AAN Section Leader Directory

A.B. Baker Section on Neurological Education   

• Dara V. Albert, DO – Chair
• Ana C. Felix, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Section       

• Bhooma Rajagopalan Aravamuthan, MD, PhD – Chair
• Jessica Sanders, MD – Vice Chair

Autoimmune Neurology Section             

• Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, FAS, FAAN – Chair
• Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Autonomic Nervous System Section       

• Elizabeth A. Coon, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Mitchell G. Miglis, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Section       

• David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANPA – Chair
• Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, FAAN – Vice Chair

Business Administration Section             

• Wendy Van Fossen, CPA – Chair
• Marianna Spanaki, MD, PhD, MBA – Vice Chair

Child Neurology Section              

• Donald L. Gilbert, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Sonika Agarwal, MD – Vice Chair

Clinical Neurophysiology Section            

• Ruple S. Laughlin, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Lynn Liu, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Critical Care & Emergency Neurology Section    

• Sayona John, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Endovascular & Interventional Neurology Section          

• Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD – Chair
• Kaustubh S. Limaye, MD – Vice Chair

Epilepsy Section              

• Ghazala Perven, MD – Chair
• Olga Selioutski, DO – Vice Chair

Ethics Section   

• Christian Gericke, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc, FAAN – Chair
• Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Aleem, MD – Vice Chair

Experimental Neurotherapeutics Section            

• Samuel A. Frank, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Lauren B. Reoma, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

General Neurology Section        

• Elizabeth A. Hartman, MD – Chair
• Pazhani Ranganathan, FRCP, FEBN, FEAN, FAAN – Vice Chair

Geriatric Neurology Section       

• Anitha Rao, MD – Chair
• Glen R. Finney, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Global Health Section   

• Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS – Chair
• Monica M. Diaz, MD – Vice Chair

Government Service Section     

• Xuesheng Feng, MD, PhD – Chair
• Brett J. Theeler, MD – Vice Chair

Headache & Facial Pain Section

• Noah Rosen, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Nina Riggins, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

History Section

• Alison Christy, MD PhD – Chair
• Alexis Simpkins, MD – Vice Chair

LGBTQI Section

• Wissam Georges Deeb, MD – Chair
• Z Paige Lerario, MD – Vice Chair

Movement Disorders Section    

• Indu Subramanian, MD – Chair
• Roy Alcalay, MD – Vice Chair

Multiple Sclerosis Section          

• Elliot M. Frohman, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Ajay S. Gupta, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Neural Repair & Rehabilitation Section

• Wayne W. Feng, MD – Chair
• Rahila Ansari, MD – Vice Chair

Neuroendocrinology Section    

• Makoto Ishii, MD, PhD – Chair
• Setty Magana, MD, PhD – Vice Chair

Neuroepidemiology Section      

• Rodolfo Savica, MD, PhD, FAAN – Chair

Neurogenetics Section 

• Deepa Rajan, MD – Chair
• Andrea Gropman, MD – Vice Chair

Neurohealth & Integrative Neurology Section   

• Rochelle I. Frank, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Carolyn Bernstein, MD – Vice Chair

Neurohospitalist Section            

• James Jordan, MD– Chair
• T. Scott Diesing, MD – Vice Chair

Neuroimaging Section  

• Ryan Hakimi, DO – Chair
• Joshua P. Klein, MD, PhD, FANA, FAAN – Vice Chair

Neuro-infectious Disease Section           

• Michael R. Wilson, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Kiran Thakur, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Neuromuscular Section

• Justin Kwan, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Teerin Liewluck, MD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Neuro-oncology Section              

• Nimish Mohile, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Katherine B. Peters, MD, PhD, FAAN – Vice Chair

Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology Section  

• Aileen Antonio, MD – Chair
• Nailyn Rasool, MD – Vice Chair

Pain Section      

• Kiran Rajneesh, MBBS – Chair
• Charles Argoff, MD– Vice Chair

Palliative Care Section  

• Claudia Chou, MD – Chair
• Hannah Louise Kirsch, MD– Vice Chair

Sleep Medicine Section

• Karin G. Johnson, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Joyce K. Lee-Iannotti, MD – Vice Chair

Spine Section   

• Ligia V. Onofrei, MD – Chair
• Ajay K. Misra, MD – Vice Chair

Sports Neurology Section           

• Shaetu Datta, MD – Chair
• Nitin K. Sethi, MD, MBBS, FAAN – Vice Chair

Stroke & Vascular Neurology Section     

• Andrew Russman, DO, FAAN – Chair
• Deepak Gulati, MD – Vice Chair

Underrepresented in Neurology Section              

• Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, MD, FAAN – Chair
• Alejandro Vargas, MD – Vice Chair

Women's Issues in Neurology Section   

• Christine Doss Esper, MD – Chair
• Regina Troxell, MD – Vice Chair