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Mark F. Mehler, M.D.

Mark F. Mehler, M.D.

Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Chair The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Alpern Family Foundation Chair in Cerebral Palsy Research

Director, Institute for Brain Disorders and Neural Regeneration

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rose F. Kennedy Center
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Room: 220
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.3543
Fax: 718.430.8785
mark.mehler@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Epigenetics and Evolutionary Biology Developmental Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases Cytokine Biology/Signal Transduction Pathways Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Autism/ASD)

Joe Verghese, M.B.B.S., M.S.

Joe Verghese, M.B.B.S., M.S.

Adjunct Clinical Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Geriatrics)

Stony Brook University
101 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Tel: 631.444.2599
joe.verghese@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Areas of Research: Effects of disease and aging on gait and cognition in older adults. Influence of cognitively stimulating activities on reducing risk of dementia and mobility loss, cognitive control of mobility, and global health

Rashmi Verma, M.D.

Rashmi Verma, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Assistant Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Essen Health Care
2616 Halprin Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.920.4609
rverma@essenmed.com

Elizabeth Daphne Verter, M.D.

Montefiore Medical Center
1250 Waters Place
Hutch Atrium, Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.405.8360
everter@montefiore.org

Julio R. Vieira, M.D.

Health Quest
365 Broadway
Kingston, NY 12401

Tel: 845.331.5165
Fax: 844.306.5998
vieira6@gmail.com

Steven U. Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Steven U. Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology

Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Co-Director, Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rose F. Kennedy Center
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Room: 912
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.4025
Fax: 718.430.8821
steve.walkley@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Pathobiology and treatment of genetic brain diseases

Cuiling Wang, Ph.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Block, Room: 314
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.2006
cuiling.wang@einsteinmed.edu

Karen M. Weidenheim, M.D.

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Room: 204
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.920.4446
Fax: 718.653.3409
kweidenh@montefiore.org

Erica F. Weiss, Ph.D.

Montefiore Medical Center
3230 Bainbridge Avenue
Room: C
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.944.1832
eweiss@montefiore.org

Areas of Research: Cognitive correlates of childhood epilepsies and Febrile Status Epilepticus; cognition in healthy aging and exceptional longevity, briefer neurocognitive evaluations and their usefulness in clinical/ research settings.

Christian Wertenbaker, M.D.

Christian Wertenbaker, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Montefiore Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.920.2020
Fax: 718.515.3734
cwertenb@montefiore.org

Henry T. K. Yang, M.D.

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.920.6301
heyang@montefiore.org

Elissa G. Yozawitz, M.D.

Montefiore Medical Center
3415 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.920.4378
Fax: 718.654.5407
eyozawit@montefiore.org

Deyou Zheng, Ph.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael F. Price Center
1301 Morris Park Avenue
Room: 320
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.678.1217
deyou.zheng@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Bioinformatics and systems genomics; gene regulatory networks; cancer; brain disorders; embryonic heart and neural development.

Jessica L. Zwerling, M.D.

Montefiore Medical Center
Network Performance Group
6 Executive Plaza
Room: 297
Yonkers, NY 10701

Tel: 914.375.9880
jzwerlin@montefiore.org

Areas of Research: Aging/Dementia/Community Participatory research/Neuromuscular disease