Faculty and Staff
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Jessica Ailani, MD
Director, MedStar Georgetown Headache Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Headache
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Fahd Amjad, MD, MS
Co-Clinical Director, HD CERC
Attending Physician, Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders
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Faria Amjad, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Director of Clinical Research, Georgetown Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center Director, Spasticity Clinic
Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis
![Laxman Bahroo](https://neurology.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/139/2019/05/Bahroo_Laxman_1-1.jpg)
Laxman Bahroo, DO
Director, Botulinum Toxin Clinic
Director, Residency Program, Department of Neurology
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders
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Brian Barry, MD
Attending Physician
Specialty: Neuroimmunology
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Richard T. Benson, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Joseph M. Choi, MD
Attending Physician, MDA and ALS Clinic
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular diseases
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Anne Constantino, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology
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M. Carter Denny, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Carrie O. Dougherty, MD
Program Director, Headache Fellowship
Attending Physician, Headache Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Headache
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Alexander Dromerick, MD
Former Professor, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology
Former Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
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Matthew A. Edwardson, MD
Attending Physician, Stroke Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D
Director, Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation
Professor, Department of Neurology
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Ishita A. Gambhir, MD
Attending Physician, Movement Disorder Clinic
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders
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James Giordano, Ph.D, MPhil
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry
Chief, Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Specialty: Translational Neuroscience (Neuropathology); Neuroethics
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William Garmoe, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist
Director of Psychology, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MNRN)
Specialty: Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychology
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Nady Golestaneh, Ph.D, MS
Director, The Golestaneh Lab
Director of Research, Department of Opthalmology
Assistant Professor, Departments of Opthalmology, Neurology, Biochemistry
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Brent T. Harris, MD, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Pathology
Director of Neuropathology
Director, Harris Lab
Director, Georgetown Brain Bank
Co-Director, Histopathology and Tissue Shared Resource
Consulting Neuropathologist, DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Specialty: Neuropathology
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Edward B. Healton, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President for Health Sciences & Executive Dean, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Neurology and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (MGUH)
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Amie w. Hsia, MD
Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Nancy Hu, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Core Team, Multiple Sclerosis Patient Centered Specialty Practice
Co-Director, Neurology Clerkship, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis
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Rakesh Jaitly, MD
Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Chandni Kalaria, MD
Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, MedStar Georgetown University
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Jagmeet Kanwal, Ph.D
Director, Neurophysiology and Behavior Lab
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
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Robert Laureno, MD
Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University
Chair, Department of Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
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Mark M. Lin, MD, Ph.D, FAAN
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Movement Disorders Division, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Associate Chairman, Department of Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
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Steven Lo, MD
Attending Physician, Movement Disorder Clinic
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders
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Prerna Malla, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology
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Allen Mandir, MD, Ph.D
Director, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology/Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
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Shema Mathew, MD
Attending Physician, Headache Center
Department of Neurology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Specialty: Headache Medicine
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Douglas J. Mayson, MD
Attending Physician, Stroke Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
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Andrei Medvedev, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging
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Robert Minahan, MD
Director, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology/Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
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Carlos A. Mora, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Director of Education, Georgetown Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center
Co-Director: Georgetown Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship Program
Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis
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Gholam Motamedi, MD
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy
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Charbel Moussa, MBBS, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director- Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism
Scientific and Clinical Research Director- Translational Neurotherapeutics Program
National Parkinson’s Foundation Center
Director- Lewy Body Dementia Research Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Director, Neurosciences Grand Rounds
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Shakti V. Nayar, MD
Program Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular Diseases
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Elissa L. Newport, Ph.D
Director, Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery
Director, Learning and Development Lab
Professor, Department of Neurology
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Benjamin J. Osborne, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology
Director, Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Clinic
Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic
Co-Director, Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship Program
Specialty: Neurology, Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Fernando Pagan, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology
Director, Movement Disorders Program
Medical Director, Georgetown University Hospital National Parkinsonism Foundation Center of Excellence
Medical Director, Translational Neurotherapeutics Program
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders
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Pamela A. Saunders, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
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Bethany Schreiber, MS NP
Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
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Robert K. Shin, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Georgetown Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center
Specialty: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Multiple Sclerosis
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Ira Shoulson, MD
Director, Program for Regulatory Science & Medicine (PRSM)
Professor, Neurology, Pharmacology & Human Science
Principal Investigator, Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation (CERSI)
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Michael D. Sirdofsky, MD
Director, EMG Laboratory/Neuromuscular Division
Director, MDA Clinic
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular Disorders
Victoria N. Starbuck, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
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Nathan Starr, DO
Attending Physician, Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialties: Neurology, Movement Disorders
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Andrew B. Stemer, MD
Director, Stroke Center
Vascular Neurologist and Neuro Interventional Radiologist
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Radiology
Specialties: Vascular Neurology, Neurointerventional Radiology
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Ted Supalla, Ph.D
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Linguistics, and Psychology
Director, Sign Language Research Lab
Center for Brain Plasticity and Research
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Francis G. Tirol, MD
Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy
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Tricia Y. Ting, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Regional Director of Epilepsy, MedStar Health
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy
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Carlo Tornatore, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
Executive Director, Multiple Sclerosis Patient Centered Specialty Practice
Co-Director, Neurology Clerkship, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis
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Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD
Attending Physician, Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders
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Rochelle E. Tractenberg, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and -Metrics
Co-Director, National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System
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Peter E. Turkeltaub, MD, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Cognitive Recovery Lab
Director, Aphasia Clinic, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
Medical Director, Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation, Georgetown University Medical Center
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R. Scott Turner, MD, Ph.D
Director, Memory Disorders Program
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Memory Disorders
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Michael Ullman, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Secondary appointments in the Departments of Neurology, Linguistics and Psychology
Director, Brain and Language Lab
Director, Georgetown EEG/ERP Laboratory
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John W. VanMeter, Ph.D
Associate Professor on the Research Track, Medical Center
Director, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging
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Nassim Zecavati, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology
Neurology Fellows
Luis Manrique-Trujillo, MD
Multiple Sclerosis Fellow
Rami Al-Hader, MD
Multiple Sclerosis Fellow
Cameron Mohammadi, MD
Multiple Sclerosis Fellow