MEDICAL EDUCATION UPDATE
Chief Resident Graduates 2015 William Stetler, Jr., M.D. and Jennifer Strahle, M.D. One of the highlights of each academic year is to gather and celebrate the graduation of the chief residents as they complete their seven-year neurosurgical training program. On Sunday, June 21, 2015, faculty, residents, staff, friends, and family gathered at the Ann Arbor City Club for an evening of recognition and celebration honoring Drs. William Stetler, Jr. and Jennifer Strahle. It was an evening of laughter, tears and, of course, the historical “roasting” of the chiefs by their resident cohorts. After residency graduation, Dr. Stetler completed an endovascular fellowship at the University of Florida under the tutelage of Dr. Brian Hoh. Following the completion of this fellowship, Dr. Stetler returned to his southern roots, joining the faculty at the University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Strahle completed a pediatric fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis and is currently on their faculty as Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Pediatrics. We wish both of them much success in their neurosurgical careers.
Chief Resident Graduates 2016 Wajd Al-Holou, M.D. and Thomas J. Wilson, M.D. The 2016 Chief Resident Graduation celebration was held on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at The Polo Fields in Ann Arbor. Guests gathered to honor Drs. Wajd Al-Holou and Thomas J. Wilson and celebrate their completion of the neurosurgical residency training program. Those in attendance bid Drs. Al-Holou and Wilson farewell and celebrated the many accomplishments they each achieved during their residencies at U-M.
Dr. Al-Holou is further enhancing his education at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston doing a tumor fellowship under the tutelage of Dr. Jeffrey Weinberg. Dr. Wilson is also engaged in a fellowship program, specifically a peripheral nerve fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, training with Dr. Robert Spinner. Dr. Wilson will join the faculty at Stanford upon completion of his fellowship.
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