Faculty—The MedStar Health—Georgetown University Hospital Residency Program in Neurology

Laxman Bahroo, DO, FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Botulinum Toxin Clinic, Director of Neurology Residency Program
Specialty: Movement Disorders 

Anne Constantino, MD
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Carter Denny, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Co-Vice Chairman of Operations
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Carrie Dougherty, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Program Director for the Headache Fellowship, Associate Director of the Neurology Residency Program
Specialty: Headache  

Matthew Edwardson, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Neurology, Director, Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation

Shreya Gandhy, DO, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty: Neuromuscular Diseases

Ishita Gambhir, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

William Garmoe, Ph.D, ABPP-CN, Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist, Director of Psychology, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MNRN)
Specialty: Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychology

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

Nady Golestaneh, Ph.D, MS, Director, The Golestaneh Lab, Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Biochemistry

Brent Harris, MD, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Director of Neuropathology, Director, Harris Lab, Director, Georgetown Brain Bank, Co-Director, Histopathology and Tissue Shared Resource

Ka-wai “Grace” Ho, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Radiology
Specialty: Neuro-oncology
Consulting Neuropathologist, DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Specialty: Neuropathology

Amie W. Hsia, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Nancy Hu, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of Neurology Clerkship Core Team, Multiple Sclerosis Patient Centered Specialty Practice
Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis

Dr. Rakesh Jaitly, MD, Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Jagmeet Kanwal, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Director, Neurophysiology and Behavior Lab

Robert Laureno, MD, Professor of Neurology, Chair of Neurology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Mark Lin, MD, Ph.D, FAAN, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of Movement Disorders Division at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Steven Lo, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Director of Neurology Residency Program
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Prerna Malla, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty: Epilepsy

Gholam Motamedi, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Specialty: 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

Elizabeth Mundel, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Shakti Nayar, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Specialty: Neuromuscular Diseases

Elissa L. Newport, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Neurology, Director, Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, Director, Learning and Development Lab

Benjamin Osborne, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Co-Vice Chairman of Neurology Education, Director of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship, Director, Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Clinic, Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic
Specialty: Neurology, Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology

Fernando Pagan, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Vice Chairman of Neurology, Director of Movement Disorders Program, Director of Movement Disorder Fellowship Program, Medical Director, Georgetown University Hospital National Parkinsonism Foundation Center of Excellence, Medical Director, Translational Neurotherapeutics Program
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Pamela A. Saunders, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Medical Educator Track, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Robert K. Shin, MD, Professor 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)

Victoria N. Starbuck, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Andrew Stemer, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of the Stroke Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
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 Tirol, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Co-Vice Chairman of Operations
Specialty: Epilepsy

Tricia Ting, MD, Professor of Neurology, Regional Director of Epilepsy, MedStar Health
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy

Carlo Tornatore, MD, Professor of Neurology, Chairman and Neurologist-in-Chief Department of Neurology Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Academic Chairman, Department of Neurology Georgetown University Medical Center, Regional Director for Neurology Medstar Health

Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of the Parkinsonism and Dementia Clinic
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Rochelle F. Tractenberg, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

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

Scott Turner, MD, Ph.D, Professor of Neurology, Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic
Specialty: Memory Disorders

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

John W. VanMeter, Ph.D, Associate Professor on the Research Track, Medical Center, Director, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging