Meet Our Team | Movement Disorders Center

Neurology

David K. Simon, MD, PhD

Director, Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center; Chief, Movement Disorders Division
Samuel A. Frank, MD

Director, Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence; Neurology
Clifford Saper, MD, PhD

Former Chair, Neurology
Bruno Benitez, MD

Neuroscience Research
Laurie M. Gordon, MD

Neurology
Lan Luo, MD

Neurology; Medical Director, DBS Program
Shabbir Merchant, MD

Neurology
Veronica Vanderhorst, MD, PhD

Director, Atypical Parkinsonism Program; Neurology
Ludy C. Shih, MD

Neurology

Cognitive Neurology

Daniel Z. Press, MD

Chief, Behavioral Neurology Division
Lisa Cohen, LICSW

Team Leader, Social Work, Cognitive Neurology Unit; Clinical Social Work
Alejandro Mendoza, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry

Neurosurgery

Ron L. Alterman

Chief; Neurological Surgery
Joshua Aronson, MD

Director, Epilepsy Surgery; Neurological Surgery
Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD

Co-Director, Spine Center; Neurological Surgery

Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Roy L. Freeman, MD

Neurology
Christopher H. Gibbons, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology; Neurology

WellnessWorks

Lissa Kapust, LICSW

Program Coordinator, Parkinson's Wellness Programs

Rehabilitation Services

Linda DellaPorta, OTR/L, CHT

Occupational Therapist IV
Darlene Harrier, PT, NCS

Physical Therapist IV
Alison Katz, PT, DPT, OCS

Physical Therapist
Ana Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT, NCS

Physical Therapist III
Barbara Wilson-Arboleda, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Palliative Care

Kathleen Lee, MD

Clinical Chief, Section of Palliative Care; Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Aaron Kuntz, MD

Internal Medicine

Sleep Medicine

Rena Holzer, FNP

Sleep Medicine
Robert Thomas, MD

Pulmonary Disease; Sleep Medicine

Gastroenterology

Johanna Iturrino Moreda, MD

Gastroenterology
Trisha Pasricha, MD

Gastroenterology

Nutrition

Elisabeth Moore, RD, LDN

Nutrition Services

Urology

Heidi J. Rayala, MD, PhD

Urology

Clinical and Research Coordinators

Aine Russell, MPH

PAINT Program Manager
Hannah Babcock

Clinical Trials Specialist
Jacqueline Forbes

Clinical Research Coordinator