Faculty

Steven Vernino, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Section Head
• Vernino Lab

Meredith Bryarly, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Dallas VA

Lauren Phillips, M.D.

• Associate Professor

Amber Salter, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Section Head

Justin Rousseau, M.D.

• Associate Professor

Mark Johnson, M.D.

• Professor
• Section Head - Clinical and Education (Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases)

Ying Xian, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Section Head - Research (Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases)
• Secondary Appointment: Department of Population and Data Sciences

Rachel Aubert, D.O.

• Assistant Professor

Mehari Gebreyohanns, M.D.

• Associate Professor

Erica Jones, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Ty Shang, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor

Parth Upadhyaya, D.O.

• Assistant Professor

Roberta Novakovic, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Radiology

Yingfei Wang, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pathology

Ihab Hajjar, M.D., M.S.

• Professor
• Section Head
• HBC Program

Brendan Kelley, M.D.

• Professor
• Vice Chair for Clinical Operations

Alexander Frolov, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

John Hart, M.D.

• Professor
• UT Dallas
• Secondary Appointment: Psychiatry
• Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

Makoto Ishii, M.D., Ph.D

• Assistant Professor
• Ishii Lab

Alka Khera, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Trung Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor

Roger Rosenberg, M.D.

• Professor Emeritus
• Secondary Appointment: Physiology

Steven Small, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• UT Dallas, Dean, School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences
• Brain Circuits Lab

Barbara Stopschinski, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Stopschinski Lab

Rong Zhang, Ph.D.

• Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Internal Medicine
• Cerebrovascular Lab

C. Munro Cullum, Ph.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Psychiatry

Marc Diamond, M.D.

• Professor
• Director, Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Diamond Lab

Joachim Herz, M.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Molecular Genetics
• Herz Lab

Mustafa Husain, M.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Psychiatry

Laura Lacritz, Ph.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Psychiatry

Robert Ruchinskas, Psy.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Psychiatry

Denise Ramirez, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• WBM Facility NM Facility

Steven Gray, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary: Pediatrics
• Gray Lab

Ryan Hays, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Section Head
• Director-Sleep Medicine, Parkland Health and Hospital System

Mark Agostini, M.D.

• Professor Emeritus

Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Radiology

Mishu Chandra, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Marisara Dieppa, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Dallas VA

Kan Ding, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Ding Lab

Alexander Doyle, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Jay Harvey, D.O.

• Associate Professor

Ghazala Perven, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Dallas VA

Irina Podkorytova, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Irfan Sheikh, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Rodrigo Zepeda, M.D.

• Associate Professor

Bradley Lega, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Neurological Surgery
• Lega Lab

Alison Leston, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Section Head

Quentin Adams, M.D.

• Faculty Associate
• Fort Worth

Nikesh Bajaj, D.O.

• Assistant Professor

Anik Janardan Amin, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Roger Blair, M.D.

• Faculty Associate
• Fort Worth

Victor Kaytser, M.D.

• Faculty Associate
• Frisco

Jessica Kiarashi, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Headache Medicine
• Director of Women in Neurology (WIN)

Nancy Kuo, M.D.

• Faculty Associate
• Frisco

Shamin Masrour, D.O.

• Assistant Professor
• Headache Medicine

Sun Moon, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Frisco

Doyle Yuan, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Dallas VA

John Zuniga, D.M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Surgery

Vikram Shakkottai, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Vice Chair for Basic Research
• Section Head
• Shakkottai Lab

Vibhash Sharma, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Clinical Lead

Hirofumi Fujita, M.D., Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Fujita Lab

Elan Louis, M.D., M.S.

• Professor
• Chair
• Louis Lab

Jill Napierala, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Napierala Lab

Marek Napierala, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Napierala Lab

Padraig O’Suilleabhain, M.D.

• Professor

William Dauer, M.D., M.S.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute
• Dauer Lab

Samuel Pappas, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Olaf Stuve, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Section Head
• Chief of Dallas VA Neurology
• Stuve Lab

Lauren Tardo, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Clinical Lead

Kyle Blackburn, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Laurent Calvier, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Calvier Lab

Benjamin Greenberg, M.D.

• Professor
• Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research
• Secondary Appointment: Pediatrics
• Greenberg Lab

Lindsay Horton, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Nancy Monson, Ph.D.

• Professor
• Secondary: Immunology
• Monson Lab

Shanan Munoz, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Darin Okuda, M.D.

• Professor

Amber Salter, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor

Peter Sguigna, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Lana Harder, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• CMC Faculty
• Primary Appointment: Psychiatry

Gary Lemack, M.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Urology

Stephen Figueroa, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Joshua Battley, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Christiana Hall, M.D.

• Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.

• Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Bappaditya Ray, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Ranier Reyes, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Michael Rubin, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Kartavya Sharma, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Venkatesh Aiyagari, M.D.

• Professor
• Division Chief
• Primary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

David Busch, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Anesthesiology & Pain Management
• Busch Lab

Bethany Lussier, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Internal Medicine

David McDonagh, M.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Roberta Novakovic, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Radiology

Jia Romito, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Steven Vernino, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Interim Section Head

Salman Bhai, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Meredith Bryarly, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Dallas VA

Jeffrey Elliott, M.D.

• Professor

Shaida Khan, D.O.

• Associate Professor

Sharon Nations, M.D.

• Professor

Lauren Phillips, M.D.

• Associate Professor

Jenny Riecke, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Jaya Trivedi, M.D.

• Professor
• Vice Chair for Ambulatory Operations and External Relations
• Medical Director of Ambulatory Neurology

Haibi (Daniel) Cai, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Michael Youssef, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Interim Section Head
• Secondary Appointment: Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

Robert Bachoo, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Internal Medicine

Amyn Habib, M.D.

• Professor
• Dallas VA
• Habib Lab

Jesung Moon, Ph.D.

• Instructor

Evan Noch, M.D., Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Director of Physician-Scientist Development
• Noch Lab

Nawal Shaikh, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Maher, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Internal Medicine

Bruce Mickey, M.D.

• Professor Emeritus
• Primary: Neurological Surgery

Toral Patel, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Neurological Surgery

Robert Hogan, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Ophthalmology
• Secondary Appointment: Neurological Surgery/Neurology/Pathology

Mauricio Delgado-Ayala, M.D.

• Professor
• Scottish Rite for Children

Peter Tsai, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Secondary Appointment: Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
• Tsai Lab

Berge Minassian, M.D.

• Professor
• Division Chief
• Minassian Lab

Dallas Armstrong, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Kaitlin Batley M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Wilmot Bonnet, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Michelle Christie, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Scottish Rite for Children
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Lauren Dengle, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Michael Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.S.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Patricia Evans, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Meagan Hainlen, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Susan T. Iannaccone, M.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Charuta Joshi, MBBS

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Andrea Lowden, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Michelle Machie, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Eric Remster, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Rana Said, M.D.

• Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Deepa Sirsi, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Mathew Stokes, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Afsaneh Talai, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Jennifer Muncy Thomas, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Cynthia Wang, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics

Jeffrey Waugh, M.D., Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
• Waugh Lab

Ryan Hays, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Director - Sleep Medicine, Parkland Health and Hospital System

Michael Ibarra, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Safia Khan, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Primary Appointment: Family and Community Medicine

Gregory Carter, M.D., Ph.D.

• Adjunct Professor

Waleed El-Feky, M.D.

• Adjunct Assistant Professor

Imran Khawaja, M.D.

• Adjunct Professor

Henry Raroque, M.D.

• Adjunct Professor