UC San Diego Neurosciences Faculty

UC San Diego’s Department of Neurosciences is among the nation’s largest and represents a breadth of disciplines and specialties spanning neurosciences research as well as adult and child neurology. The interaction between clinicians and translational scientists assists in cross-fertilization of ideas that push the envelope of science related to patient care and that advance understanding of nervous system function in health and disease.

Faculty Directory

Name	Title	Division	Contact
Agrawal, Kunal	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	kuagrawal@ucsd.edu 619-543-7760
Albright, Thomas D	Adjunct Professor	PSYCHOLOGY	talbrigh@ucsd.edu 858-453-4100
Banks, Sarah	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	sbanks@ucsd.edu;
Bavarsad Shahripour, Reza	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	rbavarsadshahripour@ucsd.edu
Bevins, Elizabeth	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	eareed@ucsd.edu
Blesch, Armin	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	ablesch@ucsd.edu
Brewer, James Brian	Professor/Chair	NEUROSCIENCES	jbrewer@ucsd.edu 858-534-9434
Broce-Diaz, Iris	Assistant Professor In Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	ibroce@ucsd.edu
Brown, Timothy	Associate Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ttbrown@ucsd.edu 858-822-1769
Bui, Jonathan D	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jdbui@ucsd.edu 858-822-6700
Callaway, Edward M	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ecallaway@ucsd.edu
Campbell, Melissa	Assistant Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	m3campbell@ucsd.edu 858-246-5287
Castle, Michael	Assistant Professor In Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	mcastle@ucsd.edu
Chen, Xu	Associate Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	x1chen@ucsd.edu; 858-822-1025
Chenji, Gaurav	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	gchenji@ucsd.edu
Chirigos, Allison	Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	achirigos@health.ucsd.edu
Cho, Hyun Keun	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	hkc005@health.ucsd.edu
Chun, Jerold J.M.	Adjunct Professor	PHARMACOLOGY	jchun@ucsd.edu 858-784-8410
Cleveland, Don W	Professor	CELLULAR & MOLECULAR MEDICINE	dcleveland@ucsd.edu 858-534-7811
Cline, Hollis Tremaine	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	hcline@ucsd.edu
Corey-Bloom, Jody	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	jcoreybloom@ucsd.edu 858-246-1288
Coughlin, David	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	dacoughlin@ucsd.edu 858-657-8540
Courchesne, Eric	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	ecourchesne@ucsd.edu 858-534-6914
Daneman, Richard	Associate Professor	PHARMACOLOGY	rdaneman@ucsd.edu 858-822-2376
Desplats, Paula	Associate Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	pdesplats@ucsd.edu 858-822-3182
Dore, Kim	Assistant Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	kdore@ucsd.edu
Dove, Katherine	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	kadove@ucsd.edu
Dunn-Pirio, Anastasie	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	adunnpirio@ucsd.edu 858-605-4447
Ellis, Ronald Joseph	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	roellis@ucsd.edu 619-543-5079
Ellisman, Mark H	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mellisman@ucsd.edu 858-534-2251
Evans, Ronald M	Adjunct Professor	CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY	rmevans@ucsd.edu 858-453-4100
Evans, Sean J	HS Clinical Professor/Assoc Dean-UME	NEUROSCIENCES	sevans@ucsd.edu 858-657-8540
Feldman, Howard	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	howardfeldman@ucsd.edu 858-246-1347
Ferrey, Dominic Alexander	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	dferrey@ucsd.edu 619-543-3500
Fitzhugh, Megan	Assistant Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mfitzhugh@health.ucsd.edu 858-822-6148
Frederick, Aliya	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	alfrederick@ucsd.edu
Friedman, Jennifer Rebecca	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jrfriedman@ucsd.edu 858-966-5819
Fuentes, Andrea	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	andreapfuentes@ucsd.edu
Gage, Fred H	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	fgage@ucsd.edu 858-453-4100
Galasko, Douglas R	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	dgalasko@ucsd.edu 858-246-1240
Gertsch, Jeffrey Hill	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jgertsch@ucsd.edu
Gleeson, Joseph Gerard	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jogleeson@ucsd.edu 858-246-0524
Gholipour, Taha	Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	tgholipour@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Gold, Jeffrey Joseph	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jjgold@ucsd.edu
Gonzalez, Hector M.	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	hmg002@ucsd.edu
Graves, Jennifer	Professor/Vice Chair	NEUROSCIENCES	jgraves@ucsd.edu 858-246-2384
Grundman, Michael	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mgrundman@ucsd.edu
Guido-Estrada, Natalie Mar	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	nguidoestrada@ucsd.edu 858-966-5819
Gundogdu, Betul M.	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	bgundogdu@ucsd.edu 619-543-5300
Haas, Richard	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	rhaas@ucsd.edu 858-822-6700
Haddad, Gabriel G	Adjunct Professor	PEDIATRICS	ghaddad@ucsd.edu 858-822-4740
Halgren, Eric	Professor	RADIOLOGY	ehalgren@ucsd.edu 858-822-0762
Hannawi, Andrew	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	aphannawi@ucsd.edu
Hemmen, Thomas M	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	themmen@ucsd.edu 619-543-7760
Hess, Robert	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	rhess@ucsd.edu
Hillyard, Steven A	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	shillyard@ucsd.edu 858-534-2385
Hnasko, Thomas Scott	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	thnasko@ucsd.edu 858-822-0672
Hook, Vivian	Adjunct Professor	SCHOOL OF PHARMACY	vhook@ucsd.edu 858-822-6682
Hussain, Wasif	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mohussain@ucsd.edu
Iragui-Madoz, Vicente J	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	viragui@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Jacobs, Diane M.	Associate Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	djacobs@ucsd.edu
Jindal, Anuja Vora	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	avjindal@ucsd.edu
Kansal, Leena R	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	lkansal@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Karanjia, Navaz P	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	nkaranjia@ucsd.edu 619-543-6291
Khalessi, Alexander	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSURGERY	akhalessi@ucsd.edu 619-543-5540
Khoromi, Suzan	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	skhoromi@ucsd.edu
Kim Mcmanus, Olivia Sungji	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	okimmcmanus@ucsd.edu
Koffler, Yacov	Assistant Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ykoffler@ucsd.edu
Komiyama, Takaki	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	tkomiyama@ucsd.edu 858-534-4654
Kritchevsky, Mark	Recall Faculty	NEUROSCIENCES	mkritchevsky@ucsd.edu
Labuzetta, Jamie Nicole	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jlabuzetta@ucsd.edu
Laverty, Chamindra	Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ckonersman@ucsd.edu 858-642-3685
Lee, David Jin	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	djl036@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Leger, Gabriel	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	gleger@ucsd.edu 858-246-2539
Lessig, Stephanie L	HS Clinical Professor/Vice Chair	NEUROSCIENCES	slessig@ucsd.edu 858-249-0856
Lin, Amy	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	aml037@ucsd.edu
Lipton, Stuart A	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	slipton@ucsd.edu 858-657-8540
Litvan, Irene	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ilitvan@ucsd.edu
Longardner, Katherine	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	klongardner@ucsd.edu
Looger, Loren	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	llooger@ucsd.edu 415-845-2467
Lu, Pengzhe	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	plu@ucsd.edu
Mahta, Ali	HS Associate Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	almahta@ucsd.edu
Martone, Maryann E	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	mmartone@ucsd.edu
Mertens, Jerome	Associate Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	jmertens@ucsd.edu
Meyer, Brett Cowan	Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	bcmeyer@ucsd.edu 619-543-6867
Meyer, Dawn Matherne	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	dmmeyer@ucsd.edu 619-543-2871
Mobley, William Charles	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	wmobley@ucsd.edu 858-822-4247
Modir, Royya	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	rmodir@ucsd.edu 858-657-7190
Molina, Anthony	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ajmolina@ucsd.edu
Morlett Paredes, Alejandra	Assistant Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	amorlettparedes@ucsd.edu
Mulligan, Caitlin	HS Associate Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	camulligan@ucsd.edu 858-657-8540
Nichols, Sharon	Recall Academic	NEUROSCIENCES	slnichols@ucsd.edu
Nissinen, Janne Kristoffer	Assistant Physician	NEUROSCIENCES	knissinen@ucsd.edu
Norbash, Alexander	Adjunct Professor	RADIOLOGY	anorbash@ucsd.edu
Oppenheim, Hannah	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	hoppenheim@ucsd.edu
Pa, Judy	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jpa@ucsd.edu
Pfaff, Samuel	Adjunct Professor	NEUROBIOLOGY	sapfaff@ucsd.edu
Piccioni, David	Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	dpiccioni@ucsd.edu
Pierce, Karen L	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	kpierce@ucsd.edu 858-534-6919
Qayoumi, Wali	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	wqayoumi@ucsd.edu
Raju, Praveen B	Associate Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	pbraju@ucsd.edu
Ravits, John M	Professor of Clinical	NEUROSCIENCES	jravits@ucsd.edu 858-246-1154
Reas, Emilie	Assistant Professor In Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	ereas@ucsd.edu
Reynolds, John	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jhreynolds@ucsd.edu
Roy, Subhojit	Professor	PATHOLOGY	sroy@ucsd.edu (858)534-8857
Sahagian, Michelle L	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	msahagian@ucsd.edu 858-966-5819
Salmon, David P	Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	dsalmon@ucsd.edu 858-246-1253
Sattar, Shifteh	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ssattar@ucsd.edu
Schlachetzki, Johannes	Assistant Professor in Residence	NEUROSCIENCES	jschlachetzki@ucsd.edu
Schorr, Emily	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	eschorr@ucsd.edu
Sejnowski, Terrence J	Adjunct Professor	NEUROBIOLOGY	tsejnowski@ucsd.edu
Shaner, Nathan	Associate Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ncshaner@ucsd.edu 858-534-8182
Sharpe, Cynthia Marion	Assistant Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	csharpe@ucsd.edu
Shih, Jerry	Professor of Clinical	NEUROSCIENCES	j8shih@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Shtrahman, Matthew	Associate Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mshtrahman@ucsd.edu
Siavoshi, Sara	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ssiavoshi@ucsd.edu
Silva, Gabriel A	Adjunct Professor	BIOENGINEERING	gsilva@ucsd.edu
Sivakumar, Delini	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	dsivakumar@health.ucsd.edu
Smith, Monique	Assistant Professor	NEUROBIOLOGY	moniquesmith@ucsd.edu
Sternson, Scott	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	ssternson@health.ucsd.edu
Stowers-Anderson, Lisa	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	lstowersanderson@ucsd.edu
Sweat, Marie	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	msweat@ucsd.edu
Tecoma, Evelyn S.	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	etecoma@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Townsend, Phyllis Jeanne	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	jtownsend@ucsd.edu
Trauner, Doris A.	Professor Emeritus	NEUROSCIENCES	dtrauner@ucsd.edu 858-822-6700
Trotter, Justin	Assistant Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jhtrotter@ucsd.edu
Tuszynski, Mark H.	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mtuszynski@ucsd.edu 858-534-8857
Ung, Hoameng	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	hung@ucsd.edu 858-657-6080
Viirre, Erik Scott	Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	eviirre@ucsd.edu
Wiegand, Sarah	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	swiegand@ucsd.edu
Wu, Chengbiao	Associate Adjunct Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	chw049@ucsd.edu
Wu, Victoria	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	vlwu@ucsd.edu
Yang, Jennifer	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	jhy045@ucsd.edu
Zale, Chelsea	HS Assistant Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	czale@health.ucsd.edu
Zheng, Binhai	Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	bizheng@ucsd.edu 858-534-5807
Zimbric, Michael Richard	HS Clinical Professor	NEUROSCIENCES	mzimbric@ucsd.edu