25 of the Best Neurologists Near Me in Ann Arbor, MI

Jack M. Parent, M.D., is a professor of neurology, director of the Neurodevelopment and Regeneration Laboratory, and co-director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in the University of Michigan Medical School.His current research interests include neural stem cell transplantation to treat brain injury and neurodegeneration, and the modification of adult neural stem cells to promote brain repair after stroke or prevent epilepsy.Dr. Parent earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction, in human biology from Stanford University and his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed a medical internship and neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he was selected chief resident. He stayed at UCSF for clinical fellowship training in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, and postdoctoral training in neuroscience research.An internationally recognized research leader in the fields of neural stem cell biology, regeneration after brain injury and epilepsy, Dr. Parent established the Neurodevelopment and Regeneration Laboratory at the U-M in 2000.Dr. Parent is a member of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Research Council, the Medical Advisory Board of the Global Ischemia Foundation, the Independent Science Review Panel of the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, and the National Scientific Advisory Council of the American Federation for Aging Research. He also serves as an associate editor of Neuroscience Letters, and is on the editorial boards of Experimental Neurology and Epilepsy Currents.He has received several awards for his research, including a Junior Investigator Award from the American Epilepsy Society, a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Award, a Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award from the American Academy of Neurology, and a Grass Foundation Award in Neuroscience from the American Neurological Association. Dr. Parent is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myoclonic Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, and Dravet Syndrome. Dr. Parent is board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.

Peter K. Todd, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School.Dr. Todd earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1994 from the University of California, San Diego. He then entered the Medical Science Training Program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he completed his doctorate in 2002 and medical degree in 2004. His Ph.D research focused on synaptic defects in Fragile X Syndrome, a common inherited cause of cognitive impairment in children.He completed his internship and residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. While there, he did research on the role of the ubiquitin proteasome system and autophagy in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, a polyglutamine disorder, and Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS). He came to the U-M in 2008 for a clinical and research fellowship in movement disorders and neurogenetics.Todd joined the U-M faculty in 2010 as an assistant professor in movement disorders and neurogenetics, working in the laboratory of Henry L. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., in the Center for Neurodegenerative Research.His current research is focused on the mechanisms underlying RNA-mediated neurodegeneration in FXTAS and myotonic dystrophy, and how these mechanisms may overlap and inform our understanding of other neurodegenerative disorders. He also sees patients with movement disorders and inherited neurological disease.Dr. Todd has received several academic awards, including a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, the Francis M. Forester Prize for promise as an academic neurologist, the Samuel Ziritzky Prize for most outstanding research by a neurology resident at Penn and prizes for excellence in research at the International Conference on Unstable Microsatellites in Human Disease, and the U-M neuroscience day. Most recently, Dr Todd received the S. Weir Mitchell Alliance award from the American Academy of Neurology which each year recognizes one early investigator physician scientist who has made important contributions to basic science in neurological disorders.A member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Neurology, he has served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neurology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron, Science and Human Molecular Genetics.His bibliography includes several peer-reviewed papers, editorials, book reviews and chapters, abstracts and online. Dr. Todd is highly rated in 49 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile XE Syndrome, Hereditary Ataxia, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease). Dr. Todd is board certified in Neurology.

Henry L. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., is the Lucile Groff Professor of Neurology for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in the Department of Neurology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Paulson joined the U-M faculty in 2007, and he currently directs the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center (MADC) and co-direct the U-M Protein Folding Diseases Initiative.Dr. Paulson received his medical degree and doctorate in Cell Biology from Yale University in 1990. He then completed a neurology residency and neurogenetics/movement disorders fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1997, he joined the Neurology faculty at the University of Iowa, where he remained until 2007.Dr. Paulson's research and clinical interests concern the causes and treatment of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, with an emphasis on polyglutamine diseases, Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia. In 1997, his lab described abnormal protein aggregates in the polyglutamine diseases, which now are recognized as a pathological hallmark in this important class of inherited diseases. Using test tube, cell-based and animal models, he has contributed to advances in the understanding of various neurodegenerative diseases. His lab also has helped pioneer the use of gene silencing methods as potential therapy for the many neurological disorders caused by toxic mutant genes.Nationally, Dr. Paulson has directed popular courses at the American Academy of Neurology meetings, serves on the scientific advisory boards of numerous disease-related national organizations, and is past Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health.Among his awards, Dr. Paulson is an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging, a semifinalist for the W.M. Keck Foundation Young Scholars in Medical Research, and a recipient of the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar in Aging Award from the American Federation for Aging Research. Dr. Paulson is highly rated in 41 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3, Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia. Dr. Paulson is board certified in Neurology.

Dr. Feldman is the director of the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies at Michigan Medicine and the ALS Center of Excellence at Michigan Medicine. The latter includes the Pranger ALS Clinic, one of the top multidisciplinary clinics caring for those suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). She serves as the University of Michigan James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor and the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Feldman is one of the world’s leading authorities on neurodegenerative disease.Dr. Feldman is a compassionate and dedicated physician who cares deeply about her patients. She has been recognized for her clinical excellence by numerous organizations and is annually named as one of the “Best Doctors in America.” Her forward-thinking, collaborative, multidisciplinary approach has transformed how neurodegenerative diseases are diagnosed, treated, and prevented.Dr. Feldman has made significant contributions to biomedical research and clinical care in many critical areas of neurodegenerative disease. She has authored over 530 peer-reviewed publications, 74 book chapters, and 5 books on the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological diseases. Dr. Feldman has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1989 and is currently the principal or co-investigator of numerous clinical trials and grants. She has received numerous awards and honors throughout her remarkable career, including the University of Michigan’s Early Distinguished Career Award, the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, and the Distinguished Alumnus Achievement Award. She was also the first woman in 25 years to receive the Robert S. Schwab Award from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. In 2022, Dr. Feldman was awarded the University of Michigan Distinguished Professorship, the highest faculty honor at University of Michigan.Dr. Feldman is actively committed to and involved in professional service. She served as President of the Peripheral Nerve Society from 2007-2009 and President of the American Neurological Association (ANA) from 2011-2013. Dr. Feldman is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Association of American Physicians, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Feldman is the Editor of the Contemporary Neurology Series and also serves on a number of editorial boards for leading scientific journals, including The Lancet Neurology, Nature Reviews Neurology, JAMA Neurology and Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Dr. Feldman is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetic Neuropathy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), and Autonomic Neuropathy. Dr. Feldman is board certified in Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Punithavathy Vijayakumar is a Neurologist and a Sleep Medicine provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Vijayakumar is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), and Migraine. Dr. Vijayakumar is board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Sleep Medicine, and Vascular Neurology.

After graduating from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1990, Dr. Sohrab spent time in Spinal Cord Injury Centers of Iran, in multiple capacities, organizing care and educating different levels of practitioners in providing care for veterans of war. He then spent a few years of general practice, in different parts of Iran, dedicated to providing medical care and organizing Public Health Services, in rural areas. Dr. Sohrab has been practicing, and teaching, general Neurology at the University of Michigan, since 2012. Dr. Sohrab is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Vertigo, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Kelvin L. Chou, M.D. is a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Michigan Medicine and was the inaugural Thomas H. and Susan C. Brown Early Career Professor in Neurology. Dr. Chou has been named to the Best Doctors of America list since 2011 and sees all patients with movement disorders (i.e. Parkinson’s disease, tremors, dystonia, Huntington disease), though he has a particular interest in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Dr. Chou serves as Co-Director of the STIM (Surgical Therapies Improving Movement) Program and his research focus is on improving the ability to treat movement disorders patients through DBS. He is also an experienced clinical trialist, conducting numerous clinical trials on new therapies for PD, essential tremor and Huntington disease. He directs the Neurology Clinical Trials Organization (NeCTO) and is Lead Medical Director of the Neuroscience and Sensory Clinical Trials Support Unit (CTSU) at Michigan Medicine. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, review articles or book chapters on PD and related movement disorders. A strong patient advocate, Dr. Chou is the Education and Outreach Core Director for the U-M Udall Center of Excellence for PD Research and serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Michigan Parkinson Foundation and the Medical Advisory Board of the International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF). He has also authored a book for patients and families called Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Life for People with Parkinson's, Dystonia and Essential Tremor. Dr. Chou is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Chou is board certified in Neurology.

Dr. Mihaylova was born and raised in Bulgaria where she completed Medical School at the University of Sofia in 1997. Subsequently she extended her training into a three-year post-doctoral program and conducted clinical research on newly diagnosed epilepsy patients. She was granted her PhD degree in 2002. Since then she has been living in the US where she completed her Neurology residency at Wayne State University followed by a year of fellowship training in Clinical Neurophysiology with emphasis on Epilepsy/EEG at the same institution. Her primary clinical and research interests involve the treatment of medically intractable epilepsy including VNS and surgical treatment, EEG analysis and seizure semiology. Dr. Mihaylova is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Partial Seizure. Dr. Mihaylova is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy.

Roger L. Albin, M.D. (Residency 1986), is a professor of neurology, associate chair for research and co-director of the Movement Disorders Clinic in the Department of Neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition, he serves as chief of neuroscience research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center.Dr. Albin joined the U-M faculty in 1988 as an instructor in the Department of Neurology. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1989; associate professor in 1994; and achieved his current rank of full professor in 2000.After completing his undergraduate degree at Oberlin College in Ohio, Dr. Albin earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1982, and completed his residency at the University of Michigan in 1986. He also completed a movement disorders fellowship in 1988 under Drs. Anne Young and John Penney.His clinical and research interests include the underlying neurobiologic causes of the clinical features of movement disorders, basal ganglia structure and function, Parkinson's disease, Tourette syndrome, dementias, dystonias and Huntington's disease. His laboratory is pursuing work on basic mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Huntington disease using mouse genetic models. Dr. Albin also has participated in neuroprotective clinical trials for both Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease.The present focus of Dr. Albin's group is uncovering the basis for non-motor (sleep disorders, depression, dementia, autonomic dysfunction) problems in Parkinson's disease. He is very interested in applying positron emission tomography (PET) imaging methods to improve diagnosis of dementing disorders like Alzheimer's disease. The hope is that understanding how specific brain alterations cause specific clinical features will lead to improved treatments.Dr. Albin currently serves as a site investigator for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Exploratory Trials in Parkinson disease (NET-PD) initiative. His work is supported by grants from the NIH, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the High Q Foundation.A member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Neurologic Association, and the Society for Neuroscience, Dr. Albin currently serves on the editorial boards of Experimental Neurology, Neurology and Neurobiology of Disease. Dr. Albin is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington Disease, Dementia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Albin is board certified in Neurology.

Vikram Shakkottai is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Shakkottai is highly rated in 72 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.

Sami Barmada, M.D., Ph.D. is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan Medical School. His clinical interests center around patients with dementia and motor neuron disease, and he sees patients at the Cognitive Disorders Clinic in the University of Michigan’s East Ann Arbor location.His research focuses on the pathologic overlap between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and how we can take advantage of the convergence to identify new and effective therapies for these devastating disorders.After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1998 with a major in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and a focus in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine, Dr. Barmada went on to the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. For his graduate work, he constructed a transgenic mouse model of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease with Dr. David Harris, and used these animals to track the deposition of misfolded prion protein within the nervous system of infected animals. For this work, Dr. Barmada earned earned the Poletsky Award from the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and was elected as a Olin Medical Scientist Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine.Dr. Barmada received his M.D. and Ph.D. in 2006, and completed an Internal Medicine internship at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, before moving to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Medical Center for his residency in Neurology. Dr. Barmada served one year as Chief Resident in the Department of Neurology, focusing on resident education. He was also a house-staff nominee to the Alpha-Omega-Alpha honor society. During his residency, Dr. Barmada became involved in research with Dr. Steve Finkbeiner of the Gladstone Institutes, a pioneer in neuronal models of neurodegenerative disease and novel technologies to study these models. Dr. Barmada finished his residency in 2010 and spent one year working with Dr. Finkbeiner as a research fellow, before becoming a Staff Scientist at the Gladstone Institutes and a Clinical Instructor at UCSF. In 2013, Dr. Barmada became an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan, where he divides his time between the Cognitive Disorders Clinic and the laboratory. Dr. Barmada is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Dementia. Dr. Barmada is board certified in Neurology.

Dr. Callaghan completed his medical degree and neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a fellowship in neuromuscular disease at the University of Michigan. He also completed a master's degree program in clinical research at the University of Michigan School of Public health. Dr. Callaghan is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetic Neuropathy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Thrombectomy, and Thymectomy. Dr. Callaghan is board certified in Neurology.

Stephen Goutman, MD, MS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Director of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Clinic and ALS Center of Excellence at Michigan Medicine. After obtaining a degree in neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), Dr. Goutman completed his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago, IL) and his neurology residency and neuromuscular fellowship at Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH). He received a Master’s in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).Dr. Goutman evaluates and treats patients with neuromuscular diseases and is interested in diseases such as myasthenia gravis and muscle diseases. His area of expertise is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig’s Disease where his focus is delivering comprehensive and compassionate care. He is Director of the ALS Clinic, an ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence (http://www.umich-als.org/), where he leads a team of providers that care for persons with ALS and their families. Dr. Goutman is inspired by his patients and thus aims to provide the highest level of care.Dr. Goutman’s research is focused on identifying causes of and treatments for ALS. He leads research efforts that received funding by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control aimed at identifying environmental risk factors and causes of ALS (https://umhealthresearch.org/#studies/HUM00028826) and showed, in an article that received widespread attention, a connection between ALS and organochlorine pesticides (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2519875). Dr. Goutman also helps direct the University of Michigan ALS Biorepository which provides essential resources to ALS researchers within and external to the University of Michigan enabling studies into areas of ALS genetics, epigenetics, and immunology.Dr. Goutman is a site principal investigator of several multisite clinical trials focused on identifying new ALS treatments and causes and is an active participant with the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS) to improve care for ALS. He received a 2016 Young Investigator Award by the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases. Dr. Goutman is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. Dr. Goutman is board certified in Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine, and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Sharan Srinivasan is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 10 years. Dr. Srinivasan is highly rated in 108 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hereditary Ataxia, Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 4, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5. Dr. Srinivasan is board certified in Neurology.

Dr. Braley is an Associate Professor of Neurology and clinical neuroimmunologist. In addition to her medical degree, from Wayne State University, she also holds an M.S. degree, in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. And, her research focuses on crucial connections between sleep disorders, the immune system, and neurological disorders, especially as they relate to patients with MS. She also conducts clinical trials of MS therapeutics. Since completing her Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Fellowship, and joining the U-M Neurology faculty in 2011, Dr. Braley has worked to develop a productive, multidisciplinary clinical research program between the University of Michigan Sleep and Neuroimmunology (MS) groups. To date, this program has led to several important findings that have increased our understanding of sleep disorders and their consequences in MS, and predictors of MS-related fatigue. Dr. Braley has also established a new first of its kind Multidisciplinary MS Fatigue and Sleep Clinic. This clinic offers a unique service to patients with multiple sclerosis and related inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. To view publications authored or co-authored by Dr. Braley, visit Dr. Braley's page on PubMed (link is external). Dr. Braley is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Braley is board certified in Neurology.

Dr. Terman is a neurologist who specializes in caring for patients with seizures and epilepsy. He earned a BS in neuroscience from Brown University in 2009. Then, he completed his MD at the University of Michigan in 2014, and during this time also obtained an MS in Clinical Research which included training in statistics and epidemiology. He then completed his neurology residency at the University of Michigan in 2018, and pursued further subspecialty training during epilepsy fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Terman is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Status Epilepticus, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Terman is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Dawn Kleindorfer is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Kleindorfer is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Spasticity, Embolectomy, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Kleindorfer is board certified in Neurology and Vascular Neurology.

William C. Stacey, M.D. Ph.D. - Assistant Professor. Dr. Stacey received both his medical degree and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He completed a Neurology residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He then went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed a clinical fellowship in Epilepsy, then became a clinical Instructor while concurrently completing a post-doctorate in basic epilepsy research. While there, he also received a Master's of Translational Medicine. Dr. Stacey's clinical and research interests are integrally connected: he cares for adult patients with epilepsy and has an active research lab researching methods to develop improved, implantable seizure control devices. His research involves expertise in both Biomedical Engineering and clinical epilepsy, with the goal that these techniques may uncover new methods of treating seizures in people with uncontrolled seizures. Dr. Stacey is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Absence Seizure. Dr. Stacey is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Darin B. Zahuranec, M.D. (Residency 2005), is a professor of neurology in the University of Michigan Medical School. He joined the U-M faculty in 2005 as a clinical lecturer in the Department of Neurology, and was promoted to professor of neurology in 2007.Dr. Zahuranec received his bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1997, and earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve in 2001. He completed an internship at University Hospitals of Cleveland; residency in the Department of Neurology at the U-M, where he served as chief resident in 2004-05; and a fellowship in stroke and cerebrovascular disease here.In addition to his U-M appointments, Dr. Zahuranec also has served as a staff physician in the Department of Neurology at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and a research staff physician in emergency medicine at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor.His current research activities include, Pilot Study of Gated Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detection of Embolic Source after Ischemic Stroke, Brain Atrophy in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients, Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC), Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study (COSS), and Randomized Evaluation of Recurrent Stroke Comparing Patent Foramen Ovale Closure to Established Current Standard of Care Treatment (RESPECT).Dr. Zahuranec has served as an ad hoc reviewer for Neurology, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Neuroophthalmology, and currently reviews for Stroke. He is a member of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, the American Academy of Neurology and the American Medical Association.His bibliography includes numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, abstracts and clinical papers. Dr. Zahuranec is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Moyamoya Disease, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Zahuranec is board certified in Vascular Neurology and Neurology.

Devin L. Brown, M.D., M.S. is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the Vascular Neurology Residency Program in the University of Michigan Medical School. She also is Associate Director of the Stroke Program. Her research interests include sleep disorders in stroke patients, behavioral interventions for stroke prevention, health disparities research, and acute stroke therapy. She is currently a principal investigator of three NIH R01 grants and also holds foundation funding. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1992 from Brown University and her medical degree in 1997 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Brown completed a residency in 2001 and fellowship in cerebrovascular disease/stroke in 2003, both at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. She also completed a Master of Science degree in 2005 at the U-M School of Public Health. Dr. Brown joined the U-M faculty in 2003 as an Assistant Professor of Neurology and staff physician. Prior to her arrival in Ann Arbor, she served from 2001-03 as a Clinical Instructor of Neurology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Brown's honors include co-chief resident in neurology at the University of Virginia in 2000-01, and the 2008 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation McDevitt Excellence in Research Award. In addition, she was listed among the Best Doctors in America in 2007-2012. A fellow of the American Heart Association Stroke Council, member of the American Academy of Neurology, Sleep Research Society, and an elected member of the American Neurological Association, her publications include over 60 peer-reviewed publications. She serves as an editorial board member of Neurology and Stroke. Dr. Brown is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Dr. Brown is board certified in Vascular Neurology and Neurology.

Dr. Praveen Dayalu is an Associate Professor and the Thomas H. and Susan C. Brown Early Career Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan. He graduated from medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, in 2002, and then completed neurology residency and movement disorders fellowship at Michigan, in 2006. His main focus is clinical management of movement disorders, especially Parkinson disease. His research interests are in Huntington disease and Multiple System Atrophy. He is the Director of the Movement Disorders Fellowship and trains fellows, residents, and medical students. Dr. Dayalu is highly rated in 42 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Huntington Disease, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Parkinson's Disease. Dr. Dayalu is board certified in Neurology.

Sucheta Joshi is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Joshi is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy, and Seizures.

Gary Gallagher, MD completed his undergraduate bachelor of science degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. An interest in health sciences, lead him to attend medical school at Wayne State University of Medicine in Detroit, MI where he received his doctorate of medicine in 2008. He completed residency in neurology and fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at the University of Michigan. During final year of residency, he served as chief resident. Following completion of fellowship, Dr. Gallagher joined the neurology faculty at the University of Michigan.Dr. Gallagher is interested in the clinical care of neuromuscular disease, tele-medicine, electrodiagnostic procedures (EMG and intraoperative monitoring). His clinical time is spent in the outpatient neuromuscular clinic providing longitudinal care for patients and on the inpatient service caring for acute neurologic problems including stroke management, epilepsy, neuromuscular crisis and auto-immune neurologic disease. In addition, he has strong interest in medical trainee education and he serves as the neuromuscular fellowship director at the University of Michigan. Finally, Dr. Gallagher has strong interest in patient safety and quality improvement and oversees departmental efforts to improve. Dr. Gallagher is highly rated in 71 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myasthenia Gravis, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy, Inclusion Body Myositis, and Peripheral Neuropathy.

Larry Junck is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Junck is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Glioma, and Brain Tumor.

Sindhu Ramchandren is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Ramchandren is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, and Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A.