Faculty and Physician Directory

There are more than 40 faculty members involved in the teaching of residents/fellows within the two departments of neurology, appointed to other departments, appointed to other hospitals, in private practice, and retired. The clinicians in both academic and private practice are closely involved with the education of the residents/fellows and serve as advisors.

Professor and Chairman

LESLIE I. WOLFSON, M.D.
University of Connecticut / Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Geriatric Neurology; Balance and Gait Disorders

Residency Program Director

AVINASH PRASAD, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Epilepsy; EEG

Associate Residency Program Director

PASQUALE F. FINELLI, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Information Retrieval in Clinical Neurosciences

LOUIS REIK, JR., M.D.
University of Connecticut
Associate Residency Program Director
Specialty:  Headache; Neurologic Complications of Lyme Disease

Neurovascular Fellowship Program Director

NORA S. LEE, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Co-Medical Director, The Stroke Center at Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Cerebrovascular disease

Neurology Program Teaching Staff

ANTHONY ALESSI, M.D.
William Backus Hospital
Specialty:  Neuromuscular disease

TANYA R. BILCHIK, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Functional Brain Imaging; Headache

LAWRENCE S. BLUTH, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuromuscular disease

CARL J. BOLAND, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuromuscular Disease; Electromyography

PHILIP J. BRUNQUELL, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology; Neurophysiology

STEPHEN R. CONWAY, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuromuscular disease

FRANCIS J. DIMARIO, JR., M.D.
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology; Neurofibromatosis; Prader Willi Syndrome

JAMES O. DONALDSON, M.D.
University of Connecticut
Specialty: Multiple Sclerosis; Neurology of Pregnancy

KEVIN J. FELICE, D.O.
University of Connecticut/Hospital for Special Care
Specialty:  Neuromuscular Disease; Electromyography

ALEXANDRA FLOWERS, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuro-oncology

JOAO A. GOMES, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuro-critical Care

BEVERLY N. GREENSPAN, M.D.
University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Geriatric neurology

MOHAMED HASSAN, M.B.CH.B.
Hartford Hospital / University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Movement Disorders

CAROL R. LEICHER, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology

LOUISE D. McCULLOUGH, M.D., PhD
University of Connecticut / Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuroscience; Cerebrovascular Disease

ISAAC E. SILVERMAN, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Co-Medical Director, The Stroke Center at Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Cerebrovascular disease

DAVID SILVERS, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neuromuscular disease

ADAM SIMMONS, M.D.
University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Movement Disorders

DAVID M. WAITZMAN, M.D., PH.D.
University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Neuro-ophthalmology

CHARLES H. WHITAKER, JR., M.D.
University of Connecticut / Hartford Hospital/Hospital for Special Care
Specialty:  Neuromuscular disease; Neuro-genetics

EDWIN L. ZALNERAITIS, M.D.
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology; Neonatal; Muscular Dystrophy

Other Teaching Staff

ELISA BARBARESE, PH.D.
University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Basic Science

ADRIENNE BENTMAN, M.D.
The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Psychiatry

ALAN R. BUTLER, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Radiology; Neuro-radiology

THOMAS CIESIELSKI, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Pathology; Neuropathology

RICHARD L. GOLDMAN, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Radiology; Neuro-radiology

INAM KURESHI, M.D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Neurosurgery; Head Injury Program

ROBERT L. LESSER, M.D.
University of Connecticut; Yale University
Specialty:  Neuro-ophthalmology

VICTORIA PANZER, PH.D.
University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Basic Science

REUBEN ROCK, M..D.
Hartford Hospital
Specialty:  Radiology; Neuro-radiology

SUBRAMANI SEETHERAMA, M.D.
Hartford Hospital; Hospital for Special Care; Midstate Medical Center
Specialty:  Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injury

ALYSE SICKLICK, M.D.
Gaylord Hospital
Specialty:  Rehabilitation

GARY SPIEGEL, M.D.
Hartford Hospital; Yale University
Specialty:  Diagnostic Neuroradiology; Neuroangiography

QIAN WU, M.D., M.Sci
University of Connecticut
Specialty:  Pathology; Neuropathology

Professors Emeritus

HARTWELL  G. THOMPSON, M.D.
JOLYON S. TUCKER, M.D.
MORVEN BARWICK, M.D.
EDWARD J. FREDERICKS, M.D.