Awards History

Funded by an endowment created by matching funds from the A.B. Baker Family Trust and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

2022 Award Winner
David M. Greer, MD, FAAN

Past Recipients

• 2021 John Engstrom, MD, FAAN
• 2020 Jose Biller, MD, FAAN, FACP, FAHA
• 2019 Steven L. Lewis, MD, FAAN
• 2018 Steven Galetta, MD, FAAN
• 2017 Harold P. Adams, Jr., MD, FAAN
• 2016 Allan H. Ropper, MD, FAAN
• 2015 Eduardo E. Benarrouch, MD, FAAN
• 2014 Jerome Posner, MD, FAAN
• 2013 Douglas J. Gelb, MD, PhD, FAAN

2021 Recipients
Aman Deep, MD, Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Andrew R. Romeo, MD, University of Michigan
Anna M. Cervantes-Arslanian, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, MD, Arkansas Children's Hospital / University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Arpan Patel, MD, Northwell Health (North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center)
Barney J. Stern, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Barry M. Czeisler, MD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Catherine E. Arnold, MD, Mayo Clinic
Chilvana Patel, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
Christopher G. Tarolli, MD, MHPE, University of Rochester
Cynthia M. Correll, MD, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Danish Ejaz Bhatti, MD, FAAN, University of Nebraska Medical Center
David K. Chan, MD, Med, University of Toronto
Dinesh V. Jillella, MD, Emory University School of Medicine
Elliot Dimberg, MD, Mayo Clinic
Eric J Seachrist, MD, West Virginia University
Fariha Jamal, MD, Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Jaime Toro, MD, FAAN, FACP, Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota
James M. Noble, MD, MS, CPH, FAAN, Columbia University
James Warne Schmidley, MD, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Jayne Ward, DO, FAAN, FACN, Michigan State University
Jason S. Hawley, MD, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS, FAAN, University of California, San Francisco
Jennifer A. McCombe, MD, MPH, FRCPC, University of Alberta
Jeremy J. Laukka, PhD, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Joseph D. Burns, MD, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Tufts University School of Medicine
Kevin M. Kelly, MD, PhD, Allegheny General Hospital
Matthew Burford, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Geetanjali Rathore, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Mostafa Meshref, Al-Azhar University
Naoum P. Issa, MD, PhD, University of Chicago
Nicole Chiota-McCollum, MD, MEd, University of Virginia
Nils Henninger, MD, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Pazhani Ranganathan, MD, DM, MRCP, FRCP, FEBN, FEAN, LLB, Pazhani Neuro Centre/The Tamilnadu DR.M.G.R Medical University
Preet M Varade, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Saad Abdul Sami Mir, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College
Sean J. Evans, MD, UC San Diego
Sudha Kilaru Kessler, MD, MSCE, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Susan W. Law, DO, MPH, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Timothy Fullam, MD, United States Air Force
Tuba Rashid Khan, MBBS, MPH, EdM, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Victor W. Sung, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Waqar Waheed, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center
William J. Powers, MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Zabeen Kaizar Mahuwala, MD, University of Kentucky

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation and endowed by the Association of Indian Neurologists in America (AINA).

2021 Award Winners
Manmohan Nayyar, MD, FAAN, MBA, MHA
Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

Past Recipients 

• 2020 Prakash Kotagal, MD, FAAN, FAES
• 2019 Ram Ayyer, MD, FAAN
• 2018 Vinay Chaudhry, MD
• 2017 Kapil Sethi, MD
• 2016 Mark Hallett, MD, FAAN
• 2015 Pradeep K. Sahota, MD, FAAN
• 2014 Avindra Nath, MBBS, FAAN
• 2013 Sakkubai Naidu, MD, FAAN

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2021 Award Winners
Sheryll Marshall, Administrative Services Coordinator, University of Michigan
M. Bernadette Clark, Johns Hopkins University

• 2020 Amanda Jones - Huntington, WV; Lorie Wolfanger - Rochester, NY

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2021 Award Winner
Doris G. Leung, MD, PhD

• 2020 Jonathan Howard

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2021 Award Winner
Madhu Soni, MD, FAAN

• 2020 Laurie Knepper

2022 Award Winner
Maria El-Hallal, MD

2022 Winners
Aaron Nelson, MD, MBS, FAAP, FAAN
Amy McGregor, MD
Angela Shapshak, MD
Colleen Tomcik, MD
David J. Avila, MD
Deborah Bradshaw, MD, FAAN
Gurmeen Kaur, MBBS
Hani Kushlaf, MD, FAAN
Jacqueline Stone, MD
Jordan Garris, MD
Mehmood Rashid, MD
Michael Palm, MD, FAAN
Miguel Chuquilin, MD, FAAN, M.Ch
Setareh Salehi Omran, MD

Supported in part by Greenwich Biosciences, Inc., ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

2022 Winners
Aisha Abdulrazaq, MD
Andrea Lendaris, MD, MS
Anna Thamann, MD
Caitlin Hof, MD
Diana Alsbrook, MD
Enmanuel Perez, MD, PhD
Eunice Lee, MD
Jose Ricardo Lopez-Castellanos, MD
Keng Lam, MD
Laura Gilbert, DO, MBA
Laura Kirkpatrick, MD
Mahjabeen Ahmed Khan, MBBS
Micaela Owens, DO, MHSA
Mishu Sharma, MD
Steven Lazar, MD

Funded by Mayo Clinic Frank A. Rubino, MD Development Fund.

2022 Award Winner
Yaacov Anziska, MD

2021 Award Winners
Medical Student Essay Awards: Extended Neuroscience Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.
John Michael Sanchez, PhD, University of Utah

Medical Student Essay Awards: G. Milton Shy Award in Clinical Neurology
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.
Aparna Nutakki, University of Chicago

Medical Student Essay Awards: Roland P. Mackay Award in Historical Aspects
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.
Duong Chu, Queen's University

Medical Student Essay Awards: Saul R. Korey Award in Experimental Neurology
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.
Abena Kwegyir-Aggrey, Penn State College of Medicine
April Henry,Penn State College of Medicine,

Past Recipients

• 2020 Extended Neuroscience Award: Samuel Belfer, G. Milton Shy Award in Clinical Neurology: Christopher Tran, BMSc; Roland P. Mackay Award in Historical Aspects: Jimmy Zhang, BS; Saul R. Korey Award in Experimental Neurology: Laura Lavette, BS
• 2019 Extended Neuroscience Award: Laura McGarry, PhD; G. Milton Shy Award: Audrey Leasure; Roland P. Mackay Award: Stephanie Toses; Saul R. Korey Award: Sona Mistry
• 2018 Extended Neuroscience Award: Kristen Martin; G. Milton Shy Award: Benjamin Wissel; Roland P. Mackay Award: Yi Tong; Saul R. Korey Award: Kristen Martin
• 2017 Extended Neuroscience Award: Aaron Bowen; G. Milton Shy Award: Moon Jeong Lee; Roland P. Mackay Award: Bob Sun; Saul R. Korey Award: Chelsea Zhang
• 2016 Extended Neuroscience Award: Stuart McCarter; G. Milton Shy Award: Diederik Koelman; Roland P. Mackay Award: Jennifer Romine; Saul R. Korey Award: Benjamin Jacobs
• 2015 Extended Neuroscience Award: Sara Shams; G. Milton Shy Award: Stuart McCarter; Roland P. Mackay Award: Travis Urban; Saul R. Korey Award: David Fischer
• 2014 Extended Neuroscience Award: Ran (Richard) Liu, MSc; G. Milton Shy Award: David Asuzu, PhD; Roland P. Mackay Award: Trent Hodgson; Saul R. Korey Award: Jessica Shields
• 2013 G. Milton Shy Award: Elyse Aufman; Roland P. Mackay Award: Kimmy Su; Saul R. Korey Award: Joshua Siegel; Extended Neuroscience Award: Armen Moughamian

Sponsored by the Ethics, Law, and Humanities, a joint committee of the AAN, ANA, and CNS.

2022 Award Winners
Andrew Huang, MD
Danielle Feng, MD
Deborah Rose, MD
Laura de Lima Xavier, MD
Pallavi Juneja, MD
Sabrina Tavella-Burka, DO
Victoria Reedman, MD

2022 Award Winner
Victor W. Sung, MD

2022 Award Winners
Cristina Lender, C-TAGME
Eridiz Diaz
Janice A. Void
Tami Hall

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.

2022 Award Winner
Erica A. Schuyler, MD, FAAN

This award is given by the American Academy of Neurology President for outstanding service to the American Academy of Neurology and the profession of neurology.

2022 Award Winner
David A. Evans, MBA

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Neil A. Busis, MD, FAAN
• 2020 Gregory D. Cascino, MD, FAAN
• 2019 Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD, FAAN
• 2018 Lisa M. Shulman, MD, FAAN
• 2017 Anthony G. Alessi MD, FAAN
• 2016 Ralph F. Jozefowicz, MD, FAAN
• 2015 John C. Mazziotta, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2014 Guy M. McKhann, MD
• 2013 Jerome B. Posner, MD, FAAN

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.

2022 Award Winner
Susannah Cahalan

Past Recipients

• 2021 NFL Players Association Health and Safety Committee

This award is sponsored by the Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee, a joint committee of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the Child Neurology Society.

2022 Award Winner
James Dolbow, DO, MS

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.

2021 Award Winner
Cindy McCain

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Sally Harris, MD, FAAN

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2)

Past Recipients

• 2021 Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5)

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Nirmal Surya, MD, DNB, FIAN, FRCP

Past Recipients

• 2021 E. Alexandra Brown, MD

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation and funded through the philanthropy of Dr. and Mrs. Mridha. 

2022 Award Winners
Bindu Menon, MD, DM, DNB, PGDCN, FRCP, MNAMS, FICP, FIAN, FWSO
Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, FAAN

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD
• 2018 Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD
  
  

Sponsored by the Resident & Fellow Editorial Team.

2022 Award Winners
A. Chris Espinoza, MD
Melissa A. Wright, MD
Meghan S. Candee, MD, MS
Cristina Trandafir, MD, PhD
Gary R. Nelson, MD

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation.

2022 Award Winners
Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen

Past Recipients

• 2021 Sanjay Gupta, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Lindsey A. Morgan, MD
Michael P. Skolka, MD

Past Recipients

• 2021 Mahjabin Islam, MBBS, MRCP; Ahmed Mubarak-Mohamed, MRCPE; Tom Jenkins, MBChB, MRCP, PhD; Christopher McDermott, MBChB, FRCP, PhD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2017 Award Winners
David Do, MD
Preston Douglas, MD
Raghav Govindarajan, MD
James E. Siegler III, MD

Past Recipients

• 2016 Stephanie Ahrens, DO
• 2016 Chantale Branson, MD
• 2016 Kathleen McGee, DNP, PPNP-BC
• 2016 Yi Mao, MBBS, and Awss Zidan, MD
• 2015 Rohit Bhatia, MD, DM, DNB
• 2015 Elizabeth A. Coon, MD
• 2015 Sally Valentina Mathias, MD
• 2015 Rick R. Gill, MD
• 2014 Physician Patient Safety Award Shelley Ozark, MD
• 2014 Resident Patient Safety Award Julio Rojas-Martinez, MD, PhD
• 2014 Physician Quality Award Dheeraj Khurana, MD, DM
• 2014 Resident Quality Award Laura Rosow, MD
• 2013 Marianna V. Spanaki, MD, PhD
• 2013 Heather R. McKee, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Stephen L. Hauser, MD

Past Recipients

• 2021 Mahjabin Islam, MBBS, MRCP; Ahmed Mubarak-Mohamed, MRCPE; Tom Jenkins, MBChB, MRCP, PhD; Christopher McDermott, MBChB, FRCP, PhD

Funded by the American Brain Foundation.

2022 Award Winner
Barbara S. Giesser, MD, FAAN

Past Recipients

• 2021 John Quinlan, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Payal Patel, MD

• 2021 Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the former American Academy of Neurology Alliance.

2022 Award Winner
Ronda Lun, MD

Past Recipients

• 2021 Mehdi Bouslama, MD
• 2020 Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS
• 2019 Lily Zhou, MD
• 2018 Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, MD
• 2017 Emer McGrath, MBChB
• 2016 Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH
• 2015 Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD
• 2014 Shennan Weiss, MD, PhD
• 2013 Korak Sarkar, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the former American Academy of Neurology Alliance.

2022 Award Winner
Jean-Pierre Falet, MD, CM

Past Recipients

• 2020 Amir Hadi Maghzi, MD
• 2019 Andrew Findlay, MD
• 2018 Eric Landsness, MD
• 2017 Richard Darby, MD
• 2016 Aaron D. Boes, MD
• 2015 Isaac Marin-Valencia, MD
• 2014 Michael Fox, MD, PhD
• 2013 Christopher Janson, MD, PhD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.

2022 Award Winner
Adrian Espiritu, MD, MSc

Past Recipients

• 2021 Guillermo Delgado-Garcia, MD, MSc
• 2020 Jorge Llibre Guerra, MD, MSc
• 2019 not given
• 2018 Fred Sarfo, MD
• 2017 Yogeshwar V. Kalkonde, MD
• 2016 Rufus O. Akinyemi, MBBS, MSc, PhD, MWACP, FMCP
• 2015 Stojan Peric, MD, PhD
• 2014 Devender Bhalla, PhD
• 2013 Mauricio Farez, MD, MPH

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Meredith Bock, MD
Noreen Bukhari-Parlakturk, MD, PhD

• 2021 Jason Chua, MD, PhD; Julie Miller, MD, PhD

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Angela Hewitt, MD, PhD
University of Rochester, Child Neurology

Bipasha Mukherjee-Clavin, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Monica Diaz, MD, MS
University of North Carolina

Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Sanjana Shellikeri, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Past Recipients

• 2021 Jonathan Brent, MD, PhD

Funded by Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Indira Garcia Cordero, PhD
University Health Network

Past Recipients

• 2021 Ikjae Lee, MD

Funded by The Mary E. Groff Charitable Trust, the Alzheimer's Assocation, and American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Zachary Macchi, MD
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Funded by Amgen, Inc. and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Gina Dumkrieger, PhD
Mayo Clinic Arizona

Funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Samuel Carrell, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Funded by the Hearst Foundation and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Whitley Aamodt, MD, MPH, MSCE
University of Pennsylvania

Funded by the Muscle Study Group and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Tyler Rehbein, MD
University of Rochester

Past Recipients

• 2021 Renatta Knox, MD, PhD

Funded by the Parkinson's Foundation and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Winner
Lauren Hammer, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Past Recipients

• 2021 Helen Hwang, MD, PhD

Funded by the Tourette Assocation of America and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Natalia Szejko, MD, PhD
University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Child Neurology

Funded by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Patricia Sikorski, PhD
George Washington University

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by members of the AAN Epilepsy Section, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Cephalon, Inc., Cyberonics, Inc., Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis Neuroscience, Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Pfizer Inc., Shire US Inc., and UCB Pharma.

2022 Award Winner
Piero Perucca, MD, PhD, FRACP
The University of Melbourne Austin Health

Past Recipients

• 2021 Anli Liu, MD
• 2020 Vikram Rao
• 2019 Daniel Friedman, MD
• 2018 Kathryn Davis, MD
• 2017 William Stacey, MD, PhD
• 2016 Alexander Rotenberg, MD, PhD
• 2015 Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH
• 2014 Catherine Schevon, MD, PhD
• 2013 W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, MPH, FAAN

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Neurology History Section.

2021 Award Winner
Michael Young, MD, MPhil
MGH-BWH Harvard Medical School

Past Recipients

• 2017 Douglas Lanska, MD, FAAN
• 2016 Stefano Sandrone
• 2015 Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD
• 2014 Edward J. Fine, MD, FAAN
• 2013 Michel C. Shamy, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Endo Pharmaceuticals.

2022 Award Winner
Caroline Ran, MSc, PhD
Karolinska Institutet

Past Recipients

• 2021 Rebecca Erwin Wells, MD
• 2020 Mia Minen, MD, MPH
• 2019 Jelena Pavlovic, MD, PhD
• 2018 William Renthal, MD
• 2017 Simple Futarmal Kothari, BDS, PhD
• 2016 Catherine Chong, PhD
• 2015 Henrik Schytz, MD, PhD
• 2014 Jakob Moeller Hansen, MD, PhD
• 2013 K. C. Brennan, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Lundbeck, Inc.

2022 Award Winner
Eduardo Benarroch, MD, DSci
Mayo Clinic

Past Recipients

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and National Multiple Sclerosis Society and made possible through a special contribution from the John Dystel Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

2022 Award Winner
Xavier Montalban, MD, PhD
Vall Hebron University Hospital-Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia

Past Recipients

• 2021 Vijay Kuchroo, MD
• 2020 Ian Duncan, BVMS, MRCVS, PhD
• 2019 Anne Cross, MD, FAAN
• 2018 Frederik Barkhof, MD, PhD
• 2017 Alan J. Thompson, MD, FRCP, FAAN
• 2016 Claudia F. Lucchinetti, MD, FAAN
• 2015 Alastair Compston, MBBS, PhD
• 2014 Barry Arnason, MD
• 2013 George C. Ebers, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc., Lineberry Research, Quintiles, Dr. Dennis Gillings, and VelaPharma.

2022 Award Winner
Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil
Washington University

Past Recipients

• 2021 Ian Bledsoe, MD
• 2020 Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD
• 2019 Sheng-Han Kuo, MD
• 2018 Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD
• 2017 Marios Politis, MD, MSC, DIC, PhD, FEAN
• 2016 Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD
• 2015 Allison Willis, MD
• 2014 Alice Chen-Plotkin, MD
• 2013 Rodolfo Savica, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
David Burkholder, MD
Mayo Clinic

Past Recipients

• 2021 Bart Lutters, MD, MSc
• 2020 Elizabeth Coon, MD
• 2019 Stefano Sandrone, PhD
• 2018 Bart TH Lutters
• 2017 Christopher J. Boes, MD, FAAN
• 2016 Peter J. Koehler, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2016 Kimberley Fleuren
• 2015 Michael C. Shamy, MD
• 2014 Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD
• 2014 Christopher J. Boes, MD
• 2013 Douglas J. Lanska, MD, FAAN

2022 Award Winner
Alexandra Czap, MD
University of Texas, Houston

Funded by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through the American Brain Foundation, and the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Michael Kleiman, PhD
University of Miami School of Medicine

Sarah Szymkowicz, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Past Recipients

• 2021 Matthew Burns, MD, PhD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Dr. Pessin's family, friends, and colleagues.

2022 Award Winner
Amy Yu, MD, MSc
University of Toronto

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Guido Falcone, MD
• 2020 Ashkan Shoamanesh, MD, BSc
• 2019 Alessandro Biffi, MD
• 2018 Glen Jickling, MD
• 2017 James F. Burke, MD, MS
• 2016 Bijoy Menon, MD
• 2015 Lauren Sansing, MD, MS
• 2014 Hooman Kamel, MD
• 2013 Amy Towfighi, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the United States Cancer Pain Relief Committee, the Mayday Fund, and friends of Dr. Mitchell Max.

2022 Award Winner
John Markman, MD
University of Rochester

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2020 Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA
• 2019 Troels Staehelin Jensen, MD, PhD
• 2018 David Simpson, MD, FAAN
• 2017 C. Peter N Watson, MD
• 2016 Michael C. Rowbotham, MD
• 2015 Robert Dworkin, PhD
• 2014 Kathleen Foley, MD, FAAN
• 2013 Justin C. McArthur, MBBS, MPH, FAAN

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, the Parkinson’s Foundation, and the American Academy of Neurology Movement Disorders Section and endowed by the Parkinson’s Foundation.

2022 Award Winner
Charles Adler, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic Arizona

Past Recipients

• 2021 Roger Albin, MD
• 2020 Henry Paulson, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2019 Guenther Deuschl, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2018 Irene Litvan, MD, FAAN
• 2017 Andrew Singleton, PhD
• 2016 Susan B. Bressman, MD, FAAN
• 2015 Christopher Goetz, MD, FAAN
• 2014 Eduardo Tolosa, MD, PhD
• 2013 C. Warren Olanow, MD, FAAN

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and supported by friends of Dr. Andrew Herzog.

2022 Award Winner
Deborah Gustafson, PhD, MS
State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University

Past Recipients

• 2019 Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
• 2018 Ellen Mowry, MD, FAAN
• 2017 Gustavo Roman, MD, DrHC
• 2016 Riley Bove, MD
• 2015 Michael Rogawski, MD, PhD
• 2014 Stafford Lightman, MB BCHir, MRCP, PhD, FRCP
• 2013 Not given

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and supported by friends of Dr. Jerome Posner.

2021 Award Winner
Pratiti Bandopadhayay, MBBS, PhD
Harvard Medical School

Past Recipients

• 2020 Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD
• 2019 Jorg Dietrich, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2018 Milan Chheda, MD
• 2017 Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
• 2016 Eudocia Lee, MD, MPH
• 2015 Elizabeth Gerstner, MD, MS

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and supported by friends of Dr. WK Alfred Yung.

2022 Award Winner
Elizabeth Gerstner, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Past Recipients

• 2021 Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
• 2020 David Gutmann, MD, PhD, Jaishri Blakeley, MD

• 2019 Anreas von Deimling, MD

• 2018 Scott Plotkin, MD
• 2017 Mario Suva, MD
• 2016 Jeremy N. Rich, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Archita Khaire
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Jessica Guo
Ward Melville High School

Samuel Wu
Dublin High School

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Noah Getz, Danny Li, Viraj Mehta
• 2020 Abe Baker-Butler, Nikhil Boddu, Bryan Dong, Pratik Vangal 
• 2019 Rachel Chirnoff, Caleb Shi, Kevin Zhong
• 2017 Pravin Ravishanker, Tejas Athni, Gokul Kannan, Lauren Singer
• 2016 Swathi Srinivasan, Brian Singer, Han Xu, Ryan Infante*
• 2015 Yinge Zhao, Lauren Houle, Monica Lee, Amrita Mohanty*
• 2014 Stefanie Henry, Charlotte Herber, Lisa Michaels, Laura Herman*
• 2013 Samantha Marquez, Brett Roston, Sarthak Sinha, Anna Thomas*

*Child Neurology Society Neuroscience Research Prize Recipient

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

2022 Award Winner
Aliya Fisher
Bronx High School of Science

Past Recipients

• 2021 Meagen Ryan

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winners
Sattar Khoshkhoo, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sinifunanya Nwaobi, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Past Recipients

• 2021 Emily Ferenczi, MD, PhD, Frederike Cosima Oertel, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed through Dr. Geschwind's family, friends, and colleagues, Pfizer Inc., and the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Julio Rojas-Martinez, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco

Past Recipients

• 2021 Hugo Botha, MD
• 2020 Richard Ryan Darby, MD
• 2019 Sonja Scholz, MD
• 2018 Zachary Miller, MD
• 2017 Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
• 2016 Madhav R. Thambisetty, MD, PhD
• 2015 Andrew Kayser, MD, PhD
• 2014 Roy Hamilton, MD, MS
• 2013 Bradford Dickerson, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, the American Brain Foundation, and funded through the Philanthropy of the Potamkin Family.

2022 Award Winner
Vladimir Hachinski, CM, MD, DSc, FRCPC, FCAHS, FAHA, FAAN, FRSC
London Health Sciences Centree

Past Recipients

• 2021 Giovanna Mallucci, MD, PhD; Kenneth S. Kosik, MD
• 2020 J. Paul Taylor, MD PhD
• 2019 Randall Bateman, MD
• 2018 David Bennett, MD
• 2017 Claudia Kawas, MD; Kristine Yaffe, MD
• 2016 Rosa Rademakers, PhD; Bryan Traynor, MD, PhD, MMSc, MRCPI
• 2015 Peter Davies, PhD; Reisa Sperling, MD
• 2014 M. Marsel Mesulam, MD
• 2013 William J. Jagust, MD; Eric M. Reiman, MD; Michael W. Weiner, MD

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Kyra O'Brien, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Past Recipients

• 2021 Altaf Saadi, MD

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology in collaboration with the American Brain Foundation.

2022 Award Winner
Audrey Brumback, MD, PhD
University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School

Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Lauren Kett, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Past Recipients

• 2021 Paul Sampognaro, MD

Funded by the Alzheimer's Association and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Jeffrey Motter, PhD
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

Presented by the American Academy of Neurology and the ALS Association and supported through the philanthropy of the Essey family and the ALS Association.

2022 Award Winner
Matthew Kiernan, MBBS (Honours), PhD, DSc, FRACP, FAHMS
Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney

Past Recipients

• 2021 Jan Veldink, MD, PhD
• 2020 Guy Rouleau, MD, PhD
• 2019 Aaron Gitler, PhD
• 2018 Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
• 2017 John M. Ravits, MD, FAAN
• 2016 Ammar Al-Chalabi, MB, ChB, PhD
• 2015 Adriano Chio, MD; Robert Bowser, PhD
• 2014 Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD
• 2013 Bryan Traynor, MD; Rosa Rademakers, PhD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Neurology Sleep Section and endowed by Cephalon, Inc.

2022 Award Winner
Louis Ptacek, MD
University of California San Francisco

Past Recipients

• 2021 Charlene Gamaldo, MD, FAAN
• 2020 Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS
• 2019 Clifford Sapper, MD, PhD, FAAN
• 2018 Bradley Boeve, MD, FAAN
• 2017 Mark W. Mahowald, MD; Carlos H. Schenck, MD
• 2016 Juliane Winkelmann, MD
• 2015 Thomas Scammell, MD
• 2014 Claudia Trenkwalder, MD
• 2013 Michael H. Silber, MB, ChB, FAAN

Funded by the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

2022 Award Winner
Regan Lemley, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Past Recipients

• 2021 Samuel Terman, MD

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by UCB Inc. Lilly USA, Elite Home Medical & Respiratory, Inc., Raleigh Neurology Associates, and friends of Dr. Wayne A. Hening. 

2022 Award Winner
John Werner, MD, PhD
Uniformed Services University

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Mark Boulos, MD 
• 2019 Diego Carvalho, MD
• 2018 Yo-El Ju, MD
• 2017 Tiffany Braley, MD, MS
• 2016 Bryce Mander, MD
• 2015 Mark Wu, MD, PhD
• 2014 Aleksandar Videnovic, MD, MSc
• 2013 Andrew Lim, MD

2020 Recipients
Ali Shoraka, MD, UTMB Health
Amir Besharat, DO, University of Washington/VA Puget Sound Seattle
Amy Brown, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Bhavesh Trikamji, MD, Washington University in St. Louis
Brian Hanrahan, MD, Rochester University Medical Center
Brian Stephens, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Carson Van Sanford, MD, University of Washington
Chih-Chun Lin, MD, Columbia University Irving Med Center
Daniel Freedman, DO, Nationwide Children's Hospital
David Bissig, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
Elizabeth Aradine, DO, University of Maryland
Emily Hill, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Erin Smith, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Faisal Fecto, MD, PhD, Stanford University
Gabriela Tuttrup, MD, LSU Health Sciences Center
Hebah Qashqari, MBBS, FRCPC, University of Toronto/The Hospital for Sick Children
Jacqueline Li, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Jeanne Feuerstein, MD, University of Colorado
Joshua Lai, MD, University of British Columbia
Karen Morgenshtern Yacoby, MD, UCLA
Katelyn Bird, MD, Boston University Medical Center
Katherine Longardner, MD, University of California, San Diego
Kevin Kyle, MBChB, University of California, Los Angeles
Kristin Galetta, MD, MSEd, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Le Treice Irving, MD, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
Lynda Nwabuobi, MD, Columbia University Medical Center
Marianna Spatola, MD, PhD, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Mayra Montalvo Perero, MD, Brown University
Muhammad Anjum, MD, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Nicholas Streicher, MD, University of Michigan
Noushin Jazebi, MD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Oleg Yerstein, MD, UCLA and VA West LA
Pin-Yi Ko, MD, University of Washington
Richard Lewis, MD, University of Miami
Richard Monti, MD, MS, Emory University
Scott Grossman, MD, New York University Langone Health
Smita Holden, MD, University of Washington
Teresa Lee, MD, University of Colorado
Tigran Kesayan, MD, University of South Florida
Tommy Chan, MBBS, Stanford University and Stanford Healthcare
Vasu Saini, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Veeresh Kumar Nanjangud Shivamurthy, MBBS, Emory University School of Medicine
Yujie Wang, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Yvette Brown, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital
Zsofia Szabo, MD, MSc, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Sponsored by the AAN Clinical Research Subcommittee.

2022 Recipients
Alexandra Brooks, PhD, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
Alice Tao, Weill Cornell Medical College
Andrea Jones, MD, PhD, University of British Columbia
Andrew Dhawan, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Christy Soares, Florida State University College of Medicine
David Acero-Garces, Johns Hopkins University
David Fischer, MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dinesh Keran Sivakolundu, MD, PhD, Yale New Haven Hospital
Eleni Papadopoulos, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Fatemeh Seifar, MD, Emory University
Gabriel Cassinelli Petersen, Yale School of Medicine
Isha Srivastava, MD, PhD, Stanford University
J. Vivian Dickens, PhD, Georgetown University
Jaime Shoup, MD, University of Louisville
Jamie McDonald, MD, Stanford University
Joey Hsu, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
John Erdman, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John Gatti, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jonas Kruse, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Jorge Patino, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kanika Sharma, MD, MBBS, National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Katie Holroyd, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kimberly O'Neill, MD, Montefiore Medical Center
Leon Jekel, Yale University
Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Langone
Milagros Galecio-Castillo, MD, University of Iowa
Natalia Chunga Iturry, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center
Nefize Turan, MD, Tufts Medical Center
Rohan Rao, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Sanskriti Sasikumar, MD, University of Toronto
Sara Merkaj, Yale School of Medicine
Shane Arsenault, MD, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Susana C. Dominguez Penuela, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Tzu-Ying Chuang, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Virginia Gao, Weill Cornell Medical College

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology International Subcommittee.

2022 Award Winners
Ahmed Yassin, MD, Jordan University of Science and Technology
Akarin Hiransuthikul, MD, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Akintomiwa Makanjuola, MD, MBBS, University College Hospital
Akshay Deepak, MD, MBBS, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
Chennai
Aldanica Olano, MD, The Medical City
Alvee Saluja, MD, DM, LHMC New Delhi
Ana Villegas, MD, MPH, Hospital Fundacion Santa Fe
Aravind Ganesh, MD, Dphil, FRCPC, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary
Chandana Bhagwat, MD, PGIMER
Charlotte Zuurbier, MD, University Medical Center Utrecht
Damaris Vazquez Guevara, MD, Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto
Dario Saracino, MD, Paris Brain Institute / Sorbonne Université / Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
Elisabeth Hendrickx Van de Craen, MD, Center for Molecular Neurology
Fizza Orooj, MRCP, Shifa International Hospital, Neurology Division
Gim Dhee, MD, National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Giulia Giacomucci, MD, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health
Harini Pavuluri, MD, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Helena Gosseye, MD, Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
Jasmine Parihar, MBBS, MD, DM, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Juan Mendez Gallardo, MD, Instituto Nacional De Neurologia Y Neurocirugia
Katarina Rukavina, MD, Parkinson's Foundation Centre of Excellence at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Manav Vyas, MD, MBBS, MSc, PhD, University of Toronto
Maurizio Grassano, MD, University of Turin
Melanie Lara Sanchez, MD, Fleni
Miranda Wan, MD, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Monica Margoni, MD, San Raffaele Hospital
Nikolai Gil Reyes, MD, University of Toronto - Toronto Western Hospital
Oladotun Olalusi, MD, UCH
Roberto Rodriguez, MD, Instituto Nacional De Neurologia y Neurocirugía        
Saloua Mrabet, MD, Razi University Hospital
Thomas Parker, PhD, BMBCh, MRCP, Imperial College London
Tim Woelfle, MD, MSc, Neurology, University Hospital Basel
Tracy Ming-Chun Yu, MD, MPH, Cardinal Tien Hospital
Yang Zheng, MD, PhD, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Zi-Yue Liu, MD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

Supported in part by The AbbVie Foundation.

2022 Recipients
Aldwin Soumare, PCOM-GA
Desmond Bhimull, Stony Brook Medical School
Isaac Domenech, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Juan Vazquez, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Katsiah Cadet, Penn State College of Medicine
Maikerly Reyes, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Tochi Eboh, Texas Tech School of Medicine
Tracy De Los Santos, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Tyler Nichols, Indiana University School of Medicine
Vivian Chioma, Medical University of South Carolina

2022 Recipients
Adam Uppendahl, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Ai Aileen Ohno, BS, California University of Science and Medicine
Alecca Como, BS, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Alex David Waldman, BS, Emory University, National Institutes of Health, University of Oxford
Alexis Domeracki, MS, Duke University
Alizeh Shamshad, BS, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Alyssa Margaret Edwards, MPH, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 
Ammar Lamak Ujjainwala, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Anna Moshkovich, BS, Rush Medical College
Anne Sophie Reisch, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Audrey Wack, BA, Boston University School of Medicine
Bianca Haley Persaud, BA, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Bowen Song, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Bryson Hewins, MS, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Cheryne Kim, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine 
Deepika Kurup, AB, Stanford University School of Medicine
Ema Karakoleva, BS, Penn State College of Medicine
Emily Hoegh, BS, University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson
Eric Zuberi, University of Louisville
Erin Hedglen, MA, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Ethan Daniel Zerpa-Blanco, MS, NRP, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Guldamla Kalender, BA, University of Minnesota
Hannah Marie Kelly, BS, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Isaac W. Lamb, Indiana University School of Medicine
Isabella Buccieri, University of Illinois College of Medicine 
Jackson Narrett, MS, University of Virginia
Jay B. Lusk, BSc, Duke University
Jeehyun Kim, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Jennie Burns, BS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jonas Kruse, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Jordan Andrew Nasenbeny, MSc, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria
Joy C. Josephs Njiribeako, BS, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Justin Ho, MBS, Tufts University School of Medicine
Karam Gagi, BS, Michigan State College of Human Medicine 
Kevin Alexander Soltany, BA, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Kinnari Karia, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Kyle Distler, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Lauren Danielle Pomerantz, Penn State College of Medicine
Lauren Hurst, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Leah Shabo, BS, University of Virginia
Magalie Carey, BSc, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine 

Mara Bahri, MSc, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Marina Motina, MS, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Maryellen Campbell, BA, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
Mauricio Bier Pinto, BS, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Meha Joshi, BA, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Michaela Reuter, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Mirna Hennawy, BSc, University of British Columbia
Morgan Young, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Muslima Sonia Razaqyar, BA, UT Health SA
Nabeel Ahmad, MSEd, University of Houston College of Medicine
Namita Patel, HBSc, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Nancy Le, California Northstate University
Nimansha Jain, BA, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Olivia Cummings, Indiana University School of Medicine
Peter Vo, California Northstate University
Pranav Mirpuri, BS, Chicago Medical School
Rachel Adlis, UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine a
Reniba Babu, BA, UT Health Houston, McGovern Medical School
Rikki Samuel, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Rishi Sharma, BS, University of Minnesota
Rui Tang, MA, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Ryan Conor Williams, BS, Stony Brook University
Salvatore Giovanni Volpe, MA, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Samantha Paige Myers, BS, University of Rochester
Sanya Ahmed, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Sarah Grosser, MA, Stony Brook University
Sean Laxamana Thompson, BS, Medical University of South Carolina
Sharmila Raju, MS, Chicago Medical School
Skyler Kanegi, BA, UT Health San Antonio
Sophia Gillian Musacchio, BA, Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Srinath Ramanan, BS, UConn School of Medicine
Taylor Maxwell Parker, BA, University of Florida College of Medicine
Thalia Medina Rodriguez, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Thomas Gossard, Creighton University Medical School
Wang Pong Chan, BA, BS, Boston University School of Medicine
Yajur Iyengar, University of Toronto - Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Yee Jung Kim, BS, Weill Cornell Medical College
Zachary Weinstock, BS, University at Buffalo - Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Zahra Zhu, BA, Penn State College of Medicine

2022 Recipients
Adam Uppendahl, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Ammar Lamak Ujjainwala, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Audrey Wack, BA, Boston University School of Medicine
Bowen Song, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Bryson Hewins, MS, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Cheryne Kim, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine 
Deepika Kurup, AB, Stanford University School of Medicine
Emily Hoegh, BS, University of Arizona College of Medicine -Tucson
Eric Zuberi, University of Louisville
Isaac W. Lamb, Indiana University School of Medicine
Jackson Narrett, MS, University of Virginia
Jay B. Lusk, BSc, Duke University
Jennie Burns, BS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jonas Kruse, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Justin Ho, MBS, Tufts University School of Medicine
Karam Gagi, BS, Michigan State College of Human Medicine 
Kevin Alexander Soltany, BA, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Kinnari Karia, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Leah Shabo, BS, University of Virginia
Magalie Carey, BSc, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine 
Marina Motina, MS, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mirna Hennawy, BSc, University of British Columbia
Morgan Young, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Muslima Sonia Razaqyar, BA, UT Health SA
Namita Patel, HBSc, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Nancy Le, California Northstate University
Nimansha Jain, BA, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Olivia Cummings, Indiana University School of Medicine 
Peter Vo, California Northstate University
Rachel Adlis, UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine
Ryan Conor Williams, BS, Stony Brook University
Samantha Paige Myers, BS, University of Rochester
Sean Laxamana Thompson, BS, Medical University of South Carolina
Sophia Gillian Musacchio, BA, Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Srinath Ramanan, BS, UConn School of Medicine
Wang Pong Chan, BA, BS, Boston University School of Medicine
Yajur Iyengar, University of Toronto - Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Yee Jung Kim, BS, Weill Cornell Medical College
Zahra Zhu, BA, Penn State College of Medicine

2022 Recipients
Mia T. Minen, MD, FAAN
Jennifer Lauren Thomas, MD

Sponsored by the Clinical Research Subcommittee.

2022 Award Winners
Alice Hawkins, MD
Joel Neves Briard, MD
Virginia Gao, MD, PhD

Past Recipients 

• 2021 Aditi Varma-Doyle, MD; Elizabeth Harrison, MD; Linda Nguyen, MD, PhD

2022 Recipients
Abdullah Shoaib, MD, UT Southwestern
Ahmad Ballout, MD, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine Program
Ahmed Abbas, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Neurology Residency Program
Alissa Kasunich, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University
Andrew Breithaupt, MD, UCSF
Andrew Voyiadjis, MD, Tulane University
Anish Deshmukh, MD, University of Utah Medical Center
Austin Momii, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Benjamin Beland, MD, University of Calgary
Brian Stamm, MD, Northwestern University
Christopher Nguyen, MD, LAC+USC
Crystal Sosa, MD, WFBH
Dana Ionel, DO, University of Kentucky
Daniel Harrison, MD, Mass General Brigham
Devin Simon, MD, Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital
Diana Andino, MD, Loyola University Medical Center
Diana Li, MD, URMC Neurology
Erika Chandler, MD, University of Louisville Child Neurology
Ezgi Saylam, MD, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Fady Mousa-Ibrahim, DO, Loyola University Medical Center Dept of Neurology
Gaurav Kathuria, MD, Memorial Healthcare System
Goun Je, MD, PhD, UMass Medical School
Greer Waldrop, MD, Columbia University - NYP
Hannah Noah, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center
Harjot Hansra, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute
Hasan Dawood, MD, Loma Linda University - Department of Neurology
Helena Gossye, MD, VIB CMN
Hemali Patel, DO, UC Davis Health
Jasmine Singh, MD, Loyola University Medical Center
Jennifer Liu, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Joel Neves Briard, MD, Université de Montréal
Jonathan Morena, DO, The Ohio State University
Joseph Seemiller, MD, Geisinger Medical Center
Karina Gonzalez Otarula, MD, The University of Iowa
Katrina Badiola, MD, University of Connecticut Neurology Residency Program
Keiko Fukuda, MD, UPMC Department of Neurology
Keli Tahara, MD, Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Keval Shah, MD, Detroit Medical Center/ Wayne State University
Lee Pfaff, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Levi Dygert, MD, New York University Langone Health
Lucy Gee, MD, PhD, Jefferson Neurology
Luis Manrique-Trujillo, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine At Peoria
Mangayarkarasi Thandampallayam Ajjeya, MBBS, University of Kentucky
Manish Karamchandani, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Maria Shoaib, MD, OU Neurology
Mariam Tsikvadze, MD, University of Connecticut
Matthew Feldman, MD, Jackson Health System
Mattia Rosso, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Mauricio Perez Davila, MD, UTMB Health
Megan Bone, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Meghna Rajaprakash, MD, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities/Child Neurology
Mirza Omari, MD, New York University, Langone Medical Center
Neeharika Thottempudi, MD, UTMB Health
Olivia Gutgsell, MD, University of Michigan
Parakash Pratibhu, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Philip Yeung, MD, Stony Brook
Preethy Pankaj, MBBS, University of Washington Medical Center
Rachel Pauley, MD, NYU Langone Health
Richard Baron, MD, Stanford University
Risako Shirane, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Roysten Rodrigues, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine
Sandra Reiter-Campeau, MD, McGill University
Sha'ray Shaw, MD, University of Missouri Kansas City
Shruthi Harish, MBBS, Einstein Medical Center
Sung Jeon, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Teryn Nogles, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Therese Dunne, MD, Rush University Medical Center
Veronica Moreno Gomez, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Vivek Satyasi, MD, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center
William Spears, MD, Boston Medical Center
Xing Dai, MD, Rhode Island Hospital, Neurology Department
Zaheerud Cheema, MD, University at Buffalo
Zehui Wang, MD, New York Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medicine