Author Biographies

Dr. Danielle D. Dang currently is a PGY-6 chief resident in the Department of Neurosurgery at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and a Post-graduate Research Fellow at the National Cancer Institute with academic and clinical interests in skull base neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurotrauma, critical care, military medicine, and neuroscience ethics. She obtained her Doctor of Medicine at Texas A&M University School of Medicine.
Dr. Luke A Mugge currently is a Resident in Neurosurgery at Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at Hillsdale College and a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toledo. When he worked at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, he was working on the Study of EGID or eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease.
Dr. Omar K. Awan is a Resident in Neurosurgery at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. He obtained a BS in Biochemistry at Florida State University and a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Florida. He earned an AANS NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, Lawrence M. Goodman Scholarship, and Phi Beta Kappa. His research interests include Neurotrauma, Neurocritical Care, Neuroprosthetics, Ethics, Healthcare Policy, and Economics.
Dr. Andrew D. Gong is a Resident in Neurosurgery at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. He obtained a BS in Exercise Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and a Doctor of Medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo. His research interests include Skull Base Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, Neuro-Oncology, and Neurosurgical Pediatrics.
Dr. Andrew A. Fanous is a specialty care physician board-certified in neurosurgery at Inova Health System. He graduated from Middlebury College, where he completed his undergraduate studies in molecular biology and biochemistry. In 2011, he completed his Medical Doctorate with a major in surgery from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. During medical school, he was the recipient of the 2008 College of Medicine Research Fellowship Grant for his work on reactive gliosis in mice following subarachnoid hemorrhage. In 2017, he completed his residency in neurological surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed his fellowship training in 2018 in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery at the University of Miami. Dr. Fanous' clinical interests include minimally invasive spine surgery and tumor surgery.
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