Faculty
Profiles
J.
Donald Easton, MD
Title:
Professor
Position:
Chairman, Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Brown Medical School
Chief of Neurology at Rhode Island Hospital
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Cerebrovascular Disease
Research
Interests:
Antiplatelet agents in prevention of stroke and other vascular
diseases;
Carotid artery surgery in stroke prevention
Training:
University of Washington School of Medicine, MD 1964
Neurology
residency: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail:
J_Easton@brown.edu
Jacob R. Berger, MD
Title:
Clinical Assistant
Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Providence VA Medical Center
Subspecialty:
General Neurology
Training:
Medical College of Georgia, MD 2000
Neurology
residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School
E-mail: JBerger@lifespan.org
Andrew
S. Blum, MD, PhD
Title:
Assistant
Professor
Position:
Neurology Residency Director
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Epilepsy/EEG
Research
Interests:
Epileptic foci localization (MRI/EEG); vagal nerve
stimulation;anticonvulsant
development & testing
Training:
Rockefeller
University, PhD, 1988
Training:
Cornell University Medical College, MD 1989
Neurology
residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Fellowships:
(Neuromuscular disease) Johns Hopkins Hospital
(Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy) Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: ABlum@lifespan.org
Edward
Feldmann, MD
Title:
Professor
Position:
Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Cerebrovascular Disease
Research
Interests:
Decision making in ultrasound of cerbrovascular diseases; acute
stroke treatment (clinical trials)
Training:
Harvard Medical School, MD 1983
Neurology
residency: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship (Cerebrovascular): Tufts-New England Medical Center
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: EFeldmann@lifespan.org
Joseph
H. Friedman, MD
Title:
Clinical Professor
Position: Staff
Location:
Kent County Hospital
Subspecialty:
Movement Disorders
Research
Interests:
Parkinson’s disease & movement disorders - clinical pharmacology
and
physiology
Training:
Columbia University, MD 1978
Neurology
residency: Neurological Institute of New York
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: Joseph_Friedman@brown.edu
Michael
Friedman, MD
Title:
Clinical Assistant
Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Islanmd Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuropsychiatry
Research Interests: Dementia
Training:
SUNY - Stony Brook School of Medicine, MD 1987
Psychiatry Residency: New York University
Neurology
residency: Mt. Sinai
E-mail: MFriedman@lifespan.org
John N. Gaitanis, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor
(Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital/ Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Subspecialty:
Child Neurology and Epilepsy
Research
Interests:
Childhood epilepsy
Training:
Dartmouth-Brown Program in medicine, MD 1996
Pediatric residency: Strong Memorial Hospital, University
of Rochester
Neurology
residency: Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Epilepsy
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical
School
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: JGaitanis@Lifespan.org
Mason C. Gasper, DO
Title:
Assistant Professor
(Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Subspecialty:
General Neurology
Training:
University of New England, DO 2000
Neurology
residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School
Neurophysiology
Fellowship: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School
E-mail:
Mason_Gasper@mhri.org
James
M. Gilchrist, MD
Title:
Professor
Position:
Director, Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Electromyography
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuromuscular Disease/EMG
Research
Interests:
Dynamics of neuromuscular transmission; genetics of
neuromuscular disease
Training:
Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine, MD 1979
Neurology
residency: Medical College of Virginia
Fellowship (Neurophysiology): Medical Collge of Virginia
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: JGilchrist@lifespan.org
Gita Harappanahally, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor
(Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital
Subspecialty:
General child neurology and pediatric epilepsy
Training: Rangaraya Medical College, India, MD 1992
Pediatric residency: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research, India
Pediatric Neurology residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
E-mail: CHarappanahally@lifespan.org
Chellamani Harini, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor
(Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital
Subspecialty:
General child neurology and pediatric epilepsy
Training: Madras Medical Collge, India, MBBS 1988
Pediatric residency: Henry Ford Hospital
Pediatric Neurology residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center
Fellowship: (Neurophysiology/Epilepsy): Children's Hospital, Boston
E-mail: CHarini@lifespan.org
Colin J.
Harrington, MD
Title:
Associate Professor (Clinical), Psychiatry
& Human Behavior
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Training:
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD 1988
Psychiatry
residency: Brown University
Fellowship
(Neuropsychiatry): Rhode Island
Hospital, Brown Medical School
Publications:
Abstracts
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E-mail: Colin_Harrington@brown.edu
Gary
D. Johnson, MD
Title:
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
The Miriam Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuromuscular Disease/EMG; General Neurology
Training:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD 1985
Neurology
residency: Harvard-Longwood Neurology Program
Fellowship
(Neurophysiology): Rhode Island
Hospital, Brown Medical School
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E-mail: GDJohnson@Lifespan.org
Joel
M. Kaufman, MD
Title:
Clinical
Associate Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Training:
Boston University, MD 1977
Neurology
residency: Boston City Hospital
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W. Curt
LaFrance, Jr., MD
Title: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior and
Clinical Neurosciences/Neurology (Research)
Position: Director of the Division of Neuropsychiatry
Location: Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty: Neuropsychiatry
Research Interests: Experimental therapies for psychological
nonepileptic
seizures; neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy
Training: Medical College of Georgia, MD 1995
Combined Neurology/Psychiatry residency: Rhode Island and Butler
Hospitals, Brown Medical School
Fellowship (Combined treatments clinical research):
NIMH/Brown Medical School
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Publications: Abstracts
E-mail: William_LaFrance_Jr@brown.edu
Albert
C. Lo, MD, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor
Position: Staff
Location: Providence Veterans Administration Hospital
Subspecialty: Neurorehabilitation
Research Interests: Neurorehabilitation and neuroprotection in multiple
sclerosis and stroke
Training: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, MD, PhD 1997
Neurology residency: Yale University School of Medicine
Neurorehabilitation Fellowship:
National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London UK
David
E. Mandelbaum, MD, PhD
Title:
Professor
Position:
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Rhode Island
Hospital
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Subspecialty:
Child Neurology and Epilepsy
Research
Interests:
Childhood epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders; neonatal neurology;
ADHD; childhood sleep disorders
Training:
Columbia University
Graduate School, PhD
1980
Training:
Columbia University, MD 1980
Neurology
residency: Neurological Institute, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Pediatric
Neurology Fellowship: Neurological Institute, Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical
Center
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: David_Mandelbaum@brown.edu
Michelle
L. Mellion, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Position:
Neurology Residency Associate Director
Location:
Rhode Island
Subspecialty:
Neuromuscular disease; General neurology
Training: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, MD 2001
Neurology
residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School
Fellowship (Clinical Neurophysiology): Rhode Island Hospital
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Publications:
Abstracts
Email: Michelle_Mellion@mhri.org
Stephen
T. Mernoff, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Providence Veterans Administration Hospital
Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island
Subspecialty:
Rehabilitation and Behavioral Neurology
Training:
New York University, MD 1988
Residency:
Boston University
Medical Center
Fellowship
(Neurorehabilitation): Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital
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Publications: Abstracts
E-mail: Smernoff@ids.net
Thomas
F. Morgan, MD
Title:
Clinical
Assistant Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
General Neurology
Training:
Meharry Medical School, MD 1970
Neurology
residency: Boston University School of Medicine
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: Thomas_Morgan@brown.edu
Marjorie A. Murphy, MD
Title:
Clinical
Associate Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuro-opthalmology
Training:
Brown Medical School, MD 1988
Opthalmology
residency: Wills Eye Hospital
Fellowship (Neuro-opthalmology): Washington University School of
Medicine
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Publications: Abstracts
Email: Marjorie_Murphy_MD@brown.edu
Brian
R. Ott, MD
Title:
Professor
Position:
Director, Alzheimer's Disease & Memory Disorders Center
Location:
Rhode Island
Hospital
Subspecialty:
Geriatric and Behavioral Neurology
Research
Interests:
Experimental therapies for Alzheimer’s disease; pharmaco-epidemiology
of dementia; behavioral disturbances in dementia
Training:
Jefferson Medical College, MD 1979
Internal
Medicine
residency: Roger Williams Hospital, Brown Medical School
Neurology
residency: Harvard-Longwood Neurology Program
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: Brian_Ott@brown.edu
Kenneth
C. Rickler, MD
Title:
Clinical
Associate Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Butler Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuropsychiatry
Training:
State University of New York at Buffalo, MD 1972
Neurology
residency: LA County University of Southern California Medical Center
Fellowship (Psychiatry):University of California Los Angeles Medical
Center
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: Kenneth_Rickler@brown.edu
Syed
A. Rizvi, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Multiple sclerosis and neuro-immunology
Training:
Dow Medical College, Karachi, MD 1991
Internal Medicine residency: Stony Brook University Hospital
Neurology
residency: Stony Brook University Hospital
Fellowship
(Neuroimmunology
& MS): Stony Brook University Hospital
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E-mail: SRizvi@lifespan.org
George
M. Sachs, MD, PhD
Title:
Associate Professor
(Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuromuscular Disease/EMG
Research
Interests:
ALS; effects of nerve injury and neuropathy on single motor units;
Mechanisms
of motor recovery in nerve injury and neuropathy
Training:
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, PhD 1981
Training:
Yale University School of Medicine, MD 1986
Neurology
residency: Harvard/Longwood Neurology Program
Fellowship (Neuromuscular): Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: GSachs@Lifespan.org
Stephen
P. Salloway, MD
Title:
Professor
Position:
Chief of Neurology
Location:
Butler Hospital
Subspecialty:
Neuropsychiatry
Research
Interests:
Substrates and treatment of cognitive and behavioral dysfunction;
quantitative
MRI morphometric analysis, and neuropsychological evaluations
Training:
Stanford University Medical School, MD 1985
Neurology
residency: Yale-New Haven Medical Center
Psychiatry
residency: Yale-New Haven Medical Center
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail:Stephen_Salloway@brown.edu
Erica M. Szabados, MD
Title:
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Position:
Staff
Location:
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Subspecialty:
General Neurology
Training:
George Washington University School of Medicine, MD 2003
Neurology
residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School
Neurophysiology
Fellowship: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School
E-mail:
Erica_Szabados@mhri.org
Charlene
A. Tate, MD
Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Epilepsy/EEG
Training:
Dartmouth Medical School, MD 1990
Neurology
residency: Rhode Island Hospital
Epilepsy
fellowship:
Rhode Island Hospital
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E-mail: Ctate@Lifespan.org
Janet
L. Wilterdink, MD
Title:
Clinical Associate
Professor
Position:
Staff
Location:
Rhode Island Hospital
Subspecialty:
Cerebrovascular Disease
Research
Interests:
Cerebrovascular disease and ultrasonography; Antiplatelet therapy in
cerebrovascular
disease
Training:
Dartmouth-Brown Program in Medicine, MD 1988
Neurology
residency: Rhode Island Hospital
Fellowship (Cerebrovascular): Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical
School
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Publications:
Abstracts
E-mail: Janet_Wilterdink@brown.edu