Our nationally ranked team collaborates to ensure the best patient care, teaching, and research outcomes.
Professor
Chair, Department of Neurology
Andrew John Gabor, M.D., Ph.D., Presidential Endowed Chair
Co-director, UC Davis CounterACT Center
Amy Brooks-Kayal is a neurologist with expertise in the care of children and teens with difficult to manage or complex epilepsy.
Professor
Chief Section of Neuromuscular and Neuroimmunology
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Program
Michelle Apperson is a neurologist specialized in multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions affecting the nervous system.
Professor
Vice Chair, Education
Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
Director, UC Davis Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence
Sasha Duffy is a neurologist specializing in treating patients with movement disorders including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
Associate Professor
Section Chief of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Director, Neurology Ambulatory Clinic
Mike Erkkinen is a neurologist who is primarily focused on caring for people with cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric symptoms. He has expertise in Alzheimer disease, including new disease-modifying therapies, and also frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body disease, and others.
Professor
Chief Section of Cognitive and Neurobehavioral Neurology
Director, UC Davis Health California Alzheimer's Disease Center - Sacramento
Clinical Core Leader, UC Davis Health Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Program Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship
Sarah Farias is a neuropsychologist specializing in cognitive changes associated with aging, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Professor
Vice Chair, Outpatient Neurology
Chief Section of Comprehensive Neurology and Headache Medicine
Marc Lenaerts is a comprehensive neurologist, with a focus in headache medicine. He's driven to provide the best and most compassionate care possible.
Professor
Vice Chair, Strategy and Planning
Chief Section of Epilepsy, Sleep, and Neurodiagnostics
Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Jack Lin is a renowned epilepsy specialist focused on treating drug-resistant epilepsy. He leads a multidisciplinary team of epilepsy specialists.
Professor
Vice Chair, Inpatient Neurology
Chief Section of Stroke
Director, UC Davis Health Comprehensive Stroke Center
Kwan Ng is a neurologist caring for children and adults with stroke and vascular diseases with special interests in acute stroke interventions and recovery.
Professor
Vice Chair, Clinical and Basic Research
Nigel Pedersen's clinical expertise is epilepsy surgery, pre-surgical evaluation and stereo-electroencephalography. His research examines the relationship between sleep, epilepsy, and cognition.
Assistant Professor
Interim Chief Section of Movement Disorders
Kristina Hart is a Neurologist specializing in Movement Disorders with a special interest in treating conditions such as Parkinson's Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple Systems Atrophy, Tremor, and Dystonia.
Professor
Vice Chair, Faculty Development
Chief Section of Child Neurology
Program Director, Child Neurology Residency
Courtney Wusthoff is a pediatric neurologist focused on neonatal neurology and EEG monitoring of infants and children in the ICU.
