About us
Brain and Spine Group, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that exists to improve medical student preparation for careers in neurological surgery, leading to more well-rounded neurosurgical match applicants.
Our organization was founded in 2019 after two successful years running Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps in collaboration with the AANS Medical Student Chapters and Departments of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Keck School of Medicine of USC, and we look forward to opening a third Training Camp in 2020 at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Our team is committed to training the future of brain and spine care.
Our organization was founded in 2019 after two successful years running Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps in collaboration with the AANS Medical Student Chapters and Departments of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Keck School of Medicine of USC, and we look forward to opening a third Training Camp in 2020 at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Our team is committed to training the future of brain and spine care.
Meet Our Team
Ryan E. Radwanski
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Chairman, Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer about ryan
Ryan is a U.S. Marine who served with 1st Batallion, 11th Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. During four years of active, enlisted service Ryan was meritoriously promoted three times, was awarded the Naval Achievement Medal, and earned a combat action ribbon in theater. Ryan was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2012. Ryan completed his undergraduate studies in Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University prior to starting medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College. As a medical student, Ryan founded the first planning committee for Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps - a multi-site national training program that continues to grow year after year under Ryan's leadership. As the Chairman and CEO of Brain and Spine Group, Ryan is at the forefront of our mission to pioneer new training opportunities the clinical neurosciences. |
Susan C. Pannullo, MD
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Director At Large
Secretary about susan
Dr. Susan C. Pannullo is the Director of Neuro-oncology and the Director of Neurosurgical Radiosurgery at New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Pannullo is board-certified in both neurology and neurological surgery and has served as the faculty adviser for the Weill Cornell Medicine AANS Medical Student Chapter since its inception. She has mentored countless students through the AANS Medical Student Chapter and played a critical role helping medical students launch the flagship Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camp at Cornell. |
Mark Corey, JD
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Director At Large
Chief Financial Officer about mark
Mark Corey founded and runs 45 Capital Management, an investment advisory firm specializing in building an assortment of hedged portfolios through the use of derivatives. He founded the firm in 2015 after putting aside his law career in order to follow his dream of running his own investment fund. Prior to running his own firm, Mark worked at a patent law firm where he focused on intellectual property, specifically in patent prosecution. While attending law school, he worked at Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE), the technology transfer office of Arizona State University, under their Life Science Department. Mark received his Juris Doctor from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. He also received a Law, Science, and Technology Certificate specializing in Intellectual Property. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Arizona State University. |
Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD
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Director At Large
about philip
Dr. Philip Stieg is Chairman and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Stieg, a world-renowned neurosurgeon with expertise in cerebrovascular disorders, skull base surgery, and traumatic brain injury, has a longstanding commitment to mentorship; he has not only personally mentored dozens of students and residents over his career, he has also developed a culture of mentorship within the department of neurological surgery and established formal mentoring programs that match residents and junior faculty with senior neurosurgeons. He has also nurtured the department’s programs that seek increased diversity in medicine in general and neurological surgery in particular, including relationships with Mentoring in Medicine and the new PrIMES mentoring program. Dr. Stieg is a widely published author and internationally known lecturer, and has been consistently named one of the nation’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly. He is the host of the weekly podcast This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg, and is one of the editors of the definitive textbook on AVMs, Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations. Under Dr. Stieg’s leadership, the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center created the Surgical Innovations Lab, the first multimedia neurosurgical teaching facility enabling real-time global collaboration. He also launched New York’s first multidisciplinary Concussion and Brain Injury Clinic and the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, where patients receive multidisciplinary services under one roof. Dr. Stieg received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, his Ph.D. from Union University, and his M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He trained at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School after completing a fellowship in cell transplantation for restorative neurological function at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, then joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School. He was recruited from the Harvard Brigham and Women’s/Children’s Hospital in 2000 to build the new Department of Neurological Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. |
Iyan Younus
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Director At Large
about Iyan
Iyan Younus is a fourth year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College. Iyan is one of the co-founding members of the Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camp and is involved in numerous projects pertaining to medical education. His other interests include epilepsy and minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery. He has worked in the epilepsy research laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Theodore Schwartz for which he has received funding from the AANS NREF research fellowship. |
Graham Winston
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Director At Large
Co-Director of Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps about Graham
Graham Winston is a fourth year medical student at Weill Cornell Medicine, where he is an active member of the Cornell AANS Medical Student Chapter. He helped spearhead the 2018 and 2019 Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps. Graham works in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Kaplitt investigating use of MR-guided focused ultrasound to deliver gene therapy to the brain. He has worked on research in the fields of cerebrovascular surgery, spine surgery, functional neurosurgery as well as numerous projects pertaining to medical student education. |
Program Directors
Michael Rothbaum
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Co-Director of Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps
about Michael
Michael Rothbaum completed his undergraduate education at Cornell University where he majored in Comparative Literature and Spanish. Upon graduating, he spent two years at Weill Cornell as the coordinator for an NIH-funded study investigating the role of topical vancomycin in craniotomy wound prophylaxis. He is currently a third year medical student at New York Medical College where he serves on the executive board of the AANS medical student chapter and is active in clinical neurosurgery research. Michael is also passionate about his various volunteer positions and his work as a private tutor. He plans to pursue a career in neurosurgery. |
Amy Brotherton
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Director of Fundraising
about amy
Amy Brotherton is an events and marketing specialist from Columbus, OH. She is a promotions assistant at an independent non-profit radio station, 104.9 the River focusing on engaging the Columbus community in unique ways with each of their partnerships and appearances. Amy has a BA in Broadcasting Communication and Journalism from Cedarville University. She is dedicated to creating connection points between organizations and the people who love and need them which is what she brings to our donor relationships at Brain and Spine Group. Amy spends her free time indulging in experimental baking projects, Taco Tuesdays as well as time with family, friends and her puppy. She says Bon Appetit and enjoys the Great British Baking Show - she hopes to one day master the art of bread-baking. |
Sergio W. Guadix
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Director of Grant Acquisition
about Sergio
Sergio W. Guadix is a medical student and President of the AANS student chapter at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is passionate about creating opportunities for students to engage with the field of neurosurgery and works closely with faculty to achieve this goal. His position as Director of Grant Acquisition for Brain and Spine Group allows him to further this passion, expanding opportunities for students to gain exposure to the field of neurosurgery and the behavioral sciences on a national scale. Sergio earned a B.A. in cognitive science and graduated magma cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. He has diverse research experience, spanning the areas of psychology, consumer behavior, neuroscience, and neurosurgery. His grant writing acumen has been integral to the infrastructure and organization of Medical Student Neurosurgery Training Camps. |