Welcome to the Department of Neurology

 

Faculty

Welcome to the Department of Neurology

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Alan, MD Professor Emergency neurology, behavioral neurology and stroke Neuropsychiatric syndromes and stroke prevention Bennett, Jeffrey L., MD, PhD Professor Neuro Ophthalmology Antigen identification in optic neuritis and ocular inflammatory disorders Berman, Brian D., MD, MS Assistant Professor Movement disorders Pathophysiology of movement disorders such as Parkinson disease and Dystonia Bosque, Patrick J., MD Associate Professor Movement disorders Prion diseases of humans and animals, and neurodegenerative diseases Burgoon, Mark P., PhD Associate Research Professor   Humoral immune response in CNS of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients Clarke, Penny, PhD Research Professor   Investigation of mechanism of reovirus-induced apoptosis Cohrs, Randall J., PhD Research Professor   Analysis of varicella zoster virus latency Corboy, John R., MD Professor Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Immunotherapies and biomarkers in MS Damek, Denise M., MD Associate Professor Neuro Oncology Experimental drug therapy of central nervous system tumors Drees, Cornelia N., MD Assistant Professor Adult Epilepsy Intraoperative Monitoring Surgical treatment of epilepsy, including hemispherectomy, in adults. Practice improvement in epilepsy, improving treatment of status epilepticus. Anticonvulsant effects of SSRIs. Filley, Christopher M., MD Professor and Chief of Neurology, Denver VA Medical Center Behavioral neurology including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and traumatic brain injury Neurobehavioral aspects of white matter disorders Frey, Lauren C., MD Assistant Professor Epilepsy Dr. Frey’s research interests include not only the processes by which people develop epilepsy after traumatic brain injury, but also the cognitive and mood symptoms that often accompany epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic seizures. Gilden, Donald H., MD Louise Baum Professor Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and CNS infectious diseases Varicella zoster virus latency and antigen identification in MS Hughes, Richard L., MD Professor Stroke and critical care Clinical trials on stroke intervention Jackson, Leila J., PhD Assistant Research Professor   Mechanisms mediating neuroimmunological diseases and modes of action of current and future therapeutics Jones, William J., MD Assistant Professor and Director of Inpatient Services Stroke Neurohospitalist   Klepitskaya, Olga S., MD Assistant Professor Movement disorders Surgical treatment of movement disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, DBS outcomes Kluger, Benzi M., MD, MS Assistant Professor Behavioral neurology, movement disorders, and Botox therapy Application of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) to understand non-motor symptoms of Parkinson disease and other neuropsychiatric illnesses Leehey, Maureen A., MD Professor Movement disorders and Botox therapy FMR1 related neurodegeneration and clinical trials in movement disorders Liewluck, Teerin, MD Assistant Professor Neuromuscular diseases Genetics of muscular dystrophies, myofibrillar myopathies and adult-onset congenital myopathies; amyloid myopathies with or without systemic amyloidosis; neuromuscular hyperexcitability syndromes including peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH) syndromes with or without voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex-autoimmunity; congenital myasthenic syndrome Maa, Edward H., MD Assistant Professor Adult epilepsy and epilepsy surgery High altitude effects on seizures and other neurological conditions Mahalingam, Ravi, PhD Research Professor   Varicella latency, pathogenesis and reactivation Miravalle, Augusto A., MD Assistant Professor Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Immunotherapies in MS Nagel, Maria A., MD Assistant Professor General neurology, postherpetic neuralgia, and CNS infectious diseases Varicella zoster virus latency and reactivation Neville, Hans E., MD Professor Emeritus Neuromuscular diseases Clinical trials for treatment of ALS Ney, Douglas E., MD Assistant Professor Neuro Oncology Novel treatments for central nervous system tumors O’Brien, Chantal M., MD Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Student Training Epilepsy   Owens, Gregory P., PhD Research Professor   Role of the B cell response in multiple sclerosis (MS) Pelak, Victoria S., MD Associate Professor and Director of Residency Program Neuro-ophthalmology Effects of aging and dementia on visual processing Poisson, Sharon N., MD Assistant Professor Stroke Neurohospitalist Etiology, prevention and treatment of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) Potter, Huntington, PhD Professor and Director Alzheimer's Disease Programs Dr. Potter discovered and is devoted to studying the mechanistic relationship between Alzheimer’s Disease and Downs syndrome Quan, Dianna, MD Associate Professor Neuromuscular diseases, NCV/EMG Clinical trials for treatment of ALS, postherpetic neuralgia, and neuromuscular dysfunction in critical illness Ringel, Steven P., MD Professor and Vice Chairman Neuromuscular diseases Development of an economic model for evaluation of cost effectiveness of tests and treatments for ALS, clinical trials for treatment of ALS, and study of factors that influence physician attitudes and performance Schreiner, Teri L., MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Neurology Neuroimmunology Pediatric demyelinating diseases Shrestha, Archana A., MD Assistant Professor Epilepsy Refractory epilepsy and epilepsy surgery Simpson, Jennifer R., MD Assistant Professor Stroke Neurohospitalist Stroke Sladek, John R., Jr, PhD Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Neuroscience   Fetal and human stem cell repair of the brain for Parkinson disease and neurodegenerative disorders. Spitz, Mark C., MD Professor Epilepsy and seizure disorders Clinical trials for treatment of seizure disorders Strom, Laura A., MD Assistant Professor and Director of Clinics Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology Autonomic dysfunction and apena in patients with refractory epilepsy Tsai, Jean C., MD, PhD Assistant Professor Sleep disorders Neurobiology of sleep disorders Tyler, Kenneth L., MD Reuler-Lewin Family Professor and Chairman Infectious diseases of CNS Mechanisms of virus-induced injury to the CNS and other organs. Diagnosis and treatment of CNS viral infections caused by West Nile, herpesviruses, and PML Vollmer, Timothy L., MD Professor and Director of Clinical Research Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Immunotherapies in MS and investigator initiated clinical trials focusing on the optimization of current therapies and combinations of therapies. West, Matthew S., MD Assistant Professor Stroke Neurohospitalist   Woodcock, Jonathan H., MD Assistant Professor Clinical Director, Memory and Dementia Clinic Clinical Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Behavioral neurology including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and neuropsychiatry   Yu, Xiaoli, PhD Research Assistant Professor   Antigen identification in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)