Our Team - U Miami McKnight Brain Institute

Leadership Scientific Advisory Board Members Scholars and Students Collaborators Administrative Support

Leadership

Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences
Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for
Learning and Memory in Aging
Executive Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs, Neurology

trundek@med.miami.edu

Bonnie E. Levin, PhD

Associate Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Schoninger/Goldberg
Professor of Neurology

blevin@med.miami.edu

Ihtsham Ul Haq, MD

Associate Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Professor of Neurology
Cornfeld/Hurowitz Chair in Movement Disorders
Chief of Movement Disorders Division
Department of Neurology
Miller School of Medicine

ihaq@med.miami.edu
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Christian Agudelo, MD

Education Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Assistant Professor Clinical Neurology
Department of Neurology
Miller School of Medicine

cxa427@med.miami.edu

Susan Fox-Rosellini, MBA

Executive Director Community Engagement
and Business Administration

sfoxrose@miami.edu

Stacy S. Merritt, MA, CCRP

Research and Administration Director

s.merritt@med.miami.edu

Clinical Team

Digna E. Cabral

Project Manager
Department of Neurology

dcabral@med.miami.edu

Botagoz Aimagambetova, MD

Research Scientist
Cardiologist (foreign trained)

bxa608@miami.edu

Scientific Advisory Board

Christian Agudelo, MD

Education Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Assistant Professor Clinical Neurology
Department of Neurology
Miller School of Medicine

cxa427@med.miami.edu

Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH

Professor
Medicine and Public Health Sciences

oc6@med.miami.edu

James E. Galvin, MD, MPH

Alexandria & Bernard Schoninger Endowed Chair in Memory Disorders
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Chief, Division of Cognitive Neurology
Director, Comprehensive Center for Brain Health

jeg200@miami.edu
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Ihtsham Ul Haq, MD

ihaq@med.miami.edu
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Bonnie E. Levin, PhD

Associate Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Schoninger/Goldberg
Professor of Neurology

blevin@med.miami.edu

David Loewenstein, PhD, ABPP/CN

Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging

dloewenstein@miami.edu
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Philip McCabe, PhD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychology

pmccabe@miami.edu

Miguel A. Perez-Pinzon, PhD

Scheinberg Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience

perezpinzon@miami.edu

Tatjana Rundek, MD, PhD, FANA

trundek@med.miami.edu

William K. Scott, PhD

Professor
Human Genetics, Neurology and Public Health Sciences

w.scott@med.miami.edu

Xiaoyan Sun, MD, PhD

Executive Director Brain Endowment Bank
Associate Professor Clinical Neurology
Department of Neurology
Miller School of Medicine

xsun@med.miami.edu

Members

Christian J. Camargo, MD

Assistant Professor
Division of Cognitive Neurology

ccamargo@med.miami.edu
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Kunjan R. Dave, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Department of Neurology

KDave@med.miami.edu

David Della-Morte, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology

ddellamorte@med.miami.edu

Hong Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Clincal Neuro-ophthalmology & Neurology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Department of Neurology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

h.jiang@med.miami.edu

Michelle Marrero, MD

Clinical Neurologist
Division of Cognitive Neurology

mmm394@med.miami.edu

Xiaoyan Sun, MD, PhD

Executive Director Brain Endowment Bank
Associate Professor Clinical Neurology
Department of Neurology
Miller School of Medicine

xsun@med.miami.edu

McKnight Scholars

Nicole Beaton Sur, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Evelyn F. McKnight Neurocognitive Scholar
Department of Neurology

nbsur@med.miami.edu

McKnight Students

Taylor Ariko

McKnight PhD Student

txa516@miami.edu
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Mohammad Nafeli Shahrestani, MD

Evelyn F. McKnight CrossROADS Scholar

mxn975@med.miami.edu
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Collaborators

Noam Alperin, PhD

Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Nalperin@med.miami.edu

Antoni Barrientos, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

abarrientos@med.miami.edu

Lilah M. Besser, PhD, MSPH

Research Assistant Professor

lmb9767@miami.edu

Susan Halloran Blanton, PhD

Professor
Human Genetics and Otolaryngology

SBlanton@med.miami.edu
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Oliver Bracko, PhD

Research Asst. Professor

oliver.bracko@miami.edu

Scott Brown, PhD

Associate Research Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

s.brown5@miami.edu

Elizabeth Crocco, MD

Chief
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry

ecrocco@med.miami.edu

David A. Davis, PhD, DABT

Research Assistant Professor, Neurology
Associate Director, Brain Endowment Bank
Miller School of Medicine

d.davis12@med.miami.edu

James E. Galvin, MD, MPH

jeg200@miami.edu
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Joyce Gomes-Osman, P.T., Ph.D.

Vice President of Interventional Therapy at Linus Health

joyceriosgomes@gmail.com
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Aaron S. Heller, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

aheller@miami.edu

Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director, Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences

girardin.jean-louis@miami.edu

Sonya S. Kaur, PhD

Instructor of Neurology

ssk109@med.miami.edu

Michael J. Kleiman, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

mjkleiman@med.miami.edu

David Loewenstein, PhD, ABPP/CN

Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging

dloewenstein@miami.edu
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Katalina Fernández McInerney, PhD

Assistant Professor
Clinical

kfm42@med.miami.edu

Roger McIntosh, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

r.mcintosh@miami.edu

Deirdre O’Shea, PhD

Assistant Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist
Comprehensive Center for Brain Health

dxo334@med.miami.edu
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Miguel A. Perez-Pinzon, PhD

Scheinberg Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience

perezpinzon@miami.edu

Alberto Ramos, MD, MSPH, FAASM

Associate Professor
Clinical Neurology

aramos@med.miami.edu

Ami Pravinkant Raval, PhD

Research Associate Professor

ARaval@med.miami.edu

Joseph F. Signorile, Ph.D.

Professor of Exercise Physiology
Director Laboratory of Neuromuscular Research and Active Aging
Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences
School of Education and Human Development
University of Miami

Jsignorile@miami.edu

Magdalena Ioana Tolea, PhD

Research Asst. Professor

mit38@med.miami.edu

Regina Vontell, PhD

Associate Director
Brain Endowment Bank

rvontell@miami.edu
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Jianhua (Jay) Wang, MD, PhD

Professor

jwang3@med.miami.edu

Administrative Support

Linda Beasley

Senior Administrative Assistant to Tatjana Rundek, MD, PhD. Professor of Neurology, Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, Scientific Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Executive Vice Chair for Research

Barbara D’Agostino

Senior Administrative Assistant to Susan Fox-Rosellini and Basic Science Research Group