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.
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.
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.
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 or toll-free
866/724-4127, ext. 3900 or
contact us now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
