Faculty
Research Faculty—Neurology
Program Director/Department Chair: Luis Mejico, MD
- Robert Beach, MD, PhD
EmeritusResearch Interests:Epilepsy; Seizures; Epilepsy Surgery; Antiepileptic therapies (medical, surgical and experimental); clinical neurophysiology, Brain stimulation, EEG, clinical neurophsiiology.
- Charles Bradshaw, PhD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:FMRI and SPECT localization of neuropsychological functions, memory functions and prosody
- Deborah Bradshaw, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Painful diabetic neuropathy, Guillain-Barre' syndrome, inflammatory muscle disease.
- Thomas Coyle, MD
Clinical ProfessorResearch Interests:Cell biological approaches to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying the development and treatment of malignant brain tumors.
- Antonio Culebras, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:All forms of sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea.
- Rosamma Joseph, MD
Clinical Associate Professor - Paul Kent, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Mechanisms of sensory coding in the olfactory system; seizure mechanisms in hippocampal slices; optical imaging techniques.
- Julius Gene Latorre, MD, MPH
ProfessorResearch Interests:Multimodality neuromonitoring, advanced neurophysiologic monitoring, intensive insulin therapy for SAH, IV and IA thrombolysis for acute ischemic strokes, Moderate hypothermia
- Yahia Lodi, MD, FAHA
ProfessorResearch Interests:Endovascular strategies to improve outcome in stroke, complex aneurysms and AVM/AVF. Endothelium and blood clot interaction and role of vasodilarot in stroke therapy
- Paul Massa, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Neuroimmunology: Regulation of genes involved in innate immunity and chronic inflammation in the CNS
Neurovirology: CNS-specific mechanisms involved in viral neurotropis, neuroinvasion, persistence, inflammation and anti-viral state.
Neurodegeneration: Neuron-specific regulation of apoptotic genes by NF-kappa B and mechanisms regulating CNS-specific mitochondrial bioenergetics.
- Luis Mejico, MD
Professor and ChairResearch Interests:Clinical reasearch in various Neuro-Ophthalmic conditions such as idiopathic intracranial hypertension; as well as multiple sclerosis and headache syndromes.
- Cornelia Mihai, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Multiple sclerosis and general neurology.
- Dragos Mihaila, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Motor fluctuations and non-motor problems of Parkinson's disease; surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders; experimental therapies for Parkinson's disease
- Laura Simionescu, MD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis