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The University of Louisville Department of Neurosurgery uses a subspecialty approach to our specialty in which each neurosurgeon focuses on an area with a high level of knowledge and expertise.
Jonathan Hodes earned his medical degree from the Indiana University Medical Center and has been a faculty member at the University of California San Francisco, Wayne State University and the University of Kentucky.
Thomas Becherer, who received his medical degree from the University of Kentucky. He also completed a general surgery internship and his neurosurgical residency there.
Timir Banerjee, who earned his doctorate from the University of Calcutta. Banerjee has had a longtime practice in Louisville. He spent four years on the neurosurgery faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a year with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Michael Doyle, who earned his medical degree from UofL as well as completing an internship in general surgery and his neurosurgery residency here. He was chief resident for two years.
Andrievs Dzenitis, who earned his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Previously a faculty member in the UofL department of neurosurgery and in anatomical sciences and neurobiology, he also has been the neurosurgical consultant for UofL Athletics.
Patricia Fernandez, who earned her medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has served on the faculty at the University of Buenos Aires, Wayne State University, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the University of California-San Diego.
Haring Nauta, who earned medical and doctoral degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He has served on the faculty at the University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
