

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Neurology Residency
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
PEORIA
Our Graduates:
1992
Jill A. Kimm, M.D.
Shivarajpur K. Ravi, M.D. - Neuroimaging Fellowship; Private practice in Baytown, Texas
1993
Carol E. Benoit-Fisher, D.O. - Private practice in North Charleston, South Carolina
Virginia M. Scruggs, D.O. - EMG Fellowship; Private practice in Neeses, South Carolina
1994
Sreekumaran K. Nair, M.D. - Neurorehabilitation Fellowship; Private practice in Fort Worth, Texas
1995
Donald A. Golen, M.D. - Private practice in Phoenix, Arizona
Gene C. Cheng, M.D. - Private practice in Peoria, Illinois
2002
Nitin Sharma, M.D. - Private Practice
2004
Ammar Al-Kawi, M.D. – Interventional Neuroradiology New Jersey, Private practice in Saudi Arabia
2005
Michael Xu, M.D. - Epilepsy fellowship at Emory University. Currently Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at our Institution.
Arun Talkad, M.D. - Vascular Neurology fellowship. Currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at our Institution.
2006
Kate Wiese, M.D. - Vascular Neurology fellowship, Private practice in North Carolina
2007
John Pula, M.D. - Neuro-ophthalmology Neuro-otology fellowship, Multiple Sclerosis fellowship. Currently practicing and teaching at University of Illinois in Chicago.
Ratna Bhavaraju, M.D. - Neuromuscular fellowship North Carolina. Currently Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.
2008
Mohammad Alsorogi, M.D. - Private practice Louisville, Kentucky
Sherif Al-hawarey, M.D. - Private practice Rockford, Illinois
2009
Hrachya Nersesyan, M.D., PhD - Currently serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at our Institution specializing in Headache and Chronic Pain.
Madhu Vijayappa, M.D.
2010
Deepak Nair M.D. - Vascular Fellowship, University of Illinois at Peoria, IL. Currently serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at our Institution
Odinachi Oguh M.D. - Movement Disorder fellowship, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Currently in private practice in Florida.
2011
Jessica Knirk, M.D. - Private practice in Fort Wayne, IN
Sara Dhanani, M.D. - Movement disorders fellowship at Barrow Institute
2012
Deborah Boland, D.O. - Movement Disorders fellowship at Duke University
Sarah Parker, M.D. - Vascular Neurology Fellowship at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and most recently joined our faculty as an attending physician of Vascular Neurology
2013
Bhavin Patidar, M.D. - Private practice in Tampa, FL
Paayal Patel, M.D. - Neurobevioral Fellowship, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2014
Nisha Bhatia, M.D. - Neuro Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
​Reuben Valenzuela, M.D. - Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship, followed by Neuroophthalmology Fellowship, University of Utah
Robert Joshua, M.D. - Epilepsy Fellowship, National Institute for Health, Washington DC