Leadership

Penn Neurology is made up of Divisions and Programs. The list below includes the Department of Neurology's Leadership: Vice Chairs, Division Chiefs, Program Leaders and Directors.

Department of Neurology Leadership 2025-2026

Physician/Contact	Title	Admin Contact Information
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP Phone: 215-662-3360 Fax: 215-662-3362 Frances.Jensen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Professor and Chair Department of Neurology Arthur Knight Asbury, MD Professor of Neurology Co-Director Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center Division: Epilepsy	Sonja Ogden Sonja.Ogden@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 215-662-3389 Contact for all scheduling needs
Scott Kasner, MD Scott.Kasner@uphs.upenn.edu	Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs Chief, Stroke and Critical Care Division: Stroke	Kim Sears Kimberly.Sears@uphs.upenn.edu
Amy Pruitt, MD pruitt@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Vice Chair of Education and Education Officer Chief, General Neurology Division: General Neurology	Marilyn Ramos Marilyn.Ramos@uphs.upenn.edu
Geoffrey Aguirre, MD aguirreg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Vice Chair of Research Division: Cognitive Neurology	Crystal Rich Crystal.Rich@uphs.upenn.edu
Nabila Dahodwala, MD nabila.dahodwala@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Vice Chair Research and Faculty Development Division: Movement Disorders	Joan Itzi joan.itzi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
TBA	Chief, Child Neurology, CHOP Division: Pediatric	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3501 Civic Center Blvd. 10th Floor, Colket Building Philadelphia, PA 19104
David Wolk MD david.wolk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Cognitive Neurology Division: Cognitive Neurology	Maria Crudele mcrudele@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Kate Davis, MD, MSTR Kate.Davis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Epilepsy Division: Epilepsy	Shardey Adkinson shardey.adkinson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Amy Pruitt, MD pruitt@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, General Neurology Vice Chair of Education and Education Officer Division: General Neurology	Marilyn Ramos Marilyn.Ramos@uphs.upenn.edu
Andrew Siderowf, MD Andrew.Siderowf@uphs.upenn.edu	Chief, Movement Disorders Division: Movement Disorders	Irene Skirsky Irene.Skirsky@uphs.upenn.edu
Amit Bar-Or, MD, FRCP AmitBar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Multiple Sclerosis Division: Multiple Sclerosis	Monica Czuczman monica.czuczman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Joshua Levine, MD jolevine@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Neurocritical Care Division: Neurocritical Care	Kimberly Sears Kimberly.Sears@uphs.upenn.edu
Chafic Karam, MD chafic.karam@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Neuromuscular Division: Neuromuscular	Karen Conroy Karen.Conroy@uphs.upenn.edu
Grant T. Liu, MD gliu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Neuro-ophthalmology Division: Neuro-ophthalmology	Sherri Archer Sherri.Archer@uphs.upenn.edu
David Raizen, MD, PhD raizen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Sleep Medicine Division: Sleep Medicine
Scott Kasner, MD Scott.Kasner@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Stroke and Critical Care Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs Division: Stroke	Kim Sears Kimberly.Sears@uphs.upenn.edu
Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, MD dawn.mechanic@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Chief, Neuro-Psychology Division: Cognitive Neurology	Sabrina Daniels sabrina.daniels@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Ray Price MD raymond.price@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Site Chief, Pennsylvania Hospital Chief, Neuro-hospitalist Division: General and Neurohospitalist	Irene Skirsky Irene.Skirsky@uphs.upenn.edu
Sashank Prasad, MD Sashank.prasad@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Site Chief, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Division: Neuro-ophthalmology	Sherri Archer sherri.archer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Allison Willis, MD allison.willis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Site Chief, VAMC Division: Movement Disorders	Colleen Breedlove colleen.breedlove@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Geoffrey Aguirre, MD, PhD aguirreg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Co-Director Residency Program Division: Cognitive Neurology	Crystal Rich Crystal.Rich@uphs.upenn.edu
Laura Stein, MD laura.stein@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Co-Director Residency Program Division: Stroke Division	Rosie Friedenberg rosie.friedenberg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Kelley Humbert, MD Kelley.Humbert@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Associate Director, Residency Program Division: Stroke Division	Rosie Freidenberg rosie.friedenberg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Denise Xu, MD Denise.Xu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Associate Director, Residency Program	Rosie Freidenberg rosie.friedenberg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Rohini Samudralwar, MD Rohini.Samudralwar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Associate Director, Residency Program	Shakyra Gilliard shakyra.gilliard@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Kristin McCabe, MSN, RN, CNRN kristin.mccabe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu	Director of Clinical Operations, Nursing	Jill Bautista jill.bautista@pennmedicine.upenn.edu