Division of Neurology

Leader in Neurology & Neurosurgery

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shares the No. 1 ranking on U.S.News & World Report’s Honor Roll of Best Children’s Hospitals for 2012-13. Neurology and Neurosurgery at CHOP were spotlighted in the U.S. News survey.
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Meet Our Team

Division Chief

• Brenda L. Banwell, MD

Attending Physicians

• Nicholas S. Abend, MD
• Ernest Barbosa, MD
• Peter H. Berman, MD
• Christina Bergqvist, MD
• Lawrence W. Brown, MD
• Robert R. Clancy, MD
• Dennis Dlugos, MD, MSCE
• Rebecca N. Ichord, MD
• Sudha Kilaru Kessler, MD
• Steven L. Kugler, MD
• Daniel J. Licht, MD
• David Lynch, MD, PhD
• Eric Marsh, MD, PhD
• Thornton B. Alexander Mason, MD, PhD, MSCE
• Jennifer McGuire, MD
• Margarita Meehan, MD
• Amir Pshytycky, MD
• Nicole Ryan, MD
• Joyce Sapin, MD
• Donna Stephenson, MD
• Katherine S. Taub, MD
• Gihan Tennekoon, MBBS, MRCS, LCRP
• Anu Venkat, MBBS
• Amy Waldman, MD
• Donald P. Younkin, MD
• Sabrina Yum, MD

Clinical and Professional Staff

• Barbara P. Beck, RN, BSN, MSN, CRNP
• Danielle Boyce, MPH
• Claire M. Chee, RN
• Ma. Luisa Chua, MSW
• Christina Cosella-Dolan
• Patricia Bauer D'Alessandro, RN
• Donna DiVito, CNSD
• Cagla Fenton, RD, CDN
• Samantha Hagopian, RN
• Livija Medne, MS, CGC
• Susan E. Melamed, RN, MSN, CRNP
• Lisa Mullikin, MSS, LSW
• Julie A Neitzke, RN, BSN
• Erin O'Connor Prange, MSN, CRNP
• Leslie Parkin, BSN, RN
• Lois Robbins, MSW
• Patricia Stanowski, RN
• Alan Tuttle, MSW, LCSW
• Susan M. Wightman-Hentz, RN, MSN, CRNP

Research

• Akiva S. Cohen, PhD
• Douglas A. Coulter, PhD
• Judith B. Grinspan, PhD
• Robert G. Kalb, MD
• Hajime Takano