Meet alumni of the Shaikh Lab in the Department of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, who made invaluable contributions to our effort to bring together clinical neurology, computational neuroscience, and neural engineering to find new ways to enhance brain health. 

Post-doctoral Scholars

• Sushant Puri, MD, March 2016 – June 2017 (Current: Neuro-oncology clinical fellow, Johns Hopkins University)
• Sarah Ozinga, PhD, December 2016 – December 2017. (Current: Clinical specialist, Abbott Neuromodulation, Austin, TX)
• Sinem Balta-Beylergyl, PhD; January 2018 – January 2023 (Current: Data scientist, CVS Healthcare, New York, NY).
• Wanchat Theeranaew, PhD; November 2019 – July 2021 (Current: Scientist, Bangkok, Thailand).

Medical Students

• Sarah Kang MS4, June 2017 – May 2019 (Current: Neurology resident, Rush University, IL)
• Kelsey Jensen MS4, June 2018 – May 2019 (Current: Neurology resident, University of Rochester, NY)
• Sherry Tang MS4, August 2018 – May 2019 (Current: Anesthesia resident, NYU)
• Talora Martin MS2-4, August 2018 – June 2021 (Current: Neurology resident, Washington University, St.Louis, MO)

Neurology Resident Research Mentees

• Macym Rizvi, MD, October 2017 – June 2018, clinical fellow in epilepsy, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC) (Current: Private practice, Dallas, TX)
• Lee Neilson, MD, January 2018 – October 2018, neurology resident UHCMC (Current: Assistant professor, neurology, Oregon Health Science University)
• Natalia Pyatka, MD, May 2018 – June 2020, neurology resident, UHCMC (Current: Private practice, California)
• Neel Fotedar, MD, May 2018 – June 2020, neurology resident, UHCMC (Current: Assistant professor, neurology, Case Western Reserve University)
• Fajun Wang, MD, August 2018 – June 2020, neurology resident, UHCMC (Current: Neurocritical care fellow, University of Pittsburgh)
• James Liao, MD, PhD, December 2018- June 2020, neurology resident, UHCMC (Current: Staff neurologist, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic)

Clinical Fellows

• Lauren Cameron, MD, July 2016 – June 2018 (Current: Assistant professor, neurology, University Hospitals)
• Amanda Mook, MD, July 2017 – July 2019 (Current: Staff neurologist, Cleveland Clinic)
• Saira Saad, MD, July 2018 – July 2020 (Current: Staff neurologist, University of Pittsburgh)
• Mohamed Elkasaby, MD, July 2019 – June 2021 (Current: Assistant professor neurology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland)
• Alexander Wang, MD, July 2020 – June 2022 (Current: Assistant professor neurology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland)
• Temitope Lawal, MD, July 2021 – June 2022 (Current: Staff neurologist, Greenville, NC)

Masters/Bachelors Trainees

• Stephanie Ezeoke, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, October 2022-August 2023 (Current: Medical student, SUNY Upstate Medical University, NY)
• Kathrine Flannery, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duquesne University, Summer 2022 & Summer 2023 (Current: PhD student)
• Varun Reddy Gopu, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, January 2023 - June 2023 (Current: Industry employment)
• Aditya Singh, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Austin, October 2018 – January 2020 (Current: Industry employment)
• Palak Gupta, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, January 2019 – December 2020 (Current: PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University)