Scientific Topic Chairs
Topic Chairs are assigned to a particular specialty topic, and are responsible for coordinating the grading, selection, and assignment of abstracts in that topic for the AAN Annual Meeting Scientific Program.
- Aging and Dementia—Charles DeCarli, MD
- Behavioral Neurology—Sandra Black, MD
- Cerebrovascular Disease—Karen Furie, MD
- Clinical Neurophysiology—Gloria Galloway, MD, FAAN
- Epilepsy—Joseph Sirven, MD, FAAN
- History of Neurology—Heidi Roth, MD
- Movement Disorders—Theresa Zesiewicz, MD
- Neuro-Oncology—Josep Dalmau MD, PhD
- Neuro-Ophthalmology/Neuro-Otology—Laura Balcer, MD, MSCE
- Autonomic Disorders—Paola Sandroni, MD, PhD
- Child Neurology/Development Neurobiology—Sookyong Koh, MD, PhD
- Critical Care/Emergency Neurology/Trauma—Claude Hemphill, MD, FAAN
- Infections/AIDS/Prion Disease—Christina Marra, MD, FAAN
- MS and Related Diseases—Scott Zamvil, MD, PhD
- MS and Related Disease—Emmanuelle Waubant, MD
- Muscle Disease/Neuromuscular Junction—Matthew Meriggioli, MD
- Neural Repair/Rehabilitation—Janis Daly, MS
- Neuroepidemiology/Health Services and Outcomes Research—Eric Cheng, MD
- Neurogenetics and Gene Therapy—Louis Ptacek, MD, FAAN
- Neurologic Education—Steven Lewis, MD, FAAN
- Neurologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease—Alireza Minagar, MD
- Sleep Disorders—Bradley Vaughn, MD
- Anterior Horn—Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSC
- Peripheral Nerve—Michael Shy, MD
- Headache—F. Cutrer, MD
- Ethics, Pain, and Palliative Care—Patricia Evans, MD, FAAP