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Department of Neurological Sciences Faculty and Staff

Chairperson

James Conners, MD, MS, Professor

Vice Chairpersons

Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle, MD, Professor, Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
Rima Dafer, MD, MPH, Professor, Vice Chair of Education
Deborah Hall, MD, PhD, Professor, Vice Chair of Research
Michael Smith, MD, Professor, Vice Chair of Clinical

Division of Cerebrovascular Disease

Laurel Cherian, MD, MS, Division Chief, Associate Professor
Zain Ashary, MD, Assistant Professor
Laurie Berg, DNP, APRN AGACNP-BC
Racheal Coleman, NP
James Conners, MD, MS, Professor
Rima Dafer, MD, MPH, Professor
Deborah Lynch, CNS
Arooshi Kumar, MD, Assistant Professor
Sarah Song, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Alejandro Vargas, MD, MS, Assistant Professor
Dixon Yang, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

Antoaneta Balabanov, MD, Division Chief, Associate Professor
Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle, MD, Professor
Thomas Hoeppner, PhD, Associate Professor
Maggie McNulty, MD, Assistant Professor
Rebecca O'Dwyer, MD, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Olson, DO, Assistant Professor
Michael Smith, MD, Professor
Travis Stoub, PhD, Associate Professor
Deborah Zielinski, NP

Division of General Neurology

Andrew Dorsch, MD, Division Chief, Assistant Professor
Saju Abraham, MD, Assistant Professor
Samina Bokhari, MD, Assistant Professor
James Castle, MD Assistant Professor
Mohammad Daaif, MD, Assistant Professor
Iulia Dorneanu, DO, Assistant Professor
Gregory Fenton, MD, Assistant Professor
Octavia Kincaid, MD, Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Kramer, MD, Assistant Professor
Caitlin Radnis, MD, Assistant Professor
Malathi Rao, MD, Assistant Professor
Milena Stosic, MD, Assistant Professor
Aimee Szewka, MD, Associate Professor
Jesse Taber, MD, Assistant Professor
Robert Wright, MD, Assistant Professor
Kyle Wylie, MD, Assistant Professor
David Walker, MD, Instructor
Tresa Zacharias, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Movement Disorders

Deborah Hall, MD, PhD, Division Chief, Professor
Brandon Barton, MD, Associate Professor
Bryan Bernard, PhD, Associate Professor
Cynthia Comella, MD, Professor Emerita
Jori Fleisher, MD, MSCE, Associate Professor
David González, PhD, ABPP, Assistant Professor
Chandler Gill, MD, Assistant Professor
Christopher Goetz, MD, Professor
Alana Kirby, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Katie Kompoliti, MD, Professor
Matthew Meyers, MD, Assistant Professor
Neepa Patel, MD, Associate Professor
Christina Swan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Pierpaolo Turcano, MD, Assistant Professor
Devin Ulrich, PhD, Assistant Professor
Matthew Wodziak, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Multiple Sclerosis

Augusto Miravalle, MD, Division Chief, Professor
Adrienne Castillo, NP
Tyler Kaplan, MD, Assistant Professor
Allison Osen, MD, Assistant Professor
Thomas Shoemaker, MD, Assistant Professor
Fabian Sierra-Morales, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Neurocritical Care

Rajeev Garg, MD, MS, Division Chief, Associate Professor
Cynthia Hinojosa, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ANP-BC
Kelly Kulagin, NP
Elizabeth McLaughlin, NP
Brandon Merical, MD, Assistant Professor
Katie Morris, PA-C
Sebastian Pollandt, MD, Associate Professor
Kelly Rimawi, NP
Christina Shin, PA-C
Evan Skinner, NP
Jean Caddick, NP
Andrea Sterenstein, MD, Assistant Professor
Christine Yeager, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Neuromuscular Medicine

Madhu Soni, MD, Division Chief, Associate Professor
Olivia Gutgsell, MD, Assistant Professor
Ryan Jacobson, MD, Associate Professor
Rabia Malik, MD, Associate Professor

Section of Neurobiology

Malabendu Jana, PhD, Assistant Professor
Susanta Mondal, PhD, Assistant Professor
Liudmila Romanova, PhD, Assistant Professor
Kalipada Pahan, PhD, Professor

Section of Neuro-Oncology

Sean Grimm, MD, Section Chief, Assistant Professor
Joo Yeon Nam, MD, Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Strus, NP

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Aimee Szewka, MD, Associate Professor
Milena Stosic, MD, Assistant Professor

Pediatric Neurology

Charles Marcuccilli, MD, PhD, Section Chief, Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, Professor
Colleen Buhrfiend, MD, Assistant Professor
Tamar Caceres, MD, Assistant Professor
Peter T. Heydemann, MD, Associate Professor
Lubov Romantseva, MD, Assistant Professor

RUSH Alzheimer’s Disease Center

David Bennett, MD, Director, Professor
Neelum Aggarwal, MD, Professor
Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, MS, Professor
Kimberly Blanchard, NP
Lisa L. Barnes, PhD, Professor
Aron S. Buchman MD, Professor
Ana Capuano, PhD, Associate Professor
Debra Fleischman, PhD, Professor
Chris Gaiteri, PhD, Assistant Professor
Sue E. Leurgans, PhD, Professor
Bernard Ng, PhD, Assistant Professor
Shahram Oveisgharan, MD, Assistant Professor
Julie Schneider, MD, MS, Professor
Ajay Sood, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Shinya Tasaki, PhD, Assistant Professor
Tianhao Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor
Yanling Wang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Robert S. Wilson, PhD, Professor
Lei Yu, PhD, Associate Professor

Neurosurgery

Michael Chen, MD, Associate Professor

John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Elia DiSavino, MD, Assistant Professor
James Dorman, MD, Assistant Professor
Serge J. C. Pierre-Louis, MD, Associate Professor

Emeritus Faculty

Donna Bergen, MD, Professor Emerita
Thomas Bleck, MD, Professor Emeritus
Cynthia Comella, MD, Professor Emerita
Jacob Fox, MD, Professor Emeritus
Glenn Stebbins, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Dusan Stefoski, MD, Professor Emeritus
Jordan Topel, MD, Associate Professor Emeritus
Leonard Verhagen, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus