Faculty
Autonomic Disorders
![Steven Vernino](/departments/neurology/assets/steven-vernino-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Section Head
![Meredith Bryarly](/departments/neurology/assets/meredith-bryarly-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Dallas VA
![Lauren Phillips](/departments/neurology/assets/lauren-phillips-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
Biostatistics and Clinical Informatics
![Amber Salter, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/amber-salter-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Section Head
![Justin Rousseau, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/justin-rousseau-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Mark Johnson](/departments/neurology/assets/mark-johnson-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Section Head - Clinical and Education (Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases)
![Rachel Aubert, D.O.](/departments/neurology/assets/rachel-aubert-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Mehari Gebreyohanns](/departments/neurology/assets/mehari-gebreyohanns-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Mark Goldberg](/departments/neurology/assets/mark-goldberg-256x256.jpg)
Mark Goldberg, M.D.
- Adjunct Professor
![Erica Jones, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/erica-jones-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Ty Shang](/departments/neurology/assets/ty-shang-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Parth Upadhyaya, D.O.](/departments/neurology/assets/parth-upadhyaya-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Ying Xian, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/ying-xian-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Section Head - Research (Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases)
- Secondary Appointment: Department of Population and Data Sciences
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Nneka Ifejika, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/nneka-ifejika-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
![Roberta Novakovic, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/roberta-novakovic-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Radiology
![Yingfei Wang, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/wang-yingfei-200x200.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pathology
Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Ihab Hajjar, M.D., M.S.](/departments/neurology/assets/ihab-hajjar-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Section Head
![Hsueh-Sheng Chiang, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/portrait-256x256.jpg)
Hsueh-Sheng Chiang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Instructor
![Alexander Frolov, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/alexander-frolov-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![John Hart](/departments/neurology/assets/john-hart-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- UT Dallas
- Secondary Appointment: Psychiatry
![Makoto Ishii](/departments/neurology/assets/makoto-ishii-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Brendan Kelley](/departments/neurology/assets/brendan-kelley-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
![Alka Khera, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/alka-khera-256x256.jpg)
- Instructor
![Trung Nguyen](/departments/neurology/assets/trung-nguyen-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Roger Rosenberg](/departments/neurology/assets/roger-rosenberg-256x256.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus
- Secondary Appointment: Physiology
![Steven Small](/departments/neurology/assets/steven-small-200x200.jpg)
- Professor
- UT Dallas, Dean, School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences
![Barbara Stopschinski, M.D](/departments/neurology/assets/barbara-stopschinski-256x256.jpg)
- Instructor
![Rong Zhang](/departments/neurology/assets/rong-zhang-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Internal Medicine
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Munro Cullum](/departments/neurology/assets/cullum-munro-300x300.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
![Marc Diamond](/departments/neurology/assets/marc-diamond-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Director, Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
![Joachim Herz](/departments/neurology/assets/joachim-herz-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Molecular Genetics
![Mustafa Husain, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/mustafa-husain-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
![Laura Lacritz](/departments/neurology/assets/laura-lacritz-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
![Robert Ruchinskas](/departments/neurology/assets/robert-ruchinskas-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
Core Faculty
![Denise Ramirez, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/denise-ramirez-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Steven Gray, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/steven-gray-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary: Pediatrics
Epilepsy
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Ryan Hays](/departments/neurology/assets/ryan-hays-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Section Head
- Director-Sleep Medicine, Parkland Health and Hospital System
![Mark Agostini](/departments/neurology/assets/mark-agostini-256x256.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus
- Director EMU, Parkland Health and Hospital System
![Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/sasha-alick-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Radiology
![Marisara Dieppa](/departments/neurology/assets/marisara-dieppa-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Dallas VA
![Kan Ding](/departments/neurology/assets/kan-ding-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Alexander Doyle](/departments/neurology/assets/doyle-alexander-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Jay Harvey](/departments/neurology/assets/jay-harvey-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Ghazala Perven](/departments/neurology/assets/perven-ghazala-200x200.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Dallas VA
![Irina Podkorytova](/departments/neurology/assets/podkorytova-irina-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Irfan Sheikh, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/irfan-sheikh-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Rodrigo Zepeda](/departments/neurology/assets/rodrigo-zepeda-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Bradley Lega, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/bradley-lega-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
General Neurology and Headache Medicine
![Alison Leston](/departments/neurology/assets/alison-leston-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Section Head
![Quentin Adams, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/mark-adams-256x256.jpg)
- Faculty Associate
- Fort Worth
![Nikesh Bajaj, D.O.](/departments/neurology/assets/nikesh-bajaj-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Anik Janardan Amin, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/anik-amin-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Roger Blair, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/blair-roger-200x200.jpg)
- Faculty Associate
- Fort Worth
![Patrick Griffith, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/patrick-griffith-370x370.jpg)
- Adjunct Professor
![Victor Kaytser, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/victor-kaytser-256x256.jpg)
- Faculty Associate
- Frisco
![Jessica Kiarashi](/departments/neurology/assets/jessica-kiarashi-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Director of Women in Neurology (WIN)
![Nancy Kuo, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/nancy-kuo-256x256.jpg)
- Faculty Associate
- Frisco
![Shamin Masrour](/departments/neurology/assets/shamin-masrour-256x256.jpg)
- Faculty Associate
![Sun Moon](/departments/neurology/assets/sun-moon-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Frisco
![Uma Pulipaka, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/uma-pulipaka-256x256.jpg)
- Faculty Associate
- Redbird
![Doyle Yuan, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/doyle-yuan-256x256.jpg)
- Instructor
- Dallas VA
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![John Zuniga, DMD, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/john-zuniga-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Surgery
Movement Disorders
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Vikram Shakkottai, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/vikram-shakkottai-256x256.jpg)
Vikram Shakkottai, M.D., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Vice Chair for Basic Research
- Section Head
![Rasheda El-Nazer, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/rasheda-el-nazer-256x256.jpg)
Rasheda El-Nazer, M.D.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
![Hirofumi Fujita, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/hirofumi-fujita-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Elan Louis](/departments/neurology/assets/elan-louis-500x500.jpg)
- Professor
- Chair
![Jill Napierala, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/jill-napierala-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Marek Napierala, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/marek-napierala-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Padraig O'Suilleabhain](/departments/neurology/assets/padraig-osuilleabhain-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
![Vibhash Sharma, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/vibhash-sharma-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Clinical Lead
![Umar Yazdani](/departments/neurology/assets/umar-yazdani-256x256.jpg)
Umar Yazdani, M.D.
- Staff
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![William Dauer](/departments/neurology/assets/william-dauer-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute
Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Olaf Stuve, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/olaf-stuve-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Section Head
- Chief of Dallas VA Neurology
![Kyle Blackburn, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/kyle-blackburn-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Benjamin Greenberg](/departments/neurology/assets/benjamin-greenberg-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research
- Secondary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Lindsay Horton](/departments/neurology/assets/lindsay-horton-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Nancy Monson](/departments/neurology/assets/nancy-monson-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Secondary: Immunology
![Shanan Munoz](/departments/neurology/assets/munoz_shanan-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Darin Okuda](/departments/neurology/assets/okuda-darin-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
![Joseph Phillips, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/portrait-256x256.jpg)
Joseph Phillips, M.D., Ph.D.
- Adjunct Professor
![Amber Salter, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/amber-salter-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Peter Sguigna, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/peter-sguigna-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Lauren Tardo, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/tardo-lauren-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Clinical Lead
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Lana Harder, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/lana-harder-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- CMC Faculty
- Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
![Gary Lemack, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/gary-lemack-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Urology
Neurocritical Care
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Stephen Figueroa](/departments/neurology/assets/stephen-figueroa-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Joshua Battley, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/joshua-battley-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Christiana Hall](/departments/neurology/assets/christiana-hall-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Daiwai Olson](/departments/neurology/assets/daiwai-olson-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Bappaditya Ray](/departments/neurology/assets/bappaditya-ray-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Ranier Reyes, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/ranier-reyes-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Michael Rubin](/departments/neurology/assets/michael-rubin-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![Kartavya Sharma](/departments/neurology/assets/kartavya-sharma-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Venkatesh Aiyagari, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/venkatesh-aiyagari-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Division Chief
- Primary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
![David Busch, Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/david-busch-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Anesthesiology & Pain Management
![Bethany Lussier, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/bethany_lussier-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Internal Medicine
![david mcdonagh=](/departments/neurology/assets/david-mcdonagh-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Anesthesiology & Pain Management
![Roberta Novakovic, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/roberta-novakovic-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Radiology
![Jia Romito, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/jia-romito-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Anesthesiology & Pain Management
Neuromuscular Medicine
![Steven Vernino](/departments/neurology/assets/steven-vernino-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Interim Section Head
![Salman Bhai, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/salman-bhai-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Meredith Bryarly](/departments/neurology/assets/meredith-bryarly-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Dallas VA
![Jeffrey Elliott](/departments/neurology/assets/elliott-jeffrey-300x300.jpg)
- Professor
![Shaida Khan](/departments/neurology/assets/shaida-khan-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Alan Martin, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/alan-martin-279x279.jpg)
Alan Martin, M.D.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
![Sharon Nations, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/sharon-nations-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
![Lauren Phillips](/departments/neurology/assets/lauren-phillips-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
![Jenny Riecke](/departments/neurology/assets/jenny-riecke-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Jaya Trivedi](/departments/neurology/assets/jaya-trivedi-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Vice Chair for Ambulatory Operations and External Relations
- Medical Director of Ambulatory Neurology
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Haibi (Daniel) Cai, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/haibi-cai-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Neuro-Oncology
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Michael Youssef, M.D.,](/departments/neurology/assets/michael-youssef-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Interim Section Head
- Secondary Appointment: Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
![Robert Bachoo](/departments/neurology/assets/robert-bachoo-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Internal Medicine
![Amyn Habib](/departments/neurology/assets/amyn-habib-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Dallas VA
![Jesung Moon](/departments/neurology/assets/jesung-moon-256x256.jpg)
- Instructor
![Evan Noch](/departments/neurology/assets/evan-noch-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Nawal Shaikh, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/nawal-shaikh-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Elizabeth Maher, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/elizabeth-maher-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Internal Medicine
![Bruce Mickey, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/bruce-mickey-256x256.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus
- Primary: Neurological Surgery
![Toral Patel, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/toral-patel-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
Neuro-Ophthalmology
![Robert Hogan, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/robert-hogan-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Ophthalmology
- Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery/Neurology/Pathology
Pediatric Neurology
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Mauricio Delgado-Ayala](/departments/neurology/assets/delgado-ayala-mauricio-300x300.jpg)
- Professor
- Scottish Rite for Children
![Peter Tsai](/departments/neurology/assets/tsai-peter-300x300.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Secondary Appointment: Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Berge Minassian](/departments/neurology/assets/berge-minassian-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Division Chief
![Dallas Armstrong](/departments/neurology/assets/dallas-armstrong-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Kaitlin Batley M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/kaitlin-batley-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Wilmot Bonnet, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/wilmot-bonnet-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Michelle Christie, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/christie-michelle-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Scottish Rite for Children
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Lauren Dengle, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/dengle-lauren-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Alison Dolce, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/alison-dolce-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Michael Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., MSCS](/departments/neurology/assets/michael-dowling-256x256.jpg)
Michael Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.S.
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Patricia Evans, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/patricia-evans-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Meagan Hainlen, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/megan-hainlen-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Susan Iannaccone, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/susan-iannaccone-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Charuta Joshi, MBBS](/departments/neurology/assets/charuta-joshi-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Andrea Lowden, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/andrea-lowden-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Michelle Machie, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/michelle-machie-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Eric Remster, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/eric-remster-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Rana Said, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/rana-said-256x256.jpg)
- Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Deepa Sirsi, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/deepa-sirsi-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Mathew Stokes, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/mathew-stokes-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Afsaneh Talai, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/afsaneh-talai-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Jennifer Muncy Thomas, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/thomas-jennifer-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Cynthia Wang, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/wang-cynthia-200x200.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
![Jeffrey Waugh](/departments/neurology/assets/jeffrey-waugh-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
Sleep and Breathing Disorders
Primary Appointment: Neurology
![Ryan Hays](/departments/neurology/assets/ryan-hays-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Director - Sleep Medicine, Parkland Health and Hospital System
![Gregory Carter](/departments/neurology/assets/gregory-carter-256x256.jpg)
Gregory Carter, M.D., Ph.D.
- Adjunct Professor
![Waleed El-Feky, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/waleed-el-feky-256x256.jpg)
Waleed El-Feky, M.D.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
![Imran Khawaja, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/imran-khawaja-256x256.jpg)
Imran Khawaja, M.D.
- Adjunct Professor
![Michael Ibarra, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/michael-ibarra-256x256.jpg)
- Assistant Professor
![Henry Raroque, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/henry-rarorque-256x256.jpg)
Henry Raroque, M.D.
- Adjunct Professor
Secondary Appointment: Neurology
![Safia Khan, M.D.](/departments/neurology/assets/safia-khan-256x256.jpg)
- Associate Professor
- Primary Appointment: Family and Community Medicine