AAN 2019 FAAN Inductees

2019 FAAN Inductees

Congratulations

The AAN congratulates the following members who were named prestigious Fellows of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) in 2019.

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Muataz Fairooz Abd, MD, FAAN Baghdad, Iraq

Fatima Abrantes-Pais, MD, FAAN Oklahoma City, OK

Jagadish B. Agadi, MD, FAAN Bangalore Karnataka, India

Anwar Ahmed, MD, FAAN Cleveland, OH

Jessica Ailani, MD, FAAN Mclean, VA

Mohamed Hassan Al Zwahmah, MD, MBBS, FAAN Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Talal Muteb Al-Harbi, MD, FAAN Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Tariq Jawaid Alam, MD, FAAN Festus, MO

Uzma Ali, MD, MBBS, FAAN Kingwood, TX

Malaz Almsaddi, MD, FAAN Bloomfield Hills, MI

Lilyana M. Amezcua, MD, FAAN Los Angeles, CA

Darwin Amir, MD, FAAN Padang, Indonesia

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Renato Anghinah, MD, FAAN Sao Paulo, Brazil

Arayamparambil Anilkumar, MD, FAAN Syracuse, NY

Steven Arbogast, DO, FAAN Billings, MT

Miguel Chuquilin Arista, MD, FAAN Gainesville, FL

Edward Avila, DO, FAAN New York, NY

Brandon Barton, MD, FAAN Chicago, IL

Evanthia Bernitsas, MD, FAAN Detroit, MI

Madhav H. Bhat, MD, FAAN Fort Wayne, IN

Danish Bhatti, MD, FAAN Omaha, NE

Andrew S. Blum, MD, PhD, FAAN Providence, RI

Cynthia Bodkin, MD, FAAN Indianapolis, IN

Russ A. Bodner, MD, FAAN Concord, NC

Bradley F. Boeve, MD, FAAN Rochester, MN

Yury Nikolaevitch Bykov, MD, FAAN Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Leonor Cabral-Lim, MD, FAAN Manila, Philippines

Jonathan Cahill, MD, FAAN Providence, RI

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Marcelo Calderaro, MD, FAAN Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Martinez Cerrato, MD, FAAN Managua, Nicaragua

Choon H. Cha, MD, FAAN Irving, TX

Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, FAAN Minneapolis, MN

Jeffrey Chavin, MD, FAAN Cambridge, MA

I-Hweii Amy Chen, MD, PhD, FAAN Charleston, SC

David P. Chesak, MD, FAAN Sacramento, CA

Nisha Chhabria, MD, FAAN Boca Raton, FL

Claudia A. Chiriboga, MD, FAAN New York, NY

Joseph Y. Chu, MD, FRCPC FACP, FAAN Etobicoke, ON, Canada

Daniel O. Claassen, MD, FAAN Nashville, TN

Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD, FAAN Salt Lake City, UT

Nicole C. Clark, MD, FAAN Helena, MT

Christopher Coffey, PhD, FAAN Iowa City, IA

Lisa D. Cohen, MD, FAAN North Las Vegas, NV

Howard Colman, MD, PhD, FAAN Salt Lake City, UT

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Francis X. Conidi, DO, MS, FAAN Port Saint Lucie, FL

Alastair J. Corbett, MD, FAAN Concord, NSW, Australia

Jody Corey-Bloom, MD, PhD, FAAN La Jolla, CA

Shawna M. Cutting, MD, FAAN Providence, RI

Nabila Dahodwala, MD, FAAN Philadelphia, PA

Gabriele C. De Luca, MD, PhD, FAAN Oxford, United Kingdom

Charungthai Dejthevaporn, MD, FAAN Bangkok, Thailand

Amanda L. Deligtisch, MD, FAAN Albuquerque, NM

Bart M. Demaerschalk, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAN Scottsdale, AZ

Al-Noor Dhanani, MD, FAAN Mississauga, ON, Canada

Daniel DiCapua, MD, FAAN New Haven, CT

Bradford Dickerson, MD, FAAN Charlestown, MA

Asif Doja, MD, FAAN Ottawa, ON, Canada

Erika Driver-Dunckley, MD, FAAN Scottsdale, AZ

Renaud A. Du Pasquier, MD, FAAN Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland

Lorraine L. Edwards, MD, FAAN Hastings, NE

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Bakri Elsheikh, MD, FAAN Columbus, OH

Emily Rubenstein Engel, MD, FAAN La Jolla, CA

Roland Etti, MD, FRCP, FAAN Dudley, United Kingdom

Nada Ghanime Abou Fayssal, MD, FAAN Brooklyn, NY

Paul Brent Ferguson, MD, FAAN Huntington, WV

Joseph M. Ferrara, MD, FAAN Roanoke, VA

Johanna Therese Fifi, MD, FAAN New York, NY

Richard S. Finkel, MD, FAAN Orlando, FL

Glen R. Finney, MD, FAAN Wilkes Barre, PA

Paul G. Fisher, MD, FAAN Palo Alto, CA

Dimitry A. Fomin, MD, FAAN Rogers, AR

Susan Fox, MD, FAAN Toronto, ON, Canada

Gail J. Francis, MD, FAAN Ann Arbor, MI

Natasha Frost, MD, FAAN Madison, WI

Juan Fueyo, MD, FAAN Houston, TX

Jong-Ling Fuh, MD, FAAN Taipei, Taiwan

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Peter C. Gates, MD, MBBS, FR, FAAN Geelong, VIC, Australia

Mehari Gebreyohanns, MD, FAAN Dallas, TX

Ajmal M. Gilani, MD, FAAN Clayton, NC

P.C. Gilvaz, MD, FAAN Thrissur, India

Robert L. Glanzman, MD, FAAN Plans-les-Ouates, Switzerland

G. Peter Gliebus, MD, FAAN Philadelphia, PA

Amartyadeb Goswami, MD, FAAN Bloomington, IN

Riadh Gouider, MD, FAAN Tunis, Tunisia

Munish Goyal, MD, FAAN Columbia, MO

Namita Goyal, MD, FAAN Orange, CA

Richard M. Green, MD, FAAN Los Angeles, CA

Raji Paul Grewal, MD, FAAN Cranbury, NJ

Wolfgang Grisold, MD, FAAN Vienna, Austria

Carlos A M Guerreiro, MD, FAAN Valinhos, Brazil

Jeff Guptill, MD, FAAN Durham, NC

Jayanti K. Gurumukhani, MD, DM, FAAN Bhavnagar Gujart, India

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Matthews W. Gwynn, MD, FAAN Atlanta, GA

Nazar H. Haidri, MD, FAAN Union, NJ

Chad Hales, MD, PhD, FAAN Atlanta, GA

Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD, FAAN Scottsdale, AZ

Andrea Leigh Haller, MD, FAAN Fort Wayne, IN

Ihtsham Haq, MD, FAAN Winston Salem, NC

Adam L. Hartman, MD, FAAN Rockville, MD

Anhar Hassan, MBBCH, FAAN Rochester, MN

Neal S. Hermanowicz, MD, FAAN Irvine, CA

Amy Hessler, DO, FAAN Lexington, KY

Sara E. Hocker, MD, FAAN Rochester, MN

James F. Hora, MD, PhD, FAAN Chattanooga, TN

Jyh-Gong G. Hou, MD, PhD, FAAN Allentown, PA

Haitham Hussein, MD, FAAN St. Paul, MN

Stuart H. Isaacson, MD, FAAN Boca Raton, FL

Koto Ishida, MD, FAAN New York, NY

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Rosette A. Jabbour, MD, FAAN Beirut, Lebanon

Paul H. Janda, DO, JD, FAAN Las Vegas, NV

Laura Jawidzik, MD, FAAN Silver Spring, MD

Mandar S. Jog, MD, FAAN London, ON, Canada

James C. Johnston, MD, JD, FAAN San Antonio, TX

Arun Kachroo, MD, FAAN Lumberton, NJ

Maria Kataki, MD, PhD, FAAN Columbus, OH

Aki Kawasaki, MD, PhD, FAAN Lausanne, Switzerland

Sachin Kedar, MD, FAAN Omaha, NE

Brendan J. Kelley, MD, FAAN Dallas, TX

Adam Kelly, MD, FAAN Rochester, NY

Tarannum Khan, MD, MBBS, FAAN Weston, FL

Lance Y. Kim, DO, FAAN Ocala, FL

Yasushi Kisanuki, MD, FAAN Columbus, OH

Kleopas A. Kleopa, MD, FAAN Nicosia, Cyprus

Robert G. Kohn, DO, FAAN McHenry, IL

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Prakash Kotagal, MD, MBBS, FAAN Cleveland, OH

Jessica B. Kraker, MD, FAAN New Orleans, LA

Rahul Vittnal Kulkarni, MD, FAAN Pune, India

Doris Kung, DO, FAAN Houston, TX

Paul Evans Later, MD, FAAN Lake Forest, IL

Victoria Leavitt, PhD, FAAN New York, NY

Rebecca K. Lehman, MD, FAAN Columbia, SC

Lisa M. Leschek-Gelman, MD, FAAN Lafayette Hill, PA

Hongyan Li, MD, PhD, FAAN Toledo, OH

Bertrand C. Liang, MD, FAAN San Diego, CA

Viveca Bhat Livezey, MD, FAAN Silver Spring, MD

Tobias Loddenkemper, MD, FAAN Boston, MA

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Ronald E. Kramer, MD, FAAN Highlands Ranch, CO

Roman L. Kutsy, MD, FAAN Kirkland, WA

Nagesh B. Krish, MD, FAAN Union City, NJ

Kristina Lafaye, MD, FAAN New Orleans, LA

David W. Loring, PhD, FAAN Atlanta, GA

Georgios Manousakis, MD, FAAN Minneapolis, MN

Soe Soe Mar, MD, FAAN Saint Louis, MO

Zoltan Mari, MD, FAAN Las Vegas, NV

Warren P. Mason, MD, FAAN Toronto, ON, Canada

Maryann Mays, MD, FAAN Cleveland, OH

Peter J. McAllister, MD, FAAN Stamford, CT

Logan McDaneld, MD, FAAN Grand Junction, CO

Kimberly A. Mebust, MD, FAAN Puyallup, WA

Emilio M. Melchionna, MD, FAAN Springfield, MA

Til Menge, MD, FAAN Dusseldorf, Germany

Jeremy Moeller, MD, FAAN New Haven, CT

Teshamae Monteith, MD, FAAN Miami, FL

Sarah Anne Morrow, MD, MSC, FRCPC, FAAN London, ON, Canada

Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH, FAAN Worcester, MA

Suraj Muley, MD, FAAN Phoenix, AZ

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Matthew J. Murnane, MD, FAAN Albany, NY

Najib I. Murr, MD, FAAN Springfield, IL

Tatsuro Mutoh, MD, PhD, FAAN Toyoake, Aichi Pref., Japan

Seema Nagpal, MD, FAAN Palo Alto, CA

Tarun Nagpal, MD, FAAN Jabalpur, India

Randhi Venkata Narayana, MD, FAAN Visakhapatnam, India

Anil Neelakantan, MD, FAAN Tracy, CA

Yazmin Odia, MD, FAAN, MS Miami, FL

Yomi A. Ogun, MD, FAAN Lagos State, Nigeria

Olukayode Onasanya, MD, FAAN Greensboro, NC

Richard W. Orrell, MD, FAAN London, United Kingdom

Benjamin Joseph Osborne, MD, FAAN Washington, DC

Denis A. Ostrovskiy, MD, FAAN New Hyde Park, NY

Carlos Otero, MD, FAAN Ponce, PR

Dipak Pandya, MD, FAAN Flemington, NJ

Yong D. Park, MD, FAAN Augusta, GA

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Eddie L. Patton, MD, MS, FAAN Houston, TX

Ladislav Pazdera, MD, FAAN Rychnov Nad Kneznou, Czech Republic

Michael Phipps, MD, MHS, FAAN Baltimore, MD

Jagan Pillai, MD, PhD, FAAN Cleveland, OH

Erik P. J. Pioro, MD, DPhil, FAAN Cleveland, OH

Renu Pokharna, MD, FAAN Columbia, SC

Prasad N. Policherla, MD, FAAN Defiance, OH

Mohammad A. Rana, MD, FAAN PLYMOUTH, MA

Sandeep S. Rana, MD, FAAN Pittsburgh, PA

James J. Reese, Jr., MD, MPH, FAAN Albuquerque, NM

Wesley D. Reynolds, MD, FAAN Lakewood, CO

Samer Mohammed Saeed Ridha, MD, FAAN Baghdad, Iraq

Olga Vanessa Rios, MD, FAAN Guaynabo, PR

Mario Rivera, MD, FAAN Santiago, Chile

Maria Sheila G. Rocha, MD, PhD, FAAN SAO PAULO, Brazil

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Gil Dan Rabinovici, MD, FAAN San Francisco, CA

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Lidia Maria Veras Rocha Moura, MD, FAAN Boston, MA

Jesus Hernan Rodriguez, MD, FAAN Bogota, Colombia

Robert P. Rubens, MD, MBA, FAAN Cambridge, MA

Michael Rubin, MD, FAAN Dallas, TX

Andrew Russman, DO, FAAN Cleveland, OH

Seward B. Rutkove, MD, FAAN Boston, MA

Gregory Sahagian, MD, FAAN Carlsbad, CA

Rana R. Said, MD, FAAN Dallas, TX

Johnny Salameh, MD, FAAN Beirut, Lebanon

Richard Salazar, MD, FAAN Montgomery, AL

Nerses Sanossian, MD, FAAN Los Angeles, CA

Susan L. Scarberry, MD, FAAN Fargo, ND

Ann Scher, PhD, FAAN Bethesda, MD

Jack D. Schim, MD, FAAN Carlsbad, CA

Syndi Seinfeld, DO, FAAN Richmond, VA

Richard G. Selbst, MD, FAAN North Andover, MA

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Nilay R. Shah, MD, FAAN Brooklyn, NY

Vicki Shanker, MD, FAAN New York, NY

Prafula Shembalkar, MD, FAAN Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Xin Ming Shen, PhD, FAAN Rochester, MN

Perry Shieh, MD, PhD, FAAN Los Angeles, CA

Joshua M. Shulman, MD, PhD, FAAN Houston, TX

Florence Shum, DO, FAAN Brooklyn, NY

Felipe Von Glehn Silva, MD,PhD, MSc, FAAN Brasilia, Brazil

Tanya Simuni, MD, FAAN Chicago, IL

C.J.M. Sindic, MD, FAAN Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium

Divya Singhal, MD, FAAN Oklahoma City, OK

Jeenendra Prakash Singhvi, MD, FAAN Chandigarh, India

Jeremy D. Slater, MD, FAAN Irving, TX

Jonathan K. Smith, MD, FAAN Cincinnati, OH

B. Joy Snider, MD, PhD, FAAN Saint Louis, MO

Ariane Soldatos, MD, FAAN Bethesda, MD

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Andrew Solomon, MD, FAAN Burlington, VT

Douglas S. Stuart, MD, FAAN Atlanta, GA

A Robert Spitzer, MD, FAAN Mackinac Island, MI

Jose I. Suarez, MD, FAAN Baltimore, MD

James Stark, MD, FAAN New York, NY

Robert W. Stein, MD, FAAN Rockport, ME

Paul A. Sykes, MD, PhD, FAAN Longmont, CO

Aimee Szewka, MD, FAAN Chicago, IL

Björn Tackenberg, MD, FAAN Marburg, Germany

Esteban Luis Taleti, MD, FAAN Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea, United Kingdom

Kevin Tan, MD, FAAN Singapore, Singapore

Edwin Tasch, MD, FAAN Santa Clara, CA

Mathula Thangarajh, MD, PhD, FAAN Henrico, VA

Sanjeev V. Thomas, MD, FAAN Trivandrum, India

Richard M. Trosch, MD, FAAN Farmington Hills, MI

Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, FAAN Athens, Greece

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R Scott Turner, MD, PhD, FAAN Washington, DC

Joon H. Uhm, MD, FRCP(C), FAAN Rochester, MN

Eric Joseph Uhrik, DO, FAAN Somerset, NJ

Meenakshsundaram Umaiorubahan, MD, FAAN Chennai, India

Barry K. Vaught, MD, FAAN Beckley, WV

Rama Tharaknath Vemuri, MD, FAAN Guntur,AP., India

Michael Vertino, MD, FAAN Syracuse, NY

Pablo Villoslada, MD, PhD, FAAN Stanford, CA

H. Christian Von Budingen, MD, FAAN Basel, Switzerland

Scott Vota, DO, FAAN Glen Allen, VA

Mitchell T. Wallin, MD, MPH, FAAN Arlington, VA

Charles C Wang, MD, FAAN Skokie, IL

Yunxia Wang, MD, FAAN Kansas City, KS

Jayne H. Ward, DO, FAAN East Lansing, MI

William D. Watson, MD, FAAN Lexington, KY

Ray L. Watts, MD, FAAN Birmingham, AL

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Jeffrey Waugh, MD, PhD, FAAN Dallas, TX

David Weidman, MD, FAAN Phoenix, AZ

Sandra Weintraub, PhD, FAAN Chicago, IL

John Michael Whapham, MD, FAAN Clarkston, MI

Meredith Wicklund, MD, FAAN Phoenix, AZ

Heinz Wiendl, MD, FAAN Muenster, Germany

Benjamin J. Williams, MD, PhD, FAAN Winston Salem, NC

Korwyn Williams, MD, PhD, FAAN Phoenix, AZ

Vernon B. Williams, MD, FAAN Los Angeles, CA

Mary Alissa Willis, MD, FAAN Madison, MS

Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN Gainesville, FL

John R. Wilson, MD, FAAN Melrose Park, IL

Michael R. Wilson, MD, FAAN San Francisco, CA

Eric Tai-Lee Wong, MD, FAAN Boston, MA

Lily Wong-Kisiel, MD, FAAN Rochester, MN

Clinton B. Wright, MD, FAAN Rockville, MD

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Allan Ding Wu, MD, FAAN Los Angeles, CA

Michael L. Wynn, DO, FAAN Corvallis, OR

Rana K. Zabad, MD, FAAN Omaha, NE

Nassim Zecavati, MD, FAAN Washington, DC

Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD, PhD, FAAN Houston, TX

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