Meet Our Neurosurgeons
The Casa Colina campus is home to the
Inland Neurosurgery Institute (INI), a medical practice featuring some of Southern California’s
most renowned neurosurgeons. Since 1965, INI’s fellowship-trained
surgeons have proudly served the greater Los Angeles area and beyond,
offering a minimally invasive, conservative approach to brain and spine
surgery designed to reduce post-operative pain, hospital stay, and recovery
time. INI doctors coordinate directly with Casa Colina Hospital to help
ensure the highest possible standard of care for all our neurosurgery patients.
Siraj Gibani, MD
Dr. Gibani is Director of the Spine Program at Casa Colina Hospital and
a board-eligible, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with extensive experience
in the treatment of complex disorders of the spine. He obtained his MD
from Pennsylvania State University, completed a neurosurgical residency
at Temple University Hospital, and completed a fellowship in minimally
invasive and complex spinal neurosurgery at Stanford University Hospital.
Ramin AmirNovin, MD, FAANS
Dr. AmirNovin is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with
extensive experience in the treatment of complex spine problems, spine
tumors, brain tumors, cranial-spinal trauma, stroke, movement disorders,
complex pain syndromes, Parkinson’s, and peripheral nerve diseases.
He completed his General Surgery and Neurological Surgery training at
the prestigious Harvard hospital of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
He also completed a two-year fellowship in Functional/Stereotactic Neurosurgery at MGH.
Aaron Cutler, MD
Dr. Cutler is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with extensive
experience in the treatment of brain, skull base, pituitary and spinal
cord tumors, cerebrovascular disorders including aneurysms, cranial and
spinal trauma, stroke, pain disorders, and simple and complex spine problems.
He completed his General Surgery Internship and Neurological Surgery Residency
at UCLA Medical Center. He pursued further fellowship training in endoscopic
and minimally invasive skull base and pituitary surgery at John Wayne
Cancer Institute and in open skull base and cerebrovascular surgery at
the University of Utah Medical Center.
Lew Disney, MD, PhD
Dr. Disney is a board-certified neurosurgeon with extensive experience
in the treatment of complex disorders of the spine and brain as well as
peripheral nerves. A frequent recipient of top doctor awards, patient
choice awards, and most compassionate doctor awards, Dr. Disney completed
a surgical internship at the University of Toronto and a Neurosurgical
Residency and Fellowship at the University of Alberta, where he also obtained
a PhD in Experimental Surgery.
Jose L. Rodriguez, MD, FAANS, FACS
Dr. Rodriguez is a board-certified neurosurgeon with extensive experience
in the treatment of complex disorders of the spine. He completed his Internal
Medicine, General Surgery, and Neurological Surgery residencies at the
University of California, Irvine, as well as postgraduate training postgraduate
training at the University of California, Los Angeles (Arterial Doppler
fellowship) and University Pittsburgh Medical Center (Gamma Knife Radiosurgery).
Richard Young, MD
Dr. Young is a board-eligible, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with extensive
experience in the treatment of complex disorders of the spine. He completed
his internship and residency in Neurological Surgery at George Washington
University Hospital, as well as an Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship
at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.
If you have questions about our neurosurgery team or would like to learn
more about neurosurgery services at Casa Colina, please call 909/596-7733,
ext. 3900.