UCLA DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY FACULTY
2017– 2018
Chair
S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D., Frances Stark Professor of Neurology
Vice Chair, Finance and Administration
Marc Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology
Vice Chair, Education and Clinical Affairs
Alon Y. Avidan, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Neurology
AssociateVice Chair, Clinical Research
Jeffrey L. Saver, M.D., Professor of Neurology
FACULTY AND PROGRAMS:
Alzheimer’s Disease
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Dale Bredesen, M.D.
David Teplow, Ph.D.
Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Zhefeng Guo, Ph.D.
Po Lu, Psy.D.
Verna R. Porter, M.D.
Kathleen Tingus, Psy.D.
Harry Vinters, M.D. (Pathology, Neurology)
Ellen Woo, Ph.D.
Varghese John, PhD
Lin Jiang, PhD
VA Campuses (Sepulveda/West LA)
GregoryCole, Ph.D. (Medicine, Neurology)
SallyFrautschy, Ph.D.
Michael E.Mahler, M.D.
Mario F. Mendez, M.D., Ph.D.
Edmond Teng, M.D., Ph.D.
Basic Neuroscience
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
IstvanMody, Ph.D., Professor and Program Chair (Neurology, Physiology)
Gal Bitan, Ph.D.
JeffBronstein, M.D., Ph.D.
S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew C. Charles, M.D.
Marie-FrancoiseChesselet, M.D., Ph.D. (Neurobiology, Neurology)
David B. Teplow, Ph.D.
VA Campuses (Sepulveda/West LA)
Denson G.Fujikawa, M.D.
Robert N.Nishimura, M.D.
Roi AnnWallis, M.D.
Brain Mapping
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Roger P. Woods, M.D. (Neurology, Psychiatry)
John C. Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D.
Jeffrey Alger, Ph.D.
MarkCohen, Ph.D. (Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiological Science)
Bruce Dobkin, M.D.
JeromeEngel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Joanna Jen, M.D., Ph.D.
Jeffrey Saver, M.D.
Nancy L. Sicotte, M.D.
John M. Stern, M.D.
Rhonda R. Voskuhl, M.D.
Olive View Medical Center
Charles C. Flippen II, M.D.
Clinical Neurophysiology Group
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
MarcNuwer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Program Chair
William Buxton, M.D.
S. Dawn Eliashiv, M.D.
JeromeEngel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Michael C. Graves, M.D.
John M. Stern, M.D.
Lara Schrader, M.D.
General Neurology
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
William Buxton, M.D.
Andrew C. Charles, M.D.
Melita Petrossian, M.D. (Santa Monica)
Susan Perlman, M.D.
Verna Porter, M.D.
Shamsha Velani, M.D. (Santa Monica)
Frisca Yan-Go, M.D.
Harbor UCLA
Thomas L.Anderson, M.D.
David Naylor, M.D., Ph.D.
Mark J. Morrow, M.D.
Natalie Diaz, M.D.
Olive View Medical Center
Christopher M. DeGiorgio, M.D.
Charles C. Flippen II, M.D.
Jason Soss, M.D.
Headache Group
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Andrew C. Charles, M.D.
Charles C. Flippen II, M.D.
Mollie Johnston, M.D.
Health Services Research
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Eric Cheng, M.D., M.S., Program Chair
Jeffrey Saver, M.D.
Movement Disorders
UCLA Center for Health Sciences and VA Campuses (Sepulveda/West LA)
JeffBronstein, M.D., Ph.D., Program Chair
Yvette Bordelon, M.D., Ph.D.
Marie-FrancoiseChesselet, M.D., Ph.D.
Natalie Diaz, M.D.
Peyman Golshani, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert Nishimura, M.D.
Susan Perlman, M.D.
Carlos Portera-Cailliau, M.D., Ph.D.
Beate R. Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (Epidemiology, Neurology)
Indu Subramanian, M.D.
Zeba Vanek, M.D. (Santa Monica)
Allan D. Wu, M.D.
Multiple Sclerosis
UCLA Center for Health Sciences and VA Campuses (Sepulveda/West LA)
Rhonda R. Voskuhl, M.D., Program Chair
Robert Baumhefner, M.D.
MarkCohen, Ph.D.
Barbara Giesser, M.D.
Robert Nishimura, M.D.
Wallace W.Tourtellotte, M.D., Ph.D.
Allan Mackenzie-Graham, Ph.D.
Neuro-Infectious Disease
UCLA Center for Health Sciences and Olive View Medical Center
Elyse Singer, M.D., Program Chair
Michael Graves. M.D.
Miguel Valdes-Sueiras, M.D.
Neuroeducation
UCLA Center for Health Sciences and All Affiliates
Charles Flippen II, M.D.,Program Chair
Adrienne Keener, M.D.
David Alexander, M.D.
Christopher M. DeGiorgio, M.D.
Denson G.Fujikawa, M.D.
Barbara Giesser, M.D.
John Stern, M.D.
Claude G.Wasterlain, M.D.
Neurogenetics
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Daniel Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D., Program Chair
Maricela Alarcón, Ph.D.
Robert Baloh, M.D.
Giovanni Coppola, M.D.
Brent L. Fogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Joanna Jen, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert Nishimura. M.D.
Susan Perlman, M.D.
Martina Wiedau, M.D., Ph.D.
Carmen Bertoni, Ph.D.
Neuro-ICU
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Paul M. Vespa, M.D. (Neurosurgery, Neurology)
Neuromuscular Medicine
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Michael Graves, M.D.
Perry B. Sheih, M.D, Ph.D.
Melissa Spencer, Ph.D.
William Buxton, M.D.
Martina Wiedau, M.D., Ph.D.
Harbor UCLA
Thomas L.Anderson, M.D.
Neuro-Oncology
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Timothy Cloughesy, M.D.
Albert Lai, M.D., Ph.D.
Leia Nghiemphu, M.D.
Neuro-Otology
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Robert, Baloh, M.D., Program Chair
JosephDemer, M.D., Ph.D. (Ophthamology, Neurology)
Gail P. Ishiyama, M.D.
Joanna Jen, M.D., Ph.D.
Susan Perlman, M.D.
Neurorehabilitation
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Bruce Dobkin, M.D., Program Chair
S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew Dorsch, M.D.
Jason Hinman, M.D., Ph.D.
Barbara Giesser, M.D.
Jeffrey Saver, M.D.
David Alexander, M.D.
Pediatric Neurology
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Raman Sankar, M.D., Ph.D. Program Chair, (Pediatrics)
Joanna Jen, M.D., Ph.D.
Susan Perlman, M.D.
Harbor UCLA
KennethHuff, M.D. (Pediatrics, Neurology)
Samuel Robert Snodgrass, M.D. (Pediatrics, Neurology)
Olive View Medical Center
D. AlanShewmon, M.D. (Pediatrics, Neurology)
Seizure Disorders
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
JeromeEngel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Program Chair
William Buxton, M.D.
Christopher M. DeGiorgio, M.D.
S. Dawn Eliashiv, M.D.
IstvanMody, Ph.D.
MarcNuwer, M.D., Ph.D.
Raman Sankar, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard J. Staba, Ph.D.
John Stern, M.D.
VA Campuses (Sepulveda/West LA)
Claude G.Wasterlain, M.D., Program Chair
James Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Eain M.Cornford, Ph.D.
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta, M.D.
Denson G.Fujikawa, M.D.
Olive View Medical Center and Harbor UCLA
Christopher DeGiorgio, M.D., Program Chair
Jason Soss, M.D.
David Naylor, M.D., Ph.D.
Sleep Neurology
UCLA Center for Health Sciences and Santa Monica Hospital
Alon Avidan, M.D., M.P.H.
Frisca Yan-Go, M.D.
Vascular Neurology
UCLA Center for Health Sciences and Affiliated Sites
Jeffrey Saver, M.D., Program Chair
Latisha Sharma, M.D.
S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
Bruce Dobkin, M.D.
Joanna Jen, M.D., Ph.D.
Jason Hinman, M.D., Ph.D.
Doojin Kim, M.D. (Santa Monica)
David S. Liebeskind, M.D.
Victor Marder, M.D. (Medicine, Neurology)
Robert Nishimura, M.D.
Neal Rao, M.D.
SidneyStarkman, M.D. (Medicine, Neurology)
Harry Vinters, M.D. (Pathology, Neurology)
Professors Emeriti
Robert C.Collins, M.D.
Jeffrey Cummings, M.D.
Mark A.Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
George W. Ellison, M.D.
ChristianHerrmann, Jr, M.D.
Hideo H.Itabashi, M.D.
JohnKeesey, M.D.
Lawrence Myers, M.D.
Rebecca Rausch, Ph.D.
Louis J. Rosner, M.D.
Ernestina Saxton, M.D., Ph.D.
Charles L.Wilson, Ph.D.
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