Faculty

Andrew Barreto, MD, MS, FAHA
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
UTHealth Houston

Ritvij Bowry, MD
Assistant Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
UTHealth Houston

Alexandra Czap, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

James Grotta, MD
Founder, Stroke Program
Former Chair, Department of Neurology
Director of Stroke Research, Clinical Institute for Research and Innovation, Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Director, Mobile Stroke Unit Consortium

Elizabeth Jones, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Amrou Sarraj, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Sunil Sheth, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Director, Vascular Neurology
UTHealth Houston

Jaroslaw (Jarek) Aronowski, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Neurology
Director of Stroke Research
UTHealth Houston

Shao-Ling Huang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Joo Jung, PhD
Assistant Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Eunhee Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Devin McBride, PhD
Assistant Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Nikunj Satani, MD, MPH, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Instructor of Vascular Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Sean Savitz, MD
Professor of Neurology and Frank M. Yatsu, M.D. Chair in Neurology
McGovern Medical School
Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
UTHealth Houston

Xiurong Zhao, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Luca Giancardo, PhD
Associate Professor at the Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD
Professor
Center Director of Secure Artificial intelligence For hEalthcare (SAFE)
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Yejin Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics

Shayan Shams, PhD
Assistant Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Chunyan Cai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical And Translational Sciences
UTHealth Houston

Vahed Maroufy
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Mohammad Rahbar, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Robert Suchting, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Hulin Wu, PhD, MS
The Betty Wheless Trotter Professor & Chair Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, SPH Director, Center for Big Data in Health Sciences, SPH Professor, School of Biomedical Informatics

Ashraf Yaseen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Data Science
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Hongjian Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Jaroslaw (Jarek) Aronowski, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Neurology
Director of Stroke Research
UTHealth Houston

Spiros Blackburn, MD
Associate Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Tiffany Chang, MD
Assistant Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Jared Chen, MD
Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgeon
Assistant Professor
Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Huimahn Choi, MD
Associate Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department Of Neurosurgery
Interim Vice-Chair, Neuro Critical Care
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Aaron Gusdon
Assistant Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Elizabeth Noser, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
James C. Grotta Chair in Neurorecovery and Stroke, Department of Neurology
Director of Community Engagement, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Houston

Spiros Blackburn, MD
Associate Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Peng Chen, MD
Professor
Vice Chair in Cerebrovascular Research
Director of Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship
Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Jared Chen, MD
Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgeon
Assistant Professor
Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Mark Dannenbaum, MD
Assistant Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School

Charles Green, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Sean Savitz, MD
Professor of Neurology and Frank M. Yatsu, M.D. Chair in Neurology
McGovern Medical School
Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
UTHealth Houston

Jose-Miguel Yamal, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Susan Alderman, PhD, MS Ed, RN
Biobank Manager
Clinical Research Director, the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern Medical School
Assistant Professor, Clinical, UT Health School of Nursing

Spiros Blackburn, MD
Associate Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Peng Chen, MD
Professor
Vice Chair in Cerebrovascular Research
Director of Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship
Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Mark Dannenbaum, MD
Assistant Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School

Sunil Sheth, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Director, Vascular Neurology
UTHealth Houston

Suja Rajan, PhD
Associate Professor, Management, Policy & Community Health, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Jason Burnett, PhD
Associate Professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Alejandro Chaoul, PhD
Founder and Director of The Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute
Adjunct Faculty, McGovern Center for Humanity and Ethics
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Integrative Medicine MD Anderson Cancer Center

Christopher Fagundes, PhD
Associate Professor, Rice University

Jennifer Hughes, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston

Carina Katigbak, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA
Associate Professor | Department of Research | Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
McGovern Medical School
Director of Stroke Prevention, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Houston

Muhammad Haque, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Clark Sitton, MD
Associate Professor, Radiology

Yingchun Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston

Lisa Thomas, DNP, RN, CNS
Assistant Professor, Department of Graduate Studies, UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing

Myriam Fornage, PhD
Professor, McGovern Medical School Institute of Molecular Medicine Research Center for Human Genetics

Deniz Dishman, PhD, DNAP, CRNA
Assistant Professor, Department of Research Cizik School of Nursing | Director Post-Stroke Pain Management Program at the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease

Melika Abrahams, RN, BSN, CPN
Cerebrovascular Nurse, Pediatric Stroke Program

Department of Pediatrics | Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology
UTHealth Houston

Ian Butler, MD
Professor
Distinguished Chair In West Syndrome Research

Stephen Fletcher, DO
Associate Professor, Division Of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Stuart Fraser, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology
Director, Program for Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Houston

Brandon Miller, MD, PhD, FAANS
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Department of Pediatric Surgery and Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Natalie Montanez, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Hematology - Oncology

Thao Nguyen, DO, FAAP
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

David Sandberg, MD, FACS, FAAP
Neurological Surgery and Pediatric Surgery

Manish Shah, MD
Associate Professor, Division Of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Keely Smith, MD, FAAP
Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Lakshmi Srivaths, MD
Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
McGovern Medical School
Director of Stroke Prevention, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Houston

Irene Tami-Murray, DMD, DrPH, MSc
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX.

Yolanda Villarreal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department Of Family And Community Medicine
Vice Chair For Diversity And Inclusion, Department Of Family And Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School

David Aguilar, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Jane Anderson, PhD, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Director of Education and Research, VA National TeleStroke Program (NTSP)
Assistant Professor, Department pf Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine

Kristin Brown, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Christina Kim, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Munachi Okpala, NP
STEP Clinic Program Manager
Stroke Clinic Nurse Practitioner
Community Outreach Organizer
UTHealth Houston

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
McGovern Medical School
Director of Stroke Prevention, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Houston

Wesley Tucker, Ph.D., RDN
Assistant Professor, Nutrition Nutrition and Food Sciences | Texas Women's University

Deniz Dishman, PhD, DNAP, CRNA
Assistant Professor, Department of Research Cizik School of Nursing | Director Post-Stroke Pain Management Program at the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease

Mansi Jhaveri, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Co-Director, Neurorehabilitation
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Mary Russell, DO, MS
Assistant Professor, Medical Director, TIRR Memorial Hermann - The Woodlands

Sean Savitz, MD
Professor of Neurology and Frank M. Yatsu, M.D. Chair in Neurology
McGovern Medical School
Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
UTHealth Houston

Tatiana Schnur, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience at the Baylor College of Medicine

Heather Smith, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS
Speech-Language Pathologist | Research Coordinator
Institute for Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases at UTHealth Houston

Emily Stevens, MOT, OTR, CSRS
Occupational Therapist
Research Coordinator
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Gloria Contreras
PhD Student at UTHealth Houston

Xiaotan Ma
PhD Student at UTHealth Houston

Neha Muraly
Student at McGovern Medical School

Fiona Smith, MS, BSN, RN
PhD student at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Sajini Thekkel, CRNA, PhD Student
CRNA at MD Anderson Cancer Center
PhD Student | Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Seema Aggarwal, PhD, APRN, AGNP-C
Assistant Professor in the Cizik School of Nursing, Department of Research
UTHealth Houston

Kendra Anderson, PhD
Neuropsychologist UTHealth Houston Neurosciences Neurocognitive Disorders Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology
Division of Neuropsychology McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Myriam Fornage, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Human Genetics
Laurence and Johanna Favrot Distinguished Professor in Cardiology,

Sean Savitz, MD
Professor of Neurology and Frank M. Yatsu, M.D. Chair in Neurology
McGovern Medical School
Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
UTHealth Houston

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program
McGovern Medical School
Director of Stroke Prevention, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Houston

Heather Smith, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS
Speech-Language Pathologist | Research Coordinator
Institute for Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases at UTHealth Houston