Neuro Directory
Programs and Services
Addiction Medicine | 949-764-5656 Physician Leadership: Steven Ey, MD
ASPIRE | 949-764-6360 Clinical Leadership: Sina Safahieh, MD and Jerry
Weichman, PhD
Brain Tumor/Gamma Knife | 949-764-5938, Opt. 4 Physician Leadership: Christopher
Duma, MD Nurse Navigator: Lori Berberet, RN | 949-764-6656
Epilepsy | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: David Millett, MD Nurse Navigator:
Sheena Dhiman, RN | 949-764-8430
Headache | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: Ali Makki, DMD, and Philip
O’Carroll, MD Nurse Navigator: Sheena Dhiman, RN | 949-764-8430
Memory & Cognitive Disorders | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: William
Shankle, MD
Neurobehavioral Medicine | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: Philip O’Carroll, MD
Neurophysiology | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: Jason Muir, MD and
Andrew Ly, MD
Neurosurgery Spine | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: Burak Ozgur, MD
Nurse Navigator: Julie Treat, RN | 949-764-6277
Orange County Vital Brain Aging Program | 949-764-6288 Physician Leadership:
William Shankle, MD Program Coordinator: Celine Keeble
Orofacial Pain | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: Ali Makki, DMD Nurse
Navigator: Sheena Dhiman, RN | 949-764-8430
Pain Medicine | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: Medhat Mikhael, MD
Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders | 949-764-6066 Physician
Leadership: Sandeep Thakkar, DO Nurse Navigator: Julie Treat, RN | 949-764-6277
Pituitary & Skull Base Surgery | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership:
Robert Louis, MD Nurse Navigator: Lori Berberet, RN | 949-764-6656
Psychiatry Physician Leadership: Patricia De Marco Centeno, MD
Research Laura Heim, RN | 949-764-8190
Sleep Health | 949-764-8070 Physician Leadership: Jose Puangco, MD (Newport
Beach) Ahmed El-Bershawi, MD (Irvine)
Stroke | 949-764-6066 Physician Leadership: David Brown, MD Nurse Navigator:
Victoria Tomczak, RN | 949-764-6183
Physician Leadership
M. Brant-Zawadzki, MD Executive Medical Director
David Brown, MD Program Director Stroke/Neurohospitalist Service
Patricia DeMarco Centeno, MD Psychiatry Consult Service Liaison
Christopher Duma, MD Program Director, Brain Tumor
Keyvan Esmaeili, MD Medical Director, Fudge Family Acute Rehabilitation Center
Steven Ey, MD Program Director, Addiction Medicine
Robert Louis, MD Program Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Surgery
Andrew Ly, MD Program Director, Neurophysiology
Ali Makki, DMD Orofacial Pain Medicine Service
Medhat Mikhael, MD Program Director, Pain Medicine
David Millett, MD Program Director, Epilepsy
Jason Muir, MD Program Director, Neurophysiology
Philip O’Carroll, MD Program Director, Neurobehavioral Medicine
Burak Ozgur, MD Program Director, Neurosurgery Spine
Jose Puangco, MD / Ahmed El-Bershawi, MD Co-Service Chiefs, Sleep Health
Sina Safahieh, MD Program Director, ASPIRE
William Shankle, MD Program Director, Memory Disorders/MCI
Sandeep Thakkar, DO Program Director, Movement Disorders
Administrative Leadership
M. Brant-Zawadzki, MD Executive Medical Director
Mark Glavinic, PT, DPT, NCS Director, Rehabilitation Services
Kambria Hittelman, PsyD Operations Director, Neurobehavioral
Leslie Rosini, MSN, RN Director, Neurosciences Ancillary Operations
Monica Figueroa Executive Assistant | 949-764-5942 Department Management
Department Management
Lori Zaccari, RN Director, Advanced Brain & Spine Care Unit | 949-764-5675
Hilary Stagliano, RN Director, Neuro ICU | 949-764-1402
Autumn McMaster Manager, Multi-specialty/Neuro Clinic | 949-764-1444
Kathy Thomas, RN Manager, Gamma Knife | 949-764-6077
Isis Caouette Supervisor, Neurophysiology/IOM | 949-764-5486
Physicians
ENT/Head and Neck Surgery | Carley Schrage, MD
ENT/Neuro-Otology | Jack Shohet, MD
ENT/Skull Base | Timothy Kelley, MD
Neurology | Victor Doan, MD
Neurology | Kaveh Saremi, MD
Neurology, Epilepsy | David Millett, MD
Neurology, Epilepsy | James D. Park, DO
Neurology | Valerie Acevedo, DO
Neurology | Bruce Cleeremans, MD
Neurology, Headache | Philip O’Carroll, MD
Neurology, Movement Disorders | Janet Chance, MD
Neurology, Movement Disorders | Saulena Shafer, DO
Neurology, Movement Disorders | Sandeep Thakkar, DO
Neurology, Memory Disorders | Teryn Clarke, MD
Neurology, Memory Disorders | William Shankle, MD
Neurology, Memory Disorders | Gregory Whitman, MD
Neurology, Neurohospitalist, Neurophysiology | Andrew Ly, MD
Neurology, Neurohospitalist, Neurophysiology | Jason Muir, MD
Neurology, Neurohospitalist, Stroke | David Brown, MD
Neurology, Neurohospitalist, Stroke, Sleep | Jose Puangco, MD
Neurology, Neuro-Oncology | Santosh Kesari. MD
Neurology, Pediatric Neurology | Diane Stein, MD
Neurology, Sleep | Monika Mathur, MD
Neurology, Sleep Health | Robert Moore, MD
Neurosurgery | Mark Anderson, MD
Neurosurgery | Devin Binder, MD
Neurosurgery | Edward Chappell, MD
Neurosurgery | William Dobkin, MD
Neurosurgery | Pawel Jankowski, MD
Neurosurgery | Charles Liu, MD
Neurosurgery | Vivek Mehta, MD
Neurosurgery | Tien Nguyen, MD
Neurosurgery | Burak Ozgur, MD
Neurosurgery | Peyman Tabrizi, MD
Neurosurgery | Daniel Yanni, MD
Neurosurgery, Gamma Knife | Christopher Duma, MD
Neurosurgery, Gamma Knife | Mark Linskey, MD
Neurosurgery, Gamma Knife | William Loudon, MD
Neurosurgery, Pituitary/Skull Base | Robert Louis, MD
Orofacial Pain, Headache | Ali Makki, DMD
Pain Management | Hasan Badday, MD
Pain Management | Medhat Mikhael, MD
Psychiatry | Sina Safahieh, MD
Psychiatry | Patricia De Marco Centeno, MD
Psychiatry, Inpatient Consult Liaison | Mohamed El-Gabalawy, MD
Psychiatry, Inpatient Consult Liaison | Ashraf Elmashat, MD
Psychiatry, Inpatient Consult Liaison | Renee Garcia, MD
Psychiatry, Inpatient Consult Liaison | Mercedes Szpunar, MD
Psychiatry, Inpatient/Addiction Medicine | Lawrence Tucker, MD
Psychology | Jerry Weichman, PhD
Pulmonology, Sleep | Ahmed El-Bershawi, MD
Pulmonology, Sleep | Yvette Gozzo, MD
Radiation Oncology | Peter Chen, MD
Radiation Oncology | Brian Kim, MD