Faculty

Gil Rabinovici, MD and Bill Seeley, MD have been named as the recipients of the 2025 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases. The awarad is given by the American Academy of Neurology and American Brain Foundation in recognition of these scientists’ research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Ann Poncelet, MD and Nicole Rosendale, MD have received the Department of Neurology’s Faculty Mentoring Award for oustanding contributions to faculty mentoring. They were honored at the annual Faculty Mentoring Event last month.

Michael Wilson, MD, MAS has been elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Ralph L. Sacco Outstanding Stroke Research Mentor Award given by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. 

Mark Terrelonge, MD, MPH has won the 2025 AAN A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award given by the American Academy of Neurology. 

Ahmed Abdelhak, MD won the American Neurological Association (ANA) Emerging Scholars Award for the abstract he presented during the ANA Annual Meeting.

Four of our faculty have received the Academy of Medical Educators’ Excellence In Teaching and Mentoring Awards, which highlight outstanding front-line teachers and mentors:

Aaron Berkowitz, MD, PhD
Jessamyn Conell-Price, MD, MS
Paul Sampognaro, MD
Madina Tugoziva, MD

Daniele Canzio, PhD was named the Milton E. Cassel Scholar, one of the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars. The award is given to early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health.