Meet Our Faculty
Stanford Medicine physcians and researchers
Neurosurgery
Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD, Chairman
Bernard and Ronni Lacroute–William Randolph Hearst Professor in Neurosurgery and the Neurosciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurology
John Adler, MD
The Dorothy and Thye King Chan Professor in Neurosurgery, Emeritus
Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Pak H. Chan, PhD
James R. Doty Professor in Neurosurgery and the Neurosciences, Emeritus
Steven D. Chang, MD
Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Professor in the Neurosciences in the Department of Neurosurgery
Lu Chen, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Samuel Cheshier, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
E.J. Chichilnisky, PhD
John R. Adler Professor of Neurosurgery
Yoon-Jae Cho, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology and of Neurosurgery
Bohdan W. Chopko, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Graham H. Creasey, MD
Paralyzed Veterans of America Professor, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Atman Desai, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Jun Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology
James R. Doty, MD, FACS, FICS, FAANS
Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery
Michael S.B. Edwards, MD, FAANS, FACS, FAAP
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Professor in Pediatric Neurosurgery and Professor, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, FACS
Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS, FAANS
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology Division Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery Vice-Chair for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Casey H. Halpern, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Psychiatry
Ciara D. Harraher, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Odette A. Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Griffith Harsh IV, MD, MBA
Associate Dean, Post-Graduate Medical Education Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Vice-Chair for Education
Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD, MAS Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Jaimie M. Henderson, MD
John and Jene Blume–Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor and Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology
Laurence Katznelson, MD
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education Professor, Neurosurgery and Medicine
Jin Hyung Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Neurosurgery and Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Marco Lee, MD, PhD
Chief, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Josh Levin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of PM&R Section, Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Gordon Li, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, Neurology
Jason I. Lifshutz, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Jessica Little, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Judith Murovic, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Theo Palmer, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Vice-Chair for Basic Research
Jon Park, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Randal Peoples, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Giles Plant, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
John Ratliff, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Vice-Chair for Clinical Operations and Development
Robert Sapolsky, PhD
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor and Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Gregory Scherrer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Merhdad Shamloo, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Comparative Medicine and Neurology
Lawrence Shuer, MD
Professor, Neurosurgery
Vice-Chair for Quality Improvement
Harminder Singh, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Stephen L. Skirboll, MD
Chief, Veteran Affairs
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Ivan Soltesz, PhD
Professor, Neurosurgery
Vice-Chair for Translational Research
Peter Tass, MD, PhD
Consulting Professor, Neurosurgery
Suzanne Tharin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Xinnan Wang, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Albert Wong, MD
Professor, Neurosurgery
Neurology (A-K)
Frank M. Longo, MD, PhD,
Chairman George E. and Lucy Becker Professor in Medicine; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Brajesh Agrawal, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Gregory Albers, MD
The Coyote Foundation Professor; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Katrin Andreasson, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Sheena K. Aurora, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Meredith Barad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Ben Barres, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Developmental Biology, and, by courtesy, Ophthalmology
John Barry, MD
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Shannon Beres, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, MSE
John E. Cahill Family Professor; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Axel Brunger, PhD
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Photon Science and, by courtesy, Structural Biology
Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD
Professor, Comparative Medicine and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Neurosurgery
Cynthia Campen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Steven Z. Chao, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
David Chen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
S. Charles Cho, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Yoon-Jae Cho, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Sarah Copeland, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Robert Cowan, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
John W. Day, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Pediatrics and, by courtesy, Pathology
Joanna Dearlove, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Gayle Deutsch, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Staff Neuropsychologist
Jun Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Leslie Dorfman, MD
Emeritus (Active) Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Lauren Drag, PhD
Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Dawn Chandra Duane, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jeffrey Dunn, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jorina M. Elbers, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Anna Finley Caulfield, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Paul G. Fisher, MD
Beirne Family Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Pediatrics and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery; Bing Director of the Program in Human Biology
Robert S. Fisher, MD, PhD
The Maslah Saul Professor; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Kara Flavin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jeff Fraser, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Paul George, MD, PhD
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences Neelam Goyal, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Kevin Graber, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Michael Greicius, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jin Hahn, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Pediatrics and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Scott Hamilton, PhD
Consulting Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
May Han, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Victor Henderson, MD, MS
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Health Research and Policy
Peter Heublein, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Nada Hindiyeh, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Karen Hirsch, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Kyle Hobbs, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Ting-Ting Huang, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
John Huguenard, PhD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Neurosurgery
Michelle James, PhD
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Radiology
Safwan Jaradeh, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Susy Shu-Hsin Jeng, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Peter Karzmark, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Neurology (K-Z)
Daniel Katzenberg, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Geoffrey Kerchner, MD, PhD
Consulting Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Shannon Kilgore, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Kathryn Kvam, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Maarten Lansberg, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Scheherazade Le, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jin Hyung Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery and Bioengineering
Leslie H. Lee, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Christopher W. Lee-Messer, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Leland Lim, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Melanie Lising, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Ling Liu, PhD
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Seoni Llanes, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Christopher Lock, MBBS, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jaime López, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Katherine Mackenzie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Steven McIntire, MD, PhD
Consulting Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Kimford Meador, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Mitchell Miglis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Pathology
Hokuto Morita, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Martha Morrell, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Srikanth Muppidi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Seema Nagpal, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Viet Nguyen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Donald Max Olson, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences (Emeritus)
Sonia Partap, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Josef Parvizi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Brenda Porter, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Kathleen Poston, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
David Prince, MD
Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Thomas Rando, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Babak Razavi, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Lawrence Recht, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Richard Reimer, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Kamala Rodrigues, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Sarada Sakamuri, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jacinda Sampson, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Veronica Santini, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Robert Sapolsky, PhD
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor; Professor, Biology, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, and Neurosurgery
Neil Schwartz, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Neurosurgery
Sharon Sha, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Carly Siskind, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Senior Genetic Counselor
Yuen So, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Lawrence Steinman, MD
George A. Zimmermann Professor; Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Pediatrics
John Sum, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Leon Tan, MD
Clinical Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Simon Tan, PsyD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Carolina Tesi Rocha, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
James Tetrud, MD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Darryl Thomander, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Reena Thomas, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Neurosurgery
Keith P. Van Haren, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Chitra Venkatasubramanian, MBBS, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Nirali Vora, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Joanna Wallace, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Juliane Winkelmann, MD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Courtney Jane Wusthoff, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Pediatrics (Neonatology)
Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD
Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Laurice Yang, MD, MHA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Yanmin Yang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Maya Yutsis, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Penelope Zeifert, PhD
Clinical Professor, (Affiliated) Neurology & Neurological Sciences; Chief, Neuropsychology Services; Co-Director, Stanford Center for Memory Disorders
Neuroimaging and Neurointerventional Radiology
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD,
PhD, Chairman Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research; Professor, Radiology – Nuclear Medicine and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering and of Materials Science and Engineering; Chair, Department of Radiology
Patrick Barnes, MD
Professor, Radiology, Med Center Line and Pediatric Radiology; Chief, Pediatric Neuroradiology
Huy Do, MD
Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology and Med Center Line and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery
Robert Dodd, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Med Center Line
Nancy Fischbein, MD
Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology and Med Center Line and, by courtesy, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery), Neurosurgery, and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jeremy Heit, MD
Clinical Instructor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Michael Iv, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Christine Kim, MD
Clinical Instructor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Michael P. Marks, MD
Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery Chief, Interventional Neuroradiology
Tarik Massoud, MD, PhD
Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology and Med Center Line
Zina Payman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Eric Tranvinh, MD
Clinical Instructor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Max Wintermark, MD
Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology, Med Center Line; Chief, Neuroradiology
Kristen Yeom, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiology – Pediatric Neuroradiology and Med Center Line
Greg Zaharchuk, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Michael Zeineh, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
New Physicians
The Stanford Neuroscience Health Center is a comprehensive care destination for all neuroscience patients, delivering integrated and coordinated outpatient services in neurology, neurosurgery, and interventional neuroradiology. Our Stanford Medicine physicians see over 50,000 patients annually, and are available to work with you and your patients to offer specialized care. To refer patients, call: 650-723-6469.
Atman Desai, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Christopher B. Lock, MBBS, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Jeremy J. Heit, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Radiology
Dr. Desai provides comprehensive spine care and neurosurgery to treat adults with spinal trauma, disease and/or deformity. He focuses on the surgical treatment of spinal tumors, spinal degenerative disease and spinal deformity, and has particular interest in computer-assisted and minimally invasive surgical approaches.
Dr. Lock specializes in the care of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), seeing patients in the MS and Neuro-Immunology Clinic. His clinical expertise is in the management of brain and nervous system conditions in which the immune system interacts with the central nervous system to cause disease.
Dr. Heit, an interventional neuroradiologist, specializes in the treatment of patients with stroke, brain aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations, brain and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae, carotid artery stenosis, vertebral body compression fractures and congenital vascular malformations. He treats these conditions using minimally-invasive, image-guided procedures and stateof-the-art technology.