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
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Neuro-Oncology division director
Clinical Trials division director
Clinical Interests: Brain Tumors, Spine
Clinical Team: Lisa Foster, PA-C, Gavin MacCleery, PA
Phone: (434) 924-5508, for spine conditions – (434) 924-1843, for other – (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Meaghan Upman
Ashok R. Asthagiri, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Brain and spinal tumors, peripheral nerve tumors and lesions, neurocutaneous disorders (neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2, von Hippel-Lindau disease, tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome)
Clinical Team: Alyssa Benning, PA, Nancy Staton, RN
Phone: (434) 243-2757 , (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Nikisha Woody
W. Jeffrey Elias, M.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery 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
Gregory A. Helm, M.D.,Ph.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests: General, Acoustic neuromas, Spine
Clinical Team: Karen Lohr, NP, Natalie Krovetz, RN, Melissa Pritchett, RN
Phone: (434) 924-1642, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Mona Banton at mwb@virginia.edu
John Jane Jr., M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Director, Neurosurgical Training Program
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Director, Pituitary Tumor Program
Clinical Interests: Pediatric: Brain and spinal tumors, craniosynostosis, hydrocephalus, minimally invasive endoscopic surgery; Adult: Neuroendocrine tumors, pituitary adenomas, minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery
Clinical Team: Pediatrics: Kelly O’Connell, NP, Karen Keenan, RN; Neuroendocrine: Alyssa Benning, PA, Dawn Shaver RN
Phone: (434) 243-5749, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Penny Marshall at PSJ6M@virginia.edu
M. Yashar S. Kalani, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology
Neurosurgical Director, UVA Comprehensive Stroke Center
Medical Director, Inpatient Cerebrovascular Services
Co-Director, Skull Base Surgery
Co-Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Brain Tumors, Cerebral Aneurysms, Skull Base Surgery, Spinal Cord Tumors, Vascular Malformations, Acoustic Neuroma, Arteriovenous Malformations, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumors, Brain metastasis, carotid artery stenosis, cerebellopontine angle tumors, chondrosarcoma, chordoma, craniopharyngioma, Cushing’s Disease, Ependymoma, Esthesioneuroblastoma, Glioblastoma, Hemifacial Spasm, Ischemic Stroke, Meningioma, Neurofinbomatosis, Optic nerve glioma, oligodendroglioma, pituitary tumors, spinal tumors, spinal vascular malformations, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, Trigeminal neuralgia, Cerebrovascular, Coiling of aneurysm, Endovascular bypass surgery, Embolization, Moyamoya, Carotid Stent, Carotid Endarterectomy, Cerebral revascularization, Flow diversion
Vascular Team: Susan Rannigan, NP, Danielle Merritt, RN
Phone: (434) 924-2735, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Kristi Watson at KMW3HE@virginia.edu
Min S. Park, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
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
Vascular Team: Susan Rannigan, NP, Danielle Merritt, RN
Phone: (434) 924-2735, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Kristi Watson at KMW3HE@virginia.edu
Christopher I. Shaffrey, M.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Spine division director
Clinical Interests: Congenital and acquired spinal abnormalities, Scoliosis, Craniocervical abnormalities, Spinal tumors, Spinal vascular malformations, Degenerative spinal disorders
Clinical Team: Gavin MacCleery, PA, JoAnne C. Wilson, BSN, RN
Phone: (434) 243-7026, (800) 362-2203
Email: Clinic Assistant Doris Strother at das9g@virginia.edu
Jason Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery, 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
Phone: (434) 924-8129, (866) 244-4040
Email: Administrative Assistants Kim Herring at KBH8Z@virginia.edu or Barbara Behnke at BJB4K@virginia.edu
Justin Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, UVA Spine Center
Co-director, Neurosurgery Spine Division
Clinical Interests: Back Pain, Cervical Disc Herniation, Degenerative Disk Disease, Lumbar Spondylotic Disease, Lumbar Stenosis, Neck Pain, Neck Sprain (Whiplash) and Strain, Scoliosis and Deformity, Vertebral Compression Fractures
Clinical Team: Erika Roeder, PA, Mindy Bryant, RN
Phone: (434) 243-6339
Email: Assistant Stephanie Baird at SLB2JD@virginia.edu
Hasan Syed, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Brain and spinal tumors, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, Chiari malformation, epilepsy, spinal dysraphism, spasticity, craniocervical spinal disorders, peripheral nerve injuries, and Moyamoya disease
Clinical Team: Kelly O’Connell, NP, Karen Keenan, RN
Phone: (434) 243-5749, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Penny Marshall at PSJ6M@virginia.edu
Dennis Vollmer, M.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery
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: Marcia Molnar, PA, Lindsay Comstock, RN
Phone: (434) 924-2003, (800) 362-2203
Email: Clinic Assistant Lois Osteen at LLH3G@virginia.edu or Administrative Assistant Yvonne Ocasio at YO8N@virginia.edu
Chun-Po Yen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Minimally Invasive Spine, Tumor, Spinal Radiosurgery
Clinical Team: Lara Myers, NP, Nancy Staton, RN
Phone: (434) 297-7462, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Nicole Gibson at NG7Z@virginia.edu