Our Leaders
Katharina Busl MD, MS
Associate Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery; Associate Chair Of Clinical Operations; Chief, Division Of Neurocritical Care; Director, UF Health Shands Neurointensive Care Unit; Associate Program Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship
Phone: (352) 294-5000
Carolina B Maciel MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery; Director Of Research, Division Of Neurocritical Care, Critical Care Encephalographer, Division Of Epilepsy
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
carolina.maciel@ufl.edu
Our Faculty
Chris Robinson DO, MS
Assistant Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care; Neuroscience Course Director UF College Of Medicine; Program Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Michael A Pizzi DO, PhD
Assistant Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
mpizzi@ufl.edu
Pouya A Ameli MD, MS
Assistant Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care
Phone: (352) 273-5550
William Roth MD
Assistant Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Jenna L Ford MD
Assistant Professor Of Neurology, Division Of Neurocritical Care
Phone: (352) 294-5000
Email:
jenna.ford@neurology.ufl.edu
Lisa Merck MD, MPH, MA, FACEP
Dr. Lisa H. Merck is Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Dean, Acute Care Research & Clinical Trials in the College of Medicine, and Medical Director for Acute Clinical Research at Virginia Commonwealth Universi
Phone: (352) 265-5911
Email:
lmerck@ufl.edu

Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
melody.eckert@ufl.edu
Our Fellows
Fouad Abuzeid MD
Neurocritical Care Fellow
Shweta Goswami MD
Neurocritical Care Fellow
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
shwetagoswami@ufl.edu
Robert Ondracek DO
Neurocritical Care Fellow
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
rondracek@ufl.edu
Hemanth Pasupuleti MD
Neurocritical Care Fellow
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
hpasupuleti@ufl.edu
Research Coordinators and Administrative Staff
Katie Dickinson
Clinical Research Nurse
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
kfaris10@ufl.edu
Ruthi N Peterson
Administrative Assistant
Phone: (352) 294-8957
Jessica C Spana
Clinical Research Coordinator III
Phone: (352) 273-5550
Email:
jessicaspana@ufl.edu
NCC Research Collaborators
Jorge Cespedes
Yale Collaborator
Department:
MD-NEURO-NEUROCRITICAL CARE
Email:
jorgecespedes@ufl.edu
Lawrence Hirsch
NCC Research Collaborator
Department:
MD-NEURO-NEUROCRITICAL CARE
Phone:
(203) 785-3865
Adnan Shahid
Department:
MD-NEURO-NEUROCRITICAL CARE
Phone:
(507) 202-0444
Email:
shahid.adnan@mayo.edu
Students and Trainees Outside of UF College of Medicine
Nilan Bhakta
Department:
MD-NEURO-NEUROCRITICAL CARE
Phone:
(352) 273-5550
Email:
nilanbhakta@ufl.edu
Viktoriya A Gibatova
Department:
MD-NEURO-NEUROCRITICAL CARE
Phone:
(239) 246-3122
Email:
vgibatova@ufl.edu