Alumni

Anthony G. Hadden, Jr, MD

Dr. Hadden received his medical doctorate from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California. He completed his neurosurgery residency training in June of 2005. He is currently training in a spine fellowship at the Cedars-Sinai, in Los Angeles, California, under the direction of Dr. J. Patrick Johnson.

Delmore Morsette, MD, PhD

Dr. Morsette received his medical degree from the Finch University of Helath Sciences/The Chicago Medical School in 2001 and completed his residency in June of 2007. Currently he is in a spine fellowship at the University of Washington under the direction of Dr. Trent Treadway. After fellowship, Dr. Morsette plans to work at Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles, California.

Bob Shafa, MD

Dr. Shafa received his medical doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his neurosurgery residency training in June of 2007. During his last year of residency he completed an infolded fellowship at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington under the direction of Dr. Mark Newell. Dr. Shafa is currently a member of the UCLA Neurosurgery Department.

Raymond M. Baule, MD

Dr. Baule received his medical doctorate from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He completed residency training in June of 2004 and has joined a private practice in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Santiago de Jesus Figuereo, MD

Dr. Figuereo received his medical doctorate from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is currently completing his research experience and will be the first neurosurgery resident to have received his PhD during neurosurgery residency training at Loma Linda University Medical Center. After completing an elective in epilepsy surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, he joined the faculty and worked at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Philadelphia. In 2006 Dr. Figuereo moved his family to Florida and is now in private practice in Miami.

Jason Lifshutz, MD

Dr. Lifshutz received his medical doctorate from the University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida. He completed his residency training in December of 2002. He went on to complete a spine fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin under the direction of Dr. Dennis Maiman. After practicing a year at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Dr. Lifshutz has relocated to work at Stanford University in California.

James Tran, MD

Dr. Tran completed his residency training in neurosurgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center on June 30, 2001. He elected to join a private practice in Payson, Utah, and is affiliated with the University of Utah.

Jeffrey Catrambone, MD

Dr. Catrambone completed his neurosurgery training at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Catrambone completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Riley Hospital for Children in Indiana, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Luerssen. Currently he is practicing with the New Jersey Neurologic Institute in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Catrambone is affiliated with the Jersey City Medical Center, and is an assistant professor of neurological surgery at New Jersey Medical School.

Fernando Silva, MD

Rein Anton, MD