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

Michael Smith, MD, Division Chief, Professor

Antoaneta Balabanov, MD, Associate Professor

Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle, MD, Professor

Lawrence Bernstein, MD, Assistant Professor

Thomas Hoeppner, PhD, Associate Professor

Maggie McNulty, MD, Assistant Professor

Rebecca O'Dwyer, MD, Assistant Professor

Jennifer Olson, Assistant 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

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

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, Assistant Professor

Tresa Zacharias, MD, Assistant Professor

 

Division of Movement Disorders

Deborah Hall, MD, PhD, Division Chief, Professor

Mitra Afshari, MD, MPH, Assistant 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

Neepa Patel, MD, Associate Professor

Matthew Wodziak, MD, Assistant Professor

 

Division of Multiple Sclerosis

Augusto Miravalle, MD, Division Chief, Associate Professor

Adrienne Castillo, NP

Cynthia Dendrinos, NP

Tyler Kaplan, MD, Assistant Professor

Thomas Shoemaker, MD, Assistant Professor

Fabian Sierra-Morales, MD, Assistant Professor

 

Division of Neurocritical Care

Sayona John, MD, Division Chief, Professor

Katie Corkery, PA-C

Rajeev Garg, MD, MS, Associate Professor

Cynthia Hinojosa, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ANP-BC

Kelly Kulagin, NP

Darette Marocchi, AGACNP, MSN

Elizabeth McLaughlin, NP

Sebastian Pollandt, MD, Associate Professor

Kelly Rimawi, NP

Christina Shin, PA-C

Evan Skinner, NP

Jean Slana, NP

Andrea Sterenstein, MD, Assistant Professor

Ana Tavarez, NP 

Varoon Thavapalan, 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

Reena Ghode, 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