Augusto Miravalle, MD
Movement Disorders
Languages: English, Spanish
Augusto Miravalle is chief of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at RUSH. He specializes in treating patients with MS and offers care in both English and Spanish. He is interested in studying how MS manifests itself differently in Latino patients compared to white patients.
Media Clips:
MS Is Different, and Often Worse, for Latinos
David Bennett, MD
Alzheimer's disease
David Bennett is the director of the RUSH Alzheimer's Disease Center. He is internationally recognized for his research and is the principal investigator of several studies funded by the National Institute on Aging. He focuses on projects designed to identify novel therapeutics for common neurologic diseases.
Media Clips:
COLUMN: Banking against Alzheimer's
A Way to Withstand Alzheimer's Disease Is In Sight
Boost Your Brain Health
Deborah A. Hall, MD, PhD
Movement Disorders
Deborah Hall is a neurologist who specializes in the treatment and research of movement disorders. Her work with Parkinson’s disease focuses on early interventions. She has a busy clinical practice focused on treating patients with movement disorders.
Media Clips:
Chicago doctor weighs in on Michael J. Fox’s battle with Parkinson’s
High-Intensity Exercise Delays Parkinson’s Progression
James Joseph Conners, MD, MS
Stroke Care
James Conners leads RUSH’s stroke program, which has earned national recognition for its telestroke and mobile stroke programs. His clinical interests include the acute treatment of stroke, cryptogenic strokes, and stroke prevention. He is chair of the Department of Neurological Sciences.
Jori Fleisher, MD, MS
Movement Disorders
Jori Fleisher is a fellowship-trained movement disorders neurologist with a special interest in understanding the needs of people and families living with advanced Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. She is also interested in designing new models of care to better serve this population.
Media Clips:
Karate Shows Promise for People With Parkinson’s
Julie Schneider, MD
Alzheimer's disease
Julie Schneider is the associate director and senior neuropathologist of the RUSH Alzheimer's Disease Center. She has researched Alzheimer's disease and disorders related to the progression of memory loss in aging. As an epidemiologist, she's studied how food impacts memory, thinking and problem-solving in older adults and how vascular conditions contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia.
Media Clips:
It Seems Like Alzheimer's But Peek Into Brain Reveals a Mimic
Is It Alzheimer's Or Another Dementia?The Right Answer Matters
Lisa Barnes, PhD
Alzheimer's disease
Lisa Barnes is a cognitive neuropsychologist with the RUSH Alzheimer's Disease Center and is the associate director of its research center. She is internationally recognized for her contributions to minority aging and minority health. Her research interests include disparities in chronic diseases of aging, cognitive health and risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
Media Clips:
In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer's research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains
Insight: Promising new Alzheimer's drugs may benefit whites more than Blacks
MIND diet for brain health shows surprising results in new clinical trial
Lorenzo F. Muñoz, MD
Neurosurgery
Languages: English, Spanish
Lorenzo Muñoz is a board-certified neurosurgeon whose focus is on intracranial pathology, with a particular emphasis on complex brain and spinal cord tumors, aneurysms, cavernous malformation and AVMs. He's also experienced in treating congenital conditions like Chiari I malformation and spinal dysmorphism.
Neelum Aggarwal, MD
Alzheimer's disease | Social Determinants of Health
Languages: English, German
Neelum Aggarwal is a board-certified cognitive neurologist, clinical trialist and professor in the Department of neurological Sciences at RUSH. She is co-investigator and neurologist for the MIND Study. Aggarwal also serves as the senior examining neurologist of the RUSH Alzheimer's Disease Center Clinical Core. Her recent research focuses on how social determinants of health may lead to strategies to prevent cognitive decline and dementia in women, minorities and older adults.
Media Clips:
Heart Attack, Alzheimer's and Stroke
Patricia Boyle, PhD
Behavioral sciences | Alzheimer's disease
Patricia Boyle is a professor of behavioral sciences and neuropsychologist with the RUSH Alzheimer's Disease Center. Her Research focuses on the prevention of cognitive and functional decline in old age. Boyle also serves on national advisory committees on aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Media Clips:
Experiment Shows Many Seniors Falling Prey to 'Impostor Scams'
Seniors more vulnerable to financial scams, RUSH study shows
RUSH Researchers Develop New Measure of Brain Health
The Health Benefits of Giving
Raj Shah, MD
Geriatrics | Alzheimer's Research
Raj Shah is a family medicine physician and geriatrics specialist in the RUSH Alzheimer's Disease Center. He is a principal investigator for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease and other common age-related conditions.
Media Clips:
A sense of belonging may be the counterforce needed now
Sarah Song, MD, MPH
Stroke Care | Cerebrovascular Disease
Sarah Song is a neurologist and expert in stroke, cerebrovascular disease, and transient ischemic attack. She has a special interest in strokes among women and minority populations. Her research focuses on stroke prevention, stroke risk and telestroke response.
Media Clips:
Communication Breakdowns in the Brain
Women and Stroke
Sepehr B. Sani, MD
Essential Tremor | Parkinson’s Disease | Epilepsy
Languages: English, Persian
Sepehr B. Sani is a neurosurgeon whose expertise includes treating essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. His research focuses on gene therapy for treating Parkinson’s disease, and deep brain simulation. He’s also interested in treating Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and headaches.
Media Clips:
Life-Changing Tremor Treatment
Rick’s Story
Stephan Munich, MD
Neurosurgery
Languages: English, Serbian
Stephan Munich is a neurosurgeon who treats patients with cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, cavernomas and ischemic cerebral vascular disease. He also works with patients who have skull-based tumors. He specializes in both open neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery.
Media Clips:
What's the Difference Between a Neurologist and a Neurosurgeon?
