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
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Neuro-Oncology
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
Co-Director, Neuro-Oncology
Co-Director, Skull Base Surgery
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: Cassie Freed-Pastor, PA, Nancy Staton, RN
Phone: (434) 243-2757 , (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Vicki Aylor
Nevan G. Baldwin, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Primary Location: UVA Neurosurgery Haymarket
Clinical Practice: Acute and chronic back and neck pain, bone disorders of the spine, degenerative disc disease, herniated disc, intervertebral disc disease, myelopathy, nerve root injury (including pinched nerve), radiculopathy, sciatica (all causes), spinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal stenosis, spinal tumors, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis and spondylolysis
Clinical Team: Kim Nicastro, PA
Phone: 571-636-6000
Email: Haymarket office manager Yolanda Lightfoot
Avery Buchholz, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests: Scoliosis, Spinal Deformity, Complex Spine, Minimally invasive spine surgery,
Spine tumors
Clinical Team: Evan Turnbull, PA, JoAnne C. Wilson, BSN, RN
Phone: (434) 243-7026, (800) 362-2203
Email: Clinic Assistant Doris Strother at das9g@virginia.edu
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, Rebecca Grisdale, RN; Neuroendocrine: Cassie Freed-Pastor, PA, Dawn Shaver RN
Phone: (434) 243-5749, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Penny Marshall at PSJ6M@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
Email: Administrative contact Tiffani Jeffries
Min S. Park, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Neurology
Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Training Program
Medical Director, Neurointerventional Service Line
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, Danielle Merritt, RN
Phone: (434) 924-2735, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Kristi Tapscott at KMW3HE@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, Karen Lavezzo, RN, 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.
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
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, Rebecca Grisdale, RN
Phone: (434) 243-5749, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Penny Marshall at PSJ6M@virginia.edu
Raymond Turner, M.D.
Visiting Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery at University of South Carolina College of Medicine – Greenville
Clinical/Research Interests: Cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain aneurysms, brain vascular malformations and fistulas, carotid artery disease, carotid artery stenosis
Phone: (434) 982-3244, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Karen Saulle at KES4A@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: Tom Szabo, PA, Lisa Howell, 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, Kriston Snyder, RN
Phone: (434) 297-7462, (800) 362-2203
Email: Administrative Assistant Nicole Gibson at NG7Z@virginia.edu