Education Award Recipients
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 American Academy of Neurology Education Awards. Browse recipients below. The AAN thanks the American Brain Foundation for their support through philanthropy of the AAN's awards program.
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A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education
Funded by an endowment created by matching funds from the A.B. Baker Family Trust and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Joel C. Morgenlander, MD, FAAN
Duke University
Durham, NC
2023 Recipient: Zachary London, MD, FAAN
A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award
Lealani Mae Acosta, MD, FAAN
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
John C. Adair, MD
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Alhamza Al-Bayati, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Ana C. Albuja Ponce
Brown Medical School
Providence, RI
Ashhar Ali, DO, FAAN
Henry Ford Health
Bloomfield Twp, MI
Tarek Emran Ali, MBBS
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Yasir Al-Khalili, MD, MSED, FAAN
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Baxter Allen, MD
Weill Cornell
New York, NY
Graham Atkin, PhD
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Ekaterina Bakradze, MD
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Benjamin Barnes, MD
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Christopher R. Barton, MD
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Maysaa Merhi Basha, MD
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Bassam A. Bassam, MD, FAAN
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Aaron M. Carlson, MD
University of Colorado – Denver
Denver, CO
Rameshwar Nath Chaurasia, MBBS, MD, DM, FRCP, MAMS
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hinu University
Varanasi Uttar, Pradesh
India
Suzanne C. Crandall, DO
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston, WV
Alok Dabi, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Long F. Davalos Loo, MD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Bertha C. Ekeh, MD
University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
Uyo, Akwa Ibom
Nigeria
Jessica Feldman, MD
Penn Medicine
Sellersville, PA
Anteneh Mekonnen Feyissa, MD, MSc, FAAN
Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
Erin Furr-Stimming, MD, FAAN
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth
Houston, TX
Daniel Gonzalez, MD
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Carolina Garcia, DO
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Jennifer L. Griffith, MD
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
James Grogan, MD
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Sheffali Gulati, MD, FAMS, FIAP, FIMS
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi
India
Khalid Hanafy, MD, PhD
Cooper Neurologic Institute
Cherry Hill, NJ
Antonio Hernanado Iglesias, MD
Loyola University
Chicago, IL
Ryan David Jacobson, MD
Rush University
Chicago, IL
Peter Jin, MD
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Morgan Christina Jordan, DO
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Tamara B. Kaplan, MD
Brigham and Women's
Boston, MA
Sukriye Damla Kara, MD
University of Mississippi
Jackson, MS
Adrienne M. Keener, MD
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Nishanth Kodumuri, MD
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Scheherazade Le, MD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Hongyan Li, MD, PhD, FAAN
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
Jason H. Margolesky, MD
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Ethan Isaac Meltzer, MD
University of Texas – Austin
Austin, TX
Jose Antonio Montes-Rivera, MD
University of Connecticut
Mansfield, CT
Andrew James Natonson, MD
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Scott Douglas Newsome, DO, FAAN
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Scott I. Otallah, MD
Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, NC
Ashok Reddy Polu, MD
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic
Baton Rouge, LA
Varun Chandra Reddy Pulakanti, MD
Geisinger
Danville, PA
Reshma Narula, MD
Yale Medicine
New Haven, CT
Matthew Roberts, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Hannah Roeder, MPH
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Sean C. Rose, MD, FAAN
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Toledo, OH
Helene Rubeiz, MD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Sami Saba, MD
Northwell Health
New York, NY
Stefano Sandrone, PhD
Imperial College London
London
England
Courtney Seebadri-White, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Rajesh Shankar Iyer, MD, DM
Kovai Medical Center and Hospital
Tamil Nadu
India
Zubeda B. Sheikh, MD
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Kurt Michael Sieloff, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Alexis N. Simpkins, MD PhD, MSCR, FAAN
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Thesen, PhD
Geisel School of Medicine
Hanover, NH
Michel Toledano, MD
Mayo Clinic – Rochester
Rochester, MN
Jose L. Torres, MD
NYU – Langone
New York, NY
Anh-Thu Ngo Vu, MD, MS
Providence Health & Services
Renton, WA
Neal J. Weisbrod, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Kathryn Leigh Idol Xixis, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2023 Recipients: Jayant Acharya, MD, FAAN; Aileen Antonio, MD; Sanaz Attaripour, MD, PhD, FAAN; Nancy Baker, MD; Lauren Beslow, MD; Muhammad Fawad Bilal, MD; Ania Busza, MD, FAAN; Joseph Carrera, MD, PhD, FAAN; Madeline Chadehumbe, MD, FAAN; Marissa Dean, MD; Wissam Deeb, MD, FAAN; Stephen English, MD; Prasanna Venkatesan Eswaradass, MD; Jorge Ortiz Garcia, MD; Justin Hoskin, MD; Maryam Hosseini, MD, MPH, FAAN; Spencer Hutto, MD; Inna Keselman, MD; Humaira Khan, MD; Neil Masangkay, MD; Alina Masters-Israilov, MD, FAAN; Sally Mathias, MD; Prachi Mehndiratta, MD, PhD, FAAN; Anza Memon, MD; Mostafa Mahmoud Hassan Meshref, MD; Nicholas Milano, MD; Setareh Salehi Omran, MD; Anna Pace, MD; Addie Patterson, DO; David Preston, MD, FAAN; Divisha Raheja, MD; Necrisha Roach, MD, PhD, FAAN; Liana Rosenthal, MD; Vishwanath Sagi, MD; Sita Jayalakshmi Sattaluri, MD; Nicholas Silvestri, MD, FAAN; Shitiz Sriwastawa, MD, FAAN; Derek Stitt, MD, FAAN; Adnan Subei, DO, FAAN; Anishee Undavia, MD; Mauricio Villamar, MD
Clerkship Education Coordinator Recognition Award
Courtney Lewis
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
2023 Recipients: Alex Gough; Brigitte H. Nettles
Clerkship Director Innovation Award
Amit Kandel, MD
University at Buffalo SUNY
Buffalo, NY
2023 Recipient: Jamie LaBuzetta, MD, MSc, Mphil
Clerkship Director Teaching Award
Matthew Swan, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
2023 Recipient: Norika Malhado-Chang, MD
Consortium of Neurology Residents and Fellows Essay Contest
Nara Michaelson, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
2023 Recipient: Yasmin Aghajan, MD
Director Mentorship Leadership Program
Supported in part by LivaNova.
Margaret Adler, MD
Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Jennifer M. Bain, MD, PhD
Columbia University
New York, NY
Meeryo Choe, MD, FAAN
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Kristen Fisher, DO
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Tiffani Stroup Franada, DO
OSF Healthcare Illinois Neurological Institute
Peoria, IL
Katherine Fu, MD
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Elysia James, MD
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
Balaji Krishnaiah, MD, FAAN
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, TN
Alexandra Kvernland, MD
NYU Department of Neurology
New York, NY
Zabeen Kaizar Mahuwala, MD, FAAN
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Jeremy Moeller, MD, FAAN
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Aaron Lane Nelson, MD, FAAN
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
Douglas Ney, MD, FAAN
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Ligia V. Onofrei, MD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Jeffrey B. Ratliff, MD, FAAN
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Justin A. Sattin, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Buse Sengul, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL
Elizabeth T. Troy, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Robin Ulep, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Stephen A. VanHaerents, MD, FAAN
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Starla Wise, DO
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Kathryn Leigh Idol Xixis, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2023 Recipients: Aileen Antonio, MD; Kapil Arya, MD; Rae E. Bacharach, DO; Laxman Bahroo, DO, FAAN; Mark D. Baker, MD; Danny Bega, MD; Annapoorna Bhat, MD; A. Blake Buletko, MD; Elizabeth A. Coon, MD, FAAN; Suzanne Crandall, DO; William Alexander Dalrymple, MD; Zain Guduru, MD, FAAN; Jafar Kafaie, MD, PhD; Adrienne M. Keener, MD; Thomas Vincent Kodankandath, MD; Pearce Korb, MD, FAAN; Arielle Marisa Kurzweil, MD, FAAN; Max R. Lowden, MD, FAAN; Tara K. Mangum, DO; Soe Mar, MD, FAAN; Neil Masangkay, MD; Maryann Mays, MD, FAAN; Lisa R. Merlin, MD, FAAN; Aaron Lane Nelson, MD, FAAN; Ajitesh Ojha, MD; Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN; Sonja Potrebic, MD, PhD, FAAN; David C. Preston, MD, FAAN; Joel Isaac Shenker, MD, PhD; Jacqueline Stone, MD; Kavitha Tirumalasetti, MD; Diego Torres-Russotto, MD, FAAN; Melanie Truong-Le, DO; Alan Wang, MD; Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN; Edward Yu, MD
Enhanced Resident Leadership Program
Supported in part by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, LivaNova.
Claudia Gambrah-Lyles, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Franziska Hoche, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Christine Gummerson, MD
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Ruben Jauregui, MD
New York University Langone
New York, NY
Neeharika Krothapalli, DO
University of Connecticut
Farmington, CT
Michael D. Liu, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Maegan Newell, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Praveen Ramani, MBBS
University of Arkansas / Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, AK
Deborah Kathleen Rose, MD
Duke University
Durham, NC
Angela C. Russell, MD
University of Calgary
Calgary
Canada
Christine Shrock, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Brookline, MA
Isha Snehal, MBBS
University of Nebraska
Omaha, NE
Maria Sokola, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Megan E. Super, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Adam Wadina, MD
Loyola University
Maywood, MD
2023 Recipients: Rumyar Ardakani, MD; Shane Arsenault, MD; Alexis Ariel Clay, MD; Catherine R. Garcia, MD; Joshua Luster, MD; Thien Nguyen, MD; Meghna Rajaprakash, MD; Brigitte Reina, MD; Avni Sanghi, DO; Carol Swetlik, MD; Vaishnavi Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, MD; Miranda Wan, MD; Alexandra Mae Wood, MD; Shea Wright, MD; Rachel Zolno, MD
Fellowship Director Recognition Award
Anita V Shelgikar, MD, MHPE
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
2023 Recipients: Anita V Shelgikar, MD, MHPE; Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN
Fellowship Education Coordinator Recognition Award
Juliana Adepipe
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Nina Galanti
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
2023 Recipients: Michael Lilley, MHA; Sara Nagel
Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching
Funded by Mayo Clinic Frank A. Rubino, MD Development Fund.
Vanja C. Douglas, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
2023 Recipient: Douglas J. Gelb, MD, PhD, FAAN
Neuroscience Course Director Excellence
Jose L. Torres, MD
New York University
New York, NY
2023 Recipient: Balaji Krishnaiah, MD
Residency Education Coordinator Recognition Award
Caroline Martin
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Nadia Tilden-Dassler
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
2023 Recipients: Jennifer Shipley; Jillian Iffland, M.Ed
Residency-Fellowship Program Director Recognition Award
Daniel R. Gold, DO
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Christopher Hess, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Robert W. Neel, MD
University of Cincinnati Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Rana R. Said, MD, FAAN
UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX
Resident & Fellow Writing Award
Sponsored by Neurology Resident & Fellow Section.
Ana M. Cabal Herrera, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Setty Magaña, MD, PhD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Quinton J. Mandle, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Alex Sunshine, MD, PhD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Hersh Varma, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Bianca Zapanta, DO
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH