Vascular neurology fellows, faculty + mentors at Tufts Medical Center
The vascular neurology fellowship at Tufts Medical Center is supported by a multidisciplinary team of experts dedicated to training the next generation of stroke and cerebrovascular specialists. Our faculty provide mentorship, guidance and hands-on supervision to ensure fellows gain clinical, research and teaching skills in a high-volume academic environment.
Program director
- Emiliya Melkumova, MD – Vascular Neurology, Fellowship Program Director
Stroke and neurocritical care faculty
- David E. Thaler, MD, PhD – Vascular Neurology, Chairman Emeritus
- Lester Y. Leung, MD – Vascular Neurology, Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Elizabeth Rosen, MD – Vascular Neurology
- Michelle Leppert, MD – Vascular Neurology
- Joshua Kornbluth, MD – Neurocritical Care
- Xuemei Cai, MD – Neurocritical Care
- Aleksandra Yakhkind, MD – Neurocritical Care
- Sarah Nelson, MD – Neurocritical Care
- Jayde Nail, MD – Neurosurgery, Neurocritical Care
Non-neurology faculty
- Adel Malek, MD, PhD – Chief, Neurovascular Surgery
- Neel Madan, MD – Chief, Neuroradiology
- Thomas Hedges, MD – Co-Director, Neuro-ophthalmology
- David Kent, MD – Director, Tufts Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) Center
