PHYSICIANS
Dayton Area Neurosurgeons
Jamal Taha, M.D., Medical Director of Gamma Knife, is board certified in both neurosurgery and pain medicine and serves as Medical Director of the Office of Technology Development at Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital. He received Gamma Knife training at Cleveland Clinic. He is also Medical Director of the American Parkinson's Disease Association of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. He recently served as Associate Professor of neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Director of the Functional Neurosurgery Program. |  |
Asif Bashir, M.D., before joining Kettering Medical Center, Dr. Bashir was the Chief Resident in Neurosurgery, as well as Spine Fellow at the SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He holds certifications from the American Medical Association, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and many others, and has published extensively. Recently, he participated in a Functional/Deep Brain Stimulation Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and Gamma Knife certification at the University of Pittsburgh. |  |
Raymond J. Poelstra, M.D., graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1977 where he was a Presidential Scholar. He also completed his internship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dr. Poelstra has held positions as Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery/Surgery at both University of California and at Wright State University School of Medicine. Dr. Poelstra is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Poelstra is the Director of the Neurosurgery Line at Kettering Medical Center. |  |
Cincinnati Area Neurosurgeons
Jonathan Borden, M.D., board-certified Neurosurgeon of the brain and spine. Dr. Borden is part of Riverhills Healthcare, Inc. He completed his training at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and attended Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Borden works closely with WKNI, offering the benefits of Gamma Knife to his patients. |  |