Faculty and Staff

Jessica Ailani, MD

Director, MedStar Georgetown Headache Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Headache

Fahd Amjad, MD, MS

Co-Clinical Director, HD CERC
Attending Physician, Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

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, DO

Director, Botulinum Toxin Clinic
Director, Residency Program, Department of Neurology
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Brian Barry, MD

Attending Physician
Specialty: Neuroimmunology

Richard T. Benson, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Joseph M. Choi, MD

Attending Physician, MDA and ALS Clinic
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular diseases

Anne Constantino, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Neurology

M. Carter Denny, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Carrie O. Dougherty, MD

Program Director, Headache Fellowship
Attending Physician, Headache Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Headache

Alexander Dromerick, MD

Former Professor, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology
Former Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Matthew A. Edwardson, MD

Attending Physician, Stroke Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D

Director, Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation
Professor, Department of Neurology

Ishita A. Gambhir, MD

Attending Physician, Movement Disorder Clinic
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

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

William Garmoe, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist
Director of Psychology, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MNRN)
Specialty: Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychology

Nady Golestaneh, Ph.D, MS

Director, The Golestaneh Lab
Director of Research, Department of Opthalmology
Assistant Professor, Departments of Opthalmology, Neurology, Biochemistry

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

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)

Amie w. Hsia, MD

Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

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

Rakesh Jaitly, MD

Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Chandni Kalaria, MD

Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, MedStar Georgetown University
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Jagmeet Kanwal, Ph.D

Director, Neurophysiology and Behavior Lab
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

Robert Laureno, MD

Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University
Chair, Department of Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center

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

Steven Lo, MD

Attending Physician, Movement Disorder Clinic
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Prerna Malla, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology

Allen Mandir, MD, Ph.D

Director, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology/Intraoperative Neuromonitoring

Shema Mathew, MD

Attending Physician, Headache Center
Department of Neurology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Specialty: Headache Medicine

Douglas J. Mayson, MD

Attending Physician, Stroke Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Andrei Medvedev, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging

Robert Minahan, MD

Director, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology/Intraoperative Neuromonitoring

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

Gholam Motamedi, MD

Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy

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

Shakti V. Nayar, MD

Program Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular Diseases

Elissa L. Newport, Ph.D

Director, Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery
Director, Learning and Development Lab (new window)
Professor, Department of Neurology

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

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

Pamela A. Saunders, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Bethany Schreiber, MS NP

Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Robert K. Shin, MD

Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Georgetown Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center
Specialty: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Multiple Sclerosis

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)

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

Nathan Starr, Movement Disorders Attending

Nathan Starr, DO

Attending Physician, Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialties: Neurology, Movement Disorders

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

Ted Supalla, Ph.D

Professor, Departments of Neurology, Linguistics, and Psychology
Director, Sign Language Research Lab
Center for Brain Plasticity and Research

Francis G. Tirol, MD

Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy

Tricia Y. Ting, MD

Professor, Department of Neurology
Regional Director of Epilepsy, MedStar Health
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy

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

Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD

Attending Physician, Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

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

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

Neurology Fellows

Petra Brayo, MD

Multiple Sclerosis Fellow

Amy Safadi, MD

Multiple Sclerosis Fellow

Luis Manrique-Trujillo, MD

Multiple Sclerosis Fellow