People

Chair

Page B. Pennell, MD, FAES
Henry B. Higman Professor of Neurology

Professors

Anto Bagić, MD, PhD, FAES, FACNS
Professor
Edward A. Burton, MD, DPhil, FRCP
Professor of Neurology
Franca Cambi, MD, PhD
Professor
Patrick Y. Chauvel, MD
Professor
Jun Chen, MD
Richard K. Mellon Professor of Neurology
Paula R. Clemens, MD
Professor
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology, Neurology, Physical Therapy, & Bioengineering
Steven H. Graham, MD, PhD
Professor
J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD
Love Family Professor
Milos Ikonomovic, MD
Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
David Lacomis, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Frank S. Lieberman, MD
Professor of Neurology and Medical Oncology
Oscar L. Lopez, MD, FAAN
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, & Clinical and Translational Sciences
Raul G. Nogueira, MD, FAHA, FSVIN
Endowed Professor & Division Chief of Cerebrovascular Medicine
Jeremy N. Rich, MD, MHS, MBA
Professor
Lori Shutter, MD, FNCS, FCCM
Professor
Dandan Sun, MD, PhD
Professor
Parthasarathy Thirumala, MD
Professor
George F. Wittenberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Bioengineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Associate Professors

Rafeed Alkawadri, MD
Associate Professor
Arun Raj Antony, MD
Associate Professor
Maria E. Baldwin, MD
Associate Professor
Sarah B. Berman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor (secondary), Clinical & Translational Science
Lana Chahine, MD
Associate Professor
Jan Drappatz, MD
Associate Professor
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD, FAES, FAAN
Associate Professor
Kathy Gardner, MD
Associate Professor
Teresa Hastings, PhD
Associate Professor
Rock A. Heyman, MD
Associate Professor
Houman Homayoun, MD
Associate Professor
Xiaoming Hu, MD
Associate Professor
Robert G. Kaniecki, MD
Associate Professor
Laurie Knepper, MD
Associate Professor
Edward Mistler, DO
Associate Professor
Neelesh K. Nadkarni, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine)
Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Beth E. Snitz, PhD
Associate Professor
Valerie Suski, DO
Associate Professor
Alexandra Urban (Popescu), MD, FAAN, FAES
Associate Professor
Anne C. Van Cott, MD
Associate Professor
Zongqi Xia, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Claire Yanta, MD
Associate Professor
Kejie Yin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Islam M. Zaydan, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology

Assistant Professors

Avinash Aggarwal, MD
Assistant Professor
Alhamza R. Al-Bayati, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Tawfiq Al-Lahham, MD
Assistant Professor
Holly C. Appleberry, DO, MBA
Assistant Professor
Thandar Aung, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Gulnaz Begum, PhD
Assistant Professor
Nirav Bhatt, MD
Assistant Professor
Danielle R. Carns, PsyD
Assistant Professor
James F. Castellano, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Judy Dawod, MD
Assistant Professor
Leana Doherty, MD
Assistant Professor
Ali Fadhil, MD
Assistant Professor
Meghana Gaekwad, MD
Assistant Professor
Mausaminben Hathidara, MD
Assistant Professor
Cigdem Isitan Alkawadri, MD
Assistant Professor
Cynthia Kenmuir, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Joseph Malone, MD
Assistant Professor
Megan Mantica, MD
Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology
Michael K. Matthews, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ajitesh Ojha, MD
Assistant Professor
Abby Lauren Olsen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Elissa K. Ortolani, MD
Assistant Professor
Riddhi Patira, MD
Assistant Professor
Madison S. Pilato, MD
Assistant Professor
Rebecca Pollard, MD
Assistant Professor
Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, MD
Assistant Professor
Emily Rocha, PhD
Assistant Professor
Marcelo Rocha, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Alexandria Sadasivan, MD
Assistant Professor
Mohamed Shehab-Eldin, MD
Assistant Professor
Yejie (Amy) Shi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Office: 412-624-5501
Lab: 412-383-1352
Josif Stakic, MD
Assistant Professor
Matthew T. Starr, MD
Assistant Professor
Alexis Steinberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Critical Care Medicine, and Emergency Medicine
R. Anne Stetler, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fang Sun, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Danoushka Tememe, MD
Assistant Professor
Sarah Wondisford, MD
Assistant Professor
Feng Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Clinical Professors

Okkes Kuybu, MD
Clinical Professor

Clinical Instructors

Aldo Mendez Ruiz, MD
Clinical Instructor

Clinical Associate Professors

Marlene Bednar, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Kelly Kay, DO
Clinical Associate Professor
Simin Khavandgar, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Erek M. Lam, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Janet F.R. Waters, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor

Clinical Assistant Professors

Priya Cardone, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Grant Gibb, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Robert Joshua, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Andrew D. Levin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Karuna Sree Mandava, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lazarus C. Mayoglou, DO, FACNS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dimitrios A. Nacopoulos, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Sandra Pinzon, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Aaron Ravelo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Susan Sun, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jigyasa Tewari, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Barbara Vogler, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Research Assistant Professors

Mohammad Iqbal H. Bhuiyan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Eric K. Hoffman, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Hao Liu, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Hongjian Pu, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Shanshan (Susan) Song, MD
Research Assistant Professor

Statistical Data Analyst

Rishabh Jain
Biostatistician

PGY-4 Residents

Lamees Alzyoud, MD
PGY-4 Resident
Katharine Dermigny, MD
PGY-4 Resident
Jennings Gyedu, DO
PGY-4 Resident
Yi Li, MD
PGY-4 Resident
Aaron Nehamkin, MD
PGY-4 Resident
Meghan Piccinin, DO
PGY-4 Resident
Mathura Ravishankar, MD
PGY-4 Resident
Yajing (Yan) Xiong, MD
PGY-4 Resident

PGY-3 Residents

Humza Ahmed, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Vanessa Dwairi, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Alaina Giacobbe, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Conor Kelly, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Bishow Mahat, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Priya Nidamanuri, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Thomas Williams, MD
PGY-3 Resident
Ameneh Zare-Shahabadi, MD, PhD
PGY-3 Resident

PGY-2 Residents

Mohammad Abualia, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Kaila Anderson, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Kunal Malik, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Aakaash Patel, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Bharat Pillai, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Christopher Richardson, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Medha Tandon, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Lindsay Voltz, DO
PGY-2 Resident

PGY-1 Residents

Gabriela Figueiredo Pucci, MD
PGY-1 Resident
Jeremy Grenadier, MD
PGY-1 Resident
Zachary E. Iezzi, DO
PGY-1 Resident
Rachael Kubeldis, MD
PGY-1 Resident
Christopher Miao, MD
PGY-1 Resident
Jackson Mitzner, MD
PGY-1 Resident
Stephen Orr, MD
PGY-1 Resident
Thanmayi Palegar, DO
PGY-1 Resident