Faculty
Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Division of Child Neurology/Movement Disorders
- Phone: 314-454-6120
- Email: aravamuthanb@wustl.edu
I am a pediatric movement disorders physician and neuroscientist with expertise in basal ganglia network pathophysiology, dystonia, and neonatal brain injury.
Kevin J. Black, MD
Professor, Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology and Neurobiology
- Phone: 314-362-6908
- Email: kevin@wustl.edu
Main research interests include development of methods for pharmacologic activation studies using neuroimaging, pathophysiology of affective disorders in Parkinson disease, treatment of psychiatric abnormalities associated with PD and pathophysiology of Tourette’s syndrome
Meghan C Campbell, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Radiology
Division of Movement Disorders
Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
Neuroimaging Labs Research Center
- Phone: 314-362-8222
- Email: meghanc@wustl.edu
Meghan Campbell, PhD, is an Assistant Research Professor in the Movement Disorders Section. Her main research interests are in the relationships between neuropsychological functions and the neuropathology, treatment, and comorbid psychiatric conditions of movement disorders.
Joshua L. Dowling, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Surgical Director, Gamma Knife Program
- Phone: 314-362-3577
Ryan Duncan, PT, DPT, MSCI
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy & Neurology
Program in Physical Therapy
- Email: duncanr@wustl.edu
Ryan Duncan, PT, DPT, MSCI, is a physical therapist and Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his Bachelor’s of Health Science and Master’s degree in Physical Therapy at Maryville University in St. Louis in 2008. He completed his post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy and Master’s of Science in Clinical Investigation at Washington University in St. Louis.
The broad focus of his research is to understand factors impacting movement in people with Parkinson’s disease as well as how movement changes in response to rehabilitation in this population. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts in this area. His current research is focused on understanding the biomechanical, sensory, and psychologic factors related to low back pain in people with Parkinson’s disease. His work is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Gammon Earhart, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Professor of Physical Therapy
Associate Dean for Physical Therapy
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-286-1407
- Email: earhartg@wustl.edu
Gammom Earhart, PhD, PT, FAPTA, investigates how the human nervous system controls movement in health and in neurological and neurodegenerative disease, with a particular focus on rehabilitation of gait and balance.
Erin R. Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Neurology and Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-286-1638
- Fax: 314-286-0631
- Email: erfoster@wustl.edu
Erin Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and rehabilitation scientist with expertise in the cognitive and functional effects of Parkinson disease. She earned her clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) in 2005 and PhD in Rehabilitation and Participation Science in 2018 from Washington University School of Medicine. She has completed postdoctoral training in neuroscience, neuropsychology, and clinical investigation. Her current primary research goal is to develop cognitive rehabilitation approaches that improve daily function for people with Parkinson disease. She receives federal and foundation funding for her research.
Foster directs the Cognitive and Occupational Performance Laboratory, which aims to understand everyday cognitive function among people with chronic neurological conditions and develop more comprehensive and effective rehabilitation programs for people with neurological conditions and cognitive dysfunction.
Foster is on the Board of Directors of the Greater St. Louis Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association.
Tamara Hershey, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Radiology
- Phone: 314-362-5593
- Email: tammy@wustl.edu
Main research interests include cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation, neuroimaging and effects of diabetes on brain anatomy and cognitive function.
Paul Kotzbauer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Division of Adult Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-6908
- Email: kotzbauerp@wustl.edu
Main research interests include working to understand mechanisms of neuro-degeneration underlying Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.
Baijayanta Maiti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-6908
- Email: maitib@wustl.edu
Main research interest includes neuroimaging related to Parkinson disease and cognitive function
Susan Nielsen, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
- Phone: 314-747-2211
- Email: snielsen@wustl.edu
My primary research interest is environmental neuroepidemiology, with a particular emphasis on parkinsonism and Parkinson disease.
Joel S Perlmutter, MD
Elliot Stein Family Professor of Neurology
Professor, Radiology, Neuroscience, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
- Phone: 314-362-6026
- Email: perlmutterjoel@wustl.edu
Main research interests include neuroimaging, basal ganglia physiology and pharmacology, mechanisms of deep brain stimulation, pathophysiology of dystonia, development of new agents to reduce nigrostriatal injury and electronic medical records systems.
Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-6908
- Email: ushem@wustl.edu
Main research interests include language development and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Amy Viehoever, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Division of Pediatric Neurology
- Phone: 314-454-6120
Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Neurology Director, Stereotactic, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-362-3577