Cornelius Ngwa, PhD
Dr. Ngwa has dedicated his scientific career to investigating the role of immune cells in ischemic stroke and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders. His early research focused on the development of peptide nucleic acids as therapeutic agents; an interdisciplinary…
Tianxu Xia, MD
Dr. Tianxu Xia is a board-certified, fellowship-trained behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatrist. His clinical interests include various neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, corticobasal syndrome, and progressive supranuclear palsy, among others. He is also focused on…
Veronica Burton, PhD
Dr. Veronica Burton is a bilingual (English-Spanish) board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). She has extensive experience working with patients…
Abdulrahman Alwaki, MD
Dr. Alwaki is triple board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). He completed residency training in neurology at Henry Ford Health System/Wayne State University and served as chief resident. He…
Robert Regenhardt, MD
A native of Florida, Dr. Regenhardt received his Bachelor of Science with Honors in the combined early acceptance BS-MD program at the University of Florida. As part of the also combined MD-PhD program, he earned his PhD in physiology and…
Victor Banerjee, PhD
Dr. Victor Banerjee specializes in structural biology, focusing on prion-like protein transmission. After completing his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Jadavpur University, he developed an early interest in the intersection of chemistry and biology, which laid the foundation for his…
Zufe Rizvi, MD
Dr. Rizvi received her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her Neurology Residency at Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine in Boca Raton, Florida, where she served as chief neurology resident. She went…
Erica Underwood, PhD
Dr. Underwood is an Assistant Professor in the BRAINS Research Lab with the Department of Neurology at McGovern Medical School. For more than decade her research and training has focused on brain energetics Originally from Mississippi, she relocated to Texas…
Joseph W. Fries, MD
Dr. Joseph Fries is a dedicated clinical neurologist specializing in general neurology. He holds a MD from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX. He completed advanced training through the vascular neurology and neurohospitalist fellowship programs at McGovern…
Mahan Shahrivari, MD
Dr. Mahan Shahrivari is a board-certified neurologist with expertise in vascular neurology.She received her medical degree from Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, in Iran and completed her internship and neurology residency training at McGovern Medical School. Dr. Shahrivari also completed…