Meet Our Parkinson's Disease Team
Movement Disorder Experts
Neurology

David K. Simon, MD, PhD
Director, Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center; Chief, Movement Disorders Division

Clifford Saper, MD, PhD
Former Chair, Neurology

Samuel A. Frank, MD
Neurology

Laurie M. Gordon, MD
Neurology

Lan Luo, MD
Neurology

Shabbir Merchant, MD
Neurology

Daniel Z. Press, MD
Neurology; Chief, Behavioral Neurology Division

Daniel Tarsy, MD
Professor Emeritus; Former Director, Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Center

Veronique Vanderhorst, MD, PhD
Director, Atypical Parkinsonism Program; Neurology
Neurosurgery

Ron L. Alterman, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery

Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD
Co-Director, Spine Center
Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Roy L. Freeman, MD
Neurology

Christopher H. Gibbons, MD
Neurology
Cognitive Neurology

Lisa Cohen, LICSW
Team Leader, Social Work, Cognitive Neurology Unit; Clinical Social Work

Lissa Kapust, LICSW
Program Coordinator, Parkinson's Wellness Programs; Social Work, Cognitive Neurology Unit

George Lin, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychology

Alejandro Mendoza, MD
Director, Neuropsychiatry; Cognitive Neurology Unit, Neuropsychiatry
Rehabilitation Services

Linda DellaPorta, OTR/L, CHT
Occupational Therapist IV

Darlene Harrier, PT, NCS
Physical Therapist IV

Alison Katz, PT, DPT, OCS
Physical Therapist

Barbara Wilson-Arboleda, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Nutrition

Elisabeth Moore, RD, LDN
Nutrition Services
Palliative Care

Jeremy Whyman, MD
Geriatric Medicine; Primary Care; Inpatient Palliative Care
Parkinson's Research Faculty

Bruno Benitez, MD
Neuroscience Research

Mary Buss, MD, MPH
Palliative Care; Medical Oncology
Clinical and Research Coordinators

Hannah Babcock
Research Assistant

Mikayla Hyman
Wellness Works Assistant Coordinator

Michael Nguyen
Clinical Research Assistant

Áine Russell
Research Coordinator