Our Board of Directors

Officers

Chair 2019 - 2021

Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, FACS
Neurosurgeon
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center

CentraCare Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chairman Elect

TBD

Past Chairman

Mark Spatola, MD, FAANS
Neurosurgeon
Orange Park Neurosurgery
Orange Park, Florida

Medical Director

Hugh Garton, MD, MHSc
Neurosurgeon
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Secretary

Jason King
Senior Director, Marketing and Medical Education
Stryker Instruments
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Treasurer

Jean Signorelli, CPA

Kutchins, Robbins and Diamond, Ltd

Schaumburg, Illinois

Members

Jill Braselton, RN, BSN
State Chapter Director, Illinois

Northwestern Medicine
Winfield, Illinois

David Dornbos III, MD

Neurosurgeon

OSU Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio

Kim Greene
State Chapter Director, Colorado

Vail Valley Medical Center
Vail, Colorado

Michael McBreen
Senior Vice President; President, International
Integra LifeSciences
Plainsboro, New Jersey

Daniel Michael, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon; Past ThinkFirst Chairman
Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
Southfield, Michigan

Julie Philbrook, RN, DNP

State Chapter Director Subcommittee Chairperson

State Chapter Director, Minnesota

Hennepin County Medical Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mark Proctor, MD
Neurosurgeon; Past ThinkFirst Chairman
The Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Lucy Ranus, RN, BSN
State Chapter Director, Retired
Phoenix, Arizona

Robert Reddy
Director, Global Marketing
Medtronic Navigation
Louisville, Colorado

Amanda Rist, RN, BSN

State Chapter Director, Kentucky

University of Kentucky Healthcare

Lexington, Kentucky

Gail Rosseau, MD
Neurosurgeon; ThinkFirst International Chairperson
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Patricia Seibold

Director, System Referral Development

Brooks Rehabilitation

Jacksonville, Florida

Dale Spencer
ThinkFirst VIP Leadership Council
Keynote Speaker, Dale J. Spencer, Inc.
Palatine, Illinois

Tetsuo Tatsumi, MD, FACS
Neurosurgeon, Retired
Indio, California

Nicholas Theodore, MD, FACS
Neurosurgeon; Past ThinkFirst Chairman
John Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland

Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS
Neurosurgeon, AANS President 2018-2019

Penn State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033

Debby Gerhardstein, RN, BSN, MA
Executive Director; Ex-officio Member
Naperville, Illinois

Liaison Members

David Cavanaugh, MD
Neurosugeon, Past ThinkFirst Chairman
Louisiana Spine Institute
Shreveport, Louisiana

Donna Cavanaugh, BA
ThinkFirst State Chapter Director, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana

Renee Johnson, RPT, MSPH
Division of Injury Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Chairpersons Emeritus

Roy Black
Austin, Texas

E. Fletcher Eyster, MD
Jupiter, Florida