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Ritwik Bhatia, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology
BioDr. Bhatia is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurologist with Stanford Health Care and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Division of Neurocritical Care at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Bhatia joined Stanford in 2024 after completing Neurocritical Care fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He provides critical care to patients following acute neurological injuries, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, intracranial hemorrhage, and other disorders affecting the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system. He strives to provide excellent patient care in multidisciplinary teams. He enjoys teaching and is the physician lead for simulation for Advanced Practice Providers in Neurocritical Care. He currently serves as the Unit Based Medical Director for the Neurosciences ICU at Stanford Hospital, leading the unit's initiatives in quality and patient safety.
Dr. Bhatia’s research interests include longitudinal outcomes for patients with moderate-severe acute acquired brain injury requiring intensive care unit admission. He is developing a neurointensive care recovery clinic at Stanford Healthcare to follow these patients through transitions of care and support neurorecovery.
Dr. Bhatia has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Neurology, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Stroke. He has presented at national meetings for the American Academy of Neurology, Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, and American Epilepsy Society. He has served as a guideline ambassador for the American Heart Association and is a member of the Neurorecovery Clinic Section of the Neurocritical Care Society. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends. -
Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, MS
John E. Cahill Family Professor, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (Adult Neurology) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focus is human motor control and brain pathophysiology in movement disorders. Our overall goal is to understand the role of the basal ganglia electrical activity in the pathogenesis of movement disorders. We have developed novel computerized technology to measure fine, limb and postural movement. With these we are measuring local field potentials in basal ganglia nuclei in patients with Parkinson's disease and dystonian and correlating brain signalling with motor behavior.
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Axel Brunger
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, of Photon Science and, by courtesy, of Structural Biology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOne of my primary goals is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of synaptic neurotransmitter release by conducting imaging and single-molecule/particle reconstitution experiments, in conjunction with near-atomic resolution structural studies of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery.
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Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD
Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMechanisms of epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (Adult Neurology) and of Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe goal of the Buckwalter Lab is to improve how people recover after a stroke. We use basic and clinical research to understand the cells, proteins, and genes that lead to successful recovery of function, and also how complications develop that impact quality of life after stroke. Ongoing projects are focused on understanding how inflammatory responses are regulated after a stroke and how they affect short-term brain injury and long term outcomes like dementia and depression.
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Toni Qian Cao, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology
BioDr. Toni Qian Cao is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neuro-oncologist with Stanford Health Care.
Dr. Cao specializes in caring for brain and spine tumors, including low grade glioma and glioblastoma. She also has expertise in cancer that has spread (metastasized) to parts of the central nervous system (CNS), such as the brain and the tissues that surround the brain and spinal cord (leptomeninges). She is committed to providing the highest quality care while prioritizing the goals and needs of her patients. She offers compassionate treatment and cancer management, with deep knowledge of tumor therapies and neurological complications of cancer.
Dr. Cao’s research focuses on improving the identification and treatment of brain tumors and metastases. She has investigated factors that impact the development of brain metastases from breast cancer, as well as treatment for leptomeningeal metastases from breast cancer. She has studied combination treatments for glioblastoma, a type of malignant brain tumor. She is also interested in novel neuroimaging techniques for both primary and metastatic CNS tumors.
Dr. Cao has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Neuro-Oncology; Neurology; and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. She has also written a book chapter on common early symptoms of CNS metastases.
Dr. Cao has presented her findings nationally at annual meetings of the American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and Society for Neuro-Oncology. She has also spoken on panels and at regional conferences, including the Annual NeuroTech Convention of Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics.
Dr. Cao is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and Society for Neuro-Oncology. -
Mishu Chandra
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology
BioDr. Chandra is clinical assistant professor in the divisions of Comprehensive Neurology and Epilepsy in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is board-certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy.
A Bay Area native, Dr. Chandra completed her undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her medical degree from Rush University Medical College and completed her neurology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), where she served as the Academic Chief Resident. She pursued her passion for medical education by founding the Clinician Educator Track for the residency program, and continued to serve as Course Director during her fellowship training in both Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at UTSW. Dr. Chandra later served as an Associate Program Director for the Neurology residency program. Her clinical and research interests include psychiatric disorders in refractory epilepsy, perioperative management of refractory epilepsy requiring surgical intervention, women’s health in neurology, as well as medical education in clinical neurophysiology. -
Felix Chang, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology
BioDr. Felix Chang's clinical practice mainly involves intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) and the treatment of neurological disorders with botulinum toxin. He earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed his neurology residency at the Harvard Neurology Program at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He then went on to complete a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology with a focus in intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring at Stanford.
