Neuroscience Team

A

• Nithin D. Adappa, MD

  Surgical Director, Penn AERD Center
  Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Geoffrey Aguirre, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Rizwan S. Akhtar, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurology

• Zarina S. Ali, MD

  Surgeon

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurosurgery

• Michelle Alonso-Basanta, MD, PhD

  Helene Blum Assistant Professor
  Radiation Oncology

B

• Linda Bagley, MD

  Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
  Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Gordon H. Baltuch, MD, PhD

  Surgeon

  Director, Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery
  Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurosurgery

• Ramani Balu, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Amit Bar-Or, MD, FRCPC

  Director, Center for Neuroinflammation and Neurotherapeutics
  Chief, Multiple Sclerosis Division
  Melissa and Paul Anderson President's Distinguished Professor
  Neurology

• Danielle Becker, MD, MS

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Joseph R. Berger, MD

  Associate Chief of the Multiple Sclerosis Division
  Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Douglas Bigelow, MD

  Director, Division of Otology/Neurotology
  Co-Director, Center for Cranial Base Surgery
  Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Michel Bilello, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Shawn J. Bird, MD

  Medical Director, Neurodiagnostic Laboratories, Director, Electromyography (EMG) and Evoked Potentials Laboratory
  Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Leah Blank, MD, MPH

  Postdoctoral Fellow of Neurology
  NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow of Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  Instructor A of Neurology
  Neurology

• Christina Alexandra Blum, MD

  Director of Stroke Services, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Jason A. Brant, MD

  Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Steven Brem, MD

  Surgeon

  Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
  Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center
  Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurosurgery

• Mark J. Brown, MD

  Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

C

• Ara A. Chalian, MD

  Director, Facial Plastic Reconstruction
  Patient Safety Officer
  Director, Microvascular Lab
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Anjan K. Chatterjee, MD

  Chair, Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania Hospital
  Elliott Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• H. Isaac Chen, MD

  Surgeon

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  Neurosurgery

• Maria Fang-Chun Chen, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Alice S. Chen-Plotkin, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Omar A. Choudhri, MD

  Surgeon

  Director, Penn Center for Cerebral Revascularization
  Co-Director, Cerebrovascular & Endovascular Neurosurgery
  Assistant Professor of Radiology
  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurosurgery

• Patrick J. Connolly, MD

  Surgeon

  Neurosurgery

• H. Branch Coslett, MD

  Chief, Section of Cognitive Neurology
  William N. Kelley Professor in Neurology
  Neurology

• Brett Cucchiara, MD

  Director, Neurovascular Lab
  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

D

• Nabila Dahodwala, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurology

• Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD

  Director, Center for Autoimmune Neurology
  Adjunct Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Stephen J. Dante, MD

  Surgeon

  Clinical Associate of Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgery

• Kathryn Davis, MD, MTR

  Medical Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Andres F. Deik, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• John A. Detre, MD

  Director, Center for Functional Imaging
  Professor of Radiology
  Professor of Neurology
  Neurology, Radiology

• Ramon R. Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD

  Director of Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Research Center
  Associate Director for Clinical Research, Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair
  Presidential Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Marc A. Dichter, MD, PhD

  Emeritus Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• David Do, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

E

• Christyn Edmundson, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Lauren B. Elman, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurology

F

• Daniel M. Feinberg, MD

  Chief Medical Officer, Pennsylvania Hospital
  Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Dara S. Fisher, PsyD

  Clinical Psychologist

  Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Lauren Flynn, DO

  Clinical Associate of Neurology
  Neurology

• Oren Friedman, MD

  Director, Facial Plastic Surgery
  Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  Otorhinolaryngology

G

• Michael Gelfand, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre, MD, PhD

  Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurology

• Jay A. Gottfried, MD, PHD

  Clinical Associate of Neurology
  Neurology

• M. Sean Grady, MD

  Surgeon

  Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  Charles Harrison Frazier Professor of Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgery

• Murray Grossman, MD, EdD

  Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

H

• Margalit Haber, PhD

  Researcher

  Neurology

• Roy H. Hamilton, MD

  Director, Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation
  Associate Director, Clinical Neurosciences Track
  Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
  Associate Professor of Neurology in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  Associate Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Seth Haplea, MD

  Neurology

• Robert W. Hurst, MD

  Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Radiology

I

• Erin E. Ingala, MD

  Neurology

• David J. Irwin, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

J

• Dina Jacobs, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP

  Chair, Department of Neurology
  Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

K

• Atul A. Kalanuria, MD, FACP

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
  Neurology

• Scott E. Kasner, MD

  Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
  Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket, Jr. President's Distinguished Professor
  Professor of Emergency Medicine
  Neurology

• Jacob L. Kaufman, MD

  Neurology

• David W. Kennedy, MD

  Rhinology Professor
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Lawrence A. Kerson, MD

  Neurology

• Julia Kharlip, MD

  Associate Medical Director, Penn Pituitary Center
  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

• Ammar Kheder, MD, MRCP

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Sami L. Khella, MD

  Chief, Department of Neurology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Grace Chen Kimbaris, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Andrew Kofke, MD, MBA, FCCM

  Director, Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care
  Professor of Neurology
  Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Anesthesiology

• James D. Kolker, MD

  Chief, Section of Radiation Oncology, Pennsylvania Hospital
  Medical Director, CyberKnife
  Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
  Radiation Oncology

• Dennis L. Kolson, MD, PhD

  Professor of Neurology
  Professor of Microbiology
  Neurology

• Monisha A. Kumar, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology in Neurosurgery
  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• David K. Kung, MD

  Surgeon

  Assistant Professor of Radiology
  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  Neurosurgery

• Donna Kurowski George, M.D.

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Goldie A. Kurtz, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
  Radiation Oncology

• Robert M. Kurtz

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
  Radiology

L

• Eric Lancaster, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Kathy A. Lawler, PhD

  Neuropsychologist

  Neurology

• Kim O. Learned, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
  Radiology

• John Y.K. Lee, MD, MSCE

  Surgeon

  Medical Director, Gamma Knife Center
  Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurosurgery

• Joshua Levine, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
  Neurology

• Sharon Lewis, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Brian Litt, MD

  Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Professor of Neurology and Professor of Bioengineering
  Neurology

• Grant T. Liu, MD

  Chief, Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology
  Professor of Neurology in Ophthalmology
  Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology, Ophthalmology

• Laurie A. Loevner, MD

  Division Chief, Neuroradiology
  Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Professor of Ophthalmology
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Radiology

• Timothy H. Lucas, II, MD, PhD

  Surgeon

  Director, Translational Neuromodulation Laboratory
  Co-Director, Penn Center for Neuro-Engineering and Therapeutics
  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgery

• Robert Lustig, MD

  Director, Network Development Program
  Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
  Radiation Oncology

M

• Neil R. Malhotra, MD

  Surgeon

  Vice Chairman for Operations, Department of Neurosurgery
  Director, Neurosurgery Quality Improvement Initiative
  Co-Director, Translational Spine Research Lab
  Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurosurgery

• Alexander Mamourian, MD

  Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Paul J. Marcotte, MD

  Surgeon

  Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurosurgery

• Clyde E. Markowitz, MD

  Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center at Penn
  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Leo F. McCluskey, MD, MBE

  Medical Director, Penn ALS Association Center at the Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
  Director, Electromyography Laboratory at Pennsylvania Hospital
  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Michael L. McGarvey, MD

  Director, Intra-Operative Monitoring
  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Dawn J. Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD

  Clinical Psychologist

  Clinical Director, Cognitive Fitness Program
  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Matthew T. Mendlik, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Steven R. Messe, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Fadi Mikhail, MD

  Neurology

• Jerold Mikszewski

  Clinical Associate of Neurology
  Neurology

• Suyash Mohan, MD

  Assistant Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
  Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Zissimos Mourelatos, MD

  Director, Neuropathology
  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

• Michael T. Mullen, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

N

• Seyed Ali Nabavizadeh, MD

  Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Ilya M. Nasrallah, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Jason G. Newman, MD, FACS

  Director, Head & Neck Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital
  Co-Director, Cranial Base Center
  Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Otorhinolaryngology

O

• Bert W. O'Malley, Jr., MD

  Associate Vice President, Physician Network Development
  Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  Co-Director, Head and Neck Cancer Center
  Professor of Radiation Oncology
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology in Neurosurgery
  Gabriel Tucker Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Donald M. O'Rourke, MD

  Surgeon

  Director, Human Brain Tumor Tissue Bank
  John Templeton, Jr., M.D. Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgery

• Ali K. Ozturk, MD

  Surgeon

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  Neurosurgery

P

• James Palmer, MD

  Director, Division of Rhinology
  Co-Director, Cranial Base Center
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Jay Pathmanathan, MD, PhD

  Director of Electroencephalography, Penn Epilepsy Fellowship Director
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Raymond S. Price, MD

  Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Amy A. Pruitt, MD

  Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurology

• Bryan A. Pukenas, MD

  Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  Radiology

Q

• Colin Quinn, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

R

• Karthik Rajasekaran, MD

  Otorhinolaryngology

• Christopher H. Rassekh, MD

  Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  Otorhinolaryngology

• Ana Recober-Montilla, MD

  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Michael N. Rubenstein, MD

  Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Michael J. Ruckenstein, MD, MSc, FACS

  Vice Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
  Director, Implantable Hearing Devices Program
  Director, Residency Training and Education
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Otorhinolaryngology

S

• Mariam Saleeb, MD

  Clinical Associate of Neurology
  Neurology

• Deepak M. Sampathu, MD, PHD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
  Radiology

• Danielle Sandsmark, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
  Neurology

• Mary H. Scanlon, MD, FACR

  Vice Chair, Education, Radiology
  Residency Program Director, HUP
  Section Chief, ED
  Professor of Clinical Radiology
  Radiology

• Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD

  Vice Chair for Academic Development, Department of Neurology
  Chief, Neuromuscular Division
  Ruth Wagner Van Meter and J. Ray Van Meter Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• James Eric Schmitt, MD, PHD

  Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  Radiology

• James M. Schuster, MD, PhD

  Surgeon

  Residency Program Diector, Director of Neurotrauma
  Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Neurosurgery

• Joseph M. Serletti, MD, FACS

  Surgeon

  Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
  Henry Royster-William Maul Measey Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  Plastic Surgery

• Paul M. Shipkin, MD

  Neurology

• Andrew David Siderowf, MD

  Instructor A of Neurology
  Neurology

• Erika Silverman, BS

  Researcher

  Neurology

• Peter J. Snyder, MD

  Medical Director, Penn Pituitary Center
  Professor of Medicine
  Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

• Roderick C. Spears, MD

  Neurology

• Meredith A. Spindler, MD

  Associate Clinical Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Joel M. Stein, MD, PHD

  Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• Matthew B. Stern, MD

  Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Hospital
  President, International Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society 2013
  Emeritus Professor CE of Neurology
  Neurology

T

• Madhura A. Tamhankar, MD

  Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Associate Professor of Neurology
  Ophthalmology

• Mary Ann Thenganatt, MD

  Neurology

V

• Sanjeev Vaishnavi, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Swathi Vijayaraghavan, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

W

• Carl J. Waldman, MD

  Clinical Associate of Neurology
  Neurology

• Eliot Michael Wallack, MD

  Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Fred M. Weinblatt, MD

  Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• Gregory S. Weinstein, MD, FACS

  Vice Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  Director, Head and Neck Surgery Division and Head and Neck Surgery Clinic
  Co-Director, Center for Head and Neck Cancer
  Director, Head and Neck Oncology Fellowship
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Otorhinolaryngology

• William C. Welch, MD, FACS, FICS

  Surgeon

  Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
  Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital
  Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgery

• Shawniqua T. Williams, MNG, MD

  Neurology

• Eric M. Williamson, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

• Allison Willis, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
  Neurology

• Ronald L. Wolf, MD, PhD

  Chief, MRI Modality
  Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

• David A. Wolk, MD

  Assistant Director, Penn Memory Center
  Associate Professor of Neurology
  Neurology

• John H. Woo, MD

  Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Radiology

Y

• Ji-Suk Kristen Yoo, DO

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgery

• Qingyang (Kristy) Yuan, MD

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Neurology

Z

• Eric L. Zager, MD

  Surgeon

  Neurosurgical Professor in Academic Excellence
  Neurosurgery