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SUNY Upstate Medical university Neurology Department

Faculty and Staff

Department Chair: Jeremy Shefner, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Faculty

Cerebrovascular

Ziad El Zammar, M.D.
Julius Gene Latorre, M.D.
Yahia Lodi, M.D.
Tarakad Ramachandran, M.D.

Epilepsy

Helen Barkan, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert Beach, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew Bragdon, M.D.
Paul Kent, M.D., Ph.D.

General Neurology

Michael Vertino, M.D.

Movement Disorders

Dragos Mihaila, M.D.

Multiple Sclerosis/Neuro-Immunology

Burk Jubelt, M.D.
Bernadette Kalman, MD/PhD

Neuro-Ophthalmology and Headache

Luis Mejico, M.D.

Neuro-Psychology

Charles Bradshaw, Ph.D.

Neuromuscular

Deborah Bradshaw, M.D.
Jeremy Shefner, M.D., Ph.D.
Laura Simionescu, M.D.
Francine Vriesendorp, M.D.

Pediatric Neurology

Carl Crosley, M.D.

Sleep Medicine

Antonio Culebras, M.D.

Research Faculty

Paul Massa, Ph.D.
Charlene Wu, Ph.D.

Volunteer Faculty

Sami Abdul-Malak, MD
Nancy Havernick, MD
Smita Kittur, MD
Jianxin Ma, MD
Hector Santana, M.D.
Malavalli Seetharam, MD
James Yurdin, M.D.

Faculty with Secondary Appointment

Jakwei Chang, M.D. (Neuro-Radiology)
Thomas Coyle, M.D. (Neuro-Oncology)

Research Staff

Mark Chilton (coordinator) Kristina Money (coordinator)
Matthew Stroedel (coordinator) Katherine Tindall (coordinator)
Mary Lou Watson (coordinator) Megan Grosso, D.P.T, PA.C.

Fellows

Nicky Bhatia, Neuromuscular Fellow
Irina Kogan, Epilepsy Fellow
Romer Mosquera, Neuromuscular Fellow

Residents

PGY-2
Philip Cherian
Bala Davuluri
Anuradha Duleep
Ahmed El-Dokla
Terrence Li
PGY-3
Amandeep Dhillon
Islam Ahmed Hassan
Tariq Mahmood
Sushma Manda
Ravi Patel
Rajdeep Singh
PGY-4
Mohamad Istanboli
Rabia Rizwana
Padma Veerapaneni
Niangui Wang

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Anne Dow, NP Pamela Kirch, NP
Judy Drucker, ANP Brenda Schader, NP
Megan Grosso, D.P.T, PA.C. Leigh Wilson, RN, MS, PNP
Marcia Harris, RN,FNP Sari-Ann Yonaty, NP

Administration

Ellie Scala, MBA - Administrator
Rosemary Oliva - Assistant Administrator
Ashley Exner - Department Secretary

Education Coordinators

Mary Phelan - Residency & Fellowship Clinical Neurophysiology Program
Linda Anderson - Medical Student Education
Alison Brewer - Cerebrovascular (stroke) fellowship program

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