OUR TEAM
Our Center was founded in 2014, and is part of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Health Care. Our clinical team at the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center provides compassionate and expert care to our patients every day.
Clinical research operations at the Center are directed by Dr. Angela Lumba-Brown, an emergency medicine physician at Stanford, as well as pediatrician. As the Director of Research and Co-Director of the Stanford B-TEC, Dr. Lumba-Brown works with colleagues nationwide to advance the science behind TBI and concussion subtypes with a goal of delivering cutting-edge care to children and adults. Dr. Lumba-Brown is a lead author on the Centers for Disease Control and Injury Prevention's (CDC) Guidelines for the management of mild traumatic brain injury among children, and also works clinically at the Stanford Pediatric Emergency Department.
Leadership Team
Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Professor, Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Diversity, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Injury, Department of Neurosurgery
Deputy Chief of Staff, Rehailitation, PAVAHCS
Dr. Harris completed her undergraduate at Dartmouth College, Medical School at Stanford University School of Medicine, Neurosurgery Residency at Stanford and earned a Master of Public Health, Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. At the completion of residency, Dr. Harris was awarded the AANS van Wagenen Fellowship. Following her Fellowship, Dr. Harris joined the Faculty of Emory University as Chief of Neurosurgery at Grady Hospital, specializing in Neurotrauma and serving also as the Director of the Neuro ICU. Dr. Harris was recruited back to Stanford in 2009 and holds a joint role at the Palo Alto VA as Deputy Chief of Staff, Rehabilitation; focusing on injury and rehabilitation of the neuro-axis. Dr. Harris has won numerous academic, research and humanitarian awards, including recognitions by Forbes, Ebony Magazine Power 100 List, the National Medical Fellowships (NMF) Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Dr. Harris manages the care of patients suffering from traumatic brain injury implementing treatment algorithms aimed at improving outcomes.
Angela Lumba-Brown, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Co-Director, Stanford Brain Performance Center; Director of Research
Dr. Lumba-Brown completed her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the University of California San Diego in 2012. Dr. Lumba-Brown is an expert workgroup member and the first-author on the Centers for Disease Control's Guidelines on pediatric mild traumatic brain injury. Dr. Lumba-Brown joined Stanford in 2018 and works clinically in the Stanford Emergency Department seeing infants, children, and young adults. Dr. Lumba-Brown also directs clinical research at the Center, focusing on traumatic brain injury including concussion subtypes and therapeutics.
Team Members
Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
Maya Yutsis, PhD, ABPP-CN
Neuropsychologist, Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) (SHC), Neurology
Melissa Lewis, MSN, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Neurology & Neurosurgery
Rachel Zhang
Research Associate
Surbhi Bansal, OD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Kristen K. Steenerson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Pamela Triano, PT, NCS
Neurologic Physical Therapist
Kristin Morris, PT, DPT, NCS
Physical Therapist
Stanford Sports Medicine
William J. Maloney, MD
Boswell Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
Geoffrey Abrams, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical Director, Lacob Family Sports Medicine Center
Calvin Hwang, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopeadic Surgery
Team Physician, Stanford Athletics and Golden State Warriors
Andrea Kussman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Susan Hock Hanson, RN
Assistant Nurse Manager, Sports Medicine
Kelli Moran-Miller, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director, Sport Psychology
Stanford Pediatric Concussion Clinic
Christine Boyd, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical Director, Stanford Children's Sports Medicine Program
Emily Kraus, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Erin Moix Grieb, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Tawna Roberts, OD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology (Pediatric)
Anna Viet, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Research Collaborators
Masaru Teramoto, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah Health
Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD
Professor, Radiology, UCSF
Lani Uyeno
Junior Investigator, Amherst College
Christin Le
Junior Investigator, Johns Hopkins University
Chinmayi Balusu
Junior Investigator, Columbia College
Serajh Esmail
Junior Investigator, UC Berkeley
Jordan Cornwell
Junior Investigator, Stanford University
Alanna Dorsey
Junior Investigator, Stanford University
Contact Us:
Falene Garcia
Administrative Associate
P: 650.498.1482
E: Falene@stanford.edu
Interested in joining our research team? Please contact us to learn more about our research opportunities:
P: 650.497.7045
E: braincenter@stanford.edu
Support Group
Stanford Synapse
Brain Injury Support Group
A student-run service organization based at Stanford University and a chapter of Synapse National. Stanford Synapse provides individuals with acquired brain injuries with support, exposure to additional resources, and opportunities to connect with and learn from one another; and provides Stanford students an opportunity to serve as leaders within the local community and learn about the patient perspective of living with a brain injury.