 1-800-362-2203 (Toll free) and our staff will help you.
Mark E. Shaffrey, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery Chair
Clinical Trials division director
Clinical Interests: Brain Tumors, Spine
Clinical Team: Lisa Foster, PA-C, Susan Baker, RN
Phone: (434) 924-1843, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Meaghan Upman
Ashok R. Asthagiri, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery Vice-Chair
Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology
Director, Skull Base Surgery
Clinical Interests: Brain and spinal cord tumors, Meningioma, Schwannoma, Tumors of the Skull Base, peripheral nerve tumors, VHL (von Hippel-Lindau), NF2 (Schwannomatosis, NF2)
Clinical Team: Cassie Freed-Pastor, NP, Nancy Staton, RN
Phone: (434) 243-2757 , (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Vicki Aylor
Michael Catalino, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Spine, Brain, pituitary, and anterior skull base tumors
Clinical Team: Karen Lohr Clark, NP, Paige DeLange, RN, Dawn Shaver, RN (pituitary)
Phone: (434) 924-1642, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Meaghan Upman
W. Jeffrey Elias, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology
Peripheral Nerve division director
Functional Neurosurgery division director
Clinical Interests: Movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, spasticity, and peripheral nerve injuries
Clinical Team: Shelly Rush-Evans, NP, Kathy Maynard, RN
Phone: (434) 924-0451, (800) 362-2203, Focused Ultrasound trials (434)-243-1435
Email: Assistant Karen Osteen at ksh5m@virginia.edu
Paul Grabb, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery 
Clinical Interests: Pediatric: Brain and spine tumors, Brain vascular malformations, Cervical spine trauma and instability, Chiari malformations, Epilepsy, Head injury, Hydrocephalus, Moyamoya syndrome, Spina bifida
Clinical Team: Amanda Hendrix, NP, Rebecca Grisdale, RN
Phone: (434) 243-5749, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Penny Marshall at PSJ6M@virginia.edu
Ryan T. Kellogg, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship
Clinical Practice: Arteriovenous Malformations, Carotid Artery Disease, Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, TIA/Mini Stroke, Brain Tumor Diagnosis, Ischemic Stroke, Vascular Malformations, Aorta Disease, Microvascular Clipping, Neurovascular Surgery, Endovascular Embolization, Stroke, Cerebral Angiography, Endovascular Coiling, Fistulogram, Cavernoma, Carotid Stenting with Angioplasty, Brain Aneurysms (Cerebral Aneurysms), Benign Brain Tumor, Brain Aneurysm Treatments
Vascular Team: Susan Rannigan, NP, Atasha Kozloski, RN
Phone: (434) 924-2735, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Ashley Rush at ADR2K@virginia.edu
Elisa Kucia, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Primary Location: Novant Health UVA Culpeper Medical Center
Clinical Practice: Acute and chronic back and neck pain, cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, herniated disc, myelopathy, nerve root injury (including pinched nerve), radiculopathy, sciatica, spinal fracture, spinal tumors, spinal instability, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, brain tumors and general neurosurgery
Phone: (540) 321-3120
Shayan Moosa, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, spasticity, and peripheral nerve injuries
Clinical Team: Shelly Rush-Evans, NP, Kathy Maynard, RN
Phone: (434) 924-0451, (800) 362-2203, Focused Ultrasound trials (434)-243-1435
Email: Assistant Karen Osteen at ksh5m@virginia.edu
Melike Mut Askun, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Brain Tumors
Clinical Team: Cassie Freed-Pastor, NP, Nancy Staton, RN
Phone: (434) 243-2757 , (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Vicki Aylor
Min S. Park, M.D.
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Radiology and Medical Imaging
Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
Director, Neurosurgical Training Program
Medical Director, Neurointerventional Service Line
Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
Clinical Interests: Cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, neurovascular surgery, neuro-interventional radiology, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain tumors, brain aneurysms, cerebral aneurysms, brain vascular malformations and fistulas, cavernous malformations, head trauma, neuro critical care, hydrocephalus, carotid artery disease, carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery stenosis, Chiari malformations, meningioma, angiography, endovascular embolization, microvascular clipping, arterial dissections, arteriovenous malformations, skull base surgery and traumatic brain injury, ischemic stroke, spinal vascular malformations, coiling of aneurysms, flow diversion, embolization, moyamoya, carotid stent.
Vascular Team: Susan Rannigan, NP, Atasha Kozloski, RN
Phone: (434) 924-2735, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Ashley Rush at ADR2K@virginia.edu
Juan Sardi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Complex Spine, Scoliosis, Deformity
Clinical Team: Evan Turnbull, PA, Paige DeLange, RN
Phone: (434) 924-1642, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Meaghan Upman
Jason Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, and Neuroscience
UVa Gamma Knife Center Director
Riverside-UVa Gamma Knife Co-Director
Clinical Interests: Sterotactic and functional neurosurgery, Radiosurgery(intracranial and spinal), Brain Tumors, Spinal Surgery
Clinical Team: Selene Evans, NP, Charlene Exline, NP, Greg Patterson, RN, Anita Carswell, RN
Phone: (434) 924-8129, (866) 244-4040
Email: Assistant Katie Heishman at KBN2QD@uvahealth.org
Justin Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Harrison Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, UVA Spine Center
Chief, Spine Division
Director, Spine Fellowship Program
Clinical Interests: Back Pain, Cervical Disc Herniation, Degenerative Disk Disease, Lumbar Spondylotic Disease, Lumbar Stenosis, Neck Pain, Neck Sprain and Strain, Degenerative Scoliosis and Cervical Deformity, Vertebral Compression Fractures, Sagittal Imbalance, Lumbar Flat back
Clinical Team: Amanda Carter, NP, Mindy Bryant, RN
Phone: (434) 243-6339
Email: Assistant Stephanie Baird at SLB2JD@virginia.edu
Heather Spader, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Division Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Pediatric: Brain and spine tumors, Brain vascular malformations, Cervical spine trauma and instability, Chiari malformations, Epilepsy, Head injury, Hydrocephalus, Moyamoya syndrome, Spina bifida
Clinical Team: Amanda Hendrix, NP, Rebecca Grisdale, RN
Phone: (434) 243-5749, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Penny Marshall at PSJ6M@virginia.edu
Dennis Vollmer, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Cervical Disc Herniation, Cervical Myelopathy, Craniocervical Anomalies, Degenerative Disc Disease, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Lumbar Spondylotic Disease, Lumbar Stenosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Spine Trauma, Spinal Tumors, Spondylolisthesis, Vertebral Fracture, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Operative treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms, Vascular Malformations, Brain Tumors, Hydrocephalus, Traumatic Brain Injury
Clinical Team: Gavin MacCleery, PA
Phone: (434) 924-2003, (800) 362-2203
Email: Clinic Assistant Lois Osteen at LLH3G@virginia.edu
Chun-Po Yen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Minimally Invasive Spine, Tumor, Spinal Radiosurgery
Clinical Team: Evan Turnbull, PA, Kriston Snyder, RN
Phone: (434) 297-7462, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Tanner Thayer at NHN8NB@virginia.edu