People | Current Residents

PGY – 4
	Jordan Amar, MD Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Undergraduate: UCLA Graduate: Northwestern University (MSc, Neurobiology) Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Clinical interests: Vascular neurology, atypical stroke syndromes, stroke-in-the-young, vasculitides, inflammatory disorders, neuroinfectious diseases, inpatient neurology
	Christopher Anderson, MD Hometown: New Orleans, LA Undergraduate: Tulane University Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Clinical interests: Headache/Face pain, interventional pain management, diagnosis and treatment of painful large/small fiber neuropathy.
	Matthew Baer, MD, PhD Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Undergraduate: University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia Graduate: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Clinical interests: Neuro-ophthalmology, neuromuscular disorders, circadian rhythm disorders
	Nathan Farkas, MD Hometown: New York, NY Undergraduate: Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Queens College Medical School: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Clinical interests: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
	Eva Klinman, MD, PhD Hometown: Washington, DC Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Clinical interests: primarily research, interest in cognitive, movement, neuromuscle and neuro-opthamology
	Joshua Newman, MD Hometown: Baltimore, MD Undergraduate: University of Virginia Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine Clinical interests: Neuromuscular Disorders, Immune and Inflammatory Disorders, Neuro-Infectious Diseases, Inpatient Neurology
	Joshua Okonkwo, MD Hometown: Hartford, CT Undergraduate: Yale University Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Clinical interests: Neuromuscular Medicine
	Enmanuel Perez Martinez, MD, PhD Hometown: San Juan, PR Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Clinical interests: Academic Neurology, Sports Neurology
	Christopher Ray, MD Hometown: Florence, AL Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University Medical School: University of Alabama - Birmingham Clinical interests: Vascular/Neurohospitalist
	Drew Roach, MD Hometown: Chicago, IL Undergraduate: Kansas State University Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Clinical interests: Neuromuscular
	Mani Valtcheva, MD, PhD Hometown: Plovdiv, BGR Undergraduate: University of Georgia Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Clinical interests: Neuromuscular
PGY-3
	Michael Butler, MD Hometown: Cartersville, GA Undergraduate: Georgia Institute of Technology Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Clinical interests: Headache, Stroke
	Luis De Carvalho Paixao, BMBCh, MSc Hometown: V. N. Gaia, Porto, Portugal Undergraduate: University College London Graduate: University of Oxford Medical School: University of Oxford Clinical interests: Considering Dementia
	William Everett, MD Hometown: Morton, Mississippi Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Clinical interests: Considering neuromuscle or movement disorders
	Amy Lin, MD, MPH Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Undergraduate: Harvard University Graduate: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Clinical interests: Undecided
	Christina Overmann, MD Hometown: Franklin, IL Undergraduate: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine - Rockford Clinical interests: General Neurology
	Arjun Padalia, MD Hometown: Sarasota, FL Undergraduate: University of North Carolina Medical School: University of Central Florida College of Medicine Clinical interests: Neurohospitalist, Stroke, or Neurocritical Care
	Min Qiao, MD Hometown: Carmel, IN Undergraduate: Indiana University School of Medicine Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine Clinical interests: Still deciding but currently neuro-ICU, neuromuscle, or movement disorders
	Michelle Rudman, MD, PhD Hometown: Houston, TX Undergraduate: University of South Carolina at Columbia Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Clinical interests: Dementia, Movement, and Neuromuscle
	Arup Sarma, MD, PhD Hometown: Vineland, NJ Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Medical School: University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine Clinical interests:
	Ana Vaquer, MD, PhD Hometown: San Juan, PR Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Clinical interests: Most likely Cognivite/Behavior
	Wendy Xiao, MD Hometown: Nashua, NH Undergraduate: Dartmouth College Medical School: New York University School of Medicine Clinical interests: Undecided
PGY-2
	Ravi Chopra, MD, PhD Hometown: Kenilworth, IL Undergraduate: Northwestern University Graduate: University of Michigan Medical School: University of Michigan Clinical interests: Undecided, but likely Neuromuscular, Movement, or Cognitive
	Jesse Crayle, MD Hometown: The Triangle, NC Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School: Duke University Clinical interests: TBD
	Maren Gregerson, MD Hometown: Des Moines, IA Undergraduate: Macalester College Medical School: Tulane University Clinical interests: Likely something in the fields of Neurocognition and/or Neuropalliative Care
	Tina Kiguradze, MD Hometown: Melbourne, FL Undergraduate: Florida Institute of Technology Medical School: University of Central Florida Clinical interests: Considering dementia, movement disorders, general neurology, academic neurology
	Gabrielle Lindley, MD Hometown: Daphne, AL Undergraduate: University of Alabama Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham Clinical interests: Considering Neuromuscle, Neuro-infectious diseases, Neuroimmunology Research Interests: TBD
	Sneha Narasimhan, MD, PhD Hometown: Allentown, PA Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania Graduate: University of Pennsylvania Medical School: University of Pennsylvania Clinical interests: dementia, movement disorders
	Kristina Rankine, MD Hometown: Manchester, Jamaica Undergraduate: Georgia Southern University Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University Clinical interests: Undecided
	Shashika Rodrigo, MD Hometown: Houston, TX Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveson Clinical interests: To be determined
	Georgia Shelton, MD, MPH Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil/Edmond, OK Undergraduate: Harvard University Graduate: University of Texas School of Public Health Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Clinical interests: I am an undifferentiated neuron, hoping to see what I grow into!
	Hannah Wang, MD Hometown: Edmond, OK Undergraduate: Cornell University Medical School: University of Oklahoma Clinical interests: TBD
	Wei Zhao, MD Hometown: Changsha, China Undergraduate: China Parmaceutical University Graduate: Drexel University Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Clinical interests: have not decided
PGY-1
	Christine Ashton, MD Hometown: NA military Undergraduate: Harvard College Medical School: Quinnipiac University Clinical interests: Movement
	Salena Cui, MD Hometown: Ottawa, Canada Undergraduate: Harvard University Graduate: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Clinical interests: undifferentiated
	Jared Goodman, MD, PhD Hometown: Gainesville, FL Undergraduate: Emory University Graduate: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (MD/PhD) Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (MD/PhD) Clinical interests: Undecided
	Alison Hixon, MD, PhD Hometown: Missoula, MT Undergraduate: University of Montana Medical School: University of Colorado Clinical interests: General Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Neuropalliative Care
	Kevin Hochstrasser, MD Hometown: Hamden, CT Undergraduate: Yale College Medical School: Emory School of Medicine Clinical interests: Sleep, Epilepsy
	Nesreen Jaafar, MD Hometown: Lebanon Undergraduate: Lebanese University Medical School: Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences Clinical interests: Neuromuscular Medicine
	Alan Li, MD Hometown: Chicago, IL Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago Clinical interests: Stroke, Endovascular, Neuro-hospitalist, Neurocritical care
	Talora Martin, MD Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Undergraduate: Grinnell College, IA Medical School: Case Western Reserve University Clinical interests: To be determined
	Amjad Samara, MD Hometown: Palestine Undergraduate: An-Najah National University Medical School: An-Najah National University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Clinical interests: Neuroimmunology or cognitive and behavioral neurology, and academic neurology
	Gabriel Vazquez Velez, MD, PhD Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico: Rio Piedras Campus Graduate: Baylor College of Medicine Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine Clinical interests: Movement disorders, Neuromuscle
	Humsini Viswanath, MD Hometown: Houston, TX Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine Clinical interests: Honestly, all of neuro, but if I had to pick my top 3 - I would say epilepsy, neuroimmunology, and neuro-ophthalmology.