Specialists

The Functional Neurosurgery Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital is proud to be in the forefront of comprehensive, integrated care delivery. Our program is made up of a multidisciplinary team of physicians, surgeons, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, social workers, and educators to provide comprehensive care.

Neurosurgeon

• Joshua Rosenow, MD, FACS (Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine)

Epileptologists

• Stephan Schuele, MD  (Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center)
• Michael Macken, MD 

Neurologists

• Onur Melen, MD  
• Tanya Simuni, MD  (Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center)
• Alex Videnovic, MD  
• Cindy Zadikoff, MD 

Nurses & Clinical Coordinators

• Christine Giblin, RN, BSN
• David Kettley, RN, BSN
• Kim Janko, RN, BSN

Movement Disorders Center Coordinator & Clinical Social Worker

• Diane B. Breslow, MSW, LCSW

Movement Disorders Clinical Research Coordinators

• Karen Williams, BA (Senior Clinical Research Coordinator)
• Lauren Vainio, BS

Rehabilitation Medicine

• Santiago D. Toledo, MD  
• James A. Sliwa, DO 
• Felise Zollman, MD  (Director, Brain injury rehabilitation)

Physical Therapist

• Erin Finnegan, PT

Speech-Language Pathologists

• Kristin A. Larsen, MA, SLP
• Cory L. Atkinson, MA, CCC-SLP

Music Therapist

• Elizabeth Stegemöller, MT-BC

Clinical Neurophysiologist

• Colum MacKinnon, PhD

Neuroradiologist

• Matthew T. Walker, MD