Welcome to the MGH FTD Unit

The staff of the MGH Frontotemporal Disorders (FTD) Unit include:

Dr. Brad Dickerson, M.D., Director

Administrative & Management Team
Raseeka O'Chander, M.S., Program Manager
Samantha Krivensky, B.S., Project Manager
Angela Villareyna, B.S., Executive Assistant

Clinical Research Team
Megan Quimby, M.S., CCC-SLP, Director of Speech and Language Pathology
Katie Brandt, M.M., Director of Caregiver Support Services and Public Relations
Dr. Bonnie Wong, Ph.D., Director of Neuropsychology
Daisy Hochberg (Sapolsky), M.S., CCC-SLP, Founding Speech and Language Pathologist
Diane Lucente, M.S., LCGC, Genetic Counseling Manager
Dr. Scott McGinnis, M.D., Behavioral neurologist
Dr. Mark Eldaief, M.D., Behavioral neurologist
Dr. Deepti Putcha, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist
Dr. Diane Chan, M.D., Neurologist
Dr. Neguine Rezaii, M.D., Neuropsychiatrist
Dr. Sheena Dev, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist
Emmaleigh Loyer, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist
Amy Marchesano, LMHC, Caregiver Support Specialist

Imaging Research Team
Alexandra Touroutoglou, Ph.D., Cognitive Neuroscientist, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Mike Brickhouse, B.S., Data Analyst
Ryan Eckbo, M.S., Data Analyst
Alex Zaitsev, M.S., Database Programmer
Nicole Carvalho, B.S., Research Technician

Clinical Research Coordinators
Ryn Flaherty, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator
Erin Krahn, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator
Sam Huang, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator
Ana Eustace, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator
Courtney Sullivan, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator
Inola Howe, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator

Trainees
Sylvia Josephy, M.D., Behavioral Neurology Clinical Research Fellow
David Kim, M.D., Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry Clinical Fellow
Yuta Katsumi, Ph.D., Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging Post-doctoral Fellow
Jeanne Gallee, Harvard Speech Pathology PhD Graduate Student
Alex He, Harvard Engineering PhD Graduate Student

Affiliated Faculty & Collaborators
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., Director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Lab, MGH & Northeastern
Dr. Joe Andreano, Ph.D., Instructor in Psychiatry
Dr. Janet Sherman, Ph.D., Director of Psychology Assessment Center, MGH
Dr. David Salat, Ph.D., Department of Radiology
Dr. Reisa Sperling, M.D., Department of Neurology & MADRC
Dr. Keith Johnson, M.D., Department of Radiology & MADRC
Dr. Brad Hyman, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology & MADRC
Dr. Matthew Frosch, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology & MADRC
Dr. Teresa Gomez-Isla, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology & MADRC
Dr. Steven Arnold, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology & MADRC
Dr. Deborah Blacker, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & MADRC
Dr. David Salat, Ph.D., Department of Radiology
Dr. Stephen Haggarty, Ph.D., Director of Chemical Neurobiology Laboratory
Dr. Nikos Makris, M.D., Ph.D., Neuroanatomist
Dr. Patrick Purdon, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology
Dr. Sara Lazar, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
Dr. David Perez, M.D., Behavioral neurologist
Paige Nalipinski, M.S., CCC-SLP, Senior Speech and Language Pathologist
Dr. David Caplan, M.D., Ph.D., Behavioral Neurologist and Linguist
Dr. Bruce Price, M.D., Department of Neurology
Dr. Steve Gomperts, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology & MADRC
Dr. Randy Buckner, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Joan Camprodon, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Angelo Volandes, M.D., MGH Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Ph.D., MGH Psychology

Former members
Claire Cordella, Mh.D., Speech Language Pathology Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Shalom (Shaz) Henderon, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech and Language Pathologist
Jessica Collins, Ph.D., Cognitive Neuroscientist, Instructor in Neurology
Rania Ezzo, Data Analyst, Data Analyst
Michael Kritzer-Cheron, M.D., Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry Fellow
Amy Newhouse, M.D., Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry Fellow
Mahdi Razafsha, M.D., Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry Fellow
Lee Richardson, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow
Mike Stepanovic, B.S., data analyst
Sara Makaretz, B.S., research technician
Chenjie Xia, M.D., Behavioral Neurologist, research fellow
Elena Ratti, M.D. FTD-ALS neurologist
Jaya Padmanabhan, M.D., psychiatrist, clinical research fellow
Ryan Darby, M.D., neurologist, clinical research fellow
Alessandro Biffi, M.D., neurologist, clinical research fellow
Joel Salinas, M.D., neurologist, clinical research fellow
Christina Caso, B.S., clinical research coordinator
Kimiko Domoto-Reilly, M.D., Behavioral Neurologist
Sara Mitchell, M.D., Behavioral neurologist, Clinical research fellow
Abid Qureshi, M.D., Behavioral neurologist, Clinical research fellow
Tamar Gefen, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Clinical research fellow
Simon Ducharme, M.D., Neuropsychiatrist, Clinical research fellow
Mandana Modirrousta, M.D., Neuropsychiatrist, Clinical research fellow
Belen Pascual, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Research fellow
Kristen Lindquist, Ph.D., Psychologist, Research fellow
Stephane Poulin, M.D., Neuropsychiatry Clinical research fellow
Katie Kelly, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator
Alyson Negreira, B.S., Lab manager/research assistant
Akram Bakkour, B.S., Neuroimaging Technologist
Dr. Lucille Pellerin, M.D., Visiting clinical research fellow