José H. Posas, MD, FAAN
José Posas, MD, FAAN (he/him/el), is a Sports Neurologist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Neurology in Charlottesville, VA. There he serves as a Neurology Residency Associate Program Director and on the Neurology Diversity Committee. He is an associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the Department of Neurology.
He has been passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts and was formally recognized as such since graduating from the AAN Diversity Leadership Program in 2017. He has previously contributed to the AAN EDI Joint Coordinating Council and mentored the student-run Neuro Equity Coalition. Efforts include education, diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as concussion clinical care, community service, and research. Along with serving on the AAN Board of Directors, he is proud of the work on the Editorial Board for Continuum®. He also serves on the eLearning Subcommittee, where he is the physician lead on NeuroPanels. He plays Dungeons and Dragons with other AAN members mostly for fun, and at times for BrainPAC. He has a penchant for bowties and sneakers, is an avid coffee drinker, and purveyor of puns and dad jokes.
Posas went to Louisiana State University Health Sciences School of Medicine in New Orleans to complete his medical degree. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, where he was administrative chief in his senior year of training. He completed fellowship in sports neurology at Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, where he was the inaugural Sports Neurology Fellow.