Our Physicians

Alberico, Anthony “Tony”, MD
Professor

Medical School: Temple University
Residency: Medical College of Virginia
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Patients most often seen: General Neurosurgery, Spine Disorders, Hydrocephalus, Brain Tumors
Membership: American Academy of Neurological Surgeons

Coulon, Richard, MD
Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Internship: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Tulane University School of Medicine
Fellowship Training: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, England
Patients most often seen: Hydrocephalus, Brain Tumors, Epilepsy, Spasticity, Spina Bifida, Spine Disorders
Membership: American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Ercan, Hasan, MD
Assistant Professor

Specialty: Neurology
Medical School: Marmara University Medical School
Internship: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency Training: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship Training: University of Chicago (Sleep Medicine)
Patients most often seen: Sleep Disorders, Epilepsy, Neuromuscular Disorders (EMG/NCS)
Membership: American Academy of Neurology, American Medical Association

Gandhy, Rita MD
Assistant Professor, Director of Movement Disorders

Specialty: Neurology
Patients most often seen: Parkinsons Disease, Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Ataxia
Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of California San Diego
Fellowship Training: Georgetown University (Movement Disorders)
Membership: Movement Disorders Society, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Leclercq, Toussaint A., MD
Professor and Director of Spine Surgery
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Specialty: Neurosurgery
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Medical School: University of Liege, Belgium
Residency Training: University of Wisconsin
Membership: American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Miles, J. Douglas MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology Residency Program Director
Faculty Achievement Page

Specialty: Neurology
Patients most often seen: Neuromuscular disorders, myopathy, neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, ALS, muscular dystrophy
Medical School: University of Southern California
Residency Training: Case Western Reserve University
Fellowship Training: Case Western Reserve University (Neuromuscular Medicine)
Membership: American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Society for Neuroscience (SFN), American Medical Association (AMA), American Society for Neurorehabilitation (ASNR)

Patterson, Terrence, PhD
Professor

Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology
Certification: American Board of Neurophysiological Monitoring
Undergraduate Education: Queens University, Belfast, N. Ireland
Graduate Education: University of Reading, Reading, England, PhD
(Neuroscience / Neurophysiology)
Post-Graduate Training: University of York, York, England
Membership: American Society for Neurophysiologic Monitoring (Past President)

Payne, Bryan R., MD
Professor and Chairman
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Specialty: Neurosurgery
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Patients most often seen: General neurosurgery, movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia), brain tumors, hydrocephalus
Medical School: University of Louisville
Residency Training: Louisiana State University- New Orleans
Fellowship Training: University of Virginia (Radiosurgery), Emory University (Functional Neurosurgery)
Membership: American Academy of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Society for Neuroscience (SFN)

Payne, Mary "Mitzi", MD
Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Neurology
Medical School: Louisiana State University - New Orleans
Internship: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Louisiana State University - New Orleans
Fellowship Training: Louisiana State University - New Orleans
Patients most often seen: Epilepsy/EEG, Muscular Dystrophy, Spasticity/Botox, Cerebral Palsy
Membership: American Academy of Neurology

Stecker, Mark M., MD, PhD
Professor

Specialty: Neurology
Graduate School: University of Pennsylvania (PhD, Physics)
Medical School: Harvard University School of Medicine
Internship: Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia
Residency Training: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship Training: Dana Fellow of Neuroscience/Epilepsy/EEG, University of Pennsylvania
Certification: American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (Neurology), American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Neurophysiologic Monitoring
Patients most often seen: Epilepsy/EEG
Membership: American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Neurophysiologic Monitoring (past president), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society

Stecker, Mona, MSN, NP
Instructor

Specialty: Neurology
Graduate School: College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania - Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner - Doctoral Student
Certification: American Board of Neuroscience Nursing - Certified Neuroscience Registered
Patients most often seen: Epilepsy and other seizure disorders
Membership: American Association of Neuroscience Nursing

Weinstein, James, MD
Professor

Specialty: Neurosurgery
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Internship: Tufts New England Center Hospital
Residency Training: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Patients Most Often Seen: Spinal Disorders, Brain Tumors, Trauma
Membership: Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons