Neurologists and Neurosurgeons at Mischer Neuroscience Institute in Houston

Mischer Neuroscience Institute is home to nationally recognized neurologists and neurosurgeons, some of the most experienced and diverse in Houston. We are the first center in Texas to fully integrate neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neurorehabilitation specialists through comprehensive, specialized treatment centers and close collaboration between all disciplines. And, our neurosurgeons perform more procedures than any other hospital system in Houston.

Brain Tumor Specialists
		Dong Kim, M.D. Director Mischer Neuroscience Institute Chief of Neurosurgery Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Professor and Chair Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Kim
		Scott Shepard, M.D. Director Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Program Mischer Neuroscience Institute Clinical Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Shepard
		Arthur L. Day, M.D. Director of Clinical Education Mischer Neuroscience Institute Professor and Vice Chair Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School  Read More About Dr. Day
		Nitin Tandon, M.D. Associate Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Tandon
		Jay-Jiguang Zhu, M.D., Ph.D. Neuro-Oncologist Associate Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Zhu
Cerebrovascular Disease Specialists
		Andrew Barreto, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Barreto
		Roc Chen, M.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School  Read More About Dr. Chen
		Arthur L. Day, M.D. Director of Clinical Education Mischer Neuroscience Institute Professor and Vice Chair Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School  Read More About Dr. Day
		Nicole R. Gonzales, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Gonzales
		James C. Grotta, M.D. Co-Director Mischer Neuroscience Institute Chief of Neurology and Director Stroke Center, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Professor and Chair Department of Neurology, Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Chair in Neurology UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Grotta
		Dong Kim, M.D. Director Mischer Neuroscience Institute Chief of Neurosurgery Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Professor and Chair Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Kim
		George Lopez, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Lopez
		Vivek Misra, M.D. Clinical Instructor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School
		Sean Savitz, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurology Co-Director Stroke Program Director Vascular Neurology Fellowship, HTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Savitz
		Tzu-Ching (Teddy) Wu, M.D. Director, Telemedicine Mischer Neuroscience Institute Assistant Professor Department of Neurology UTHealth Medical School
Critical Care
		Imoigele Aisiku, M.D. Associate Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery Vice-Chair Critical Care, UTHouston Medical School Read More About Dr. Aisiku
		Hanh Truong, M.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Truong
		Asma Zakaria, M.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Zakaria
Dementia
		Paul E. Schulz, M.D. Associate Professor and Vice Chair Department of Neurology Director Dementia Program UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Schulz
Diagnostic Neurology
		Raymond A. Martin, M.D., F.A.A.N. Professor Department of Neurology Medical Director Outpatient Neurology Clinic, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Martin
		Ernesto Infante, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Infante
		Melissa Thomas M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Diagnostic Neurology, Epilepsy Read More About Dr. Thomas
		Holly Knudsen Varner, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Diagnostic Neurology, Electromyography
Epilepsy
		Omotola Hope, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Director Neurology Residency Training Program UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Hope
		James Ferrendelli, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Ferrendelli
		Giridhar Kalamangalam, M.B.B.S., D.Phil. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Kalamangalam
		Jeremy Slater, M.D. Medical Director Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Neurophysiology, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Associate Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Slater
		Nitin Tandon, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Tandon
Multiple Sclerosis Specialists
		Staley Brod, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Brod
		John A. Lincoln, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Multiple Sclerosis, Immune-Mediated Neurological Disorders
		J. William Lindsey, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Lindsey
		Flavia Nelson, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Associate Director Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Center, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Nelson
		Jerry S. Wolinsky, M.D. Bartels Family and Opal C. Rankin Professor of Neurology Director Multiple Sclerosis Research Group (MSRG) Director Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Center, UTHealth Medcial School Read More About Dr. Wolinsky
Movement & Neurodegenerative Disorders
		Albert Fenoy, M.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Fenoy
		Anita Madan, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Madan
		William Ondo, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Adult and Pediatric Movement Disorders Read More About Dr. Ondo
		Mya Schiess, M.D. Professor and Vice Chair Department of Neurology Adriana Blood Endowed Chair in Neurology Director UT MOVE, UTHealth Medical School  Read More About Dr. Schiess
		Erin Furr-Stimming, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Movement Disorders Specialist UT MOVE Director Neurology Clerkship Program, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Furr-Stimming
		Gage Van Horn, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Van Horn
Neuromuscular Disorder Specialists
		Parveen Athar, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Athar
		Suur Biliciler, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Biliciler
		Kazim Shiekh, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology Director Neuromuscular Division, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Shiekh
Spine
		Paul Boone, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Boone
		Raul J. Cardenas, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Cardenas
		Arthur L. Day, M.D. Director of Clinical Education Mischer Neuroscience Institute Professor and Vice Chair Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Day
		Albert Fenoy, M.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School
		Michele M. Johnson, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery Director Spine Program, UTHealth Medical School
		Karl Schmitt, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School
		Quoc Anh Thai, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School
		Geoffrey P. Zubay, M.D., F.A.C.S. Clinical Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Departmentof Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School
Neurotrauma
		Scott Shepard, M.D. Director Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Program Mischer Neuroscience Institute Clinical Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read More About Dr. Shepard
Neuro-Oncology
		Jay-Jiguang Zhu, M.D., Ph.D. Neuro-Oncologist Associate Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Zhu
Neurorehabilitation
		Nneka Ifejika-Jones, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Director of Neurorehabilitation UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Ifejika-Jones
		Elizabeth Noser, M.D. Medical Director Neurorehabilitation, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School
Children’s Neuroscience Center
		Ian Butler, M.D. Director Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatric Surgery Professor Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatric Surgery UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Butler
		Stephen Fletcher, D.O. Associate Professor Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatric Surgery UTHealth Medical School
		Richard Frye, M.D., Ph.D. Director Mentally Based Autism Clinic Assistant Professor Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, UTHealth Medical School   Read more about Dr. Frye
		Michael Gambello, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Gambello
		John Jones, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery UTHealth Medical School
		Mary Kay Koenig, M.D. Director Neurometabolic & Mitochondrial Clinic Assistant Professor Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Koenig
		Pedro Mancias, M.D. Associate Professor Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Mancias
		Hope Northrup, M.D. Director Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics Director Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Clinic Professor Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Northrup
		Gretchen Von Allmen, M.D. Director Pediatric Epilepsy Program Co-Director Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Epilpesy Monitoring Unit Assistant Professor Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Read more about Dr. Von Allmen
Research Faculty
		Jaroslaw (Jarek) Aronowski, Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurology, UTHealth Medical School Ischemic Stroke and Brain Hemorrhage  Read more about Dr. Aronowski
		Qilin Cao, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Stem Cell Therapy  Read more about Dr. Cao
		Guy Clifton, M.D. Director Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research Professor Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Medical School Read more about Dr. Clifton
		Pramod Dash, M.D. Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology and Anatomy UTHealth Medical School Brain Injury Read more about Dr. Dash
		Timothy Ellmore, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Neural Substrates of Language and Memory  Read more about Dr. Ellmore
		Georgene Hergenroeder, R.N., M.H.A. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Bioinformatics and Translational Research  Read more about Assistant Professor Hergenroeder
		Nobuhide Kobori, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Brain Injury and Memory Read more about Dr. Kobori
		Min Li, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics UTHealth Medical School Neuro-oncology Read more about Dr. Li
		Hariyadarshi Pannu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Vascular Disease and Genetics  Read more about Dr. Pannu
		Teresa Santiago-Sim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Vascular Disease and Genetics Read more about Dr. Santiago-Sim
		Claudio Soto, Ph.D. Director Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Professor of Neurology UTHealth Medical School Neurogenerative Disease  Read more about Dr. Soto
		Ying Xia, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Read more about Dr. Xia
		Rong Yu, M.D. Assistant Professor Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery UTHealth Medical School Oxidative Stress and Brain Injury Read more about Dr. Yu
		Xiurong Zhao, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology UTHealth Medical School Ischemic Stroke and Brain Hemorrhage Read more about Dr. Zhao
		Gang Zhang, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology UTHealth Medical School Peripheral Nervous System  Read more about Dr. Zhang