Dr. Amanda Peltier is a Professor of Neurology and Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she serves as the Associate Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Division Chief for the department’s Neuromuscular division. She holds certifications from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neuromuscular Medicine), and the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (Autonomic Disorders).

She is an active member, serving in several leadership capacities, of a number of professional organizations including the American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Autonomic Society, American Diabetes Association, Peripheral Nerve Society, and American Neurology Association.

Dr. Peltier’s research, part of the Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center, focuses on Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetic Neuropathy, Amyloid Neuropathy, autonomic disorders, and identification of secondary endpoints for clinical trials in Neuropathy. Her work has been published in such journals as Neurology, Journal of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Medicine, Muscle and Nerve, among others. She is also the primary investigator for a skin biopsy biomarker trial in CIDP, and several trials in ALS and myasthenia gravis.

Dr. Peltier completed a Clinical EMG/Neuromuscular Disorders fellowship, as well as a Clinical Research fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she also completed her residency in Neurology. She earned her M.D. at Ohio State University, later earning an M.S. in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis from the University of Michigan. She earned her B.A. in Classics and Biology from Denison University, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Dr. Siddharama Pawate is currently Associate Professor of Neurology specializing in neuroimmunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is the director of the neuroimmunology fellowship program.

Dr. Pawate first came to VUMC in July 2006 as a clinical fellow in neuroimmunology, and joined the faculty in July 2009 as assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. He is a graduate of Karnatak Medical College, Hubli, India. He completed his internship at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY in 2000 and his Neurology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC in 2006, where he was the chief resident in 2005-2006.

Dr. Nobis is a board-certified epileptologist, licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee with certifications in Neurology and Epilepsy from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He joined Vanderbilt as a faculty member in the Epilepsy division in September 2018.

Dr. Nobis graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from Michigan State University in 2000 and then completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at Vanderbilt University in 2011 where he earned both his M.D. and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. He did his internship and residency in Neurology at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he served as chief resident in 2015.  He subsequently completed an Epilepsy fellowship at Northwestern in 2017. 

Dr. Nagy is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In addition to his outpatient practice in the division of movement disorders, Dr. Nagy is active in the areas of telemedicine, health IT, and medical student education. He serves as the director for the Neurology clerkship in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Dr. Nagy earned a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Political Science from Purdue University in 2009. He remained in Indiana for medical school, earning his M.D. from Indiana University in 2013. He then moved to Tennessee where he completed his internship and residency in Neurology at Vanderbilt from 2013-17, serving as the Chief Resident during his final year in training. He next completed a movement disorders fellowship, also at Vanderbilt, and joined the faculty in 2019. 

Dr. Harold Moses is currently Associate Professor of Neurology, specializing in Neuroimmunology, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 

In 1999 Dr. Moses joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University as assistant professor of Neurology, and in 2011, he became an associate professor. 

Dr. Moses earned his undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of North Carolina, graduating with honors in 1985. He received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1993, and began his post-graduate training at the university as a medical intern in the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Moses then completed a residency at the Mayo Clinic in the Department of Neurology in 1997, and came to Vanderbilt University as a Neurology instructor/fellow. 

Dr. Moots serves as the Adult Co-director of the Vanderbilt Neurofibromatosis Clinic. He is a member of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Dr. Moots is also Staff Neurologist at the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center. 

Dr. Moots’ is board certified in Neurology. His clinical activities focus on the treatment of primary brain tumors including rare forms of CNS malignancy. He also is involved in the care of patients with metastatic cancer involving the nervous system, particularly carcinomatous meningitis, and patients with non-metastatic cancer-related neurological syndromes. 

Dr. Moots earned a B.S. at Duke University, graduating magna cum laude in 1976. He received his medical degree from The Ohio State University in 1980. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Neurology at the University of Virginia in 1984 with Dr. T.R. Johns. From 1984 through 1986 he was a fellow in Neuropathology at the University of Virginia under Dr. Rubinstein and Dr. Vandenberg. From 1986 through 1989 he was a fellow in Neuro-oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center under Dr. Posner and Dr. Shapiro. From 1989 through 1991 he was Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and was the recipient of an American Cancer Society Career Development Award. In 1991 Dr. Moots joined the faculty of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Neurology. In 1998 he became Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine, and in 2015, he became Professor of Neurology. He served on the CNS Tumor Guidelines Committee of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network from 2007 through 2019. He was the section editor for CNS tumors for multiple editions of the Textbook of Uncommon Cancer.

Dr. Karl Misulis is a neurologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, specializing in Hospital Neurology. He is currently Professor of Clinical Neurology and Director of the Neurology Hospitalist service. He has a secondary appointment as Professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Misulis teaches medical students, residents, and fellows in both clinical and non-clinical environments.

Dr. Misulis is board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventative Medicine, and certified in EEG by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Misulis has published more than 20 books, some translated into multiple languages. He has taught medicine around the world, working directly with physicians on four continents, and lecturing on six.

He received a BSc From Queen's University, Canada, majoring in Life Sciences. He subsequently received a MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a PhD in Physiology from State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse. He was Resident and then Chief Resident in Neurology at Vanderbilt. After a fellowship in neurophysiology, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty practicing general neurology and researching nerve regeneration and brain tumor biology.

Dr. Misulis transitioned to West Tennessee Healthcare where he was a hospital neurologist and Chief Medical Information Officer, while retaining his faculty appointment at Vanderbilt. He has returned to full-time practice at Vanderbilt University Hospital in his current roles. 

Dr. Misulis has published more than 20 medical books, including these, since 2000.

• Zimmerman E, Samuels MA, Kirshner HS, Misulis KE: Neurologic Localization and Diagnosis: How Neurologists Think. Elsevier, Philadelphia. In prep for Q1 2021. 
• Abou-Khalil BA, Sonmezturk H, Ess K, Misulis KE, Atlas of EEG, Seizure Semiology, and Management. Oxford University Press In prep Q4 2020.
• Frisse ME, Misulis KE, Essentials of Clinical Informatics. Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Misulis KE, Murray EL, Essentials of Hospital Neurology. Oxford University Press 2017.
• Misulis KE, Head TC; Netter’s Concise Neurology. Updated edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2017.
• Misulis KE; Atlas of EEG, Seizure Semiology, and Management. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press 2013. With Bassel Abou-Khalil
• Misulis KE, Head TC; Netter’s Guide to Clinical Neurology. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2007.
• Abou-Khalil B, Misulis KE, Atlas of EEG & Seizure Semiology, Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005
• Misulis KE; Review Manual for Neurology in Clinical Practice 4th edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2004
• Misulis KE, Head TC: Essentials of Clinical Neurophysiology. 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 2002
• Shevlin B, Misulis KE, Samuels M: Shared Care in Neurology. Martin- Dunitz, London 2001

Dr. Michael McLean has been Associate Professor of Neurology, specializing in epilepsy, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 1993. His current efforts include use of acupuncture to treat neurological conditions and pain.

From 1989 – 1993 and from 2016 to the present, Dr. McLean also has worked in the Department of Neurology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Nashville. Since 2016, he has established clinics specializing in the care of veterans with traumatic brain injuries and in acupuncture. He maintains an epilepsy clinic and is developing a neuro-acupuncture clinic in collaboration with Anesthesiology/Pain at Vanderbilt under the guidance of Dr. Dane Chetkovich and Dr. David Edwards.

Dr. McLean earned a BA in Biology from University of Chicago in 1970, and received his PhD in Physiology in 1976 and his MD in 1978 from University of Virginia and University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. McLean then pursued postdoctoral studies with Dr. Nick Sperelakis in the Department of Physiology at University of Virginia, and served an internship and his first year of residency in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University from 1978 – 1980. In 1983 he completed his residency in Neurology at University of Michigan Hospitals. Dr. McLean was instructor of Neurology, then assistant professor of Neurology at University of Michigan Medical Center from 1983 – 1985. During those years he also studied antiepileptic drug mechanisms of action under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Macdonald. He then joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he continued laboratory and clinical investigations of antiepileptic drugs and studied potential therapeutic effects of magnetic fields on neurons in cell culture and animal seizure models until 2010. Since then he has concentrated on clinical efforts.

Dr. Katherine McDonell is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and a board-certified neurologist specializing in neurodegenerative disorders. Clinically, Dr. McDonell sees patients with cognitive and movement disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, Parkinson disease, and Huntington disease. She is a core faculty member of the Vanderbilt Level 1 Center of Excellence for Huntington disease and directs the predictive genetic testing program for Huntington Disease at Vanderbilt.

She received her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating with honors in biology and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology. She earned her medical degree at Northwestern University and completed her residency training in neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. She subsequently completed a fellowship in cognitive neurology and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Vanderbilt. 

Dr. Malow is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Division, holds the Burry Endowed Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development, and serves as Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Neurology and incoming director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Clinical Translational Core. Dr. Malow is board certified in neurology and Sleep Medicine. She is Vice Chair of the governor-appointed Tennessee Autism Council. Dr. Malow serves as PI for the Vanderbilt site of the NeuroNEXT Network (NINDS Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials). She also serves as the principal investigator for Vanderbilt’s Autism Treatment Network, one of 12 regional autism centers across North America developing standards of medical care for children with autism. 

Prior to joining the faculty at Vanderbilt, Malow was a tenured associate professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan and director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program and the General Clinical Research Center Sleep Program. She received her B.S. degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL in 1984 and her M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. She then did her internship in Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY from 1987-88. Her residency in the Harvard-Longwood Neurological Training Program in Boston, MA from 1988-91 was followed by a fellowship in epilepsy, EEG, and sleep at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD from 1991-94.