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Alumni

Exciting opportunities await UNC Neurology residents after completion of the program. Past residents have accepted fellowships at UNC Chapel Hill as well as at universities such as UCLA, NYU, Columbia, Cornell, University of Michigan, Baylor, Penn State, Case Western and Duke. Others have moved on to faculty appointments at UNC Chapel Hill, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Penn State and Duke, while many now provide clinical care in locations across the country.

Alumni in Numbers

Fellowship, Career, and Academic appointment State of Adult Neurology Resident Alumni (2019 – 2024)


78% of Graduates pursue a fellowship after graduating.
22% of residents go straight into practice after graduating.
16% of residents have found positions in academia.

Recent Alumni

  • James Andrews, MD
    Fellowship: Clinical Neurophysiology, Duke University

  • Rachel Do, MD
    Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, UCLA

  • Alan D. Howard Jr., MD
    Current Position: Neuro-hospitalist at the East Alabama Medical Center

  • Joshua Nardin, DO
    Fellowship: Neuromuscular, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Diana Ontiveros, MD
    Current Position: Neuro-hospitalist in Austin, TX

  • John K. Whalen, DO
    Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of Florida

  • Laura de Lima Xavier, MD
    Fellowship: Movement, Washington University
  • Jeremy Wells, MD
    Fellowship: Vascular, Duke University

  • Cesarina Saldana, MD
    Fellowship: Vascular, UVA Virginia

  • Lindsey Krawchuk, MD
    Fellowship: UNC Neurocritical Care, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  • Timothy Landis, MD
    Current Position: Neurohospitalist, UVA Virginia

  • Deepthi Nalluri, MD
    Fellowship: Neurology Epilepsy, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  • Parin Nanavati, MD
    Fellowship: Vascular, UVB Birmingham, Alabama

  • Abigail O’Reggio, MD
    Fellowship: Movement, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Fazila Aseem, MD
    Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, University of North Carolina

  • Mariko Hanson, MD
    Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of Miami

  • Xiaoyang Li, MBBS-MD
    Fellowship: Autoimmune, Mayo Clinic

  • Siddharth Ninan, MBBS
    Fellowship: Neuroimmunology, Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Daniel Panebianco, MD
    Current Position: Hospitalist, Tampa, Florida

  • Carolyn Tsai, MD
    Fellowship: Epilepsy, Cleveland Clinic

  • Luke Van Ells, MD
    Current Position: Hospitalist, Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Hazem Albandar, MD
    Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Matthew Burton, MD
    Fellowship: Movement Disorders, University of Virginia

  • Charles Port, DO
    Current Position: General Neurologist, New Bern, NC

  • Sung Hyun (Sunny) Seo, MD
    Fellowship: Epilepsy, University of Michigan

  • Zuleyma Toledo-Nieves, MD
    Fellowship: Neuroimmunology Fellowship, University of South Florida

  • Katelyn Bricker, MD
    Fellowship: Sleep Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residency Graduation 2021

  • William Coleman, MD
    Fellowship: Headache, Duke University Medical Center

  • Amalia Peterson, MD
    Fellowship: Behavioral Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center

  • Victor Lin, MD
    Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, University of Washington

  • Candice Kam, MD
    Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University

  • Steven Palmer, MD
    Current Position: Neurologist, Lakenheath US Air Force Base, UK

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Alumni Stay in Touch!

Do you have a new job, address, email, or phone number?

Email your updates to rescoord@neurology.unc.edu.

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To donate to the UNC Neurology Residency Programs, visit unchf.org/neuroresidents 

Philanthropic donations support additional educational activities for our residents including advancing curriculum innovations, supporting presentations at conferences, external rotation opportunities, special workshops and more.