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

Lourdes Bello, MD
Assistant 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

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

Courtney Pendleton, 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

Al Alam, MD
Assistant Professor 

Kimberly Alba, PsyD
Assistant Professor

Aneela Ali, MD
Assistant Professor

Shawn Allen, MD
Assistant Professor

Anthony Anzalone, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lisa Bonvino, DO
Assistant Professor

Lory Bright-Long, MD
Assistant Professor 

Darla Broberg, PhD 
Clinical Assistant Professor

Evelyn Bromet, PhD
Professor 

Brian Bronson, MD
Associate Professor 

Stephanie Brown, PhD
Associate Professor 

Clarissa Bullitt, PhD
Assistant Professor

Ricardo Caceda, MD, PhD
Assistant 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 

Michelle Curro, DO
Assistant Professor

Erin Dainer, MD
 

Christine DeLorenzo, PhD
Associate Professor 

Benjamin DeLucia, MD
Assistant Professor

Veronique Deutsch-Anzalone, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Miles Driscoll, MD
Assistant Professor

Stacy Eagle, MD
Assistant Professor

Scott Falkowitz, MD
Assistant Professor

Wilfred Farquharson IV, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Max Fink, MD
Professor, Emeritus

Laura J. Fochtmann, MD, MBI
Distinguished Service Professor

Helen Fox, PhD
Assistant Professor

Fred Friedberg, PhD
Research Associate Professor 

Kenneth Gadow, PhD
Professor

Amy Gardner, MD 
Assistant Professor

Samuel Gartner, MD
Assistant Professor

Debra Gerard, BCBA
Instructor

Roberto Gil, MD
Assistant Professor

Poonamdeep Gill, MD
Assistant Professor

Dodie Gillett, PhD
Assistant Professor

Dmitry Goldgaber, PhD
Professor

Adam Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jonathan Grossman, LCSW-R
Social Worker

Saurabh Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor

Abdullah Hasan, MD
Assistant Professor

Jeisson Fontecha Hernandez, MD
Assistant Professor

Emily Hill, MD
Assistant Professor

Douglas Hoverkamp, MD 
Assistant Professor

Bao Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor

Chuan Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Genna Hymowitz, PhD
Assistant Professor

Constantine Ioannou, MD
Assistant Professor 

Katherine Jonas, PhD
Assistant Professor

Marsha T. Karant, MD
Associate Professor

Michele Kelly, NPP
Instructor

Jennifer Keluskar, PhD
Assistant Professor

Min-Jeong Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Daniel Klages, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Roman Kotov, PhD
Associate Professor

Mark Lerman, DO, MPS
Assistant Professor

Courtney Liebling, MD
Assistant Professor

Matthew Lobosco, MD
Assistant Professor

Brittain Mahaffey, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lucian Manu, MD
Assistant Professor

David M. Margulies, MD
Assistant Professor

Crista Maracic, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jimmy Master, PsyD
Assistant Professor

Jessica McCurdy, PhD
Assistant Professor

Scott Moeller, PhD
Assistant Professor

Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, PhD
Associate Professor

Veronica Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor

Tanzia Mustafa, MD
Assistant Professor

Lisa Nelson, NPP
Nurse Practitioner

Courtney O'Brien, PhD
Assistant Professor

Patricia Osborne, PhD
Assistant Professor

Randi Padover, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker

Melissa Palatucci, PhD
Clinical Psychologist

Nikhil Palekar, MD
Associate Professor

Jenna Palladino, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jisoo Park, MD
Associate Professor

Ramin Parsey, MD, PhD
Professor

Saira Pasha, MD
Associate Professor

Greg Perlman, PhD
Assistant Professor

Krishen Persaud, DO
Assistant Professor

Walter Piddoubny, MD
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

Shaneel Shah, MD
Assistant Professor

Matthew Sherman, DO
Assistant Professor

Mark Slifstein, PhD
Professor

Letty Smith, MD
Assistant 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

Marina Tsoy-Podosenin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Angela Turner-Dougherty, PhD
Assistant Professor

Nehal Vadhan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Jared X. Van Snellenberg, PhD

Therese Watkins-Laptiste, MD
Assistant Professor

Jodi Weinstein, MD
Assistant Professor

Deborah Weisbrot, MD
Professor

Sara Weisenbach, PhD
Associate Professor

Sharon Wilkerson, LCSW 
Instructor

Adeeb Yacoub, MD
Associate Professor

Ilana Yel, DO
Assistant Professor