Leadership Program Participants

Leadership Programs

The AAN is thrilled to welcome the following physicians to the 2023-2024 class of leadership programs!

View the list of Leadership Program Alumni.

Director Mentorship Program

Aileen Antonio, MD
Kapil Arya, MD
Rae E. Bacharach, DO
Laxman Bahroo, DO, FAAN
Mark D. Baker, MD
Danny Bega, MD
Annapoorna Bhat, MD
A. Blake Buletko, MD
Elizabeth A. Coon, MD, FAAN
Suzanne Crandall, D.O.
William Alexander Dalrymple, MD
Zain Guduru, MD, FAAN
Jafar Kafaie, MD, PhD
Adrienne M. Keener, MD
Thomas Vincent Kodankandath, MD
Sreekanth Koneru, MD
Pearce Korb, MD, FAAN
Jessica B. Kraker, MD, FAAN
Arielle Marisa Kurzweil, MD, FAAN
Shannon N. Liang, MD
Max R. Lowden, MD, FAAN
Tara K. Mangum, DO
Soe Mar, MD, FAAN
Neil Masangkay, MD
Maryann Mays, MD, FAAN
Amy McGregor, MD
Lisa R. Merlin, MD, FAAN
Aaron Lane Nelson, MD, FAAN
Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN
Sonja Potrebic, MD, PhD, FAAN
David C. Preston, MD, FAAN
Ajitesh Ojha, MD
Joel Isaac Shenker, MD, PhD
Jacqueline Stone, MD
Kavitha Tirumalasetti, MD
Diego Torres-Russotto, MD, FAAN
Melanie Truong-Le, DO
Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN
Alan Wang, MD
Edward Yu, MD

 

Diversity Leadership Program 

Noriko Tei Boyd Anderson, MD, MPH
Chantele Branson, MD
Joshua A. Budhu, MD
Marisela E. Dy-Hollins, MD, MSCR, FAAN
Andres Jimenez-Gomez, MD
Adys Mendizabal, MD
Katherine Nearing, MD
Faddi M. Saleh Velez, MD
Julia Staisch, MD

Angela Wabulya, MB ChB

Emerging Leaders Program 

Maria Jose Bruzzone, MD
Kelsey Cacic, MD
May Graham, MD, PhD
Sarah Horn, MD
Matthew Jaffa, DO
Armen Moughamian, MD, PHD
James Rini, MD, MPH
Danielle Shpiner, MD
Azara Singh, MBBS
Neda Zarghami Esfahani, MD

Enhanced Resident Leadership Program

Shane Arsenault, MD
Brigitte Reina, MD
Miranda Wan, MD
Thien Nguyen, MD
Alexandra Mae Wood, MD
Avni Sanghi, DO
Shea Wright, MD
Joshua Luster, MD
Meghna Rajaprakash, MD
Catherine R. Garcia, MD
Rumyar Ardakani, MD
Carol Swetlik, MD
Rachel Zolno, MD
Vaishnavi Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, MD
Alexis Ariel Clay, MD

Practice Leadership Program 

Sudhir Aggarwal, MD
Brian Droker, MD, FAAN
Chigolum (Chigo) Eze, MD, FAAN
Waqas Gilani, MD
Adalia Jun-O’Connell, MD, MBA
Deena Kuruvilla, MD, FAHS
Adeolu Morawo, MBChB, MS
Tim Ryan, MD
Jessica Sheah, MD
Riley Snook, MD

Transforming Leaders Program 

Kapil Arya, MD, FAAN
Varina Boerwinkle, MD
Anteneh Feyissa, MD, MSc, FAAN
Ashley Ghiaseddin, MD, FAAN
Jessica Goldstein, MD
Hiba Haider, MD
Melissa Motta, MD, MPH
Aasef Shaikh, MD,PhD
Divya Singhal, MD, FAAN
Alissa Thomas, MD, FAAN

Women Leading In Neurology Program 

Lealani Mae Acosta, MD, FAAN
Sairah Bashir, MD
Lourdes Benes, MD, FAAN
Rachel Darken, MD, PhD, FAAN
Joanna S. Fong, MD, FAAN
Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD, FAAN
Neha M. Kramer, MD
Carine W. Maurer, MD, PhD, FAAN
Sarah E. Nelson, MD, MPH
Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD