Meet Our Physicians
Dean C. Lohse, MD
- Joined Memorial Neurosurgery in 2006 from private practice. He has practiced in Jacksonville, Florida since 1981
- Medical Education in Minnesota at the University of Minnesota.
- Internship at Yale, New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine.
- Neurosurgical residency at Yale, New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine
- Neurosurgical fellowship in Vascular Neurosurgery in London, Ontario at the University of Western Ontario.
- Served as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine for 15 years
- Received board certification in 1983
- Professional memberships include: Duval County Medical Society; Florida Medical Association; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS); American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
- Received CyberKnife training and certification in 2006.
Dr. Lohse has lectured at neurosurgical symposia and meetings over the last 20 years on subjects ranging from Neurosurgery Critical Care to Patient Safety Issues. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Lohse has performed approximately 5,000 surgeries which included adult intracranial and complex spine surgeries.
Dr. Lohse is active in Crossroad Church Missions Board and Church Council.
Kaveh Barami, MD, PhD
- Joined Memorial Neurosurgery in 2006 from practice with the University of Florida - Shands Hospital
- Medical Education at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Received his PhD at Cornell University Medical College, Department of Neuroscience
- Internship at Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of General Surgery
- Residency in Neurosurgery at Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center
- Fellowship at the H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in surgical neuro-oncology and radiosurgery
- Received his board certification in 2005.
- Professional memberships include: Society for Neuroscience; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS); American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS); American Medical Association (AMA); American College of Surgeons; Society for Neuro-Oncology; Joint AANS/CNS Section on Tumors; and Cyberknife Society
- Received CyberKnife training and certification in 2006.
Elias Dagnew, MD
- Joined Memorial Neurosurgery Group in 2006 from private practice in Atlanta, GA.
- Medical Education at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri
- Neurosurgical Residency training at University of Cincinnati
- Fellowship in cranial, complex spinal, and skull base surgical oncology at M D Anderson Center Center in Texas
- Board eligible - 2008.
- Professional memberships include Society for Neuro-Oncology; AANS/CNS Section on Tumors; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS); American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS); Georgia Neurosurgical Society.
- Received CyberKnife training and certification in 2006.