Faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery have expertise in various subspecialties including general neurosurgery, neurosurgical oncology, vascular neurosurgery, neurotrama, spine neurosurgery, and functional neurosurgery for movement disorders, seizures and chronic pain.
Our neurosurgeons perform research, multiple clinical trials and are the leaders for simple and complex surgeries not available at other centers in Arkansas.
J.D. Day, M.D.
Gregory Albert, M.D., MPH
Noojan Kazemi, M.D.
Associate Professor
T. W. Morris, III. M.D.
Assistant Professor
Eylem Öcal, M.D.
T. Glenn Pait, M.D.
Viktoras Palys, M.D.
Erika Petersen, M.D.
Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.
Tomoko Tanaka, M.D.
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Phillip Porcelli, D.O.
Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery Section Chief,
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Alicia Cook, MNSc, CPNP-AC, APN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Ebonye Green, M.N.Sc., CNRN, ACNS-AG, APN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Suzanne Huetter, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Faculty with Secondary Appointments in Neurosurgery
David B. Bumpass, M.D.
Joseph G. Chacko, M.D.
Jennifer L. Gess, Ph.D.
Jennifer S. Kleiner, Ph.D.
Richard E. McCarthy, M.D.
Samuel C. Overley, M.D.
Vishank A. Shah, M.D.
Muhammad E. Zaghlouleh, M.D.
