The Neurosciences Institute Faculty

NEUROBIOLOGY

Alfredo Fontanini, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair

Paul R. Adams, PhD
Professor

Braden Brinkman, PhD
Assistant Professor

John B. Cabot, PhD
Professor Emeritus

William F. Collins, PhD
Associate Professor 

Josh Dubnau, PhD
Professor

Craig Evinger, PhD
Professor Emeritus

Shaoyu Ge, PhD
Professor

Simon Halegoua, PhD
Professor

Maurice Kernan, PhD
Associate Professor

Mary Kritzer, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor

Giancarlo La Camera, PhD
Associate Professor 

Joel M. Levine, PhD
Professor Emeritus,
John S. Toll Professor

Arianna Maffei, PhD
Professor

David McKinnon, PhD
Professor 

Lorne M. Mendell, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
John S. Toll Professor

Memming Park, PhD
Associate Professor 

Joshua Plotkin, PhD
Assistant Professor

Markus Riessland, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lorna Role, PhD
Professor Emerita

Maya Shelly, PhD
Associate Professor 

Roger Sher, PhD
Associate Professor

Prerana Shrestha, PhD
Assistant Professor

Howard Sirotkin, PhD
Associate Professor 

Erin Vasudevan, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lonnie Wollmuth, PhD
Professor 

Qiaojie Xiong, PhD
Assistant Professor


NEUROLOGY

Joe Verghese, MD, MS, FRCPI
Professor and Chair

Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, MS
Professor

Lourdes Bello, MD
Assistant Professor

Helena M Blumen, PhD, MS
Professor

Alison Caruana, DO
Assistant Professor

Patricia Coyle, MD
Professor

Kelly Coulehan, PhD
Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Cruz, MD
Assistant Professor

Lauren DeNiro, MD
Assistant Professor

Andrew Dougherty, MD
Assistant Professor

Ferhat Erol, MD
Assistant Professor

Yuehjien Gu, MD
Associate Professor

Michael Guido, MD
Associate Professor

Nurcan Gursoy, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

 

Mary Hahn, MD
Assistant Professor

Cara Harth, MD
Associate Professor

Agnieszka Kowalska, MD
Associate Professor

Yana Krutoshinskaya, MD
Assistant Professor

Brian Lebowitz, PhD
Associate Professor

Bridget Leone, MD
Assistant Professor

Jeannette R Mahoney, PhD
Professor

Jason Mathew, DO
Assistant Professor

Carine Maurer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Nancy McLinskey, MD
Assistant Professor

Jill Miller-Horn, MD, MS
Associate Professor

Caitlin Miranda, MD
Assistant Professor

Neil Nadkarni, MD
Assistant Professor


 

 

Kelly Polito, MD
Assistant Professor

Rahman Pourmand, MD
Professor

Thomas Preston, PhD
Associate Professor

Galyna Pushchinska, MD
Assistant Professor

Guy Schwartz, MD
Assistant Professor

Olga Selioutski, DO
Professor

Rebecca Spiegel, MD, MA
Associate Professor

Kamil Stefanowski, MD
Assistant Professor

Simona Treidler, MD
Assistant Professor

Robert Trepel, MD
Assistant Professor

Jingxin Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Shennan Weiss, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

 


NEUROSURGERY

Raphael Davis, MD
Professor and Chair

David A. Chesler, MD
Assistant Professor 

Reza Dashti, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Michael Egnor, MD
Professor

David Fiorella, MD
Professor

Yuehjien Gu, MD
Assistant Professor

Frederick Gutman, MD
Assistant Professor 

Donald Macron, MD
Assistant Professor

Charles (Chuck) Mikell III, MD
Assistant Professor

Harry Mushlin, MD
Assistant Professor

Jonathan Raanan, MD
Assistant Professor 

Aleka Scoco, MD
Assistant Professor

Jingxin Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

 


PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD
Professor and Chair 

Kimberly Alba, PsyD
Assistant Professor

Anthony Anzalone, PhD
Assistant Professor

Brian Bronson, MD
Associate Professor 

Stephanie Brown, PhD
Associate Professor 

William Calabrese, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jessica Carbajal, MD
Assistant Professor

Gabrielle Carlson, MD
Professor 

Ricardo Caceda, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Cynthia Cervoni, PhD
Assistant Professor

Mason Chacko, MD
Assistant Professor

Laura Chan, NPP, BC, LCSW-R
Clinical Instructor

Eduardo Constantino, MD
Associate Professor

Anna Coward, MD
Assistant Professor

Judith Crowell, MD
Professor 

Christine DeLorenzo, PhD
Associate Professor 

Benjamin DeLucia, MD
Assistant Professor

Veronique Deutsch-Anzalone, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Scott Falkowitz, MD
Assistant Professor

Laura J. Fochtmann, MD, MBI
Distinguished Service Professor

Fred Friedberg, PhD
Research Associate Professor 

Kenneth Gadow, PhD
Professor

Cathryn M. Galanter, MD
Professor

Amy Gardner, MD 
Assistant Professor

Debra Gerard, BCBA
Instructor

Roberto Gil, MD
Assistant Professor

Poonamdeep Gill, MD
Assistant Professor

Dodie Gillett, PhD
Assistant Professor

Adam Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jonathan Grossman, LCSW-R
Social Worker

Saurabh Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor

Emily Hill, MD
Assistant Professor

Douglas Hoverkamp, MD 
Assistant Professor

Bao Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor

Genna Hymowitz, PhD
Assistant Professor

Katherine Jonas, PhD
Assistant Professor

Min-Jeong Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Roman Kotov, PhD
Associate Professor

Mark Lerman, DO, MPS
Assistant Professor

Courtney Liebling, MD
Assistant Professor

Brittain Mahaffey, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lucian Manu, MD
Assistant Professor

Jimmy Master, PsyD
Assistant Professor

Jessica McCurdy, PhD
Assistant Professor

Scott Moeller, PhD
Assistant Professor

Veronica Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor

Lisa Nelson, NPP
Nurse Practitioner

Courtney O'Brien, PhD
Assistant Professor

Patricia Osborne, PhD
Assistant Professor

Nikhil Palekar, MD
Associate Professor

Ramin Parsey, MD, PhD
Professor

Greg Perlman, PhD
Assistant Professor

Krishen Persaud, DO
Assistant Professor

Wenchao Qu, PhD
Associate Professor

Debra Reicher, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lauren Risoli, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Worker

Richard Rosenthal, MD
Professor

Nidhi Sharoha, DO
Assistant Professor

David Schlager, MD
Assistant Professor

Joseph Schwartz, PhD
Professor

Mark Sedler, MD, MPH
Professor

Matthew Sherman, DO
Assistant Professor

Mark Slifstein, PhD
Professor

Maged Soliman, MD
Assistant Professor

Marie Spera, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Worker

Lauren Spring, MD
Assistant Professor

James Swain, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor

Marianne Tateosian, DO
Assistant Professor

Jared X. Van Snellenberg, PhD

Jodi Weinstein, MD
Assistant Professor

Deborah Weisbrot, MD
Professor

Ilana Yel, DO
Assistant Professor