Meet the Staff

LEADERSHIP and ADMINISTRATION

Carl Cotman
Frank LaFerla, Ph.D.
Director
Claudia Kawas, M.D.*
Clinical Director
Carl Cotman, Ph.D.*
Founding Director
 
Andrea Wasserman
Administrator
Linda Scheck
Director of Community Relations
Luter Liu
Financial Officer

 

CLINICAL and COMMUNITY EDUCATION TEAM

Ruth A. Mulnard
Malcolm Dick, Ph.D.
Senior Neuropsychologist
Shirley Sirivong
Community Health Program Manager
Ruth Mulnard, R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N.*
Clinical Trials Director
Elizabeth Head picture of Daniel L. Gillen
Elizabeth Head, Ph.D.
Tissue Repository Director
Ronald Kim, M.D.*
Neuropathologist
Daniel Gillen, Ph.D.*
Biostatistician
*Denotes a Core Leader for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC)

 

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Judy Nicholls
Financial Analyst
Angela Monroe
Assistant to Director
Julie Newman
Assistant to Founding Director


CLINICAL STAFF

Gaby Thai, M.D.
Neurologist
William Cable, M.D.
Neurologist
Malcolm Dick, Ph.D.
Senior Neuropsychologist
Hyunmie Kim
Hyunmie Kim, R.N., M.S.N., G.N.P.
Nurse Practitioner
Susan Randhawa, M.S.W.
Senior Psychometrist
Yuna Chun, M.P.H.
Clinical Research Coordinator
 
Switaya (Ken) Krisnasmit
Senior Patient Care Coordinator
Peter Knaup
Patient Care Coordinator
 

 

CLINICAL TRIALS STAFF

Arnold Starr
Arnold Starr, M.D.
Neurologist
Catherine McAdams-Ortiz, R.N., M.S.N., G.N.P.
Nurse Practitioner
Beatriz Yanez
Clinical Trials Recruitment Coordinator
Psychometrist

 

TISSUE REPOSITORY – BRAIN DONATION STAFF

Wayne Poon, Ph.D.
Tissue Repository Director
Tommy Saing
Tissue Repository Staff
Greg Gomez
Tissue Repository Staff