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
Bruno Benitez, MD
Neuroscience Research
Samuel A. Frank, MD
Neurology
Laurie M. Gordon, MD
Neurology
Lan Luo, MD
Neurology; Medical Director, DBS Program
Shabbir Merchant, MD
Neurology
Daniel Z. Press, MD
Neurology; Chief, Behavioral Neurology Division
Ludy C. Shih, MD
Clinical Director, Movement Disorders; Neurology
Veronica Vanderhorst, MD, PhD
Director, Atypical Parkinsonism Program; Neurology
Wellness Programs
Lissa Kapust, LICSW
Program Coordinator, Parkinson's Wellness Programs; Social Work, Wellness Programs
Neurosurgery
Ron L. Alterman, MD
Chief; Neurological Surgery
Joshua Aronson, MD
Director, Epilepsy Surgery; Neurological Surgery
Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD
Co-Director, Spine Center; Neurological Surgery
Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Roy L. Freeman, MD
Neurology
Christopher H. Gibbons, MD
Clinical Neurophysiology; Neurology
Cognitive Neurology
Lisa Cohen, LICSW
Team Leader, Social Work, Cognitive Neurology Unit; Clinical Social Work
Alejandro Mendoza, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
Rehabilitation Services
Linda DellaPorta, OTR/L, CHT
Occupational Therapist IV
Darlene Harrier, PT, NCS
Physical Therapist IV
Ana Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT, NCS
Physical Therapist III
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
Kathleen Lee, MD
Clinical Chief, Section of Palliative Care; Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Aaron Kuntz, MD
Internal Medicine
Sleep Medicine
Robert Thomas, MD
Pulmonary Disease; Sleep Medicine
Rena Holzer, FNP
Sleep Medicine
Urology
Heidi J. Rayala, MD, PhD
Urology
Gastroenterology
Johanna Iturrino Moreda, MD
Gastroenterology
Trisha S. Pasricha, MD
Gastroenterology
Clinical and Research Coordinators
Hannah Babcock
Clinical Trials Specialist
Jacqueline Forbes
Clinical Research Coordinator
Áine Russell
PAINT Program Manager