The Faculty
Each professor's name is an e-mail link.
A detailed description of each professor's research is available by following the links entitled "Research Interests" in each professor's listing.
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The Department Chair
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 Karen C. Johnston, M.D., M.Sc.
- (434) 924-5323
Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences and Department of Neurology Chair
Additional Duties: Vice Chair for Research , Department of Neurology
M.D. Degree: University of Rochester, 1991 - M.Sc. Degree: Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research; University of Virginia, 1999
Residency: Neurology, University of Rochester
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular Disease, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1996; Cerebrovascular Disease, 2005
Clinical Interest: Cerebrovascular disease
Research Interests: Acute stroke care, clinical trials, and outcomes
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The Faculty
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James P. Bennett Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
- (434) 924-8374
Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology and Psychiatric Research
Additional Duties: Director, Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ph.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins University, 1977
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins University, 1974
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Pharmacology (Ph.D.), Johns Hopkins University
Certification: Neurology, 1993
Clinical Interests: Movement disorders, neuropharmacology
Research Interests: Mechanisms of neurodegeneration
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Edward H. Bertram, III, M.D. - (434) 924-5233
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Neurology
M.D. Degree: University of North Carolina, 1980
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowships: EEG and Evoked Potentials, University of Virginia; Experimental Epilepsy, University of Virginia
Certifications: Clinical Neurophysiology, 1987; Neurology, 1990; Clinical Neurophysiology, 1992
Clinical Interests: Epilepsy surgery; clinical neurophysiology, including long-term EEG monitoring; epilepsy and disorders of altered consciousness; refractory seizures
Research Interest: Experimental Epilepsy
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Ted M. Burns, M.D.
- (434) 982-0170
- Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, Neurology Residency Program
M.D. Degree: University of Kansas, 1994
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Peripheral Nerve Disease, Mayo Clinic; Neuromuscular Disease & Electromyography, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1999; Clinical Neurophysiology, 2003
Clinical Interests: Neuromuscular Disease, peripheral neuropathy, plexopathy, myasthenia gravis, ALS, myopathy
Research Interests: Neuromuscular disease, especially peripheral neuropathy, plexopathy, myasthenia gravis, ALS
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Nathan B. Fountain, M.D. - (434) 243-6281
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, F.E. Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
M.D. Degree: University of Iowa; 1989
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Epilepsy/EEG, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1995; Clinical neurophysiology, 1997
Clinical Interest: Adult and Child Epilepsy
Research Interests: Experimental antiepileptic drugs, clinical neurophysiology
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Kathleen L. Fuchs, Ph.D. - Office: (434) 982-1012
- Fax: (434) 982-1996
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Additional Duties: Member of Univ. of Virginia Human Investigations Committee
Ph.D. Degree: University of Houston, 2000
Fellowship: Neuropsychology, University of Virginia
Clinical Interest: Neuropsychology, dementia, multiple sclerosis, general cognitive disorders, psychotherapy
Research Interests: Mild Cognitive Impairment, dementia, multiple sclerosis, memory, executive functioning
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David S. Geldmacher, M.D.
- (434) 924-5548
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, Memory Disorder Program; Medical Director, Memory Disorder Clinic
M.D. Degree: State University of New York at Syracuse, 1986
Residency: Neurology, Case Western Reserve University of Virginia
Fellowship: Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, University of Florida
Certifications: Neurology, 1992
Clinical Interests: Behavioral Neurology, dementia
Research Interest: Visual and spatial processing, dementia drug development
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Myla D. Goldman, M.D.
- (434) 924-8371
- Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology
M.D. Degree: Rush Medical College, 1999
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Clinical Neuroimmunology, Mellen Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Certification: Neurology
Clinical Interests: Multiple sclerosis
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Howard P. Goodkin, M.D., Ph.D.
- (434) 924-8378
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology
Ph.D. Degree: Washington University, 1995
M.D. Degree: Washington University, 1995
Residency: Pediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital (Boston)
Fellowship: Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital (Boston) - Certifications: Neurology with special certification in Child Neurology, 2002; Clinical Neurophysiology, 2003
Clinical Interests: Epilepsy, pediatric neurology - Research Interest: Status epilepticus
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E. Clarke Haley Jr., M.D.
- (434) 924-8041
Faculty Rank: Alumni Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Additional Duties: Director, Neurovascular Laboratory; Medical Director, Stroke Center
M.D. Degree: Tulane University, 1975
Residencies: Internal Medicine and Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital
Certifications: Internal Medicine, 1978; Neurology, 1985
Clinical Interests: Stroke - Research Interest: Acute stroke intervention
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Madaline B. Harrison, M.D.
- (434) 924-5568
Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, Huntington's Disease Clinic
M.D. Degree: University of Miami, 1983
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowships: Brain Metabolism, University of Miami; Neuropharmacology/ Movement Disorders, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1990
Clinical Interests: Movement disorders, general neurology
Research Interests: Neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy
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J. Stephen Huff, M.D.
- (434) 924-5568
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology
M.D. Degree: Indiana University School of Medicine, 1979
Residencies: Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Certification: Neurology, 1988; Emergency Medicine 1986, 1996
Clinical Interests: Emergency Medicine
Research Interest:Status Epilepticus, Acute stroke, Educational technologies
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Jaideep Kapur, M.D., Ph.D.
- (434) 924-2438
Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology
M.D. Degree: University of Delhi, India, 1985
Ph.D. Degree: University of Virginia, 1988
Residency: Neurology, Medical College of Virginia
Fellowship: Clinical neurophysiology/Epilepsy, University of Michigan
Certifications: Neurology, 1994; Clinical Neurophysiology, 1996
Clinical Interest: Treatment of epilepsy
Research Interests: Pathophysiology of status epilepticus and epilepsy
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Daniel G. Larriviere, M.D., J.D.
- (434) 924-5548
- Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology
M.D. Degree: Baylor College of Medicine, 1998 - Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
- Fellowship: Neurology, University of Virginia
Greenwall Bioethics and Health Policy Fellow, Johns Hopkins University - Clinical Interests: Neuromuscular Disease
Research Interests: Health care policy, professionalism, medical error reporting systems, ethics
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Ivan S. Login, M.D.
- (434) 924-5535
Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology
M.D. Degree: Cornell University, 1971
Residencies: Intenal Medicine, Pennsylvania State University; Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Research Fellow in Neuroendocrinology, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1978
Clinical Interests: Clinical neurology
Research Interests: Headache, migraine
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Carol A. Manning, Ph.D.
- (434) 982-1012
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Neurology and Nursing
Additional Duties: Director, Neuropsychology Laboratory; Co-Director, Memory Disorders Clinic
Ph.D. Degree: University of Texas, 1990
Residency: Clinical Psychology, University of Virginia
Fellowships: Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Virginia; Clinical Neuropsychology; Geriatric Neuropsychiatry, University of Virginia
Clinical Interests: Neuropsychology, clinical psychology, dementia, depression
Research Interests: Disorders of memory and cognition, dementia
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Barnett R. Nathan, M.D.
- (434) 924-8378
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology
M.D. Degree: Hahnemann University, 1992
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowships: Neurologic Intensive Care / Infectious Disease, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1997
Clinical Interests: Neurological & neurosurgical critical care, infections of the nervous system, stroke
Research Interests: Experimental meningitis & brain abscess, the role of substance P & nitric oxide on microglia in CNS inflammation
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Lawrence H. Phillips II, M.D.
- (434) 924-5361
Faculty Rank: T.R. Johns Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, Electromyography Laboratory; Director, Neuromuscular Section
M.D. Degree: West Virginia University, 1974
Residency: Neurology, Mayo Clinic
Fellowship: Neurophysiology, Mayo Clinic
Certifications: Neurology, 1983; Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1989; Clinical Neurophysiology, 1992
Clinical Interests: Neuromuscular diseases, electromyography
Research Interests: Neuromuscular diseases, especially myasthenia gravis and ALS, neuroepidemiology
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Benjamin Purow, M.D. - (434) 982-4415
- Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1996 - Residency: Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center
- Fellowships: Neuro-oncology, National Institutes of Health Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, National Institutes of Health
- Certifications: Pediatrics; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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Mark S. Quigg, M.D.
- (434) 924-5312
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, EEG/Intensive Monitoring/Evoked Potential Laboratories; Faculty, NSF Center for Biological Timing
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia, 1990
Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowship: EEG/Epilepsy, University of Virginia
Certifications: Neurology, 1995; clinical Neurophysiology, 1996
Clinical Interests: Adult and Child Epilepsy, clinical electroencephalography
Research Interests: Epilepsy surgery, chronobiology of epilepsy
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Robert S. Rust, Jr., M.D.
- (434) 924-5538
Faculty Rank: Thomas E. Worrall, Jr. Professor in Epileptology and Neurology, and Professor of Pediatrics
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia, 1981
Residencies: Pediatrics, Yale University; Neurology, Washington University
Fellowship: Neurochemistry, Neonatal Neurology, and Brain Metabolism, Washington University
Certifications: Pediatrics, 1988; Neurology/Child Neurology, 1988
Clinical Interests: epilepsy, headache, neonatal neurology, degenerative disorders
Research Interests: epilepsy, headache, neonatal neurology, degenerative disorders, clinical pharmacology
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David Schiff, M.D. - (434) 982-4415
- Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Internal Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
M.D. Degree: Harvard Medical School, 1988 Residency: Neurology, Harvard-Longwood
Fellowships: Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Neuro-Oncology, Mayo Clinic - Certifications: Neurology, 1994
Clinical Interests: Neuro-Oncology - Research Interest: Brain tumor clinical trials, brain tumor epidemiology
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Virginia I. Simnad, M.D.
- (434) 924-2632
Faculty Rank: Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology; Clinical Director, James Q. Miller Consultative Multiple Sclerosis Center
M.D. Degree: University of North Carolina, 1993
Residency: Neurology, University of Utah
Fellowship: Electromyography/Neuromuscular Disease, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1999
Clinical Interests: Clinical adult neurology, electromyography, neuromuscular disease
Research Interests: Neuroimmunology; Clinical trials in Multiple Sclerosis
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Nina J. Solenski, M.D.
- (434) 924-1182
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor in Neurology
M.D. Degree: Jefferson Medical College, 1989
Residency: Neurology, University Of Virginia
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular Disease, University Of Virginia - Certification: Neurology, 2001
Clinical Interest: Cerebrovascular disease
Research Interest: Mechanisms of transient cerebral ischemia, reperfusion injury, mitochondria
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Patricia A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
- (434) 924-9116
Faculty Rank: Research Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Additional Duties: Director, Core Laboratory of the Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ph.D. Degree: University of Maryland
Fellowships: Pharmacology, University of North Carolina; Neuroscience, University of Virginia
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases and regeneration
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G. Frederick Wooten, M.D.
- (434) 924-8369
Faculty Rank: Professor of Neurology
Additional Duties: Director, Movement Disorders Center
M.D. Degree: Cornell University, 1970
Residency: Neurology, Cornell University
Fellowship: Pharmacology, National Institutes of Mental Health
Certification: Neurology, 1977
Clinical Interests: Movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tremor
Research Interests : Neuropharmacology of dopamine: etiology of PD
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Bradford B. Worrall, M.D., M.Sc.
- (434) 924-2783
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology and Health Evaluation Sciences
M.D. Degree: Emory University, 1993
M.Sc. Degree: Health Evaluation Sciences, Epidemiology; University of Virginia, 2001
Residency: Neurology, Columbia University
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular Neurology, University of Virginia
Certification: Neurology, 1998
Clinical Interests: Cerebrovascular disease, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, CADASIL and other genetic stroke syndromes, prion diseases
Research Interests: Genetics, inflammation in stroke and other neurological diseases, ethical and methodological issues in genetic research
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Division of Pediatric Neurology
The Division Head
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W. Davis Parker Jr., M.D.
- (434) 924-5548
Faculty Rank: Eugene Meyer, III Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
M.D. Degree: University of South Florida, 1974
Residencies: Pediatrics, University of South Florida; Neurology, University of Virginia
Fellowships: Clinical Genetics, University of Virginia; Metabolic Disease, University of Colorado; Mitochondrial Biochemistry (MDA Fellowship), University of Colorado
Certification: Neurology/Child Neurology, 1981
Clinical Interests: Pediatric neurology, metabolic genetics
Research Interests: Mitochondrial genetics, neurodegenerative disease
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The Faculty
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Howard P. Goodkin, M.D., Ph.D.
- (434) 924-8378
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology
Ph.D. Degree: Washington University, 1995
M.D. Degree: Washington University, 1995
Residency: Pediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital (Boston)
Fellowship: Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital (Boston) - Certifications: Neurology with special certification in Child Neurology, 2002; Clinical Neurophysiology, 2003
Clinical Interests: Epilepsy, pediatric neurology
Research Interest: Status epilepticus
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Robert S. Rust, Jr., M.A., M.D.
- (434) 924-5538
Faculty Rank: Thomas E. Worrall, Jr. Professor in Epileptology and Neurology, and Professor of Pediatrics
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia, 1981
Residencies: Pediatrics, Yale University; Neurology, Washington University
Fellowship: Neurochemistry, Neonatal Neurology, and Brain Metabolism, Washington University
Certifications: Pediatrics, 1988; Neurology/Child Neurology, 1988
Clinical Interests: epilepsy, headache, neonatal neurology, degenerative disorders
Research Interests: Epilepsy, headache, neonatal neurology, degenerative disorders, clinical pharmacology
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William C. Taft, M.D., Ph.D.
- (434) 982-4044
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Neurology
Ph.D. Degree: Medical College of Georgia, 1982 - M.D. Degree: University of Texas Houston, 1998
- Residency: Neurology, University of Virginia;
Clinical Interests:Epilepsy, pediatric neurology
Research Interests:Epilepsy, pediatric neurology
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