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Faculty and Staff

  • Image of Cathy Sila

    Cathy Sila, MD

    Chair
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.5505

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    David C Preston, MD

    Professor
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Vice Chairman
    Neurology for Academic and Educational Affairs
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Program Director
    Neurology Residency Program
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    Neuromuscular Ultrasound Laboratory
    Neurological Institute
    Co-Director
    EMG Laboratory
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Email: david.preston@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.7776

Stroke and Cerebrovascular

  • Image of Anthony J Furlan

    Anthony J. Furlan, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Chairman Emeritus
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  • Image of Svetlana Pundik

    Svetlana Pundik, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Brain Plasticity and Neural Recovery Research Laboratory
    Staff Neurologist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

  • Image of Cathy Sila

    Cathy Sila, MD

    Chair
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.5505

  • Image of Sophia Sundararajan

    Sophia Sundararajan, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Program Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Medical Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Co-Principal Investigator
    NIH Cleveland StrokeNet RCC

    Phone: 216.844.8482

Vascular Neurology

  • Nicholas C. Bambakidis, M.D. headshot

    Nicholas C. Bambakidis, MD

    Professor and Director
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: nicholas.bambakidis2@Uhhospitals.org

  • Michael DeGeorgia Professor of Neurology ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Medicine

    Michael DeGeorgia, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine

    Email: michael.degeorgia@case.edu

  • Image of Anthony J Furlan

    Anthony J. Furlan, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Chairman Emeritus
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  • Abhishek Ray, M.D.

    Abhishek Ray, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    School of Medicine

    Email: abhishek.ray@uhhospitals.org

  • Warren R. Selman, M.D. headshot

    Warren R. Selman, MD

    Harvey Huntington Brown Jr., Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    School of Medicine

    Email: warren.selman@uhhospitals.org

  • Image of Cathy Sila

    Cathy Sila, MD

    Chair
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Gilbert W. Humphrey Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.5505

  • Image of Sophia Sundararajan

    Sophia Sundararajan, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Program Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Medical Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Co-Principal Investigator
    NIH Cleveland StrokeNet RCC

    Phone: 216.844.8482

  • Jeffrey Sunshine, M.D., PhD

    Jeffrey Sunshine, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: jeffrey.sunshine@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.8140

  • Robert Tarr, M.D.

    Robert Tarr, MD

    Clinical Professor
    Neurointerventional Radiology
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: robert.tarr@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.8140

  • Portrait Closeup Xiong

    Wei Xiong, MD

    Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director of Medical Student Clerkship
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Email: wei.xiong@uhhospitals.org

Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

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    Guadalupe Fernandez-Baca Vaca, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Epilepsy Center
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.844.1764

  • Image of Michael W. Devereaux

    Michael W. Devereaux, MD

    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.3591

  • Image of Naiara Garcia Losarcos

    Naiara Garcia Losarcos, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

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    Hans Lüders, MD, PhD

    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.3650

  • Jonathan Zande, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Program Director
    Epilepsy Fellowship
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Neuromuscular and Autonomic

  • Image of Bashar Katirji

    Bashar Katirji, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Neuromuscular Center
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    EMG Laboratory
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Fellowship Director
    Neuromuscular Medicine
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.844.4854

  • Image of Christopher Geiger

    Christopher Geiger, DO

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Associate Program Director
    Neurology Residency Program
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.844.8925

  • Image of David C Preston

    David C Preston, MD

    Professor
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Vice Chairman
    Neurology for Academic and Educational Affairs
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Program Director
    Neurology Residency Program
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    Neuromuscular Ultrasound Laboratory
    Neurological Institute
    Co-Director
    EMG Laboratory
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Email: david.preston@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.7776

  • Image of Barbara E Shapiro

    Barbara E. Shapiro, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Neuromuscular Research
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.844.7768

Parkinson's & Movement Disorders

  • Camilla W. Kilbane, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  • Hesham Abboud, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.5137

  • Steven Gunzler, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.8685

  • Karin Mente, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

  • Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PhD

    Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Vice Chairman for Research
    Department of Neurology
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Penni and Stephen Weinberg Chair in Brain Health
    Department of Neurology
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    National VA Parkinson Consortium Center
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Email: aasef.shaikh@case.edu

Brain Health and Memory

  • Alan J. Lerner, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.7664

  • Brian S. Appleby, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology

    Phone: 216.464.6412

  • Headshot of Peter Whitehouse

    Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Neurosciences
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Cognitive Science
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor
    Department of Organizational Behavior
    Weatherhead School of Management

    Email: peter.whitehouse@case.edu

    Phone: 216.470.2931

Neuro-Critical Care

  • Michael DeGeorgia Professor of Neurology ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Medicine

    Michael DeGeorgia, MD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine

    Email: michael.degeorgia@case.edu

  • S. Alan Hoffer, M.D.

    S. Alan Hoffer, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Email: Alan.Hoffer@uhhospitals.org

  • Portrait Closeup Xiong

    Wei Xiong, MD

    Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director of Medical Student Clerkship
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Email: wei.xiong@uhhospitals.org

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program

  • Hesham Abboud, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.5137

  • Stephen M. Selkirk, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
    Director
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Phone: 216.791.3800

  • Alessandro Serra, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.791.3800

  • Marie Tani, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

  • Edward L. Westbrook, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.844.3191

>Community and Regional Neurology

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    John Andrefsky, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

  • Image of Marek Buczek

    Marek A. Buczek

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 440.250.5303

  • Image of Deborah Ewing-Wilson

    Deborah Ewing-Wilson, DO

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Vice Chair
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    Community Neurology Center
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

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    Betsy Garratt, DO

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

  • Image of Aamir Hussain

    Aamir Hussain, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

  • Image of Mustafa Kahriman

    Mustafa Kahriman, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Phone: 216.791.38004

  • Karla Madalin, MD

    Clinical Instructor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

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    Daniel W. Miller, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.381.6756

  • Image of Amani Ramahi

    Amani Ramahi, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

  • Image of Deborah Reed

    Deborah Reed, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

  • Ronald G. Riechers, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Chief of Service
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Phone: 216.791.3800

  • Mark Rorick, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center

  • Leonard Weinberger, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

  • Norton Winer, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

Neuro-Ophthalmology and Balance

  • Michael Morgan, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    School of Medicine

    Email: michael.l.morgan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.3601

  • Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PhD

    Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Vice Chairman for Research
    Department of Neurology
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Penni and Stephen Weinberg Chair in Brain Health
    Department of Neurology
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    National VA Parkinson Consortium Center
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Email: aasef.shaikh@case.edu

  • John S. Stahl, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Physician
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Phone: 216.791.3800

  • Mark F. Walker, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Daroff-Dell'Osso Ocular Motility Laboratory
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes

  • Martha Sajatovic

    Martha Sajatovic, MD

    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry
    School of Medicine
    Director of the Geropsychiatry Program
    Director
    Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Email: martha.sajatovic@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.2808

Clinical Trials Unit

  • Image of Sophia Sundararajan

    Sophia Sundararajan, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Program Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Medical Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Co-Principal Investigator
    NIH Cleveland StrokeNet RCC

    Phone: 216.844.8482

Education

  • Headshot of Maureen McEnery

    Maureen McEnery, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurosciences
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Psychiatry
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Block Leader
    Block 6: Cognition
    Sensation
    and Movement
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.368.3377

Neuropsychology Program

  • Christopher M. Bailey, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    University Hospitals Sports Medicine Concussion Center
    Director
    Neuropsychology
    Neurological Institute
    Director
    Adult Neuropsychology Fellowship

    Phone: 216.844.3422

  • Philip S. Fastenau, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Director
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Phone: 216.844.3422

  • Cynthia Griggins, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.1852

  • Catherine Lee, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine
    Clinical Neuropsychologist
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine

  • James Mack, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Neurologist
    Brain Health and Memory Center

    Phone: 216.844.3188

  • Lindsay Miller Scott, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine
    Clinical Neuropsychologist
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine

  • Paula K. Ogrocki, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.464.6412

Rainbow Pediatric Neurology

  • Nancy E. Bass, MD

    Associate Director
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.3691

  • Headshot of Suzanne DeBrosse

    Suzanne DeBrosse, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Email: Suzanne.DeBrosse@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.3936

  • Edward Gilmore, MD, PhD

    Instructor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

  • Deborah R. Gold, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Pediatric Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.3691

  • Jessica Goldstein, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

  • Jun T. Park, MD

    Professor
    Department of Pediatrics
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Pediatric Epileptologist
    UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

    Phone: 216. 844.3691

  • Asim Shahid, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Pediatric Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Pediatric Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Staff Pediatric Epileptologist
    UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
    Division Chief
    UH Cleveland Medical Center
    Division Chief
    UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

    Phone: 216.844.3691

  • Max Wiznitzer, MD

    Professor
    Pediatric Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

    Phone: 216.844.3691

Rainbow Pediatric Neuropsychology Program

  • Christine T. Barry, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine

  • Rachel Tangen, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
    School of Medicine
    Pediatric Neuropsychologist
    UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

    Phone: 440.623.7664

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    Hudson Gerry Taylor, PhD

    Professor
    Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology
    Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics

    Email: hgt2@case.edu

Administrative Staff

  • Robert Ettinger

    Administrator
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine

  • Kelly Sliter

    Residency and Education Administrator
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine

Emeritus

Robert B. Daroff, MD

Professor and Chair Emeritus

R. John Leigh, MD

Professor, Emeritus

Krishan Chandar, MD

Associate Professor, Emeritus

John H. Gardner, MD

Associate Professor, Emeritus