We are proud to recognize the former members of the Neurovascular Innovation Lab, including research fellows, research assistants, summer research fellows, software engineers, and other student trainees. We celebrate their accomplishments and are grateful for their contributions to the lab, both during their time with us and throughout their continued academic and professional careers.
Research Fellows:
Andres Gudino, MD
Title/Position
2024 - 2026
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Neurology Resident at the University of Oklahoma.
Diego Ojeda, MD
Title/Position
2024 - 2025
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Neurology resident at the University of Connecticut.
Sebastian Sanchez, MD
Title/Position
2021 - 2023
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Neurology Resident at Yale University.
Carlos Dier, MD
Title/Position
2024 - 2025
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Diagnostic Radiology Resident at FIU Baptist Health, Miami.
Jorge Roa, MD
Title/Position
2018 - 2021
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Neurosurgery Resident at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
Elena Sagues, MD
Title/Position
2024 - 2025
MD: Universidad de Malaga, Spain.
Currently: Neurology Resident at the University of Iowa.
Alberto Varon, MD
Title/Position
2021 - 2022
MD: Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico.
Currently: Attending neurologist at University of Connecticut.
Summer Research Fellows:
Emily P Baniewicz, BS
Title/Position
2025
Currently: M2 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
Meredith Hickerson , MD
Title/Position
2022
Currently: Emergency Medicine resident at the University of Arizona
Alexander Van Dam, BS
Title/Position
2025
Currently: M2 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
Research Assistants:
Ruben Calle, MD
Title/Position
2025
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Research fellow at the Neurology department of Harvard University
Domenica Cifuentes, MD
Title/Position
2025
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Research Fellow at the Cardiology Department at Harvard University.
Divanshu Sharma, MBBS
Title/Position
2025 - 2026
MBBS: Government medical College, India.
Currently: Clinical Research Fellow at UT San Antonio.
Sebastian Martinez, MD
Title/Position
2025
MD: Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE).
Currently: Neurology Resident at University of South Alabama.
Alina Rivadeneira, MD
Title/Position
2025 - 2026
Currently: Research Assistant at Boston Medical Center
Ivonne Salinas, MD
Title/Position
2024
MD: USFQ, Ecuador.
Currently: Neurology Resident at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Software Engineers:
Ashrita Raghuram, MD
Title/Position
2021 - 2022
MD: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
Currently: General Surgery Resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Jacob Miller, BS
Title/Position
2022 - 2023
Currently: PhD student in the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing at the University of Iowa.