Leadership Program Participants
Leadership Programs
The AAN is thrilled to welcome the following physicians to the 2024-2025 class of leadership programs!
Director Mentorship Program
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
Sreekanth Koneru, MD
Pearce Korb, MD, FAAN
Jessica B. Kraker, MD, FAAN
Arielle Marisa Kurzweil, MD, FAAN
Shannon N. Liang, MD
Max R. Lowden, MD, FAAN
Tara K. Mangum, DO
Soe Mar, MD, FAAN
Neil Masangkay, MD
Maryann Mays, MD, FAAN
Amy McGregor, MD
Lisa R. Merlin, MD, FAAN
Aaron Lane Nelson, MD, FAAN
Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN
Sonja Potrebic, MD, PhD, FAAN
David C. Preston, MD, FAAN
Ajitesh Ojha, MD
Joel Isaac Shenker, MD, PhD
Jacqueline Stone, MD
Kavitha Tirumalasetti, MD
Diego Torres-Russotto, MD, FAAN
Melanie Truong-Le, DO
Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN
Alan Wang, MD
Edward Yu, MD
Diversity Leadership Program
Diana Andino, MD
David J. Avila, MD
Natalia Chunga Iturry, MD
Daniel Cristancho, MD, MBE
Daniel Garbin Di Luca, MD
Amanda Fletcher, MD
Ingrid Loma-Miller, MD
Emmanuel Perez, MD, PhD
Melissa Rethana, MD
Emerging Leaders Program
Casey Albin, MD
Yasir Al-Khalili, MD, MSEd
Stephanie Bissonnette, DO, MPH
Garrett Conyers, MD, MPP
Victor Del Brutto, MD
Megan Esch, MD
Ariel Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD
Jody Manners, MD
Anna Pace, MD
Laveena Singla, MBBS
Enhanced Resident Leadership Program
Shane Arsenault, MD
Brigitte Reina, MD
Miranda Wan, MD
Thien Nguyen, MD
Alexandra Mae Wood, MD
Avni Sanghi, DO
Shea Wright, MD
Joshua Luster, MD
Meghna Rajaprakash, MD
Catherine R. Garcia, MD
Rumyar Ardakani, MD
Carol Swetlik, MD
Rachel Zolno, MD
Vaishnavi Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, MD
Alexis Ariel Clay, MD
Practice Leadership Program
Olivia Begasse De Dhaem, MD, FAHS
Leonel Estofan, MD
Eduardo Garcia, MD, FAAN, FAES
Sahil Gupta, MD
Isabella Herman, MD, PhD
Maureen Hughes, MD
Michael Kentris, DO
Mateja De Leonni Stanonik, MD, MA, PhD
Jaivir Rathore, MD, FAES
Aman Savani, MD
Transforming Leaders Program
Kapil Arya, MD, FAAN
Varina Boerwinkle, MD
Anteneh Feyissa, MD, MSc, FAAN
Ashley Ghiaseddin, MD, FAAN
Jessica Goldstein, MD
Hiba Haider, MD
Melissa Motta, MD, MPH
Aasef Shaikh, MD,PhD
Divya Singhal, MD, FAAN
Alissa Thomas, MD, FAAN
Women Leading In Neurology Program
Lealani Mae Acosta, MD, FAAN
Sairah Bashir, MD
Lourdes Benes, MD, FAAN
Rachel Darken, MD, PhD, FAAN
Joanna S. Fong, MD, FAAN
Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD, FAAN
Neha M. Kramer, MD
Carine W. Maurer, MD, PhD, FAAN
Sarah E. Nelson, MD, MPH
Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD