Ucla Department of Neurology Faculty

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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