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Neurologists and Neurosurgeons

UTHealth Houston Neurosciences brings together a multi-disciplinary team of world-class clinicians, researchers and educators. Part of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, the organization is the largest neuroscience provider in South Texas and one of only a few institutions in the country to provide all aspects of neuroscience care, bringing together neurologists, neurosurgeons (brain surgeons and spine surgeons), neuro-oncologists, neurocritical care specialists, radiation oncologist, sleep specialists and pain management specialists.

Neurologists

Louise D. McCullough, MD, PhD
Paunel Agyei, MD
Tomi Ashaye, MD
Aidan Azher, MD
Andrew D. Barreto, MD
Suur Biliciler, MD
Hammad A. Bokhari, MD
Ritvij Bowry, MD
Kristin Brown, MD
Robert Brown, MD
Mark Burish, MD
Shivika Chandra, MD
Tiffany Chang, MD
Huimahn Alex Choi, MD
Melissa Christie, MD
Alexandra Czap, MD
Srikanth Damodaram, MD
Mimi Minh-Ngoc Dang, MD
Hina Dave, MD
Kyrillos Eskander, MD
Salman Farooq, MD
Erin Furr-Stimming, MD
Jay R. Gavvala, MD, MSCI
Rajesh K. Gupta, MD
Aaron Gusdon, MD
Hamid Hamdi, MD
Katherine M.J. Harris, MD
Sigmund Hsu, MD
David Hunter, MD
Chigozirim Izeogu, MD, MPH
Amanda L. Jagolino-Cole, MD
Kamayani Khare, MD
Ashu Kaushal, MD
Christina Y. Kim, MD
Swathi Kondapalli, MD
Abhay Kumar, MD
Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD, PhD
Samden Lhatoo, MD
Jia Lin, MD, MPH
John A. Lincoln, MD, PhD
J. William Lindsey, MD
Ashutosh Mahapatra, MD
Sishir Mannava, MD
Bharti Manwani, MD, PhD
Raja Mehanna, MD
Narges Moghimi, MD
Kimberly Monday, MD
Justin Morgan, MD
Michael I. Nahhas, MD
Thy Nguyen, MD
Maria A. Parekh, MD
Sandipan Pati, MD
Eddie Patton Jr, MD
Swati Pradeep, DO
Reza Sadeghi, MD
Sean I. Savitz, MD
Mya C. Schiess, MD
Paul E. Schulz, MD
Anjail Z. Sharrief, MD, MPH
Kazim A. Sheikh, MD
Sunil A. Sheth, MD
Ali Shoraka, MD
Sri S. Sista, MD
Shaun O. Smart, MD
Shitiz Sriwastava, MD, MS
Ai Sumida, MD
Sudha S. Tallavajhula, MD
Melissa Thomas, MD
An K. Tran, DO
Xinh Tran, MD
Aparajitha Verma, MD
Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD

Neurosurgeons

Nitin Tandon, MD
Spiros Blackburn, MD
C.J. Jared Chen, MD
Peng Roc Chen, MD
Joseph Cochran, MD
Mark Dannenbaum, MD
Arthur L. Day, MD
Yoshua Esquenazi Levy, MD
Stephen Fletcher, MD
Joseph Hsieh, MD
Daniel Kim, MD
Ryan Kitagawa, MD
John Quinn, MD
David Sandberg, MD
Karl Schmitt, MD
Manish N. Shah, MD
Jessica Stark, MD
Krish Vigneswaran, MD

Pain Management Specialists

Joseph Amos, MD
Ashley Amsbaugh, MD
Mark Burish, MD
Nadya Dhanani, MD
Hiral Patel, MD

Neuro-Oncologists

Sigmund Hsu, MD
Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD

Neuro-Ophthalmologists

Ore-ofe Adesina, MD
Timothy McCulley, MD

Radiation Oncologists

Mark Amsbaugh, MD
Angel Blanco, MD
Shariq Khwaja, MD
Sunil Krishnan, MD

Neurocritical Care Specialists

Ritvij Bowry, MD
Robert Brown, MD
Tiffany Chang, MD
Huimahn Alex Choi, MD
Aaron Gusdon, MD
Swathi Kondapalli, MD
Abhay Kumar, MD
Luis Torres, MD
Roy Zhang, MD

Neuropsychologists

Bethany R. Williams, PhD
Christina L. Burrows, PhD
Kendra M. Anderson, PhD
Stella Kim, PsyD
Yosefa Modiano, PhD

Pediatric Neurosurgeons

David Sandberg, MD, FACS, FAAP
Stephen Fletcher, MD
Brandon A. Miller, MD, PhD, FAANS
Manish N. Shah, MD

Contact Us

At UTHealth Neurosciences, we offer patients access to specialized neurological care at clinics across the greater Houston area. To ask us a question, schedule an appointment, or learn more about us, please call (713) 486-8000, or click below to send us a message. In the event of an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room.