People

Elissa Newport, Ph.D.

Director

John Phanthavong

Senior Finance Manager

Rachel Galginaitis, M.S.

Center Manager

Sunju K. Ahmadu

Executive Assistant to Barbara Bregman, P.T., Ph.D.

Madison Berl, Ph.D., ABPP

Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University

Director of Research, Division of Neuropsychology, Children’s National Medical Center

Barbara Bregman, P.T., Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Medicine, GUMC; Acting Chair, Department of Rehab Medicine, GUMC

Director of Education and Training, Research Division, MedStar NRH

Jessica L. Carpenter, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Andrew DeMarco, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, GUMC

M. Carter Denny, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, GUMC

Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, GUMC

Alexander Dromerick, M.D.

(1958-2021)

Matthew Edwardson, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, GUMC

Attending Physician, MedStar Georgetown Stroke Program, GUMC

William D. Gaillard, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology; Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, and GUMC

Associate Director, Children’s Research Institute, Center for Neuroscience, Children’s National Medical Center

Heidi Getz, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, GUMC

Associate Director, Learning and Development Lab, GUMC

Anna Greenwald, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, GUMC

Associate Staff Member, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine/Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital

Sang Wook Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University

Tina Liu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, GUMC

Peter S. Lum, Ph.D.

Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University

Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, Catholic University and MedStar NRH

Jonathan Murnick, M.D.

Pediatric Neuroradiologist, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children’s National Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, George Washington University

Elissa Newport, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, GUMC and MedStar NRH

Professor, Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, GUMC

Ella Striem-Amit, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, GUMC

Ted Supalla, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Neurology, GUMC

Ming Tony Tan, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics, GUMC

Peter Turkeltaub, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, GUMC

Director, Aphasia Clinic, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital; Director, Neuroscience of Language Training Program

Nan Bernstein Ratner, Ed.D.

Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland

Dorothy Edwards, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Takao Hensch, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Center for Brain Sciences, Harvard University

Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital

Theresa A. Jones, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

Barbara Landau, Ph.D.

Dick and Lydia Todd Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University