好色先生 Award recipients
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 好色先生 好色先生 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 Neurological 好色先生
Funded by an endowment created by matching funds from the A.B. Baker Family Trust and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Rana R. Said, MD, FAAN
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
2024 recipient: Joel C. Morgenlander, MD, FAAN
A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award
Nada G. Abou Fayssal, MD, FAAN
New York University
Brooklyn, NY
Margaret Adler, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Pria Anand, MD
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA
Erika J. Axeen, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD
Columbia University
New York, NY
Grayson B. Beecher, MD
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Maria Bruzzone Giraldez, MD, MSc, FAAN
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Esther Bui, MD
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
Katie L. Bullinger, MD, PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Darin Carabenciov, MD, FAAN
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN
Olimpia Carbunar, MD
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Courtney S. Casserly, MD, FAAN
London Health Sciences Center
London, ON, Canada
Pablo R. Castillo, MD, FAAN
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Krishna Nalleballe, MD, FAAN
UAMS Medical School
Little Rock, AR
Shivika Chandra, MD, FAAN
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX
Hamza Coban, MD
UConn Health
Farmington, CT
Sarah Conway, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Sudhir V. Datar, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Jeffrey Dewey, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Ahmed M. Kamal Bayoumy, MBBCh, FEBN
King Saud Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Yasir El-Sherif, MD
Northwell Health
Staten Island, NY
Danison Emmerson, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Group
Marlborough, MA
Sarah Fredrich, MD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Jessica Frey, MD
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Alfred T. Frontera, Jr., MD
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
Tanu Garg, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Jessica Gautreaux, MD, FAAN
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Raghav Govindarajan, MD, FAAN
HSHS St. Elizabeth Medical Group
O'Fallon, IL
Saad Hasan, MD
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Thomas C. Head, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Lauryn Hemminger
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Christopher Hollen, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Nicholas Janocko, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
Emily C. Johnson, MD
Trinity Health Hauenstein Neurosciences
Grand Rapids, MI
Mohammed Kananeh, MD
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Peter Kang, MD, MSCI
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO
Akshat Katyayan, MD
Baylor College of Medicine/ exas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Yasmin Khakoo, MD, PhD, FAAN, FCNS, FAAP
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
William A. Kilgo, MD
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Eric H. Kossoff, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Shivakrishna Kovi, MD, MBBS
Unity Point Health
Des Moines, IA
Jeremy Kulacz, MD
SIU Neuroscience Center
Springfield, IL
Vishakhadatta Mathur Kumaraswamy, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Sushil S. Lakhani, MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH
David P. Lerner, MD
One Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, NY
Ali Mahta, MD
Brown University
Providence, RI
Camille Malatt, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Soe S. Mar, MD, FAAN
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO
Rohit A. Marawar, MD, FAAN
Wayne State University - Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, MI
Heather R. McKee, MD
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Nancy A. Mcnamara, MD
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
Mayra Montalvo Perero, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Debra Moore-Hill, MD, FAAN
Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
Seniha N. Ozudogru, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Elizabeth M. Perelstein, MD
Brown University
Providence, RI
Sharoon Qaiser, MD, MBBS
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Jeffrey Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, FAAN
Loma Linda University Medical School
Loma Linda, CA
Kasser Saba, MD
Atrium Health
Charlotte, NC
Sarada Sakamuri, MD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Devorah Segal, MD, PhD
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
Suma Shah, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Helen Shi, MD
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Susan Shin, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
Emily Singer, MD
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Achal K. Srivastava, MD, DM
All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi
New Delhi, India
Sara J. Stern-Nezer, MD
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA
Charlotte J. Sumner, MD, FAAN
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Evan Templeton, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Mark A. Terrelonge, Jr., MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Jigisha Thakkar, MD
Loyola University
Maywood, IL
Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA
Neeharika Thottempudi, MD
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Dana L. Vanino, DO
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Uttam Verma, MBBS
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
Tuhin Virmani, MD, PhD, FAAN
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Ericka S. Wong, MD
Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, PA
Kara J. Wyant, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Derek Yuan, MD
UHS Wilson Medical Center
Johnson City, NY
2024 recipients: Lealani Mae Acosta, MD, FAAN; John C. Adair, MD; Alhamza Al-Bayati, MD; Ana C. Albuja Ponce; Ashhar Ali, DO, FAAN; Tarek Emran Ali, MBBS; Yasir Al-Khalili, MD, MSED, FAAN; Baxter Allen, MD; Graham Atkin, PhD; Ekaterina Bakradze, MD; Benjamin Barnes, MD; Christopher R. Barton, MD; Maysaa Merhi Basha, MD; Bassam A. Bassam, MD, FAAN; Aaron M. Carlson, MD; Rameshwar Nath Chaurasia, MBBS, MD, DM, FRCP, MAMS; Suzanne C. Crandall, DO; Alok Dabi, MD; Long F. Davalos Loo, MD; Bertha C. Ekeh, MD; Jessica Feldman, MD; Anteneh Mekonnen Feyissa, MD, MSc, FAAN; Erin Furr-Stimming, MD, FAAN; Daniel Gonzalez, MD; Carolina Garcia, DO; Jennifer L. Griffith, MD; James Grogan, MD; Sheffali Gulati, MD, FAMS, FIAP, FIMS; Khalid Hanafy, MD, PhD; Antonio Hernanado Iglesias, MD; Ryan David Jacobson, MD; Peter Jin, MD; Morgan Christina Jordan, DO; Tamara B. Kaplan, MD; Sukriye Damla Kara, MD; Adrienne M. Keener, MD; Nishanth Kodumuri, MD; Scheherazade Le, MD; Hongyan Li, MD, PhD, FAAN; Jason H. Margolesky, MD; Ethan Isaac Meltzer, MD; Jose Antonio Montes-Rivera, MD; Andrew James Natonson, MD; Scott Douglas Newsome, DO, FAAN; Scott I. Otallah, MD; Ashok Reddy Polu, MD; Varun Chandra Reddy Pulakanti, MD; Reshma Narula, MD; Matthew Roberts, MD; Hannah Roeder, MPH; Sean C. Rose, MD, FAAN; Helene Rubeiz, MD; Sami Saba, MD; Stefano Sandrone, PhD; Courtney Seebadri-White, MD; Rajesh Shankar Iyer, MD, DM; Zubeda B. Sheikh, MD; Kurt Michael Sieloff, MD; Alexis N. Simpkins, MD PhD, MSCR, FAAN; Thomas Thesen, PhD; Michel Toledano, MD; Jose L. Torres, MD; Anh-Thu Ngo Vu, MD, MS; Neal J. Weisbrod, MD; Kathryn Leigh Idol Xixis, MD
Clerkship Director Innovation Award
Alexandra E. Hovaguimian, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
2024 recipient: Amit Kandel, MD
Clerkship Director Teaching Award
Joanne M. Wojcieszek, MD
Indiana University Health Neuroscience Center
Indianapolis, IN
2024 recipient: Matthew Swan, MD
Clerkship 好色先生 Coordinator Recognition Award
Ana Juarez
Rush University
Chicago, IL
2024 recipient: Courtney Lewis
Director Mentorship Leadership Program
Supported in part by LivaNova.
Joy Chan, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Meeryo Choe, MD, FAAN
UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Veronica K. Penyak Cipriani, MD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Tanu Garg, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Douglas J. Gelb, MD, PhD, FAAN
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Holli A. Horak, MD, FAAN
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Alexandra E. Hovaguimian, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Brookline, MA
Bing Liao, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Marissa C. Natelson Love, MD, FAAN
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Max R. Lowden, MD, FAAN
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Marisa McGhee, MD
Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN
University of Texas Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Claudia A. Perez, MD
Neurocritical Care Associates of Ft Worth
Fort Worth, TX
Tania Reyna, MD, FAAN
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Igor Rybinnik, MD
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
Courtney Seebadri-White, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Colleen Bevevino Tomcik, MD, FAAN
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Ann Van De Walle Jones, MD
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
2024 recipients: Margaret Adler, MD; Jennifer M. Bain, MD, PhD; Meeryo Choe, MD, FAAN; Kristen Fisher, DO; Tiffani Stroup Franada, DO; Katherine Fu, MD; Elysia James, MD; Balaji Krishnaiah, MD, FAAN; Alexandra Kvernland, MD; Zabeen Kaizar Mahuwala, MD, FAAN; Jeremy Moeller, MD, FAAN; Aaron Lane Nelson, MD, FAAN; Douglas Ney, MD, FAAN; Ligia V. Onofrei, MD; Michael L. Palm, MD, FAAN; Jeffrey B. Ratliff, MD, FAAN; Justin A. Sattin, MD; Buse Sengul, MD; Elizabeth T. Troy, MD; Robin Ulep, MD; Stephen A. VanHaerents, MD, FAAN; Starla Wise, DO; Kathryn Leigh Idol Xixis, MD
Enhanced Resident Leadership Program
Supported in part by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and LivaNova USA, Inc.
Sarah Bou Reslan, MD
New York University, Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
Emily R. Fisher, MD
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville, VA
Tanner Hoke, MD
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Lachelle V. Hood, MD
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Riley Kessler, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Clare M. Lambert, MD
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
New Haven, CT
Christina Law, MD, MEd
Mount Sinai West
New York, NY
Emily G. Lubas, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Jorge E. Patino Murillas, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School
Houston, TX
Michael A. Perez, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Rajapillai Pillai, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Luis G. Rueda Carrillo, MD
Wellstar MCG Health
Augusta, GA
Marinos G. Sotiropoulos, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Nicholas J. Wasko, MD, PhD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Sanam Zarei, MD
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
2024 recipients: Claudia Gambrah-Lyles, MD; Franziska Hoche, MD; Christine Gummerson, MD; Ruben Jauregui, MD; Neeharika Krothapalli, DO; Michael D. Liu, MD; Maegan Newell, MD; Praveen Ramani, MBBS; Deborah Kathleen Rose, MD; Angela C. Russell, MD; Christine Shrock, MD; Isha Snehal, MBBS; Maria Sokola, MD; Megan E. Super, MD; Adam Wadina, MD
Fellowship Director Recognition Award
Chilvana V. Patel, MBBS, FAAN
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals
Galveston, TX
Sara M. Schaefer, MD, FAAN
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2024 recipients: Anita V Shelgikar, MD, MHPE; Christina Wilson, MD, FAAN
Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching
Funded by Mayo Clinic Frank A. Rubino, MD Development Fund.
Gary S. Gronseth, MD, FAAN
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS
2024 recipient: Vanja C. Douglas, MD
Neuroscience Course Director Excellence
Thomas Thesen, PhD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
2024 recipient: Jose L. Torres, MD
Residency 好色先生 Coordinator Recognition Award
Kelly E. Parm
Trinity Health Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Cassaundra Tucker, CTAGME
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
2024 recipients: Caroline Martin; Nadia Tilden-Dassler
Residency Program Director Recognition Award
Alexandra O. Duffy, MD, FAAN
University of California, Davis Health
Sacramento, CA
Jeffrey B. Ratliff, MD, FAAN
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
2024 recipients: Daniel R. Gold, DO; Christopher Hess, MD; Robert W. Neel, MD; Rana R. Said, MD, FAAN
Resident & Fellow Writing Award
Sponsored by Neurology® Resident & Fellow Section.
Hillary Mullan, MD
NYU Langone Neurology and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York
New York, NY
2024 recipients: Ana M. Cabal Herrera, MD; Setty Magaña, MD, PhD; Quinton J. Mandle, MD; Alex Sunshine, MD, PhD; Hersh Varma, MD; Bianca Zapanta, DO