Leadership Program participants

Leadership Programs

The AAN is thrilled to welcome the following physicians to the 2025-2026 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 

Jennifer Adrissi, MD
Emmanuel O. Akano, MD
Andrea Fuentes, MD
Hae-young Hawong, DO, PhD
Eseosa Ighodaro, MD, PhD
Jose R. McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD
Huiam Murbarak, MD
Sahily Reyes-Esteves, MD, PhD
Necrisha Roach, MD
Charles C. Windon, MD

Emerging Leaders Program 

Alyssa Bautista, MD
Kristin M. Galetta, MD
Mihir Kakara, MD
Avni Kapadia, MD
Sukriye Damla Kara, MD
Laura A. Kirkpatrick, MD
Andrea Lendaris, MD, MS
Antonio Moya, MD, MPH
Rafid Mustafa, MD
Micaela R. Owens, DO

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 

Rajani Ruth Caesar, MD, FAAN
Neil Datta, MD
Leonel J. Estofan, MD
Georges A. Ghacibeh, MD, FAAN
Mohammad A. Kabir, MD
Rahul Khanna, MBBS
Gloria P. Simms, MD, FAAN
Louis A. Tramontozzi, MD
Regina Troxell, MD

Transforming Leaders Program 

Alok Dabi, MD, MBBS, FAAN
Peter Kang, MD, MSCI
Balaji Krisnaiah, MD, FAAN
Sneha Mantri, MD, MS, FAAN
Wesley D. Reynolds, MD, FAAN
Sara K. Rostanski, MD
Delaram Safapour, MD, MSCE, FAAN
Rohini D. Samudralwar, MD
Lauren Schaff, MD, FAAN
Gwen W. Zeigler, DO

Women Leading In Neurology Program 

Parichita Choudhury, MD, MSc
Elif Pinar Coskun, MD
Donna George, MD
Sara K. Inati, MD
Viktoria Kaplan, MD
Humaira Khan, MD
Adena N. Leder, DO, FAAN
Ricka Messer, MD, PhD
Ika Noviawaty, MD
Tania Reyna, MD, FAAN