Physician Leadership

Adam S. Kanter, MD, MS, FAANS

• Ron & Sandi Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair, Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute
• Chief of Neurosurgery, Hoag Specialty Clinic

Michael N. Brant-Zawadzki, MD

• Radiology & Neuroradiology, Senior Physician Executive
• Vice President of Clinical Research Administration, CATALiST and Addiction Services

Gustavo Alva, MD

• Psychiatry, Senior Brain Health

Neal S. Hermanowicz, MD, FAAN

• Neurologist, Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Program

Lauren L. Bennett, PhD

• Clinical Neuropsychologist

Mindy K. Bixby, DO

• Neurologist and Movement Disorders Specialist

David M. Brown, MD

• Program Director, Hoag Stroke Program

Christopher M. Duma, MD

• Neurosurgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Program Director Brain Tumor Program

Keyvan Esmaeili, MD

• Medical Director, Fudge Family Acute Rehabilitation Unit

Steven R. Ey, MD

• Chief of Service, Hoag Addiction Treatment Centers

Renee M. Garcia, MD

• Psychiatry, Consult & Liaison

Pawel P. Jankowski, MD

• Neurosurgery, Spine Scoliosis

Yasir N. Jassam, MD

• Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology Program Director
• Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology & Myeloneuropathy

Robert G. Louis Jr, MD

• Program Director, Skull Base & Pituitary Tumors

Andrew D. Ly, MD

• Concussion/Mild TBI Program
• Program Advisor, Neurophysiology Services

Vivek A. Mehta, MD

• Minimally Invasive Neurosurgeon, Brain & Spine

David E. Millett, MD

• Program Director, Epilepsy

Burak M. Ozgur, MD

• Medical Director, Hoag Spine Institute
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Neurosurgery

C. Philip O’Carroll, MD

• Program Director, Neurobehavioral Medicine Program at Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute

Aaron J. Przybysz, MD

• Pain Medicine

Jose (Jay) J. Puangco, MD

• ABMS, FAASM Sleep Disorders
• Service Chief, Voltmer Sleep Center and Irvine Sleep Center

Matthew J. Reed, MD

• Chief of Inpatient Pain and Outpatient Addiction Services
• Medical Director, SolMar Residential Program

Aaron R. Ritter, MD

• Larkin Family Endowed Chair in Integrative Brain Health and Director, Memory & Cognitive Disorders Program

Sina M Safahieh, MD

• Program Director, ASPIRE and Young Adult Mental Health Programs

William R. Shankle, MD

• Judy & Richard Voltmer Endowed Chair in Memory and Cognitive Disorders
• F.A.C.P. Memory and Cognitive Disorders

Sandeep K. Thakkar, DO

• Neurologist and Movement Disorders Specialist

Daniel S. Yanni, MD

• Neurosurgery/Spine R&D

Shawn Zardouz, MD

• Pain Medicine