
Center for Cognitive Neurology Team
Thomas M. Wisniewski, MD
Karyn D. Marsh, PhD
Steering Committee
Moses V. Chao, PhD
Scientific Associate Director, Center for Cognitive Neurology and Silberstein Alzheimer’s Institute
Professor, Departments of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology, and Psychiatry
Laura J. Balcer, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Population Health
Caroline S. Blaum, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care
The Diane and Arthur Belfer Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Population Health
Joshua Chodosh, MD
The Michael L. Freedman Professor of Geriatric Research, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Population Health
Mony J. de Leon, EdD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Margaret E. Rice, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology and Neurosurgery
Els D. Fieremans, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Stephen D. Ginsberg, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology and Psychiatry
Efrat Levy, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Psychiatry
Paul M. Mathews, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Barry Reisberg, MD
Director, The Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Research Program
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Einar M. Sigurdsson, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology and Psychiatry
Mary S. Mittelman, DrPH
Research Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Medicine
Blas Frangione, MD, PhD
Research Professor, Departments of Pathology and Psychiatry
Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Psychiatry, Department of Pathology
Yongzhao Shao, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health
Henry Rusinek, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Faculty and Staff
Allal Boutajangout, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience and Physiology
Ashley Clayton, MA
Program Manager
Silvia Fossati, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry
Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD
Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology
James B. Golomb, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry
Fernando R. Goni, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Lindsey J. Gurin, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Rehabilitation Medicine
Meghan E. Lembeck, MD
Instructor, Department of Medicine
Arjun V. Masurkar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience and Physiology
Joanna E. Pankiewicz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Neurology
Julia A. Rao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Martin Sadowski, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Neurology, and Psychiatry
Henrieta Scholtzova, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Gabriella Tedesco
Community Health Representative
Alok Vedvyas, MSJ
Director, Information Systems and Network
Christopher M. William, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Pathology
Collaborators
David Zagzag, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology
Youssef Zaim Wadghiri, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Yulin Ge, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Jorge A. Ghiso, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Psychiatry
Thomas A. Neubert, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Helen E. Scharfman, PhD
Professor, Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Physiology, and Psychiatry
Alan Kluger, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Beatrix M. Ueberheide, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Clinical Staff
Imaris Santiago
Medical Assistant
Ariel J. Warren, MSN, BSN
Nurse Practitioner
Ursula Auclair, LCSW
Social worker
Research Staff
Arline Faustin, MD
Co-Coordinator, Brain Donation Program
Director of the Biorepository
Akash Patel, MS
Assistant Research Scientist
Mitchell Marta Ariza
Research Associate
Leor Franco
Assistant Research Technician
Andreia Godinho De Andrade
Research Scientist
Thet Oo, MBBS
Program Coordinator
Geoffrey Pires, MS
Research Scientist
Frances Prelli
Research Scientist
Isabel Reyes
Research Technician
Jenny Rodriguez Diaz
Research Associate
Christa Lei Sonido
Associate Clinical Trials Coordinator
Chengju Tian, PhD
Research Scientist
Wai Hon Tsui, PhD
Research Scientist
Lynne Leung
Coordinator, Brain Donation Program
Jamika Singleton-Garvin, CCRP
Program Supervisor for Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials
Anaztasia Ulysse
Clinical Trials Coordinator
Administrative Staff
Karen Castro
Research Data Associate
Martina Colon
FGP Intake/Scheduler
Alexandra Freund, MPA
Program Manager
Marlena Gordon
Program Associate
Janika Pannell
FGP Office Manager
Patient Care Coordinator, Pearl I. Barlow Center for Memory Evaluation and Treatment
Rita Travers
FGP Intake/Scheduler
Gaurav Vedvyas, MS
Junior Database Administrator