Program Leadership & Faculty
Program Leadership

David Taplinger, MD
Resident Program Director
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Specialty: Epilepsy
Administrative Leadership

Christine Lu-Emerson, MD
Neurology Division Director
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Washington
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Specialty: Neuro-Oncology

Megan Selvitelli, MD
Medical Director of EMU/EEG lab
Physician Lead of MMP Neuroscience Service Line
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Specialty: Epilepsy

Tamara Schwartz, MD
Associate Medical Director – Maine Medical Partners Neurology
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina
Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology
Faculty

Biljana Beretich, MD
Medical School: University of Rijeka Medical School
Residency: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Clinical Neuro Immunology
Specialty: Neuroimmunology

Alexa Craig, MD
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine,
Residency: Maine Medical Center, Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine, Child Neurology
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Neonatal Neurology
Specialty: Child Neurology, Neonatal Neurology

Eric Dinnerstein, MD
Medical School: Hadasah Medical School, M.D., 2001
Residency: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Neurology, 2007
Specialty: Dementia

Sarah Dodwell, MD
Neurology Clerkship Director
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Name: Evdokia Eleftheriou, MD
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical Center,
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Specialty: Neuroimmunology

Diana Goodman,MD
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: Brown University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Specialty: Neurocritical Care

Jason Helis, MD
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Pediatrics
Washington University Hospital, Child Neurology
Specialty: Child Neurology

Heidi Henniger, MD
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine
Specialty: Epilepsy

Leonard Kaminow, MD
Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ
Residency: University of Vermont Medical Center
Neurology, 1991
Neurosurgery, 1987
Specialty: Sleep Medicine

Michael Kleinman, DO
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Boston University Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Clinical Neurophysiology, 2012
Movement Disorders, 2013
Specialty: Movement Disorders

Mark McAllister, MD
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Jane Morris, MD
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center
Specialty: Vascular Neurology

Peter Morrison, MD
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: UCLA
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Specialty: Child Neurology
Epilepsy

Paul Muscat, MD
Medical School: Columbia University School of Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital, Neurology, 1999
New York Presbyterian Medical Center, Anesthesiology, 1990
Fellowship: Beth Israel Medical Center, Pain Medicine/Palliative Care
Specialty: Neuroimmunology

Thomas Reynolds
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh & UPMC, Pediatric Neurology
Maine Medical Center, Pediatrics
Specialty: Child Neurology

Stephen Rioux, MD
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: University of Wisconsin
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Pediatric Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine, Pediatric Neurology
Specialty: Child Neurology

Gretchen Schoenfield, PhD
Medical Education: University of Arizona,
Specialty: Neuropsychology