Faculty

Bassel W. Abou-Khalil

Clinical Director

VUMC Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
Lealani Mae (Leah) Acosta

Associate Professor

Neurology
Keerthana Akkineni

Clinical Director

Neurology Consult Service
Derek B. Archer

Research Assistant Professor

Cognitive Division
Kanika Bagai

Professor

Neurology
Francesca Bagnato

Associate Vice Chair

Research
Susanta Bandyopadhyay

Associate Professor

Epilepsy
Nikhil Banerjee

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Jillian Berkman

Assistant Professor

Stroke Division
Corey Bolton

Instructor of Neurology
Jeri Lynn Marie Braunlin

Assistant

Neurology
Kristen Pilote

Staff Nurse Practitioner
Amy E. Brown

Assistant Professor

Movement Disorders Division
Kelly M. Brown

Vice Chair

Clinical Operations
Laura Brown-Coulam

Instructor

Clinical Neurology
Kiersten A. Brown Espaillat

Assistant

Neurology
Holly Cannon

Assistant

Neurology
Sonja Chaparala

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
David Charles

Vice Chair

Business Development & Strategy
Dane M. Chetkovich

Chair

Department of Neurology
Daniel Claassen

Division Chief

Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
Charles D. Clarke

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
Patricia A. Commiskey

Research Associate Professor

Neurology
Ciaran Michael Considine

Associate Professor

Clinical Neurology
Michael K. Cooper

Associate Professor

Neurology
Angela N. Crudele

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Jeff Cummings

Physician Assistant

Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology
David Curfman

Division Chief

General Neurology
Jarret Curtis
Kyle Dack

Assistant Professor

Stroke Division
Richard Ryan Darby

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Thomas L. Davis

Vice Chair

Research
Joy Derwenskus

Director

Vanderbilt Women’s Neurology Clinic
Kaltra Dhima

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
Manus Donahue

Assistant Vice Chair

Research, Department of Neurology
Peter D. Donofrio

Professor Emeritus

Neurology
Logan Caneel Dumitrescu

Research Assistant Professor

Neurology
Holly Hasty

Nursing Staff

Neurology
James Eaton

Assistant Professor

Cognitive Division, Department of Neurology
Robert Fallis

Associate Professor

Neurology
Wiaam Falouji

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
John Y. Fang

Associate Professor

Neurology
Jonah Fox

Assistant Professor

Epilepsy Division
Michael Froehler

Associate Professor

Neurology
Kenneth J. Gaines

Professor

Clinical Neurology
Martin J. Gallagher

Associate Professor

Neurology
Kara Gaw

Physician Assistant

Sleep Division, Department of Neurology
Katherine A. Gifford

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Zach Gilbert

Physician Assistant

General Neurology
Andrew Giritharan

Assistant Professor

Neurosciences
Sarah Graves

Assistant

Neurology
Olivia Gruder

Assistant Professor

Neuroimmunology Division
Kevin Haas

Division Chief

Epilepsy
Mallory Hacker

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Ye Han

Research Associate Professor

Neurology
Adam Hartman

Teleneurology Program Director
Travis Hassell

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Lisa D. Hermann

Associate Professor

Clinical Neurology
Amanda C. Hicklin

Assistant

Neurology
Timothy James Hohman

Associate Professor

Neurology
Jane E. Howard

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Mohammad Junaid Humayun

Assistant Professor

Epilepsy Division, Department of Neurology
David Isaacs

Assistant Professor

Neurology
John Kramer

Physician Assistant

Neuroimmunology
Angela L. Jefferson

Vice Chair

Scientific Innovation & Strategy
Jingqiong (Katty) Kang

Associate Professor

Neurology
Tanya G. Kehoe

Physician Assistant

Neurology
Deborah L. G. Kerrigan

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Tigran Kesayan

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology and Clinical Anesthesiology
Lily Kim

Assistant Professor

Sleep Division
Howard S. Kirshner

Professor Emeritus

Neurology
Kirk J. Kleinfeld

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
Heather Koons

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Andre H. Lagrange

Associate Professor

Neurology
Patrick J. M. Lavin

Professor Emeritus
Madhura Layfield

Assistant Professor

Neuromuscular Division
Stephen Layfield

Assistant Professor

Neuromuscular Division
Christopher Lee

Vice Chair

Education
Lydia Macdonald

Nursing Staff

Neurology
Robert L. Macdonald

Professor Emeritus

Neurology
Lindsay Malatesta

Assistant Professor

Neuromuscular Division
Beth Ann Malow

Vice Chair

Academic Affairs
Brittany Mays

Assistant Professor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
T. A. McDonald

Research Instructor

Neurology
Katherine E. McDonell

Assistant Professor

Neurology
James McGuirk

Assistant Professor

Sleep Division
Michael J. McLean

Associate Professor

Neurology
Aaron McMurtray

Professor

Neurology
Matthew Meriweather

Division Chief

Inpatient and Emergency Neurology
Ryan Merrell

Division Chief

Neuro-Oncology Division
Karl Misulis

Professor

Clinical Neurology
Graham Mitro

Assistant Professor

General Neurology Inpatient Division
Alex Mohler

Assistant Professor

Neuro-Oncology Division
Paul L. Moots

Professor

Neurology
Harold Moses Jr

Associate Professor

Neurology
Adam Nagy

Assistant Professor

Neurology
William P. Nobis

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Anne W. O'Duffy

Associate Professor

Neurology
Mayur Patel

Assistant Professors

General Neurology Outpatient
Siddharama Pawate

Associate Professor

Neurology
Amanda Peltier

Associate Vice Chair

Academic Affairs
Amalia Peterson

Assistant Professor

Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
Fenna T. Phibbs

Associate Professor

Neurology
Nicole A. Poirier

Assistant

Neurology
Meryim Poursheykhi

Assistant Professor

General Neurology Inpatient
Derek A. Riebau

Associate Professor

Neurology
Raymond Romano
Shawniqua Williams Roberson

Clinical Director

ICU EEG
Lexi Rouse

VMG Nurse Practitioner

General Neurology Outpatient and Stroke, Department of Neurology
Kaung San

Assistant Professor

Sleep Division
Andrew R. Schaale

Assistant

Neurology
Laurel Schaefer

Assistant

Neurology
Matthew Schrag

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Shailee Shah

Assistant Professor

Neuroimmunology Division
Althea Robinson Shelton

Associate Professor

Neurology
Kristen Sherman

Assistant

Neurology
Pradumna Singh

Adjunct Associate Professor

Neurology
Alphonso Smith

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
Katharine Sourbeer

Assistant Professor

Movement Disorders Division
Subramaniam Sriram

Division Chief

Neuroimmunology
Allison Stepuszek

Nurse Practitioner

Sleep Division
Britt Stone

Assistant Professor

Movement Disorders
Kassandra L. Stubblefield

Assistant

Neurology
Randip S. Taneja

Clinical Director

Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM)
Kishan Tarpara

Assistant Professor

Sleep Division
Stephanie Leigh Taylor

Assistant Professor

Clinical Neurology
Paula Trujillo

Research Assistant Professor

Cognitive Division
Raghu Upender

Associate Professor

Neurology
Bangalore Vittal

Adjunct Associate Professor

Neurology
Arthur Walters

Professor

Neurology
Kelly Watson

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Holly Westervelt

Associate Professor

Clinical Neurology
Chloe Wilson

Physician Assistant

Epilepsy Division
Chengwen Zhou

Assistant Professor

Neurology
Eli Zimmerman

Associate Vice Chair

Education