UC Davis Department of Neurology Faculty Overview

The UC Davis Department of Neurology is a dedicated team comprising academic neurologists, neuropsychologists, and basic and clinical research scientists who pursue a threefold mission of clinical care, research, and education. Highly skilled physicians with subspecialty expertise in each of the domains of adult neurology provide care to patients with diseases of the nervous system in both hospital and outpatient settings.

Faculty

Orwa Aboud, M.D., Ph.D.

Shubhi Agrawal, M.D.

Beatrice Akers, D.O.

Samantha Allen, M.D., M.S.

Bradley Ander, Ph.D.

Michelle Apperson, M.D., Ph.D

Mustafa Ansari, M.D.

Melissa Asmar, M.D., M.Sc.

Frederick Bassal, D.O.

William Benko, M.D.

Roy Ben-Shalom, Ph.D., M.S.

David Bissig, M.D., Ph.D.

Amy Brooks-Kayal, M.D.

Christopher Campos, D.O.

Michelle Chan, Ph.D.

Celia Chang, M.D.

Doris Chen, M.D.

Charles DeCarli, M.D.

Nina Dronkers, Ph.D.

Alexandra Duffy, D.O.

Elizabeth Ekpo, M.D.

Audrey Fan, Ph.D.

Sarah Farias, Ph.D.

Kyle Fink, Ph.D.

Jaclyn Fox, Ph.D.

Rochelle Frank, M.D.

Brandon Gavett, Ph.D., ABPP

Marco Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Sasikanth Gorantla, M.D.

John Gray, M.D., Ph.D.

Fuzheng Guo, Ph.D.

Tim Hanks, Ph.D.

David Johnson, Ph.D.

Wilsaan Joiner, Ph.D.

Trishna Kantamneni, M.D.

Kiran Kanth, M.D.

Kevin Keenan, M.D., M.A.S.

Jeffrey Kennedy, M.D.

Christina Kim, Ph.D.

Marc Lenaerts, M.D.

Da Zhi Liu, Ph.D.

Norika Malhado-Chang, M.D.

Ricardo Maselli, M.D.

Kimberley McAllister, Ph.D.

Oanh Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S.

John Morrison, Ph.D.

Dan Mungas, Ph.D.

Reena Nanjireddy, M.D.

Kwan Ng, M.D., Ph.D.

Ivy Nguyen, M.D.

Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, M.D., Ph.D

Nigel Pedersen, M.D.

David Pleasure, M.D.

Alicia Ranucci, Psy.D.

Mona Rezaei, M.D.

David Richman, M.D.

Neggy Rismanchi, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael A. Rogawski, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael Ryan, Psy.D., M.S.

Ajay Sampat, M.D.

Masud Seyal, M.D., Ph.D.

Jonathan Snider, M.D.

Boryana Stamova, Ph.D.

Sophie Xu Teng, M.D., Ph.D.

Sheela Toprani, M.D., Ph.D.

Martin Usrey, Ph.D.

Alyssa Weakley, Ph.D.

Ge Xiong, M.D., Ph.D.

Xinhua Zhan, M.D., Ph.D.

Lin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

Professors Emeriti

Professors Emeriti

William Bonekat, D.O.

Kathleen Baynes, Ph.D.

Constance Bowe, M.D.

Tsung-Yu Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Pierre Dreyfus, M.D.

William G. Ellis, M.D.

Robert Fairclough, Ph.D.

Fredric Gorin, M.D., Ph.D.

Ingrid Kwee, M.D.

John Olichney, M.D.

Bruce Reed, Ph.D.

Karen Sigvardt, Ph.D.

R.P. Scobey, M.D.

Frank Sharp, M.D.

Barry Tharp, M.D.

Piero Verro, M.D.

David Woods, Ph.D.

Nazhiyath Vijayan, M.D.

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Erin Bigler, Ph.D.

Leo Chen, M.D.

Joanna Gan, M.D.

Shawn Kile, M.D.

Elina Melamed, M.D.

Kimberly Miller, Ph.D.

Manoj Mittal, M.D., MSc

June Yu Paltzer, Ph.D.

Joint Faculty

Joint Appointments

Yin Allison Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Science

George R. Mangun, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology and Psychology

Ryan Martin, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Krupa K. Savalia, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
and Neurology

Kiarash Shahlaie, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Jeffrey Vitt, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Rachel Whitmer, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Lara Zimmermann, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Researchers

Professional Researchers and Project Scientists
Hajar Amini, Ph.D. Lucia Borges, Ph.D. Scott Cameron, Ph.D. Paulina Carmona-Mora, Ph.D. Evan Fletcher, Ph.D. Adam Goldring, Ph.D. Bodie Knepp, Ph.D.	Pauline Maillard, Ph.D. Eleonora Napoli, Ph.D. Shraddha Sapkota, Ph.D. Mandeep Singh, Ph.D. Yan Wang, Ph.D. Chun-Yi Wu, Ph.D. Dorota Zolkowska, Ph.D.

Staff Physicians

Staff Physicians
Palak Parikh, M.D.