Our Team

Core Faculty

Assistant Professor, (Clinical Scholar Track)
Assistant Professor, Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty

(520) 626-2164

ranton@surgery.arizona.edu

Anthony M. Avellino, MD, MBA

Core Faculty

Professor and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery

520-626-2164

Anthony.Avellino@bannerhealth.com

Michael B. Avery, MD

Core Faculty

Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

520-626-2164

mbavery@arizona.edu

Maria Bishop, MD, FACP, BSN

College of Medicine Affiliates

Professor, Medicine
Program Director, Section of Hematology/Oncology at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System
Chair of the Ethics Committee at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System

mbishop@azcc.arizona.edu

Randall Blute, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioners

Family Nurse Practitioner

520-694-6144

Randall.Blute@bannerhealth.com

Eugene Chang, MD

College of Medicine Affiliates

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs - Otolaryngology
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences

520-626-6673

echang@email.arizona.edu

Richard V. Chua, MD

Core Faculty

Professor, Neurosurgery

520-626-2164

rchua@arizona.edu

Travis M. Dumont, MD

Core Faculty

Director, Neurovascular Surgery Program
Residency Program Director
Professor, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Medical Imaging

(520) 626-6147

tdumont@surgery.arizona.edu

Stephanie M. Gillespie, RN, BSN, MS, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNRN

Nurse Practitioners

Family Nurse Practitioner

520-694-3490

Stephanie.Gillespie@bannerhealth.com

Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS

College of Medicine Affiliates

Regents' Professor of Surgery
Executive Director, Arizona Simulation Technology & Education Center
Professor, Neurosurgery, Chair, Department of Surgery (1995 - 2004)
Professor, Radiation Oncology
Professor, Psychology
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

520-626-6948

allan@surgery.arizona.edu

John Hurlbert, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS

Core Faculty

Professor, Neurosurgery
Co-Medical Director, Spine Program
Program Director, Complex Spine Fellowship Program

(520) 626-6147

rjhurlbert@arizona.edu

Bellal Joseph, MD

College of Medicine Affiliates

Professor, Surgery
Chief, Division of Trauma / Critical Care - Burn and Emergency Surgery
Vice Chair, Knowledge Expansion

520-626-5056

bjoseph@surgery.arizona.edu

David Labiner, MD

College of Medicine Affiliates

Professor and Head, Neurology

Paul S. Larson, MD, FAANS

VA Faculty

Professor, Neurosurgery
Chief, Neurosurgery, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Local Training Director, Neurosurgery Residency, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System

520-626-2164

pslarson@arizona.edu

Christopher Le, MD

College of Medicine Affiliates

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology

chle@email.arizona.edu

Michael D. Montoya, ACNPC-AG

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioner

520-626-7754

michael.montoya@bannerhealth.com

Sara Perotti, ACNP-BC, MSN, NREMPT-P, NRCME

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioner

520-626-7754

saraperotti@email.arizona.edu

Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD, MBA

Core Faculty

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Professor, Neurosurgery

520-626-2164

jpilitsis@arizona.edu

Timothy Putty, MD

Community Partners

Sergio Rivero, MD

Community Partners

Thomas Scully, MD

Community Partners

Scott Sherman, MD, PhD

College of Medicine Affiliates

Associate Professor, Neurology
Associate Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP

520-626-2006

ssherman@email.arizona.edu