Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Training Programs | People

Colleagues. Advisors. Lifelong friends. That’s how our residents describe one another and the Child Neurology faculty, many of whom were residents at Boston Children’s themselves.

Residency program leadership and selection committee

Departmental leadership

Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD

Neurologist-in-Chief, Chairman, Department of Neurology
Bronson Crothers Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Basil Darras, MD

Associate Neurologist-in-Chief, Department of Neurology
Chief, Division of Clinical Neurology
Director, Neuromuscular Center and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Program
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Phillip Pearl, MD

Director, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
William G. Lennox Chair and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH

Associate Chief for Academic Development, Director Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD

Associate Chief for Research, Department of Neurology
Director, Translational Neuroscience Center
Director, Translational Research Program
Rosamund Stone Zander Chair and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

David K. Urion, MD, FAAN

Charles F. Barlow Chair in Neurology
Director, Education
Director, Behavioral Neurology Clinics and Programs
Co-Chair, Ethics Advisory Committee
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Mark Gorman, MD

Associate Chief for Clinical Services, Director, Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis & Related Disorders Program
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Immunology Program, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Jeff Bolton, MD

Inpatient Service Chief, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Viviana Benitez, MD

Associate Service Chief, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Kerri LaRovere, MD

Neurocritical Care Consult Service Chief, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Child Neurology Residency Training Program leadership

Miya Bernson-Leung, MD, EdM

Program Director, Child Neurology Residency Training Program, Department of Neurology
Course Director, Michael J. Bresnan Child Neurology Course
Associate Medical Director, Continuing Medical Education, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Barkoudah, MD

Co-Director, Cerebral Palsy and Spasticity Center
Director, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Training Program
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Molly Wilson-Murphy, MD

Associate Program Director, Child Neurology Residency Training Program, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Residency selection committee

Caitlin Rollins, MD, SM

Co-Chair, Residency Selection Committee
Associate Program Director for Recruiting and Academic Mentorship
Residency Diversity Officer, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Chris Yuskaitis, MD, PhD

Co-Chair, Residency Selection Committee
Associate Program Director for Recruiting and Research, Co-Director Infantile Spasms Program, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD

Neurologist-in-Chief, Chairman, Department of Neurology
Bronson Crothers Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH

Associate Chief for Academic Development, Director Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD

Associate Chief for Research, Department of Neurology
Director, Translational Neuroscience Center
Director, Translational Research Program
Rosamund Stone Zander Chair Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Archana Patel, MD, MPH

Global Health Pathway Lead, Residency Selection Committee Member, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital

April Levin, MD

Residency Selection Committee Member, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Current residents

Third-year child neurology residents

  • Patrick Asselin, MD: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; State University of New York at Geneseo
  • Meera Basu, MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Washington University at St. Louis
  • Stephen Chrzanowski, MD, PhD: University of Florida College of Medicine; University of Cincinnati
  • Wendy Herman, MD, PhD: Yale University School of Medicine; Emory University
  • Rebecca MacRae, MD: Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Margaret (Cochran) Savage, MD: Harvard Medical School; Harvard College

Second-year child neurology residents

  • Aaron Bowen, MD, PhD: University of Colorado School of Medicine; University of California
  • Alexandra Almansa Santanai, MD: University of Puerto Rico; University of Puerto Rico
  • Christine Shrock, MD: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Harvard University
  • Ross Carson, MD: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; University of Michigan
  • Patrick Davis, MD, PhD: Tufts University School of Medicine; Brown University
  • John Eduardo Maldonado: Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador Facultad de Medicina

First-year child neurology residents

  • Callison Alcott, MD, PhD: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Dustin Gable, MD, PhD: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Ohio State University
  • Celia Greenlaw, MD: Boston University School of Medicine; Emory University
  • Elisa Falk, MD, PhD: Icahn School of Medicine; Harvard College
  • Jack O’Keeffe Donohue, Mb.Bch: Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
  • Matthew Goldfinger, DO: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Brianna Albert, DO: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; Northeastern University

Neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) residents

  • Christina Briscoe-Abath, MD (PGY-6): University of Virginia School of Medicine; Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center
  • Zainab Zaman, MBBS (PGY-5): Shifa College of Medicine (Islamabad, Pakistan); West Virginia University
  • Rita Elias, DO (PGY-4): Michigan State University; Wayne State University
  • Raja Pillai, MD, PhD (PGY-3): Stony Brook University; Yale University