Head

Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD

Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD

Andrew B. & Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology
Head, Department of Neurology
Neurologist-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital


  Lee lab

 
Top areas of adult care: stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke in young patients


Leadership team

Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
Gabriela  De Bruin, MD

Gabriela De Bruin, MD

Professor of Neurology
Adult, Sleep Medicine
Executive Vice Chair

 
Top areas of adult care: sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs

Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
Beau  Ances, MD, PhD

Beau Ances, MD, PhD

Daniel J. Brennan, MD, Professor of Neurology
Adult, Neuroinfectious Diseases
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs


  Ances lab

 
Top areas of adult care: HIV, COVID, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Vice Chair of Research
Timothy  Miller, MD, PhD

Timothy Miller, MD, PhD

David Clayson Professor of Neurology
Adult, Neuromuscular Medicine
Vice Chair of Research


  Miller lab

 
Top areas of adult care: ALS, motor neuron disease

Vice Chair of Education
Douglas  Larsen, MD

Douglas Larsen, MD

Professor of Neurology
Pediatric, General Neurology
Vice Chair of Education

 
Top areas of pediatric care:

Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Mwiza  Ushe, MD, MA

Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA

Professor of Neurology
Adult, Movement Disorders
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

 
Top areas of adult care: multiple systems atrophy, dystonia, essential tremor

Chief of the Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology
Christina  Gurnett, MD, PhD

Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology, Pediatric & Developmental Neurology
Director, Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics
A. Ernest and Jane G. Stein Professor of Developmental Neurology
Neurologist-in-Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital


  Gurnett lab

 
Top areas of adult care: epilepsy, neurogenetic disorders, musculoskeletal disorders

Lead of Communications & External Relations
Anneliese  Schaefer, JD, PhD

Anneliese Schaefer, JD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Executive Director, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
Director, Office of Neuroscience Research
Lead of Communications & External Relations

Executive Director of Business Affairs
Barry Guild, ACMA, CGMA

Barry Guild, ACMA, CGMA

Executive Director of Business Affairs


Section chiefs

Adult neurology

David Clifford, MD

David Clifford, MD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult Neuroinfectious Diseases
Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology in Neurology

 
Top areas of adult care: neurosarcoidosis, HIV, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Anne  H. Cross, MD

Anne H. Cross, MD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult Neuroimmunology
Manny and Rosalyn Rosenthal – Dr. John Trotter MS Center Chair in Neuroimmunology


  Cross lab

 
Top areas of adult care: multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, MOGAD
Rachel  Darken, MD, PhD

Rachel Darken, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult General Neurology & Headache Medicine

 
Top areas of adult care: headache, migraine, sleep apnea
Brian  Keith Day, MD, PhD

Brian Keith Day, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology
Adult Epilepsy
Interim Chief, Adult Epilepsy
Director, Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Epilepsy Center

 
Top areas of adult care: video/EEG, anti-seizure medication adjustment, epilepsy surgery
Andria  Ford, MD, MSCI

Andria Ford, MD, MSCI

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases


  Ford lab

 
Top areas of adult care: stroke in young adults and women, cerebral small vessel disease, vascular cognitive impairment
Robert  Fucetola, PhD

Robert Fucetola, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Clinical Neuropsychology

 
Top areas of adult care: dementia, stroke, concussion management
Salah  Keyrouz, MD, FAHA

Salah Keyrouz, MD, FAHA

Professor of Neurology, Adult, Neurocritical Care
Chief, Neurocritical Care
Medical Director, Neurocritical Care Unit

 
Top areas of adult care: stroke, brain hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage
Brendan  Lucey, MD

Brendan Lucey, MD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult Sleep Medicine

  Lucey lab

 
Top areas of adult care: sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia
John  Morris, MD

John Morris, MD

Harvey A. & Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology
Director, Section of Aging & Dementia
Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Director, Center for Aging
Director, Memory and Aging Project


  Morris lab

 
Top areas of adult care: Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, geriatric neurology
Scott  Norris, MD

Scott Norris, MD

Associate Professor in Neurology
Chief, Adult Movement Disorders

 
Top areas of adult care: Huntington disease, ataxia, Tourette Syndrome, deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Arun  Varadhachary, MD, PhD

Arun Varadhachary, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Neurohospitalist Medicine

 
Top areas of adult care: neuropathy, autoimmune/inflammatory nervous system disorders, metabolic/degenerative neurologic disorders
Conrad  Weihl, MD, PhD

Conrad Weihl, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, Adult Neuromuscular Medicine


  Weihl lab

 
Top areas of adult care: inclusion body myositis, myopathy, motor neuron disease

Pediatric neurology

David  Callahan, MD

David Callahan, MD

Professor of Neurology
Chief, General Pediatric Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics

 
Top areas of pediatric care: epilepsy, migraine, headache
Réjean  Guerriero, DO

Réjean Guerriero, DO

Associate Professor of Neurology, Pediatric, General Neurology
Section Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy
Vice Chair, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency

 
Top areas of pediatric care: traumatic brain injury, ICU-EEG, status epilepticus
Kristin  Guilliams, MD

Kristin Guilliams, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology
Chief, Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Neuroscience

 
Top areas of pediatric care: stroke, sickle cell disease, moyamoya disease
Jeffrey  J. Neil, MD, PhD

Jeffrey J. Neil, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Section Chief, Section of Pediatric Movement/Cerebral Palsy
Professor of Pediatrics

  Neil lab

Christopher  Smyser, MD

Christopher Smyser, MD

Professor of Neurology, Neonatal
Section Chief, Neonatal Neurology
Associate Director, Pediatric and Developmental Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Radiology


  WUNDER lab

 
Top areas of pediatric care: stroke, cerebral palsy, CNS malformations

Research unit directors

Randall  Bateman, MD

Randall Bateman, MD

Charles F. & Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Adult, Aging & Dementia
Director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU)


  Bateman lab

 
Top areas of adult care: Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, geriatric neurology
David  H. Gutmann, MD, PhD

David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD

Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology
Pediatric, General Neurology
Director, Neurofibromatosis Center


  Gutmann lab

 
Top areas of pediatric care: neurofibromatosis, NF1/NF2, schwannomatosis
David  Holtzman, MD

David Holtzman, MD

Barbara Burton & Reuben M. Morriss III Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Adult, Aging & Dementia
Scientific Director, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
Director, Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Professor of Developmental Biology


  Holtzman lab

 
Top areas of adult care: Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia