Faculty

Neurology Faculty

• Selim Benbadis, MD
  

  Epilepsy, EEG, & Sleep Medicine
  Professor & Division Director
  sbenbadi@health.usf.edu

• Andrea Bozeman, ARNP
  

  Vascular Neurology
  Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner & Research Nurse
  abozeman@health.usf.edu

• Charles Brock, MD
  

  Pain Medicine & Multiple Sclerosis
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Associate Professor & Service Chief
  cbrock@health.usf.edu

• William Scott Burgin, MD
  

  Vascular Neurology
  Professor & Division Chief
  wburgin@health.usf.edu

• Lise Casady, ARNP-BC, MSCN, CNE
  

  Multiple Sclerosis
  Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner & Research Nurse
  lcasady@health.usf.edu

• Rossitza Chichkova, MD
  

  General Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG
  Associate Professor
  rchichko@health.usf.edu

• Anne Csere, DO
  

  Pain & Headache Medicine
  Assistant Professor
  csere@health.usf.edu

• Jerrica Farias
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine
  Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner & Research Nurse
  jfarias@health.usf.edu

• Alfred Frontera, MD
  

  Epilepsy & EEG
  Associate Professor
  afronter@health.usf.edu

• Emil Gaitour, MD
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  egaitour@health.usf.edu

• Chetan Gandhy, MD
  

  Multiple Sclerosis
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  cgandhy@health.usf.edu

• Amos Gipson, MD
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  agipson@health.usf.edu

• Clifton Gooch, MD
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG
  Professor & Chair
  cgooch@health.usf.edu

• Robert Hauser, MD, MBA
  

  Movement Disorders
  Professor & Center Director
  rhauser@health.usf.edu

• Rebecca Hurst, MD
  

  General Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG
  Assistant Professor
  rlhurst@health.usf.edu

• Kelly Hussey
  

  Movement Disorders
  Physician Assistant
  ktehan@health.usf.edu

• Rebecca Jimenez-Sanders, MD
  

  Pain & Headache Medicine
  Assistant Professor
  rjimene1@health.usf.edu

• Kavita Kalidas, MD
  

  Pain & Headache Medicine
  Assistant Professor & Division Director
  kkalidas@health.usf.edu

• Jacob Kochany, DO
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  jkochany@health.usf.edu

• Jan Korthals, MD
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG
  Professor Emeritus
  jkorthal@health.usf.edu

• Stephanie Maciver, MD
  

  Epilepsy, EEG, & Sleep Medicine
  Assistant Professor
  shawk@health.usf.edu

• Janice Maldonado, MD
  

  Multiple Sclerosis, Pain, & Headache Management
  Assistant Professor
  janiceyvonne@health.usf.edu

• Martin Myers
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  mmyers1@health.usf.edu

• Maxim Mokin, MD PHD
  

  Vascular Neurology
  Assistant Professor
  mokin@health.usf.edu

• Swetha Renati, MD
  

  Vascular Neurology
  Assistant Professor
  srenati@health.usf.edu

• Noemi Rincon-Flores, MD
  

  General Neurology
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  nrinconf@health.usf.edu

• Derrick Robertson, MD
  

  Multiple Sclerosis
  Associate Professor & Division Director
  droberts@health.usf.edu

• David Z. Rose, MD
  

  Vascular Neurology
  Associate Professor
  drose1@health.usf.edu

• Yamile Rozas, MD
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  yvidal@health.usf.edu

• Juan Sanchez-Ramos, MD, PHD
  

  Movement Disorders & Huntington’s Disease
  Professor & Center Director
  jsramos@health.usf.edu

• Vasyl Sava, PHD
  

  Movement Disorders
  Assistant Professor & Research Scientist
  vsava@health.usf.edu

• Christopher Schrock, MD
  

  Pain Management
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  ceschroc@health.usf.edu

• Hera Stephens, MD
  

  General Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine, & EMG
  Assistant Professor
  istephen@health.usf.edu

• Shijie Song, MD
  

  Movement Disorders
  Associate Professor & Research Scientist
  ssong@health.usf.edu

• Yazan Suradi, MD
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine
  Assistant Professor
  ysuradi@health.usf.edu

• Niraja Suresh
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG
  Assistant Professor
  nsuresh@health.usf.edu

• Tuan Vu, MD
  

  Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG
  Professor & Division Director
  tvu6@health.usf.edu

• Theresa Zesiewicz, MD
  

  Movement Disorders
  Professor & Research Center Director
  tzesiewi@health.usf.edu

• Angela Drake, MD
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Carlos Feliciano, MD
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Georgia Kane, MD
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Celene Doran Kirk, ARNP
  

  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
  

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Faculty

• Marissa McCarthy, M.D.
  

  Traumatic Brain Injury
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Venerando Batas, M.D.
  

  General Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Peggy Coffey, M.D.
  

  Multiple Sclerosis & Spinal Cord Injury
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Teaching Assistant
  

• Eric Coris, MD
  

  Primary Care Sports Medicine
  
  University Of South Florida
  
  Director & Professor
  ecoris@health.usf.edu

• Roberto Dominguez, M.D.
  

  General Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Steven G. Scott, DO
  

  General Rehabilitation
  
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  
  Professor 
  sscott3@health.usf.edu

• Melida Hayes, M.D.
  

  General Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Faiza Humayun, M.D.
  

  General Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  jstandle@health.usf.edu

• Paul Kornberg, M.D.
  

  Pediatric Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Gail Latlief, DO
  

  Amputee
  
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  
  Associate Professor
  
  glatlief@health.usf.edu

• Rafael Mascarinas, M.D.
  

  Traumatic Brain Injury
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Samantha Mendelson, D.O.
  

  Acute Rehabilitation & Spinal Cord Injury
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Bryan Merritt, M.D.
  

  Traumatic Brain Injury
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Rigoberto Nunez, M.D.
  

  General Rehabilitation Tampa General Hospital Assistant Professor 
  

• Devang Padalia, M.D.
  

  Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  Padalia@moffitt.org

• Cecille Pope, M.D.
  

  Ventilatory Rehabilitation & Spinal Cord Injury
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Teaching Assistant
  

• Joseph Standley, D.O.
  

  General Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Assistant Professor 
  btorres1@health.usf.edu

• Hung Tran, M.D.
  

  Musculoskeletal & EMG
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  tran@health.usf.edu

• Johanna Tran, M.D.
  

  General Rehabilitation
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor 
  

• Nam Tran, M.D., Ph.D.
  

  Neurosurgery, Spinal Tumor
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Kevin White, M.D.
  

  Spinal Cord Injury & EMG
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  

• Eaton Yen, D.O.
  

  Pain Medicine
  James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  Yen@va.gov