AAN 2025-2027 SECTION LEADER DIRECTORY
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A.B. Baker Section on Neurological Education
Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Section
- Jessica Solomon Sanders, MD - Chair
- Susanna Mierau, MD, PhD - Vice Chair
Autoimmune Neurology Section
- Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD, FAAN - Chair
- Anastasia Zekeridou, MD, PhD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Autonomic Nervous System Section
- Mitch Miglis, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Melissa Cortez, DO - Vice Chair
Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Section
- Parichita Choudhury, MD - Chair
- Anthony Davis, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Business Administration Section
- Wendy Van Fossen, CPA - Chair
- Mohamad Asaad Nasri, MD - Vice Chair
Child Neurology Section
- Donald Gilbert, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Sonika Agarwal, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Clinical Neurophysiology Section
- Lynn Liu, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Valerie Reid, MD - Vice Chair
Critical Care & Emergency Neurology Section
- Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Jorge Ortiz-Garcia, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Endovascular & Interventional Neurology Section
- Kaustubh Limaye, MD - Chair
- Jaidevsinh Dolia, MD - Vice Chair
Epilepsy Section
- Olga Selioutski, DO - Chair
- Neel Fotedar, MD - Vice Chair
Ethics Section
- Richard Feng, MD, PhD, FAAN - Chair
- Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Aleem, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Experimental Neurotherapeutics Section
- Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD - Chair
- Lauren Reoma, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
General Neurology Section
- Anil Neelakantan, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Niranjan Singh, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Geriatric Neurology Section
- Glen Finney, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Irina Skylar-Scott, MD - Vice Chair
Global Health Section
- Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS - Chair
- Monica Diaz, MD - Vice Chair
Government Service Section
- Jennifer Crum-Bailey, MD - Chair
- Rohit Das, MD, FAAN - 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
- Roshni A. Patel, MD - Chair
- Gwen Ziegler, DO - Vice Chair
Movement Disorders Section
- Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS - Chair
- Zain Guduru, MD, FAAN, FANA - Vice Chair
Multiple Sclerosis Section
- Elliot Frohman, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Afsaneh Shirani, MD - Vice Chair
Neural Repair & Rehabilitation Section
- Rahila Ansari, MD - Chair
- Sujani Bandela, MD - Vice Chair
Neuroendocrinology Section
- Makoto Ishii, MD, PhD – Chair
Neuroepidemiology Section
- Christian Gericke, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc, FAAN - Chair
- Rodolfo Savica, MD, PhD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Neurogenetics Section
- Kuntal Sen, MD - Chair
- Andrea Gropman, MD - Vice Chair
Neurohealth & Integrative Neurology Section
- Carolyn Bernstein, MD - Chair
- Sushma Kola, MD - Vice Chair
Neurohospitalist Section
- Kristin Galetta, MD - Chair
- Nurose Karim, MD - Vice Chair
Neuroimaging Section
- Joshua Klein, MD, PhD, FANA, FAAN - Chair
- Ryan Hakimi, DO, FAAN - Vice Chair
Neuro-infectious Disease Section
- Kiran Thakur, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Prashanth Ramachandran, MBBS - Vice Chair
Neuromuscular Section
- Hani Kushlaf, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Justin Kwan, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Neuro-oncology Section
- Katherine Peters, MD, PhD, FAAN - Chair
- Alissa Thomas, MD, FAAN - Vice Chair
Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology Section
- Aileen Antonio, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Nailyn Rasool, MD - Vice Chair
Pain Section
- Sahil Gupta, MD - Chair
- Nathaniel Schuster, MD - Vice Chair
Palliative Care Section
- Claudia Chou, MD – Chair
- Hannah Louise Kirsch, MD– Vice Chair
Sleep Medicine Section
- Joyce Lee-Iannotti, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Margaret (Meg) Kay-Stacey, MD - Vice Chair
Spine Section
- Ligia Onofrei, MD - Chair
- Ayushi Chugh, MD - Vice Chair
Sports Neurology Section
- Johnathan Shaffer, MD - Chair
- Abraham Chileuitt, MD - Vice Chair
Stroke & Vascular Neurology Section
- Amre Nouh, MD, FAAN - Chair
- Dinesh Jillella, MD - Vice Chair
Underrepresented in Neurology Section
- Alejandro Vargas, MD, MS - Chair
- Erick Tarula, MD - Vice Chair
Women's Issues in Neurology Section
- Christine Esper, MD, FANA, FAAN - Chair
- Yara Mikhaeil-Demo, MD - Vice Chair