There are more than 50 faculty members involved in the teaching of residents within all of our rotation sites, including the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute, the UConn Health Department of Neurology, Connecticut Children’s, Hospital for Special Care, and Hartford Neurology, LLC.
Professor and Chairman
![L. John Greenfield, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/12/L-John-Greenfield.jpg)
L John Greenfield, Jr, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Neurology, UConn Health
Professor and Chair, UConn Health Brain & Spine Institute
Academic Chair, Hartford Hospital
Specialty: Epilepsy
![Mark Alberts, M.D., F.A.H.A.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/01/bio_mark_alberts.jpg)
Mark Alberts, M.D., FAHA
Physician-in-Chief, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford HealthCare
Specialty: Cerebrovascular Disease
Residency Program Director
![Erica A. Schuyler, M.D., FAAN, FANA](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/12/Schuyler.jpg)
Erica A. Schuyler, M.D., FAAN, FANA
Hartford HealthCare
Residency Program Director
Specialty: Epilepsy, EEG
Other Program Leadership
![Matthew Jaffa, D.O.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/07/Jaffa_160_208.jpg)
Matthew Jaffa, D.O.
Hartford Hospital Site Director
Hartford HealthCare
Specialty: Neurocritical Care
![Jose Antonio Montes-Rivera, MD](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/07/Montes_Rivera.jpg)
Jose Montes-Rivera, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
Neurology Residency Program Site Director, UConn Health
Specialty: Epilepsy
![Karan Tarasaria, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/03/Tarasaria_Karan_160_208.jpg)
Karan Tarasaria, M.D.
Residency Curriculum Specialist
Hartford HealthCare
Specialty: Vascular Neurology
![Chindhuri Selvadurai, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/03/Selvadurai_Chindhuri_160_208.jpg)
Chindhuri Selvadurai, M.D.
Neurology Clerkship Director
UConn Health
Specialty: Epilepsy/EEG
![Marie Carl Eugene, D.O.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/08/Eugene-Marie.jpg)
Marie Carl Eugene, D.O.
Clinical Principal
UConn Health
Specialty: Epilepsy/EEG
Teaching Faculty by Specialty
Cerebrovascular Disease
![Isaac E. Silverman, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/08/Silverman_Isaac.jpg)
Isaac E. Silverman, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare/Hartford Neurology, LLC
![Ajay Tunguturi, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/08/Tunguturi_Ajay.jpg)
Ajay Tunguturi, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Epilepsy/EEG
![Yan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/08/Zhang_Yan.jpg)
Yan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Movement Disorders
![Bernardo M. Rodrigues, M.D., Ph.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/03/Rodrigues-Bernordo-10-16-15-JGelineau-074.jpg)
Bernardo Rodrigues, M.D., Ph.D.
UConn Health
Neurocritical Care
Neuro-Immunology
![Brian Wong, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/08/Wong_Brian.jpg)
Brian Wong, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Neurointerventional Radiology
Neuromuscular Disease/EMG
![Amanda L. Hernandez, M.D., Ph.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/03/Hernandez_Jones_Amanda_160_208.jpg)
Amanda L. Hernandez, M.D., Ph.D.
UConn Health
Sports Neurology
Headache
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Neuro-Oncology
Dementia/Cognitive Disorders
![Izabella Shuvayev](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/07/Smith_160_208.jpg)
Cherish Smith, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Neuro-Hospitalist
![Steven Bondi, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/03/Bondi_Steven_160-208.jpg)
Steven Bondi, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare/Hartford Neurology, LLC
![Mohammed El-Hunjul, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/08/El-Hunjul_Mohammed.jpg)
Mohammed El-Hunjul, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
![Vladislav Zayas, M.D.](https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-medical-education/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/10/Zayas_Vladislav_160_208.jpg)
Vladislav Zayas, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Child Neurology
Neurosurgery
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Emeritus Faculty
Pasquale Finelli, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Specialty: Information Retrieval in Clinical Neurosciences
Leslie Wolfson, M.D.
UConn Health
Specialty: Geriatric Neurology; Balance and Gait Disorders