About the Program

Our program was approved by UCNS at the beginning of 2019 The AdventHealth Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training Program offers 12-24 month training in neurocritical care accredited by the UCNS. The trainees will rotate through our 40-bed neuroscience ICU housed in the Ginsburg Tower at AdventHealth Orlando. This training will provide an opportunity for fellows to manage patients with life-threatening neurological and neurosurgical illnesses. We are dedicated to the treatment of patients with acute neurologic conditions such as:

  • Acute ischemic stroke
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Subdural hemorrhage
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Refractory seizures and status epilepticus
  • Central nervous system infections
  • Severe neuromuscular and neuroimmunologic diseases
  • Patients after complex neurosurgical and neurointerventional procedures.

The fellowship will be located at one site in Orlando. We are a nearly 1300 bed hospital with 160 adult ICU beds. 28 neuro/neurosurgical ICU beds and additional 12 neuro/neurosurgical intermediate/stepdown beds.

Faculty of AdventHealth Medical Education

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Okorie Okorie, MD

Program Director

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Amay Parikh, MD

Associate Program Director

Michael P Bellew, MD

Michael Bellew, MD

Faculty (Neurosurgery)

Indrani Enid Acosta, MD

Indrani Acosta , MD

Faculty (Neurology and Vascular Neurology)

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Bassel Raad, MD

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Murad Talahma, MD

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Carlos Pacheco, MD

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Khaled Fernainy, MD

Current Fellows

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Jordan Pierce, MD

PGY-5

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Mina Rizk, DO

PGY-5

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Morgan Zegers, DO

PGY-5

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Emad Samaan, MD

PGY-4

Program Information

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Dr. Adewale

Application Process

We require the following forms

1) AdventHealth Orlando NCC Application Form
2) CV
3) 2 letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a program director or department chair
4) Board score report
5) Personal statement
6) Photo

These forms can be emailed to [email protected]

Neurocritical Care Fellowship