Our Team
The Upstate Neurological Institute brings together multidisciplinary teams of experts dedicated to your diagnosis and management of all neurological conditions.
Your team may include neurologists, neurosurgeons, endovascular neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, neuropathologists and rehabilitation therapists each specializing in your condition and treatment options. Together, we offer comprehensive adult and pediatric care for the Central New York Community and surrounding region.
Department Chair: Luis Mejico, MD
Cerebrovascular/Critical Care
- Karen Albright, DO, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor - Devin Burke, MD
Assistant Professor - Reema Choudhry, MD
Assistant Professor - Julius Gene Latorre, MD, MPH
Professor - Hesham Masoud, MD
Associate Professor - Fadar Otite, MD, MS
Assistant Professor - Elena Schmidt, MD
Assistant Professor - Claribel Wee, MD
Assistant Professor
Cognitive Neurology
- Tinatin Chabrashvili, MD, PhD
Professor
Epilepsy
- Director: Robert Beach, MD, PhD
Professor - Shahram Izadyar, MD
Associate Professor - Carlos Muniz, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor - Victoria Titoff, DO
Assistant Professor - Xiangping Zhou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
General Neurology
- Sara Ali, MD
Assistant Professor - Anuradha Duleep, MD
Associate Professor - Sherif Elwan, MD
Assistant Professor - Puneet Kapur, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor - Laura Simionescu, MD
Associate Professor - Rohit Swarnkar, MD
Assistant Professor - Michael Vertino, MD
Associate Professor
Headache
- Rosamma Joseph, MD
Clinical Associate Professor - Ioana Medrea, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor - Awss Zidan, MD
Assistant Professor
Movement Disorders
- Tinatin Chabrashvili, MD, PhD
Professor - Dragos Mihaila, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Multiple Sclerosis/Neuro-Immunology
- Deborah Bedford,
Nurse Practitioner - Kimberly Laxton, MD
Assistant Professor - Paul Massa, PhD
Professor - Corey McGraw, MD
Assistant Professor - Cornelia Mihai, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Neuro-Oncology
- Ruham Alshiekh Nasany, MD
Assistant Professor
Neuro-Ophthalmology
- Luis Mejico, MD
Professor and Chair
Neuromuscular
- Deborah Bradshaw, MD
Professor - Ahmed Eldokla, MD
Associate Professor - Jenny Meyer, MD
Assistant Professor - Eufrosina Young, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatric Neurology
- Arayamparambil Anilkumar, MD
Professor - Nicole Brescia, MD
Assistant Professor - Bhagwan Moorjani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor - Steven Rothman, MD
Clinical Professor - Ai Sakonju, MD
Associate Professor - Katherine Wojcicki, DO
Assistant Professor
Sleep Medicine
- Antonio Culebras, MD
Professor
Joint Faculty
Professor
- Yahia M Lodi, MD, FAHA (Clinical Campus - Neurology)
- Amar S Swarnkar, MD (Radiology)
- Zulma Tovar Spinoza, MD (Neurosurgery)
Assistant Professor
- Timothy M Beutler, MD (Neurosurgery)
- Dana M Mihaila, MD, PhD (Cell and Developmental Biology)
Providers

315 492-3172
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery; Neuro Oncology; Neurological Surgery; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Cancer; Brain Injury; more
Education: Calicut Medical College, Kerala, India

315 492-3117
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Neurocritical Care; Bone Infection; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Cancer; more

315 492-3170
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Brachial Plexus Injury; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Injury; Brain Tumor; more
Education: University of Michigan Medical School

315 464-9068
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Cancer; Brain Injury; more
Education: Yale University
Associations/Memberships: AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section; American Heart Association (AHA)

315 492-3117
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Brachial Plexus Injury; Brachial plexopathy; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Injury; more
Education: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Brain tumors, targeted toxins, and central nervous system infections

315 492-3168
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Minimally Invasive Surgery; Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders; Neurological Surgery; Brain Injury; Brain Tumor; Brain and Spine Tumors; more

315 464-4470
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Minimally Invasive Surgery; Neurocritical Care; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Neurological Surgery; Brain Injury; more
Education: Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India
Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vascular Neurosurgery

315 492-3114
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Brachial plexopathy; Brain Abscess; more
Education: Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela
Pediatric brain tumors, Laser ablation surgery, Epilepsy surgery, Minimally invasive brain surgery, tethered cord, pediatric, ,hydrocephalus.
Neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, international policies and access to neurosurgical teaching, diversity and equity in medicine.
Hydrocephalus, endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus and brain tumors, minimally invasive surgery, spina bifida, surgical treatment of epilepsy, brain tumors, congenital and developmental malformations of the nervous system, Chiari malformation, pediatric brain trauma, laser ablation surgery., craniosynostosis, surgical treatment of spasticity.