Department of Neurological Sciences Faculty and Staff

Chairperson

James Conners, MD, MS, Professor

Vice Chairpersons

Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle, MD, Associate 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, Clinical Vice Chair

Division of Cerebrovascular Disease

Laurel Cherian, MD, MS, Division Chief, Associate Professor

Zain Ashary, MD, Assistant Professor
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, Associate Professor
Lawrence Bernstein, MD, Assistant Professor
Amar Bhatt, MD, Associate Professor
Thomas Hoeppner, PhD, Associate Professor
Maggie McNulty, MD, Assistant Professor
Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD, Assistant Professor
Victor Patron Romero, MD, MSCR, 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
Amar Bhatt, MD, Associate Professor

James Castle, MD Assistant Professor
Mohammad Daaif, MD, Assistant Professor
Iulia Dorneanu, DO, Assistant Professor
Gregory Fenton, MD, Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Kramer, MD, Assistant Professor
Malathi Rao, MD, Assistant Professor
Ligia Rioja, MD, Assistant Professor
Simran Singh, DO, 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
Tresa Zacharias, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Movement Disorders

Deborah Hall, MD, PhD, Division Chief, Professor
Mitra Afshari, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Sharlet Anderson, PhD, Assistant Professor
Brandon Barton, MD, Associate Professor
Bryan Bernard, PhD, Associate Professor
Cynthia Comella, MD, Professor Emerita
Christa Cooper, PA-C
Jori Fleisher, MD, MSCE , Associate Professor
David González, PhD, ABPP, Assistant Professor
Chandler Gill, MD, Assistant Professor
Christopher Goetz, MD, Professor
Jessica Karl, PhD, PA-C, Assistant Professor
Alana Kirby, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Katie Kompoliti, MD, Professor
Neepa Patel, MD, Associate Professor
Victor Patron Romero, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor
Matthew Wodziak, MD, Assistant Professor

Section of Multiple Sclerosis

Augusto Miravalle, MD, Section 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, Associate Professor
Katie Corkery, PA-C
Rajeev Garg, MD, MS, Associate Professor
Kelly Kulagin, NP

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

Christine Yeager, MD, Assistant Professor

Section of Neuromuscular Disease

Madhu Soni, MD, Section Chief, Associate Professor

Olivia Gutgsell, MD, Assistant Professor
Ryan Jacobson, MD, Assistant 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 Cognitive Neuroscience

Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, MS, Section Chief, Professor
Sharlet Anderson, PhD, Assistant Professor
Lisa L. Barnes, PhD, Professor
Bryan A. Bernard, PhD, Assistant Professor
Jori Fleisher, MD, MSCE,,Associate Professor
Rajeev Garg, MD, MS, Assistant Professor
Christopher Grote, PhD, Professor
Thomas Hoeppner, PhD, Associate Professor
Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD, Assistant Professor
Bichun Ouyang, PhD, Associate Professor
Victor Patron Romero, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor
Fabian Sierra-Morales, MD, Assistant Professor
Ajay Sood, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Travis Stoub, PhD, Associate Professor
Robert Wilson, 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
Namhee Kim, 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

The Graduate College

Andrew Bean, PhD, Dean, Professor

John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Lakshmi Warrior, MD, Chief, Division of Neurology, Associate Professor
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, Section Chief, Associate Professor

Jordan Topel, MD, Associate Professor Emeritus
Leonard Verhagen, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus