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Baram, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor, Pediatrics Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH Professor Emeritus, Neurology John Crawford, MD Division Chief — Division of Neurology, Pediatrics Professor — Division of Neurology, Pediatrics Daniel Chow, MD, MBA Associate Professor-in-Residence — Division of Neuroradiology Imaging, Radiological Sciences Associate Professor, Neurology Elizabeth Head, MA, PhD Professor, Pathology Professor, Neurology Virginia Kimonis, MD Professor — Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pediatrics Professor, Neurology Frank LaFerla, PhD Professor, Neurology Mari Perez-Rosendahl, MD Associate Clinical Professor—Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Associate Professor—Neurology Gelareh Sadigh, MD Associate Professor in Residence — Division of Neuroradiology Imaging, Radiological Sciences Associate Professor, Neurology Terence Sanger, MD Professor, Neurology Jennifer Soun, MD Assistant Professor — Division of Neuroradiology Imaging, Radiological Sciences Assistant Professor, Neurology Maija-Riikka Steenari, MD Associate Professor — Division of Neurology, Pediatrics Associate Professor, Neurology Shuichi Suzuki, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery Professor, Neurology Sergio Villalta, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Assistant Professor, Neurology Michael Yassa, PhD Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Professor, Neurology