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Child Neurology Faculty

Division Chief

Berge Minassian, M.D.

Professor

  • Division Chief, Child Neurology
  • Jimmy Elizabeth Westcott Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Neurology
  • Pediatrics, Neurology, Neuroscience, and the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern

Division Faculty

Dallas Armstrong, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Ahmed Awad, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Rachel M. Bailey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Kaitlin Batley, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Director, Neuromuscular Medicine
  • Director, Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship, Pediatric Track

Kendra Beneski, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Sonal Bhatia, M.D.

Associate Professor

Wilmot Bonnet, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Xin Chen, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Michelle Christie, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Lauren N. Dengle Sanchez, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Program Director, Child Neurology Residency

Delaney Dowd, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Michael M. Dowling, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.S.

Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Director, Stroke Neurology
  • Associate Fellowship Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship

Patricia A. Evans, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

  • Pediatrics, Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Director, Neurodevelopmental Disorders Program
  • Program Director, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency

Zurisadai Gonzalez-Castillo, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Steven J. Gray, Ph.D.

Professor

  • Pediatrics, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, Hamon Center for Regenerative Science & Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Neurology
  • Director, Gene Therapy Program

Benjamin Greenberg, M.D.

Professor

  • Distinguished Teaching Professor; Cain Denius Scholar in Mobility Disorders
  • Neurology and Pediatrics
  • Fellowship Director, Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship

Ashley Hackett, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Meagan Hainlen, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Susan Iannaccone, M.D.

Professor

  • Warren A. Weinberg, M.D., Chair in Pediatric Neurology and Learning
  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Charuta Joshi, M.B.B.S., F.A.E.S., CSCN (EEG)

Professor

  • Roy D. and Ragen S. Elterman Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy
  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Fellowship Director, Intracranial EEG Fellowship

Saima N. Kayani, M.D.

Associate Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Director, Neurogenetics Program

Haley Kern, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Fellowship Director, Pediatric Movement Disorders Fellowship
  • Associate Program Director, Child Neurology Residency

Roha Khalid, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

Ishani Kumar, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Michelle Machie, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Associate Program Director, Child Neurology Residency

Kazi I. Majeed, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Sharmistha Mitra, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Linda Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Felix Nitschke, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Biochemistry

Nancy G. Philip, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Nayana Prabhu, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Eric M. Remster, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Rana R. Said, M.D., F.A.A.N.

Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Associate Clinical Chief of Pediatric Neurology
  • Director of Education, Division of Pediatric Neurology

Abdullah Shoaib, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics and Neurology

Deepa Sirsi, M.D.

Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Director, Epilepsy Program
  • Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Mathew Stokes, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Director, Headache and Concussion Program
  • Fellowship Director, Pediatric Headache Medicine Fellowship

Afsaneh Talai, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Fellowship Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship

Tyler Terrill, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Jennifer Muncy Thomas, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Fellowship Director, Neonatal Critical Care Fellowship
  • Associate Director, Neurological Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NeuroNICU)

Peter Tsai, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  • Neurology, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry

Mayank Verma, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Cynthia X. Wang, M.D.

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Neuroimmunology Program
  • Pediatrics and Neurology

Jeff L. Waugh, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  • Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Director, Movement Disorders Program