Faculty Directory
 James Abbas, Associate Professorjames.abbas@asu.edu (480) 965-9521 Office: ISTB1 225 A, MC: 9709 Expertise: neural engineering, rehabilitation, prostheses, and biomimetic design Lab: Center for Adaptive Neural Systems |
 Benjamin Bartelle, Assistant ProfessorExpertise: Molecular fMRI of neuroinflammation and degeneration, in vivo synthetic biology of reporters sensors and actuators, genetic and biomolecular circuits. Lab: Bartelle Lab |
 Scott Beeman, Assistant ProfessorExpertise: Quantitative MRI, Biophysical Modeling, Imaging and Metabolism Lab: Beeman Lab |
 David Brafman, Assistant Professordavid.brafman@asu.edu (480) 727-2859 Office: ISTB4 231, MC: 9709 Expertise: Pluripotent stem cells, neurodegenerative disease, developmental biology, regenerative medicine biomanufacturing, gene editing Lab: Stem Cell Bioengineering Lab |
 Christopher Buneo, Associate Professorcbuneo@asu.edu (480) 727-0841 Office: ECG 329, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural engineering, neuromodulation, neurorehabilitation, neurophysiology, sensorimotor control Lab: Visuomotor Learning Lab |
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 Claire Honeycutt, Assistant Professorclaire.honeycutt@asu.edu (480) 965-8453 Office: PEBE 214, MC: 9709 Expertise: Clinical Biomechanics, Motor Control, Stroke, Falls, Orthotics Lab: Human Mobility Lab |
 Jeff Kleim, Associate Professorjakleim@asu.edu (480) 727-8354 Office: ECG 327, MC:9709 Expertise: Neural plasticity, neurorehabilitation, stroke |
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 Thurmon Lockhart, Professorthurmon.lockhart@asu.edu (480) 965-1499 Office: ECA 323, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural engineering, sensorimotor deficits associated with aging and neurological disorders from fall accidents Lab: Locomotion Lab |
 Stephen Massia, Associate Professorsmassia@asu.edu (480) 965-2448 Office: ISTB1 281C, MC: 9709 Expertise: Cell-material interactions Lab: Massia Laboratory |
 Jit Muthuswamy, Associate Professorjit@asu.edu (480) 965-1599 Office: ISTB1 181A, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural Interfaces, neuromodulation, BioMEMS Lab: Neural Microsystems Laboratory |
 Mehdi Nikkhah, Associate Professormehdi.nikkhah@asu.edu (480) 965-0339 Office: ISTB1 181J, MC: 9709 Expertise: Micro and nanoscale technologies, disease modeling, tissue engineering, cancer, tumor microenvironment models Lab: Nikkhah Laboratory |
 Vincent Pizziconi, Associate Professorvincent.pizziconi@asu.edu (480) 965-1071 Office: ISTB1 225D, MC: 9709 Expertise: Medical device design innovation & regulation, cell & tissue regenerative medicine products, biomanufacturing, bioinspired & biomimetic complex adaptive biosystems, space bioengineering Lab: Laboratory of BioInspired Complex Adaptive Systems |
 Christopher Plaisier, Assistant Professorplaisier@asu.edu (480) 965-6832 Office: ISTB1 225B, MC: 9709 Expertise: Systems biology, transcriptional regulatory networks, cancer, immunology Lab: Plaisier Lab |
 Rosalind Sadleir, Associate Professorrosalind.sadleir@asu.edu (480) 727-9790 Office: ISTB1 281L, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neuro imaging and neural activity detection, dynamic physiological monitoring, computational modeling Lab: Neuro-electricity Lab |
 Marco Santello, School Director and Professormarco.santello@asu.edu (480) 965-8279 Office: ECG 334C, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural control of movement, sensorimotor learning, neuromodulation, neuroimaging, prosthetics Lab: Neural Control of Movement Laboratory |
 Sydney Schaefer, Assistant ProfessorSydney.Schaefer@asu.edu (480) 727-6651 Office: BDH (PEBE) 222, MC: 9709 Expertise: Motor control and learning, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neurorehabilitation Lab: Motor Rehabilitation and Learning Lab |
 Barbara Smith, Assistant ProfessorBarbaraSmith@asu.edu (480) 727-8988 Office: ISTB1 181E, MC: 9709 Expertise: Imaging and biomarker discovery, innovating point-of-care diagnostics Lab: Smith Laboratory |
 Sung-Min Sohn, Assistant ProfessorSungMin.Sohn@asu.edu (480) 727-9284 Office: ISTB1 281F, MC: 9709 Expertise: Bio-inspired electrical circuits and systems, medical imaging instrumentation development, MRI electronics Lab: Bioinspired Circuits and Systems |
 Sarah Stabenfeldt, Associate ProfessorSarah.Stabenfeldt@asu.edu (480) 965-8336 Office: ISTB1 281E, MC: 9709 Expertise: Regenerative medicine, targeted theranostics, neurotrauma Lab: Stabenfeldt Lab |
 Xiaojun Tian, Assistant Professorxtian27@asu.edu (480) 727-0023 Office: ISTB4 595, MC: 9709 Expertise: Systems biology, synthetic biology, nonlinear dynamics gene circuits, EMT Lab: Tian Lab |
 Jamie Tyler, Associate Professorwilliam.tyler@asu.edu Office: BDH (PEBE) 220, MC; 9709 Expertise: Neurotechnology development, neuromodulation, brain plasticity, performance enhancemen |
 Brent Vernon, Associate Professorbrent.vernon@asu.edu (480) 965-0929 Office: ISTB1 281H, MC: 9709 Expertise: Biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering Lab: Biomaterials Laboratory |
 Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang, Assistant ProfessorKuei-Chun.Wang@asu.edu Expertise:Vascular bioengineering, mechanobiology, nanotherapeutics for treatment of vascular disease Lab: Wang Lab |
 Xiao Wang, Associate Professorxiaowang@asu.edu (480) 727-8696 Office: ISTB4 265, MC: 9709 Expertise: Synthetic and systems biology Lab: Xiao Laboratory |
 Jessica Weaver, Assistant Professorjdweave5@asu.edu (480) 965-8200 Office: ISTB1 281M, MC: 9709 Expertise: Immunoengineering, biomaterials diabetes |
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Sarah Wyckoff, Assistant Research Professor
 J.M.R. Apollo Arquiza, LecturerJosemaria.Arquiza@asu.edu (480) 727-9730 Office: ISTB1 281, MC: 9709 Expertise: Design & simulation of biomedical devices, modeling of biomedical processes, thermodynamics, advanced life support for space exploration |
 Jerry Coursen, Lecturerjerry.coursen@asu.edu (480) 965-2366 Office: ISTB1 181F, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neuroscience, healthcare systems |
 Olivia Burnsed, Lectureroburnsed@asu.edu (480) 727-9731 Office: ISTB1 281A, MC: 9709 Expertise: Stem cell engineering, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, immunoengineering |
Affiliated Faculty
| Daniel Peterson Affiliate Faculty daniel.peterson1@asu.edu ASU – College of Health Solutions |
Denis Cortese Affiliate Faculty Denis.Cortese@asu.edu ASU – College of Health Solutions |
Adjunct Faculty
| Todd Abruzzo, MD Adjunct Faculty Todd.Abruzzo@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Brian Kelly, PhD Adjunct Faculty B.P.Kelly@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute / Dignity Health |
| David Adelson, MD Adjunct Faculty David.Adelson@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Samira Kiani, MD Adjunct Faculty Samira.Kiani@asu.edu University of Pittsburgh |
| Brian Appavu, MD Adjunct Faculty Brian.Appavu@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD Adjunct Faculty jlifshitz@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Marek Belohlavek, PhD Adjunct Faculty Marek.Belohlavek@asu.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Eric Maass, PhD Adjunct Faculty ERIC.MAASS@asu.edu Medtronic, Inc. |
| Antonio Bicchi, PhD Adjunct Faculty Antonio.Bicchi.1@asu.edu University of Pisa |
Inder Raj S. Makin, MD Adjunct Faculty imakin@mainex1.asu.edu A.T. Still University |
| Varina Boerwinkle, MD Adjunct Faculty Varina.Boerwinkle@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Alex C McLaren, MD Adjunct Faculty Alex.McLaren@asu.edu Alex C McLaren MD PC |
| Michael Caplan, PhD Adjunct Faculty Michael.Caplan@asu.edu Phoenix Country Day School |
Kelvin Ning Adjunct Faculty Kelvin.Ning@asu.edu Red-Penguin Medical LLC |
| Brian Chong, MD Adjunct Faculty Brian.W.Chong@asu.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
Derek Overstreet, PhD Adjunct Faculty Derek.Overstreet@asu.edu Sonoran Biosciences |
| Catherine Chong, PhD Adjunct Faculty Catherine.Chong@asu.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
CP Pathak, PhD |
| Jeffrey Cornella, MD Adjunct Faculty cornella.jeffrey@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Joseph Peles, PhD |
| Neil Crawford, PhD Adjunct Faculty Neil.Crawford@asu.edu Globus Medical, Inc. |
Jonathan Plasencia, PhD
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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| Aman Deep, MD Adjunct Faculty Aman.Deep@asu.edu University of Tennessee – Dept. of Neurology |
Christopher Chad Quarles, PhD
Adjunct Faculty Christopher.Quarles@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Allan Dovigi, MD Adjunct Faculty adovigi@mainex1.asu.edu Oralast |
Venn Ravichandran, PhD Adjunct Faculty vjravich@asu.edu Point B Consulting |
| Stephen Foldes, PhD Adjunct Faculty Stephen.Foldes@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Jeremy Shefner, MD Adjunct Faculty Jeremy.Shefner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Joseph Grande, MD Adjunct Faculty Joseph.Grande@asu.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
Rachael Sirianni, PhD Adjunct Faculty Rachael.Sirianni@asu.edu University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Thomas Hamm, PhD Adjunct Faculty Thomas.Hamm@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital |
Mark Spano, PhD Adjunct Faculty mark.spano@asu.edu Gauss Surgical |
| Tony Hu, PhD Adjunct Faculty tony.hu@asu.edu Tulane University |
Carmen Terzic, MD Adjunct Faculty Carmen.Terzic@asu.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
| Rafiqul (Mohammed) Islam, PhD Adjunct Faculty mrisla1@mainex1.asu.edu Cactus Materials, Inc |
Gregory Turner, PhD Adjunct Faculty Gregory.H.Turner@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Marc Jacofsky, PhD Adjunct Faculty marc.jacofsky@asu.edu The Core Institute |
Volunteer Faculty
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Bernard Bendok, M.D. |
Rahmi Oklu, M.D. |
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Michael Lawton, M.D. |
Win-Kuang Shen, M.D. Clinical Professor wshen@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic |
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Eric Guilbeau, Emeritus eric.guilbeau@asu.edu |
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Leon Iasemidis, Emeritus leon.iasemidis@asu.edu |
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James Sweeney, Emeritus james.sweeney@asu.edu |
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Bruce Towe, Emeritus Bruce.Towe@asu.edu |
| James Abbas, Associate Professor james.abbas@asu.edu (480) 965-9521 Office: ISTB1 225 A, MC: 9709 Expertise: neural engineering, rehabilitation, prostheses, and biomimetic design Lab: Center for Adaptive Neural Systems |
| Benjamin Bartelle, Assistant Professor Expertise: Molecular fMRI of neuroinflammation and degeneration, in vivo synthetic biology of reporters sensors and actuators, genetic and biomolecular circuits. Lab |
 Scott Beeman, Assistant ProfessorExpertise: Quantitative MRI, Biophysical Modeling, Imaging and Metabolism Lab: Beeman Lab |
| David Brafman, Assistant Professor david.brafman@asu.edu (480) 727-2859 Office: ISTB4 231, MC: 9709 Expertise: Pluripotent stem cells, neurodegenerative disease, developmental biology, regenerative medicine biomanufacturing, gene editing Lab: Stem Cell Bioengineering Lab |
| Christopher Buneo, Associate Professor cbuneo@asu.edu (480) 727-0841 Office: ECG 329, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural engineering, neuromodulation, neurorehabilitation, neurophysiology, sensorimotor control Lab: Visuomotor Learning Lab |
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 Bradley Greger, Associate Professorbradley.greger@asu.edu (480) 965-9134 Office: ISTB1 181G, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural Engineering, movement disorders, vision restoration, seizure disorders Lab: Neural Engineering Laboratory |
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| Claire Honeycutt, Assistant Professor claire.honeycutt@asu.edu (480) 965-8453 Office: PEBE 214, MC: 9709 Expertise: Clinical Biomechanics, Motor Control, Stroke, Falls, Orthotics Lab: Human Mobility Lab |
| Jeff Kleim, Associate Professor jakleim@asu.edu (480) 727-8354 Office: ECG 327, MC:9709 Expertise: Neural plasticity, neurorehabilitation, stroke |
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| Thurmon Lockhart, Professor thurmon.lockhart@asu.edu (480) 965-1499 Office: ECA 323, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural engineering, sensorimotor deficits associated with aging and neurological disorders from fall accidents Lab: Locomotion Lab |
| Stephen Massia, Associate Professor smassia@asu.edu (480) 965-2448 Office: ISTB1 281C, MC: 9709 Expertise: Cell-material interactions Lab: Massia Laboratory |
| Jit Muthuswamy, Associate Professor jit@asu.edu (480) 965-1599 Office: ISTB1 181A, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural Interfaces, neuromodulation, BioMEMS Lab: Neural Microsystems Laboratory |
| Mehdi Nikkhah, Associate Professor mehdi.nikkhah@asu.edu (480) 965-0339 Office: ISTB1 181J, MC: 9709 Expertise:Micro and nanoscale technologies, disease modeling, tissue engineering, cancer, tumor microenvironment models Lab: Nikkhah Laboratory |
| Vincent Pizziconi, Associate Professor vincent.pizziconi@asu.edu (480) 965-1071 Office: ISTB1 225D, MC: 9709 Expertise:Medical device design innovation & regulation, cell & tissue regenerative medicine products, biomanufacturing, bioinspired & biomimetic complex adaptive biosystems, space bioengineering Lab: Laboratory of BioInspired Complex Adaptive Systems |
| Christopher Plaisier, Assistant Professor plaisier@asu.edu (480) 965-6832 Office: ISTB1 225B, MC: 9709 Expertise: Systems biology, transcriptional regulatory networks, cancer, immunology Lab: Plaisier Lab |
| Rosalind Sadleir, Associate Professor rosalind.sadleir@asu.edu (480) 727-9790 Office: ISTB1 281L, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neuro imaging and neural activity detection, dynamic physiological monitoring, computational modeling Lab: Neuro-electricity Lab |
| Marco Santello, School Director and Professor marco.santello@asu.edu (480) 965-8279 Office: ECG 334C, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neural control of movement, sensorimotor learning, neuromodulation, neuroimaging, prosthetics Lab: Neural Control of Movement Laboratory |
| Sydney Schaefer, Assistant Professor Sydney.Schaefer@asu.edu (480) 727-6651 Office: BDH (PEBE) 222, MC: 9709 Expertise: Motor control and learning, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neurorehabilitation Lab: Motor Rehabilitation and Learning Lab |
| Barbara Smith, Assistant Professor BarbaraSmith@asu.edu (480) 727-8988 Office: ISTB1 181E, MC: 9709 Expertise: Imaging and biomarker discovery, innovating point-of-care diagnostics Lab: Smith Laboratory |
| Sung-Min Sohn, Assistant Professor SungMin.Sohn@asu.edu (480) 727-9284 Office: ISTB1 281F, MC: 9709 Expertise: Bio-inspired electrical circuits and systems, medical imaging instrumentation development, MRI electronics Lab: Bioinspired Circuits and Systems |
| Sarah Stabenfeldt, Associate Professor Sarah.Stabenfeldt@asu.edu (480) 965-8336 Office: ISTB1 281E, MC: 9709 Expertise: Regenerative medicine, targeted theranostics, neurotrauma Lab: Stabenfeldt Lab |
| Xiaojun Tian, Assistant Professor xtian27@asu.edu (480) 727-0023 Office: ISTB4 595, MC: 9709 Expertise: Systems biology, synthetic biology, nonlinear dynamics gene circuits, EMT Lab: Tian Lab |
| Jamie Tyler, Associate Professor william.tyler@asu.edu Office: BDH (PEBE) 220, MC; 9709 Expertise: Neurotechnology development, neuromodulation, brain plasticity, performance enhancemen |
| Brent Vernon, Associate Professor brent.vernon@asu.edu (480) 965-0929 Office: ISTB1 281H, MC: 9709 Expertise: Biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering Lab: Biomaterials Laboratory |
 Kuei-Chun (Mark) Wang, Assistant ProfessorKuei-Chun.Wang@asu.edu Expertise:Vascular bioengineering, mechanobiology, nanotherapeutics for treatment of vascular disease Lab: Wang Lab |
| Xiao Wang, Associate Professor xiaowang@asu.edu (480) 727-8696 Office: ISTB4 265, MC: 9709 Expertise: Synthetic and systems biology Lab: Xiao Laboratory |
| Jessica Weaver, Assistant Professor jdweave5@asu.edu (480) 965-8200 Office: ISTB1 281M, MC: 9709 Expertise: Immunoengineering, biomaterials diabetes |
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Sarah Wyckoff, Assistant Research Professor
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Arati Sridharan, Assistant Research Professor |
| J.M.R. Apollo Arquiza, Lecturer Josemaria.Arquiza@asu.edu (480) 727-9730 Office: ISTB1 281, MC: 9709 Expertise: Design & simulation of biomedical devices, modeling of biomedical processes, thermodynamics, advanced life support for space exploration |
| J.M.R. Apollo Arquiza, Lecturer (480) 727-9730 Office: ISTB1 281, MC: 9709 Expertise: Design & simulation of biomedical devices, modeling of biomedical processes, thermodynamics, advanced life support for space exploration |
| Jerry Coursen, Lecturer jerry.coursen@asu.edu (480) 965-2366 Office: ISTB1 181F, MC: 9709 Expertise: Neuroscience, healthcare systems |
| Olivia Burnsed, Lecturer oburnsed@asu.edu (480) 727-9731 Office: ISTB1 281A, MC: 9709 Expertise: Stem cell engineering, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, immunoengineering |
Affiliated Faculty
| Daniel Peterson Affiliate Faculty daniel.peterson1@asu.edu ASU – School of Nutrition and Health Promotion |
Adjunct Faculty
| Todd Abruzzo, MD Adjunct Faculty Todd.Abruzzo@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Brian Kelly, PhD Adjunct Faculty B.P.Kelly@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute / Dignity Health |
| David Adelson, MD Adjunct Faculty David.Adelson@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Samira Kiani, MD Adjunct Faculty Samira.Kiani@asu.edu University of Pittsburgh |
| Brian Appavu, MD Adjunct Faculty Brian.Appavu@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD Adjunct Faculty jlifshitz@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Marek Belohlavek, PhD Adjunct Faculty Marek.Belohlavek@asu.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Eric Maass, PhD Adjunct Faculty ERIC.MAASS@asu.edu Medtronic, Inc. |
| Antonio Bicchi, PhD Adjunct Faculty Antonio.Bicchi.1@asu.edu University of Pisa |
Inder Raj S. Makin, MD Adjunct Faculty imakin@mainex1.asu.edu A.T. Still University |
| Varina Boerwinkle, MD Adjunct Faculty Varina.Boerwinkle@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Alex C McLaren, MD Adjunct Faculty Alex.McLaren@asu.edu Alex C McLaren MD PC |
| Michael Caplan, PhD Adjunct Faculty Michael.Caplan@asu.edu Phoenix Country Day School |
Kelvin Ning Adjunct Faculty Kelvin.Ning@asu.edu Red-Penguin Medical LLC |
| Brian Chong, PhD Adjunct Faculty Brian.W.Chong@asu.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
Derek Overstreet, PhD Adjunct Faculty Derek.Overstreet@asu.edu Sonoran Biosciences |
| Catherine Chong, PhD Adjunct Faculty Catherine.Chong@asu.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
CP Pathak, PhD |
| Jeffrey Cornella, MD Adjunct Faculty cornella.jeffrey@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Joseph Peles, PhD |
| Neil Crawford, PhD Adjunct Faculty Neil.Crawford@asu.edu Globus Medical, Inc. |
Jonathan Plasencia, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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| Aman Deep, MD Adjunct Faculty Aman.Deep@asu.edu University of Tennessee – Dept. of Neurology |
Christopher Chad Quarles, PhD Adjunct Faculty Christopher.Quarles@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Allan Dovigi, MD Adjunct Faculty adovigi@mainex1.asu.edu Oralast |
Venn Ravichandran,PhD Adjunct Faculty vjravich@asu.edu Point B Consulting |
| Stephen Foldes, MD Adjunct Faculty Stephen.Foldes@asu.edu Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Jeremy Shefner, MD Adjunct Faculty Jeremy.Shefner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Joseph Grande, MD Adjunct Faculty Joseph.Grande@asu.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
Rachael Sirianni, PhD Adjunct Faculty Rachael.Sirianni@asu.edu University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Thomas Hamm, PhD Adjunct Faculty Thomas.Hamm@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital |
Mark Spano, PhD Adjunct Faculty mark.spano@asu.edu Gauss Surgical |
| Tony Hu, PhD Adjunct Faculty tony.hu@asu.edu Tulane University |
Carmen Terzic, MD Adjunct Faculty Carmen.Terzic@asu.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
| Rafiqul (Mohammed) Islam, PhD Adjunct Faculty mrisla1@mainex1.asu.edu Cactus Materials, Inc |
Gregory Turner, PhD Adjunct Faculty Gregory.H.Turner@asu.edu Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Marc Jacofsky, PhD Adjunct Faculty marc.jacofsky@asu.edu The Core Institute |
Volunteer Faculty
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Bernard Bendok, M.D. |
Rahmi Oklu, M.D. |
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Michael Lawton, M.D. |
Win-Kuang Shen, M.D. Clinical Professor Mayo Clinic |
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Eric Guilbeau, Emeritus eric.guilbeau@asu.edu |
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Leon Iasemidis, Emeritus leon.iasemidis@asu.edu |
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James Sweeney, Emeritus james.sweeney@asu.edu |
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Bruce Towe, Emeritus Bruce.Towe@asu.edu |
