Pallavi Ganapathi, MD
Pallavi
Ganapathi
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: University of Texas-Houston
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Dallas
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Jessica Gagen, MD
Jessica
Gagen
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Mary
Hometown: Livingston, Montana
Alyssa Mueller, MD
Alyssa
Mueller
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hometown: West Bend, Wisconsin
Kristen Doyle, MD
Kristen
Doyle
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: University of Central Florida
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Dorianna Dobson, MD
Dorianna
Dobson
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Georgia College & State University
Hometown: Rome, Georgia
Rosemary Demet, MD
Rosemary
Demet
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Olivia Abadie Crapanzano, MD
Olivia
Abadie
Crapanzano
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans
Undergraduate: Louisiana State University
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jessica Barnett, MD
Jessica
Barnett
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Mississippi
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Elizabeth Acevedo Zapata, MD
Elizabeth
Acevedo
Zapata
MD
PGY 3
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Miami
Hometown: Spring Hill, Florida
Michael C. Dewan, MD, MSCI
Michael
C.
Dewan
MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery
Hematology/Oncology
Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery
Department of Surgery
Surgical Director
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program
Surgical Director
Pediatric Neuro-Vascular Program
Academic Director
Global Neurosurgery Program
Dr. Michael Dewan is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, Hematology/Oncology and is board-certified by both the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He completed his residency in Neurological Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Before returning to Nashville to join as faculty, he served as Global Neurosurgery Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA and as Pediatric Neurosurgery Chief Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.
Dr. Dewan is Faculty of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He has received the A.J. Raimondi Award from the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, the Resident Teaching and Leadership Award from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and the Augustus McCravey Award from the Southern Neurosurgical Society. He also received the Alpha Omega Alpha Resident Award from the National Medical Honor Society and the Frank Parker Prize from Frank Parker Prize, Yale University School of Medicine. He was a Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellow at Harvard Medical School from 2016-2017.
Clinic Phone
(615) 322-6875
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
9th Floor
Nashville
Tennessee
37232
Website for Patients
Dr. Dewan’s research focuses on clinical and translational neuro-oncology targeted treatments and outcomes, pediatric neurovascular disorders and surgical therapy, global epidemiology and treatment of neurosurgical disease, neurosurgical capacity building in low resource settings, and the surgical management of congenital neurologic disorders. He has published more than 130 manuscripts in some of the top content journals including Neuro-Oncology, the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, and the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. His research has garnered more than 9,000 citations worldwide.
michael.dewan@vumc.org
Brain and spinal tumors, vascular neurosurgery, congenital neurosurgery
M.D.
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
M.S.C.I.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Residency
Neurological Surgery - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Additional Postgraduate Training
Global Neurosurgery Fellow - Program of Global Surgery and Social Change, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Pediatric Neurosurgery Chief Fellow - Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Ontario, CA