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Meet Our Team

A variety of practitioners are available to help you and your child. Click these links to jump to the different sections.

  • child neurologists
  • neurology nursing
  • neuropsychologists and psychologists
  • social workers

Leadership

Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD

Neurologist-in-Chief, Chairman, Department of Neurology

Bronson Crothers Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Basil Darras, MD

Associate Neurologist-in-Chief; Chief, Division of Clinical Neurology; Director, Neuromuscular Center and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Program

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD

Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Phillip Pearl, MD

Director, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

William G. Lennox Chair and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Deborah Shiers, MSN, RN, CNRN, NE-BC

Director Neuroscience Nursing, Department of Neurology

Kira (Apse) Dies, ScM, CGC

Executive Director, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center

Child neurologists at Boston Children’s Hospital

As you can see, we have many neurologists! Many have expertise in particular conditions. If you need help choosing a physician, please call us at 617-355-6388 and our staff will be happy to advise you.

A
Irina A. Anselm, MD
Joshua August, MD 

 

B

Elizabeth Barkoudah, MD
Nicole Baumer, MD
Viviana Benitez, MD
Leslie Benson, MD
Ann Marie Bergin, MB, BCH, BAO
Miya Bernson-Leung, MD
Jeffrey Bolton, MD


C

Catherine A. Chapman, MD
Alexander Cohen, MD, PhD
David L. Coulter, MD
Roula Choueiri, MD


D

Basil T. Darras, MD
Peter Davis, MD


E

Christopher M. Elitt, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Engle, MD


F

Michel N. Fayad, MD
Tatiana Filina, MD


G

Partha Ghosh, MD
Mark P. Gorman, MD

 

 

 

H
Jennifer Hanowell, DO
Chellamani Harini, MD
Karameh Hawash-Kuemmerle, MD

 

K

Karen Kerman, MD

 

L
Lauren LaFortune, MD
Kerri LaRovere, MD
Laura Lehman, MD
April Levin, MD
Mark H. Libenson, MD
David Lieberman, MD, PhD
Jonathan Lipton, MD, PhD
Tobias Loddenkemper, MD

M
Kiran Maski, MD
Maitreyi Mazumdar, MD, MPH, MSc
Anna Minster, MD
Lara Morse, MD
Christelle Moufawad El Achkar, MD


O

Heather Olson, MD
Judith Owens, MD


P

Archana Patel, MD, MPH
Phillip Pearl, MD
Carrie Peek, MD, EdM
Jurriaan Peters, MD
Anna Pinto, MD, PhD
Annapurna Poduri, MD
Scott L. Pomeroy, MD, PhD

R
Peter Raffalli, MD
Michael J. Rivkin, MD
Lance Rodan, MD
Eugene J. Roe, MD
Caitlin Rollins, MD
Cynthia M. Rooney, MD
Paul A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD
Alexander Rotenberg, MD, PhD


S

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD
Janet S. Soul, MD
Sarah Spence, MD, PhD
Karen Spencer, MD
Siddharth Srivastava, MD
Coral Stredny, MD
Robert C. Stowe, MD


T
Kinga Tomczak, MD, PhD
Masanori Takeoka, MD
Molly Tracy, MD
Melissa Tsuboyama, MD


U

Nicole Ullrich, MD, PhD
David K. Urion, MD


W
Molly Wilson-Murphy, MD
Robert R. Wolff, MD
 

Y

Christopher Yuskaitis, MD, PhD

 

Neurology nursing

Our highly trained neurology nurses and nurse practitioners provide supportive, science-based care and can help address your day-to-day questions.

 

Neurology Nurse Practitioners

    

Sara DelVecchio, PNP

Caroline Fitzgerald, BSN, MSN, RN, NP, CPNP-AC

Danielle Friedman, PNP

Jennifer Gingrasfield, BFA, RN, MSN, PNP

Hillary Horte, PNP

Regina Laine, PNP

Katelyn Laracy, MSN, PNO-BC

Courtney Lewis, PNP

Tracy Mahoney, RN, BSN, MSN, CPNP

Margaret Marlatt, MS, CPNP, CNRN

Candice Marti, PNP

Maile Moore, RN, PNP

Kate Mysak, PNP

Ann Paris, MS, CPNP, CNRN

Jocelyn Pedrick, PNP

Lora Pixley, PNP

Pamela Rogers, PNP

Suzanne Rose, NP, RN

Heather Pomella, MSN, RN, CPNP

Jen Sant, PNP

Rebecca Sarvendram, PNP

Rasha Srouji, RN, MSN, CPNP

Rebecca M. Stevens, MSN, RN, CPNP

Neurology Nurses

 

    

Theresa Arsenault, RN

Catherine Curro-Harrington, RN

Debora Demange, RN

Patricia Gannon, RN

Harold Licon, RN

Jacqui Lynch, RN

Kerry Matthews, RN

Jennifer McCrave, RN

Vicki Netzke-Doyle, RN

Mary O'Brien, RN

Rhonda O'Neil, RN

Lindsay Simmons, RN

Stephanie Tea, RN

  

Epilepsy Nurses

    

Cheryl Cahill, RN

Christine Foley, RN

Colleen Gagnon, RN, BSN

Alex Gelaides, RN

Elizabeth Gifford, RN

Sabrina Merchant, RN

Deborah Sousa, RN

Catherine Tishel, RN

    

Neuropsychologists and psychologists

Neuropsychologists and psychologists can conduct detailed assessments of a child’s cognitive abilities and brain function.

Katrina Boyer, PhD

Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology; Director, Neuropsychology of Epilepsy Program

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Lois O. Condie, PhD

Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Jackie Martin, PhD

Staff Psychologist, Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL)

Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Christine Mrakotsky, PhD

Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Scientific Associate, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Ferne Pinard, PhD

Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology

Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Rachel Schmitt, PhD

Staff Psychologist, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Alex McLean Taylor, PsyD

Director, Neuropsychology Program, Brain Injury Center

Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Clemente Vega, PsyD, ABPP-CN

Attending Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Deborah Waber, PhD

Director, Learning Disabilities Program; Director, Behavioral Science Core, Translational Neuroscience Center

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Eric Zhou, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Neurology social workers and child life specialists

Neurology social workers and child life specialists are available to help you access ongoing services in the community, such as early intervention and special education, and to help you during your child’s hospitalization.

Amar Khalsa, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Inpatient Neuroscience

Christine Monterio, MSW

Clinical Social Worker, Department of Neurology

Chris Ryan, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Department of Neurology

Meghann Soby, MSW

Clinical Social Worker, Department of Neurology