Faculty/Speakers

Ann Poduri, MD, MPH

Dr. Annapurna Poduri is a Child Neurologist and Epileptologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she directs the Epilepsy…

Ashish Shah, MD

Dr. Shah is Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He…

Brenda E. Porter, MD, PhD

Brenda E. Porter, MD, Ph.D. is a Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Stanford University. She received her…

Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD

Clifford B. Saper received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees and did his internship in internal medicine at Washington…

Daniel C. Lu, MD, PhD

Daniel C. Lu is professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Neurosurgery at UCLA. As…

David A. Hafler, MD, FANA

William S. and Lois Styles Professor of Neurology and Immunobiology Chair, Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine…

David Hasan, MD, MSc

Dr. Hasan’s clinical mission is to advance the science and practice of cerebrovascular neurosurgery to new uncharted frontiers.…

Doris Wang, MD, PhD

Dr. Doris Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF with a clinical…

Geoffrey Aguirre, MD

I am a Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. My area of clinical specialty is Behavioral…

Heather J. Fullerton, MD, MAS

Dr. Heather Fullerton is a pediatric vascular neurologist and clinical investigator at the University of California, San Francisco. …

Isaac Chen, MD

Isaac Chen, MD is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as the…

Jon Kleen, MD, PhD

Jon Kleen MD, PhD is originally from rural Minnesota. He earned a PhD studying neuroscience from Dartmouth College…

Jonathan Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Neurology University of Washington (UW) I am a clinician scientist with a focus on stroke at both…

Joseph Glykys, MD, PhD

Dr. Joseph Glykys received his Medical Degree from the Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela (2001), and practiced general…

Louise D. McCullough, MD, PhD

Dr. Louise McCullough is the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair and Professor of Neurology at…

Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD

Dr. Hayden Gephart is a brain tumor neurosurgeon, treating patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors. She treats…

Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD

The Paredes lab studies cortical development to understand the molecular and cellular basis of neuropsychiatric conditions, such as…

Michael Levitt, MD, FAANS

Dr Michael Levitt is an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Radiology and Mechanical Engineering. He is a board-certified…

Michael Tennekoon, PhD

Dr. Tennekoon joined NINDS as a Scientific Program Manager in May 2018. He earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience…

Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD

I am currently Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at UCSF. My clinical and research interests are…

Roger L. Albin, MD

Roger L. Albin, MD is the Anne B. Young Collegiate Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan. …

S. Andrew Josephson, MD

Dr. S. Andrew Josephson specializes in neurovascular and other neurologic disorders, caring for general neurology and stroke patients…

S. Thomas Carmichael, MD

Thomas Carmichael is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology and Professor in the Department of Neurobiology…

Samden Lhatoo, MD, FRCP

Dr. Lhatoo received his basic medical training from the University of Delhi’s Maulana Azad Medical College in 1991.…

Shai Silberberg, PhD

Dr. Shai Silberberg is the Director of the Office of Research Quality at the NIH National Institute of…

Stephen Korn, PhD

Dr. Korn came to NINDS as Director of the Office of Training, Career Development and Workforce Diversity (now the Office…

Suzanne Tharin, MD, PhD

Suzanne Tharin, M.D., Ph.D. joined the faculty at Stanford University in 2012 as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery.…

Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD

Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD, received his MD and PhD degrees from Columbia University College of Physicians and…

William Mack, MD

William Mack is Professor of Neurosurgery, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, and a faculty member of the Neuroscience…

Ziv Williams, MD

Ziv Williams is an associate professor in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and is faculty…