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

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

Ron L. Alterman, MD
Chief; 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

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

George Lin, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychology

Alejandro Mendoza, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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
Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship; Geriatric Medicine; Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Primary 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 Coordinator

Michelle Guo
Clinical Research Assistant; Wellness Works Assistant Coordinator

Áine Russell
Research Coordinator