PGY-4

Christine Ashton, MD

Christine Ashton, MD

Undergraduate:  Harvard College
Medical School:  Quinnipiac University
Clinical interests: Movement disorders

Salena Cui, MD

Salena Cui, MD

Chief Resident - Administrative

Hometown:  Ottawa, Canada
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Clinical interests: Neuromuscular medicine
Other academic interests: Medical education and program administration, clinical and translational research
Hobbies: playing piano, long runs outside, hanging out with my coresidents usually over food!

Jared Goodman, MD, PhD

Jared Goodman, MD, PhD

Chief Resident - Administrative

Hometown: Gainesville, FL
Undergraduate: Emory University
Graduate: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (MD/PhD)
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (MD/PhD)
Clinical interests: Multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmune diseases
Research interests: Neurons, glia and immune cells in health and disease

Kevin Hochstrasser, MD

Kevin Hochstrasser, MD

Chief Resident - Wellness

Hometown: Hamden, CT
Undergraduate: Yale College
Medical School: Emory School of Medicine
Clinical interests: Sleep, Epilepsy

Nesreen Jaafar, MD

Nesreen Jaafar, MD

Hometown: Lebanon
Undergraduate: Lebanese University
Medical School: Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Clinical interests: Neuromuscular Medicine

Mohammad Khasawneh, MD

Mohammad Khasawneh, MD

Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Medical School: Hashemite University. Faculty of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Vascular Neurology, Neurointerventional Radiology

Alan Li, MD

Alan Li, MD

Hometown:  Chicago, IL
Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Clinical interests: Stroke, endovascular, neuro-hospitalist, neurocritical care, sleep medicine

Talora Martin, MD

Talora Martin, MD

Chief Resident - QI/Clinical Operations

Hometown:  Pittsburgh, PA
Undergraduate: Grinnell College, IA
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Clinical interests: Multiple sclerosis/neuroimmunology
Hobbies: Reading, ultimate frisbee, spending time outdoors

Amjad Samara, MD

Amjad Samara, MD

Hometown: Palestine
Undergraduate: An-Najah National University
Medical School: An-Najah National University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Clinical interests: Neuroimmunology or cognitive and behavioral neurology, and academic neurology

Gabriel Vazquez Velez, MD, PhD

Gabriel Vazquez Velez, MD, PhD

Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico: Rio Piedras Campus
Graduate: Baylor College of Medicine (MD/PhD)
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine (MD/PhD)
Clinical interests: Movement disorders particularly Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease
Research interests: Mechanisms of neurodegenerative movement disorders
Hobbies: Playing electric guitar, gaming, hanging out with my wife and cat