2016 Mentors

Tom Carmichael,
MD, PhD		 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles , CA
Main practice area: Academic
Years in Practice: 17

Areas of research and expertise:
  • Neurology
  • Basic Neuroscience Research

Other discussion topics:

  • work/life balance
  • grant writing
  • publishing your research

 


Leonardo Cohen,
MD

NINDS
Bethesda, MD
Main practice area: Academic
Years in practice: 15

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Neurology
  • Psychology
  • Brain stimulation and neuroimaging applied to neurorehabilitation 
     

 

 

Joyce Fung
PT, PhD		 McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Montreal, Quebec
Years in Practice: 20

Areas of research and expertise:
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Sensorimotor integration

Other discussion topics:

  • Career choices/transitions
  • grant writing/Scientific study design
  • publishing your research
  • Scientific meeting presentation

 


David Good,
MD

Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Years in practice: 36

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Clinical Trials
  • Neurology

 


Catherine Lang,
PT, PhD		 Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO
Years in practice: 20

Areas of research and expertise:
  • Clinical Trials
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Physical Therapy

 

 

 


Mindy Levin,
PT, PhD		 McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Years in practice: 20+

Areas of research and expertise:
  • Clinical Trials
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical Therapy

 

Jeffrey Samuels,
MD

Broward Health North
Fort Layderdale, FL
Years in Practice: 35

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Advocacy
  • Clinical Care
  • Geriatrics
  • Internal Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Speech/Language
  • Therapy Trauma
  • Neurology

Other discussion topics:

  • Career choices/transitions
  • Transitioning from mentee to mentor

 

Krish Sathian,
MD, PhD

Emory University; Atlanta VAMC
Atlanta, GA
Years in practice: 20+

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neurorehabilitation

 

Keith Tansey,
MD, PhD

Methodist Rehab/U Mississippi Med Center/Jackson VA
Jackson, MS
Years in practice: 18

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Basic Neuroscience Research
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Care
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Neurology
  • Trauma

 

Carolee Winstein,
PT, PhD

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
 

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Clinical Trials
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Physical Therapy
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Psychological Science
  • Neurorehabilitation

 

George Wittenberg,
MD, PhD		 Department of Veterans Affairs / UMB
Baltimore, MD
Years in Practice: 16

Areas of research and expertise:
  • Advocacy
  • Basic Neuroscience Research
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Care
  • Geriatrics
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Neurology
  • non-invasive stimulation and recording (TMS, MRI)

 


Steve Wolf,
PhD, PT

Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Areas of research and expertise:

  • Clinical Trials
  • Geriatrics
  • Neurology
  • Physical Therapy

 Other discussion topics:

  • Grant writing
  • Publishing research

 

Guang Yue,
PhD		 Kessler Foundation
West Orange, NJ
Years in Practice: 15

Areas of research and expertise:
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Human Neuroscience Research
  • Neurology
  • Physical Therapy
  • Neuroimaging and electrophysiology 

 

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