Faculty

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.

L. John Greenfield, M.D.
Chair, Department of Neurology, UConn Health
Academic Chair, Hartford Hospital
Specialty: Epilepsy

Mark Alberts, M.D., F.A.H.A.

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

Erica A. Schuyler, M.D., FAAN, FANA
Hartford HealthCare
Residency Program Director
Specialty: Epilepsy, EEG

Associate Residency Program Directors

Catherine Hosley, M.D.

Catherine Hosley, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Specialty: Cerebrovascular Disease

Jose Antonio Montes-Rivera, MD

Jose Montes-Rivera, M.D.
UConn Health
Specialty: Epilepsy

Neurology Clerkship Director

Marie Carl Eugene, D.O.

Marie Carl Eugene, D.O.
UConn Health
Specialty: Epilepsy/EEG

Teaching Faculty by Specialty

Cerebrovascular Disease

Daniyal Asad, M.D.

Daniyal Asad, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Hou, M.D., Ph.D

Yan Hou, M.D., Ph.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Sanjay Mittal, M.D.

Sanjay Mittal, M.D.
UConn Health

Gracia Mui, M.D.

Gracia Mui, M.D.
UConn Health

Priya Narwal, M.D.

Priya Narwal, M.D.
UConn Health

Isaac E. Silverman, M.D.

Isaac E. Silverman, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare/Hartford Neurology, LLC

Karan Tarasaria, M.D.

Karan Tarasaria, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Ajay Tunguturi, M.D.

Ajay Tunguturi, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Epilepsy/EEG

Swetha Ade, M.D.

Swetha Ade, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Sarah Meira Benchaya, M.D.

Sarah Meira Benchaya, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Lawrence Hudson, M.D.

Lawrence Hudson, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Lisa Knopf, M.D.

Lisa Knopf, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Gabriel Martz, M.D.

Gabriel Martz, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Meghan Ward, M.D.

Meghan Ward, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Yan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

Yan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Movement Disorders

Michelle Dagostine, M.D.

Michelle Dagostine, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Joy Antonelle de Marcaida, M.D.

Joy Antonelle de Marcaida, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Jeffrey Lahrmann, M.D.

Jeffrey Lahrmann, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Sulada Kanchana, M.D., Ph.D.

Sulada Kanchana, M.D., Ph.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Duarte Machado, M.D.

Duarte Machado, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Maria Luisa Moro-de-Casillas, M.D.

Neurocritical Care

Yu Au, M.D.

Yu Au, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Gracia Mui, M.D.

Gracia Mui, M.D.
UConn Health

Augusto Parra, M.D.

Augusto Parra, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Matthew Jaffa, D.O.

Matthew Jaffa, D.O.
Hartford HealthCare

Syeda Dania Shujaat, M.D.

Syeda Dania Shujaat, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Adam Waddell, M.D.

Adam Waddell, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Neuro-Immunology

Hamza Coban, M.D.

Hamza Coban, M.D.
UConn Health

Jaime Imitola, M.D.

Jaime Imitola, M.D.
UConn Health

Brian Wong, M.D.

Brian Wong, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Neurointerventional Radiology

Charles Bruno, Jr., D.O.

Charles Bruno, Jr., D.O.
Jefferson Radiology

Martin Ollenschleger, M.D.

Martin Ollenschleger, M.D.
Jefferson Radiology

Tapan Mehta, M.D.

Tapan Mehta, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Leo J. Wolansky, M.D.

Leo Wolansky, M.D.
UConn Health

Neuromuscular Disease/EMG

Lucas Meira Benchaya, M.D.

Lucas Meira Benchaya, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Lawrence Bluth, M.D.

Lawrence Bluth, M.D.
Hartford Neurology, LLC

Hospital for Special Care

Kevin J. Felice, D.O., FAAN

Kevin J. Felice, D.O., FAAN
Hospital for Special Care

Sports Neurology

Anthony G. Alessi, M.D.

Anthony Alessi, M.D.
UConn Health

Stephanie Alessi-LaRosa, M.D.

Headache

Nicole Gill, D.O.

Nicole Gill, D.O.
Hartford HealthCare

Brian Grosberg, M.D.

Brian Grosberg, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Valeriya Klats, M.D.

Valeriya Klats, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Sandya Mehla, M.D.

Sandya Mehla, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Allison Verhaak, Ph.D.

Allison Verhaak, Ph.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Lakshmi Leishangthem, M.D.
David Waltzman, M.D.

David Waitzman, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Neuro-Oncology

Kevin Becker, M.D., Ph.D.
Alexis Demopoulos, M.D.

Alexis Demopoulos, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Dementia/Cognitive Disorders

Izabella Shuvayev

Izabella Shuvayev, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Neuro-Hospitalist

Steven Bondi, M.D.

Steven Bondi, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare/Hartford Neurology, LLC

Mohammed El-Hunjul, M.D.

Mohammed El-Hunjul, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Edouard Kamel, M.D.

Edouard Kamel, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Douglas McAdams, M.D.

Douglas McAdams, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Vladislav Zayas, M.D.

Vladislav Zayas, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Child Neurology

Gyula Acsadi, M.D.

Gyula Acsadi, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s

Francis J. DiMario, Jr., M.D.

Francis J. DiMario, Jr., M.D.
Connecticut Children’s

Louisa Kalsner, M.D.

Louisa Kalsner, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s

Jennifer Madan Cohen, M.D.

Jennifer Madan Cohen, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s

Mark L. Schomer, M.D.

Mark L. Schomer, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s

Richard Young, M.D., M.P.H.

Richard Young, M.D., M.P.H.
Connecticut Children’s

Neurosurgery

Ketan R. Bulsara, M.D., M.B.A.

Ketan Bulsara, M.D.
UConn Health

Mohamad Khaled, M.D.

Mohamad Khaled, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Brendan Killory, M.D., FAANS

Brendan Killory, M.D., FAANS
Hartford HealthCare

Inam Kureshi, M.D.

Inam Kureshi, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

David Monti, MD

David Monti, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Subramani Seetharama, M.D.

Subramani Seetharama, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare

Emeritus Faculty

Pasquale Finelli, M.D.
Hartford HealthCare
Specialty: Information Retrieval in Clinical Neurosciences

David Waitzman, M.D.
UConn Health
Specialty: Neuro-Ophthalmology

Leslie Wolfson, M.D.
UConn Health
Specialty: Geriatric Neurology; Balance and Gait Disorders