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Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology Faculty

Interim Chair

Chad Carlson, MD, FAAN, FAES

Interim Chair; Professor

ccarlson@mcw.edu

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy

Vice Chairs

Dominic B. Fee, MD

Vice Chair for Clinical Operations; Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuromuscular/ALS

Ahmed Zayed Obeidat, MD, PhD

Vice Chair for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor; Program Director, Neuroimmunology Fellowship

Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimmunology

Chiefs

Nancy Bass , MD

Professor, Interim Chief; Assistant Director, Child Neurology Training Program

Specialty: Pediatrics

Karen A. Blindauer, MD

Division Chief, Adult & Community Neurology; Professor

Specialty: Movement Disorders

Amy Heffelfinger, PhD, MPE, ABPP

Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neuropsychology

Joshua E. Medow, MD, MSc, PhD, FAANS, FACS, FNCS, FAHA, FCCM, FAMIA

Division Chief, Inpatient Neurology; Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuro ICU

Bernd F. Remler, MD

Division Chief, Neurology at Zablocki VA Medical Center; Professor

Specialty: Neuro-Ophthalmology

Sara J. Swanson, PhD, ABPP

Division Chief, Adult Neuropsychology; Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Clinical Faculty

Elham Emad Abushanab, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Child Neurology

Samuel Adams, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Child Neurology/Neuronatal Intensive Care

Naveen K. Addagatla, MBBS

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Neuromuscular

Omar Alkhatib, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuro ICU

Joseph L. Amaral, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neuropsychology

Piero G. Antuono, MD

Professor

Specialty: Memory

Hatim Attar, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Inpatient Stroke

Paul E. Barkhaus, MD

Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuromuscular

Humberto A. Battistini, MD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy/Sleep Disorders

Patrick Bauer, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy

Jeffrey R. Binder, MD

Professor of Neurology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Biophysics; Director of Stroke and Neurobehavior Programs, Department of Neurology; Director of Language Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology

Specialty: Stroke

Diane S. Book, MD

Professor

Specialty: Memory/Stroke

Ryan Brennan, DO

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Movement Disorders

Alissa M. Butts, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Marek Cierny, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Inpatient Stroke

Michael P. Collins, MD

Professor

Specialty: Neuromuscular

Jennifer M. Connelly, MD

Professor

Specialty: Neuro-Oncology

Anthony N. Correro, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Sheila Rane Eichenseer, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Specialty: Movement Disorders

Raquel Farias-Moeller, MD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Child Neurology/Neuro ICU

Kaylene Fiala, MD, MA

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric General Neurology/Sleep Medicine

Juan Jose Figueroa, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Neuromuscular/Autonomics

Jonathan W. Florczak, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Headache

Malgorzata Franczak, MD

Professor

Specialty: Memory

Milena Y. Gotra, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Ann K. Helms, MD, MS

Professor

Specialty: Inpatient Stroke/Neuro-ICU

Sam I. Hooshmand, DO

Assistant Professor

Specialty: MS/Neuroimmunology

Eric Jackowiak, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Movement Disorders

Julie K. Janecek, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Pradeep Javarayee, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Surgical Epilepsy

Virginia Anne Kaperick , MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor; Neuromuscular Pediatrician; Neurosciences Bone Health Pediatrician

Jennifer I. Koop, PhD, ABPP

Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neuropsychology

Kathy Kujawa, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Movement Disorders

Melissa A. Lancaster, PhD, ABPP

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Joshua J. Larocque, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy

Marc A. Lazzaro, MD, FAHA

Associate Professor

Specialty: Neurointerventional

Michelle Loman Moudry, PhD, ABPP-CN

Associate Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neuropsychology

Niyati Mehta, MD

Assistant Professor; Director, Child Neurology Training Program

Specialty: Pediatric Neuro ICU

Lauren Miller, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neuropsychology

Abdul Sattar Mohammed, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Inpatient Neuro ICU

Lileth Mondok, MD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Pediatric General Neurology

James K. Murtha, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Headache

Sarah Oswald, MD

Assistant Professor

Vishal B. Pandya, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy

Danish Pardhan , MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Inpatient Neuro-Hospitalist

Hema Patel (Parekh), MD

Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Epilepsy

Namrata D. Patel, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neuro ICU

Sara Pillay, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology/Aphasia

Shannon Pollock, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatrics

Manoj Raghavan, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Neurology; Department of Neurosurgery

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy

Gregory E. Rozansky, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Inpatient Neuro ICU

Priyanka Shah-Basak, PhD

Assistant Professor

Shamshad Shahrukh, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

David Shirilla, DO

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Neuromuscular/ALS

Avantika Singh, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Epilepsy/Neuro ICU

Laura Glass Umfleet, PsyD, ABPP

Associate Professor

Specialty: Adult Neuropsychology

Aditya Vuppala, MD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Adult Epilepsy

Amrita-Amanda D. Vuppala, MD, AQH

Associate Professor

Specialty: Neuro Ophthalmology/Headache

Eunji Yim, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Neuro-Oncology

Research Faculty

Andrew J. Anderson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Research

Leonardo Fernandino, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering; Interim Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs and Development, Department of Neurology

Specialty: Research

Vahab Youssof Zadeh, PhD

Assistant Professor; Technical Director, MEG Program

Specialty: Research

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