Board Of Directors
We are grateful to have a multispecialty inspiring leadership team dedicated to fast-tracking diagnostics, therapeutics, technologies, and policies.

Board Of Directors

Babak Kateb
Chairman and CEO of SBMT 1st President SBMT, WBMF Pioneer in Medicine Award, 2015 | NanoneuroSurgery and NeuroPhotonics Subcommittee SBMT 2023-2024, BCI, Neurotechnology, Neuroengineering Subcommitee 2023-2024, Military Medicine Subcommittee 2023 - 2024 | Neuroscience20 Global Chairman
Founding Chairman of the Board of SBMT and President of World Brain Mapping Foundation, Scientific Director of SBMT and Brain Mapping Foundation, Director of National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics, Director of Brain Technology and Innovation Park (BTIP), and Chairman of science advisory board of Infinity Arc (cancer/radiosurgery tech).

Na Tosha N. Gatson
Lifetime Member | Member of the Board
Na Tosha N. Gatson, MD, PhD, FAAN, Associate Professor of Medicine University of Arizona. Na Tosha also continue to serve as Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean of Equity and Inclusion at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton, PA. She completed her MD/PhD, neurology residency, and NIH/R25 neurosurgery research post-doctoral fellowship at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH prior to completing a neuro-oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
Evan Snider

Chirag Patel
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro-Oncology MD Anderson, Chair NeuroOncology SBMT.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
McNair Scholar, McNair Medical Institute at The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, Houston, TX

Stephano Sinicropi
President, Midwest Spine & Brain Institute
With numerous years of experience and thousands of surgeries completed, Dr. Sinicropi consistently incorporates new advancements in motion-sparing and minimally invasive techniques, resulting in enhanced patient outcomes while improving patient recovery, reducing pain, and increasing mobility for spinal procedures, including disc replacements, spinal decompressions, and spinal fusions.
Dr. Sinicropi values the opportunity to treat his patients, forming connections with them outside their condition. He understands that spine surgery will disrupt someone’s life and calls his ability to help a privilege.
Dr. Stefano Sinicropi is known nationally as an expert in spine surgery. He is a Board-Certified orthopedic spine surgeon, completing his medical degree and residency at Columbia University, followed by a fellowship at the prestigious Leatherman Spine. He currently serves as the President and CEO of Midwest Spine & Brain Institute.

Navid Sadoughi
SBMT Neurosurgery & Spinal Pain Management Subcommittee

Melissa King
SBMT Regenerative Medicine Subcommittee Chair
Melissa King is a passionate advocate for patients of chronic illness and disease as well as the medical research that can help reduce their suffering. An expert at engaging multiple stakeholders and communicating effectively with varied audiences, she has been a champion for the California stem cell research program since before it formally existed.

Giulio Maria Passineti
SBMT Alzheimer's Subcommittee Chair
Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, The Saunders Family Chair and Professor of Neurology, received an M.D. from the Milan University School of Medicine and a Ph.D. from the University of Milan. He is currently the Program Director of the NIH funded Mount Sinai Center for Molecular Integrative Neuroresilience and the Chief of the Brain Institute Center of Excellence for Novel Approaches to Neurodiagnostics and Neurotherapeutics.

Marcos Wagner de Souza Porto
Advances in Cerebrovascular and Spine Subcommittees SBMT 2023-2024

Keerthy Sunder
WBMF Golden Axon Leadership Award, 2023
CEO, Karma Doctors & Karma TMS, Inc Founder, The Sunder Foundation, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California Riverside, CA, USA

Christopher Wheeler
WBMF Golden Axon Award, 2023 | Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Subcommittee SBMT 2023- 2024
President at StemVax, Chief Scientific Officer at T-Neuro Pharma, Inc. Professor and research scientist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center