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 |
 David Frakes, Associate Professordfrakes@asu.edu Expertise: Image and video processing, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, computer vision, medical device design Lab: IPA 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 |
 Samira Kiani, Assistant Professorsamira.kiani@asu.edu (480) 965-2989 Office: ISTB1 225C, MC:9709 Expertise: Cas9/CRISPR system, mammalian synthetic biology, genome engineering, genetic circuits and sensors, neuroengineering and safe CRISPR Lab: Samira Kiani 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, Assistant 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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 Troy McDaniel, Research Assistant Professortroy.mcdaniel@asu.edu Lab: http://cubic.asu.edu (480) 694-0021 |
 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 – School of Nutrition and Health Promotion |
Nongjian Tao Affiliate Faculty njtao@asu.edu ASU – School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering |
Adjunct Faculty
| Todd Abruzzo Adjunct Faculty tabruzzo@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Marc Jacofsky Adjunct Faculty marc.jacofsky@thecoreinstitute.com The Core Institute |
| David Adelson Adjunct Faculty dadelson@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Brian Kelly Adjunct Faculty Brian.kelly@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute / Dignity Health |
| Brian Appavu Adjunct Faculty bappavu@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Eric Maass Adjunct Faculty eric.maass@medtronic.com Medtronic, Inc. |
| Marek Belohlavek Adjunct Faculty Belohlavek.Marek@Mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Inder Raj S. Makin Adjunct Faculty imakin@atsu.edu A.T. Still University |
| Antonio Bicchi Adjunct Faculty antonio.bicchi@gmail.com University of Pisa |
Alex C McLaren Adjunct Faculty amclaren@cox.net Alex C McLaren MD PC |
| Varina Boerwinkle Adjunct Faculty vboerwinkle@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Kelvin Ning Adjunct Faculty kelvin@medicoventures.com MediCoventures, LLC |
| Michael Caplan Adjunct Faculty Michael.Caplan@asu.edu Phoenix Country Day School |
Derek Overstreet Adjunct Faculty Derek.Overstreet@gmail.com Sonoran Biosciences |
| Brian Chong Adjunct Faculty Chong.brian@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
Pranav Parikh Adjunct Faculty pjparikh2@uh.edu University of Houston |
| Catherine Chong Adjunct Faculty chong.catherine@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
CP Pathak |
| Jeffrey Cornella Adjunct Faculty cornella.jeffrey@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Joseph Peles |
| Neil Crawford Adjunct Faculty neil.r.crawford@gmail.com Globus Medical, Inc. |
Jonathan Plasencia
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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| Debra Crews Adjunct Faculty crewsd@asu.edu ASU – Athletics |
Christopher Chad Quarles Adjunct Faculty Chad.Quarles@BarrowNeuro.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Aman Deep Adjunct Faculty adeep1@uthsc.edu UTHSC – Dept. of Neurology |
Venn Ravichandran Adjunct Faculty vjravich@asu.edu Point B Consulting |
| Mo Ebrahimkhani Adjunct Faculty ebrahimkhani.m@gmail.com University of Pittsburgh |
Ayan Sen Adjunct Faculty sen.ayan@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
| Stephen Foldes Adjunct Faculty sfoldes@phoenixchildrens.com Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Jeremy Shefner Adjunct Faculty Jeremy.Shefner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Joseph Grande Adjunct Faculty grande.joseph@mayo.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
Mark Spano Adjunct Faculty mark.spano@asu.edu ASU |
| Thomas Hamm Adjunct Faculty Thomas.Hamm@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital |
Carmen Terzic Adjunct Faculty terzic.carmen@mayo.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
| William Andrew Hodge Adjunct Faculty andrewhodgemd@gmail.com Hodge Knee & Hip, LLC |
Gregory Turner Adjunct Faculty gregory.turner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Rafiqul (Mohammed) Islam Adjunct Faculty rafiqul.islam@gmail.com Intel Corporation |
Dean Wingerchuk Adjunct Faculty wingerchuk.dean@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic |
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 |
| David Frakes, Associate Professor dfrakes@asu.edu Expertise: Image and video processing, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, computer vision, medical device design Lab: IPA 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 |
| Samira Kiani, Assistant Professor samira.kiani@asu.edu (480) 965-2989 Office: ISTB1 225C, MC:9709 Expertise: Cas9/CRISPR system, mammalian synthetic biology, genome engineering, genetic circuits and sensors, neuroengineering and safe CRISPR Lab: Samira Kiani 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, Assistant 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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Troy McDaniel, Research Assistant Professor |
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Jerry Coursen, Lecturer |
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Olivia Burnsed, Lecturer |
Affiliated Faculty
| Daniel Peterson Affiliate Faculty daniel.peterson1@asu.edu ASU – School of Nutrition and Health Promotion |
Nongjian Tao Affiliate Faculty njtao@asu.edu ASU – School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering |
Adjunct Faculty
| Todd Abruzzo Adjunct Faculty tabruzzo@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Marc Jacofsky Adjunct Faculty marc.jacofsky@thecoreinstitute.com The Core Institute |
| David Adelson Adjunct Faculty dadelson@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Brian Kelly Adjunct Faculty Brian.kelly@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute / Dignity Health |
| Brian Appavu Adjunct Faculty bappavu@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Eric Maass Adjunct Faculty eric.maass@medtronic.com Medtronic, Inc. |
| Marek Belohlavek Adjunct Faculty Belohlavek.Marek@Mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Inder Raj S. Makin Adjunct Faculty imakin@atsu.edu A.T. Still University |
| Antonio Bicchi Adjunct Faculty antonio.bicchi@gmail.com University of Pisa |
Alex C McLaren Adjunct Faculty amclaren@cox.net Alex C McLaren MD PC |
| Varina Boerwinkle Adjunct Faculty vboerwinkle@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Kelvin Ning Adjunct Faculty kelvin@medicoventures.com MediCoventures, LLC |
| Michael Caplan Adjunct Faculty Michael.Caplan@asu.edu Phoenix Country Day School |
Derek Overstreet Adjunct Faculty Derek.Overstreet@gmail.com Sonoran Biosciences |
| Brian Chong Adjunct Faculty Chong.brian@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
Pranav Parikh Adjunct Faculty pjparikh2@uh.edu University of Houston |
| Catherine Chong Adjunct Faculty chong.catherine@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix |
CP Pathak |
| Jeffrey Cornella Adjunct Faculty cornella.jeffrey@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
Joseph Peles |
| Neil Crawford Adjunct Faculty neil.r.crawford@gmail.com Globus Medical, Inc. |
Jonathan Plasencia
Adjunct Faculty
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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| Debra Crews Adjunct Faculty crewsd@asu.edu ASU – Athletics |
Christopher Chad Quarles Adjunct Faculty Chad.Quarles@BarrowNeuro.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Aman Deep Adjunct Faculty adeep1@uthsc.edu UTHSC – Dept. of Neurology |
Venn Ravichandran Adjunct Faculty vjravich@asu.edu Point B Consulting |
| Mo Ebrahimkhani Adjunct Faculty ebrahimkhani.m@gmail.com University of Pittsburgh |
Ayan Sen Adjunct Faculty sen.ayan@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale |
| Stephen Foldes Adjunct Faculty sfoldes@phoenixchildrens.com Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital |
Jeremy Shefner Adjunct Faculty Jeremy.Shefner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Joseph Grande Adjunct Faculty grande.joseph@mayo.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
Mark Spano Adjunct Faculty mark.spano@asu.edu ASU |
| Thomas Hamm Adjunct Faculty Thomas.Hamm@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital |
Carmen Terzic Adjunct Faculty terzic.carmen@mayo.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN |
| William Andrew Hodge Adjunct Faculty andrewhodgemd@gmail.com Hodge Knee & Hip, LLC |
Gregory Turner Adjunct Faculty gregory.turner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute |
| Rafiqul (Mohammed) Islam Adjunct Faculty rafiqul.islam@gmail.com Intel Corporation |
Dean Wingerchuk Adjunct Faculty wingerchuk.dean@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic |
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 |
