Faculty Book

W. DALTON DIETRICH, PH.D.
Scientific Director, Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery
Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery, Neurology, and Cell Biology & Anatomy
Cellular and biochemical basis of CNS injury and repair; Improved strategies for neuroprotection

BARTH A. GREEN, M.D.
Chairman and Clinical Program Director; Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery; Director, Spinal Cord Injury Unit
Surgical interventions

JOHN R. BETHEA, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Immunological consequences of SCI and the development of neuroprotective strategies

JOHN BIXBY, PH.D.
Professor, Departments of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery
Axon growth and synapse formation

NANCY L. BRACKETT, PH.D., HCLD
Research Associate Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Urology
Male fertility in spinal cord injury

HELEN M. BRAMLETT, PH.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
The pathophysiology and treatment of CNS injury

ROSS BULLOCK, PH.D.
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director, Clinical Neurotrauma
Preclinical mechanistic  and neuroprotection  research in Traumatic brain Injury and Clinical trials, and neuromonitoring techniques in the injured brain.

MARY BARTLETT BUNGE, PH.D.
Christine E. Lynn Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience
Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Neurological Surgery and Neurology
Development of combination strategies to repair the injured spinal cord

EDELLE C. FIELD-FOTE, PH.D., P.T.
Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy and Neurological Surgery
Enhancement of postural control and locomotor function

BARBARA GRIMPE, PH.D.
Instructor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Novel strategies for axon regeneration and stem cell differentiation

JAMES D. GUEST, M.D., PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Cellular and molecular strategies to achieve long tract regeneration in the spinal cord

IAN D. HENTALL, PH.D.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Spinal neuronal circuits; electrophysiology of damage and repair; metabolic therapy

VANCE LEMMON, PH.D.
Walter G. Ross Chair in Developmental Neuroscience
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Function of Cell Adhesion Molecules in Axon Growth and Guidance

ALLAN D. O. LEVI, M.D., PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Schwann cell biology and transplantation; Pathology of human spinal cord injury; Surgical interventions

DANIEL J. LIEBL, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Function of growth and guidance molecules in the developing and regenerating nervous systems

ALBERTO MARTINEZ-ARIZALA, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation; Chief, SCI Service, Miami VA Medical Center
Controlling spasticity in spinal cord injured subjects

MARK S. NASH, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Physiological assessment of complications of spinal cord injury; Functional electrical stimulation

BRIAN R. NOGA, PH.D.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Spinal and supraspinal control of locomotor function

DAMIEN D. PEARSE, PH.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

JACQUELINE SAGEN, PH.D.
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Cellular implants for the alleviation of chronic pain and CNS injury

CHRISTINE K. THOMAS, PH.D.
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Neuromuscular weakness, fatigue, spasms and regeneration

PANTELIS TSOULFAS, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Effects of neurotrophins and their receptors on neural development

EVA WIDERSTRÖM-NOGA, D.D.S., PH.D.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery; Research Health Scientist, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Clinical aspects of pain and altered sensation following spinal cord injury

PATRICK M. WOOD, PH.D.
Research Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Mechanisms underlying axon - Schwann cell interactions, Human Schwann cell biology.

Affiliated Faculty

BRIAN C. BOWEN, M.D., PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Radiographic studies of human spinal cord after injury

ROBERT W. KEANE, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Immunology of the nervous system; Identification of ICE/CED-3 family of proteases in neurons and astrocytes during apoptosis

CHARLES M. LYNNE, M.D.
Professor, Department of Urology
Male infertility in spinal cord injury

MICHAEL D. NORENBERG, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neuropathology
Function and properties of glia; Cellular and molecular events associated with human SCI

STEPHEN E. OLVEY, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Neurological injuries, especially relating to motorsports; Director of the Neuroscience ICU

PRADIP M. PATTANY, PH.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Radiographic studies of human spinal cord after injury

ROBERT M. QUENCER, M.D.
Professor, Department of Radiology
Neuroradiological evaluation of human spinal cord injury

DEJAN TEPAVAC, PH.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Bioengineered devices for recording or improving EMG and function after spinal cord injury