Scientific Committee

Scientific Committee Chairpersons 

Babak Babak Kateb,
Chairman/CEO SBMT & President of Brain Mapping Foundation

Research Scientist, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
roy_70 Michael J. Roy,
9th President, SBMT
Director of Internal Medicine, Arlington, Virginia
Rafat Ansari Rafat Ansari
Human Research Program, NASA/ GRC
           
Yu Chen Yu Chen
Assistant Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
Ecklund James M. Ecklund
Chairman, Department of Neurosciences, Inova Health System
Gullapalli Rao P. Gullapalli
Associate Professor,
Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Baltimore

 
 
 
McDonald John W McDonald
International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy Krieger Institute

 


 

Scientific Committee

 
 
Babak Babak Kateb,
Chairman/CEO SBMT & President of Brain Mapping Foundation

Research Scientist, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
roy_70 Michael J. Roy,
9th President, SBMT
Director of Internal Medicine, Arlington, Virginia
Guthikonda Bharat Guthikonda
Treasurer of the Board, SBMT
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at LSU Health Sciences Center
           
Adamson Maheen Mausoof Adamson
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Stanford and Director Research, WRIISC, VA Palo Alto
Alice Aiken Alice Aiken
Director, Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, and Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Canada
Aizenberg Michele R. Aizenberg
Assistant Professor, Brain and Spine Cancer Center University of Nebraska Medical Center
           
Allain Jean Paul Allain
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering, Affiliate Faculty of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Director, Radiation and Surface Science and Engineering Laboratory, Purdue University
Ansari Rafat Ansari
Human Research Program
NASA/ GRC
 
Armonda Rocco Armonda 
Neurosurgery Consortium at National Naval MEDCEN and Walter Reed Army MEDCEN
           
ashford2_70 Wesson J. Ashford 
War- Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC) at VAPAHCS
Basser Peter Basser
Senior Investigator Director, Program on Pediatric Imaging and Tissue Sciences (PPITS) Chief, NIH
Berger Mitchel Berger
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF




   
christopher_bever_70.jpg Christopher T. Bever
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science Univerisity of Maryland School of Medicine and Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development and Director, MS Center of Excellence - East, VA Maryland Health Care System,
Black Keith L. Black
Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Burt Benjamin Oliver Burt, 
Assistant professor of Oculoplastic and Orbitofacial Surgery, Texas Tech University
           
Chaudhry_70 G. Rasul Chaudhry
Professor of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, MI
Chen_Mike_70 Michael Y. Chen
Associate Professor of Department of Neurosurgery, City of Hope Cancer Center
Yu Chen Yu Chen
Assistant Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
Glenn Cross Glenn Cross
Chief Operating Officer, Ausbiotech, Australia 
Doll Bruce A. Doll
RDML, USN 
Duncan_70 Kirsty Duncan
Member of Canadian Parliament; Etobicoke, Canada
Ecklund James M. Ecklund
Chairman, Department of Neurosciences, Inova Health System
Eisenberg Howard M. Eisenberg
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Michael Fehlings Michael Fehlings
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Feigal Ellen Feigal
Senior Vice President, Research and Development, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
massimo_70 Massimo S. Fiandaca 
Associate Professor, Research Track,
Department of Neurology
Georgetown University Medical Center
 
 
Green Ken Green
Commander (DC) USN, Associate Director for Research Operations Integration, Naval Medical Research and Development Center-Frederick, Ft. Detrick
grimes_70 Jamie B. Grimes
National Director, DVBIC 
grundfest_70 Warren Grundfest
Professor of Surgery, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine 
Gullapalli Rao P. Gullapalli
Associate Professor,
Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Baltimore
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hoffman Stuart Hoffman
Scientific Program Manager
for Brain Injury,
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
jain_70 Kewal Jain 
Chief Executive Officer, Jain Pharma Biotech
Kaviani Kian Kaviani
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ming Hsieh Electrical Engineering Dept., Viterbi School of Engineering
 
 
 
 
 
 
li_70 Chenzhong Li
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University
lim_70 Michael Lim
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ling_70 Geoffrey Ling 
Department of Neurology, DARPA
 
 
 
 
 
 
John C Liu John C. Liu
Vice Chair of Neurosurgery for Spine Services, Co-Medical Director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program
Alfredo Alfredo Martinez-Coll
Senior Business Development Manager at NewSouth Innovations (UNSW)
McDonald John W McDonald
International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy Krieger Institute
 
 
 
 
 
 
nickells Robert Nickells
Vice Chairman of Research, UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute on Aging and the Eye Research Institute
nikzad_70 Shouleh Nikzad
Senior Research Scientist, NASA/JPL
Patel Vivek Patel
Associate Professor of Neuro-ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus, University of Ottawa, Canada

Paxinos George Paxinos
Professor of Neuroscience, UNSW, Australia
Prabhu Sujit S. Prabhu
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cheryl Rogers Cheryl Rogers
Trade Commissioner,
Life Sciences & Medical Devices,
Consulate of Canada

Romanelli Pantaleo Romanelli
Chief Medical Officer, AB Medica, Milan, IT; Scientific Director, Brain Radiosurgery, CDI, Milan, IT; Visiting Scientist, ESRF, Grenoble, FR
rosen-sm Allyson C. Rosen
Assistant Professor of Psychology, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University
Rusiecki Jennifer Rusiecki
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Schulte Reinhard Schulte
Associate Professor, Basic Sciences Division of Physiology School of Medicine, Loma Linda University
Sidhu Kuldip Sidhu
Associate Professor, Stem Cell Research, University of New South Wales
Eliot L. Siegel Eliot L. Siegel
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center
Director, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center Radiology
Associate Vice Chairman for Informatics

steinberg Gary K. Steinberg
Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
tzika_70 Aria A. Tzika
Associate Professor of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Shriner's Burns Institute, Harvard Medical School
Wheeler Christopher Wheeler
Principal Investigator, Immunology Program, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Yamamoto Vicky Yamamoto
Fellow, Department of Head and Neck, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
Yu John S. Yu
Vice Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center