Leadership and Administration

The broad mission of the Feinberg Clinical Neuroscience Research Institute is to develop and foster research and educational programs in the clinical neurosciences and enhance patient care. An administrative team and executive committee are responsible for recommending policy, allocating resources, overseeing program activities, and coordinating institute activities with clinical units such as Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.

Director
John A. Kessler, MD
Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor of Neurology
Chair, Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences

Administrator
Victoria Ross, MBA

Administrative Assistant
Phyllis Labinger

Executive Committee
H. Hunt Batjer, MD
Michael J. Marchese Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery

Paul Goldberg
Feinberg Foundation

John A. Kessler, MD
Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor of Neurology
Chair, Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences

Jonathan P. Leis, PhD
Professor of Microbiology—Immunology
Executive Associate Dean for Research

Sheldon I. Miller, MD
Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Enrico Mugnaini, MD
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Director, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience

Eric J. Russell, MD
Professor of Radiology
Chair, Department of Radiology

Charles M. Watts, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Hospital Academic Affairs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital