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Improving Neurological Patient Care in Low-Resourced Regions Worldwide

Networking Directory

See below for contact information of both faculty and trainees in the field of global neurology. For more information on a faculty or trainees work, visit the linked profile for more information.

Faculty Contacts

Faculty

Name	Institution	Academic Title	Interests	Email	Social Media
Dr. Aaron Berkowitz, MD, PhD	Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine	Professor; Director of Global Health		aaron.l.berkowitz@kp.org	@AaronLBerkowitz
Dr. David Ross Bearden, MD	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	Assistant Professor of Child Neurology and Pediatrics	Pediatric Neurogenetics, Pediatric Neuroinflammatory and Neuroinfectious Diseases, neurologic complications of HIV	david_bearden@urmc.rochester.edu
Dr. Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; University of Zambia School of Medicine	Assistant Professor of Neurology	Neurological complications of HIV Infection; neuroepidemiology; developing and validating simple tools to improve care of neurological disorders in resource-limited settings; implementation science research approaches to improve systems of neurological care in resource-limited settings; medical education	dcettom1@jh.edu	@DeannaSaylor1
Dr. Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD	Harvard Medical School	Associate Professor of Neurology		fmateen@mgh.harvard.edu	@FarrahMateen
Dr. Fatima Y. Ismail, MBBS	UAE University	Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine
Dr. Felicia Chow, MD, MAS	UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences	Associate Professor of Neurology	Neuro ID, HIV/AIDS, CNS Tuberculosis, infections-associated stroke	felicia.chow@ucsf.edu
Dr. Gregory Krauss, MD	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Professor of Neurology
Dr. Gregory Krauss, MD	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Professor of Neurology
Dr. Gretchen Birbeck, MD, MPH	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	Edward A. and Alma Vollertsen Rykenboer Professorship in Neurology	Epilepsy	gretchen_birbeck@urmc.rochester.edu	@BirbeckGretchen
Dr. Heather Koons, MD	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Assistant Professor of Neurology	Movement disorders	heather.koons@vumc.org

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Trainee Contacts

Name	Institution	Academic Title	Interests	Email	Social Media
Dr. Alex Peloso, MD	Queen's University (Canada)	PGY-4, Adult Neurology	Global Health, General Neurology	apeloso@qmed.ca
Dr. Annie McDonough	UCSF	PGY-2, Adult Neurology	Global Health, General Neurology, Med Ed	annie.mcdonough@ucsf.edu
Dr. Clayton Buback, MD	UCSF	PGY-3, Adult Neurology	Neuro ID	Clayton.Buback@ucsf.edu
Dr. Dominique Mortel	Johns Hopkins University	Global Health Neurology Fellow	Global Health, General Neurology	mortel.dominique@gmail.com
Dr. Farrah Khan, MD, MPH	University of Washington	PGY-3, Adult Neurology	Global health, Neuro-ID, Neuroimmunology	farrahk@uw.edu
Dr. Jeremy Tanner, MD	UCSF	Behavioral Neurology Fellow	Dementia	Jeremy.Tanner@ucsf.edu
Dr. Lahoud Touma, MD	University of Montreal (Canada)	PGY-4, Adult Neurology	Neurohospitalist, Global health	lahoud.touma@umontreal.ca
Dr. Maria Molinaro	Johns Hopkins University	PGY-1, Pediatric Neurology	Global Health, Neuro-ICU, Neonatology, Neuromuscular	mmolina4@jh.edu
Dr. Nehali Mehta	UCSF	PGY-5, Pediatric Neurology	Global Health, Pediatric Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Neurohospitalist	nehali.mehta@ucsf.edu
Dr. Vanessa Salasky, MD	University of Maryland	PGY-5, Neurocritical Care Fellow	Neurocritical care, TBI, Stroke	vanessa.salasky@umm.edu

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