Leadership

The program leadership includes Aimee Kao, MD, PhD, Program Director and three Associate Directors who are accomplished physician-scientists with complementary areas of scientific expertise: Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD, Raga Ramachandran, MD, PhD, and Dean Sheppard, MD.

The MSTP Council, which comprises the faculty leadership of the MSTP, includes 35 distinguished investigators who are also outstanding mentors. Council members play an integral role in the program by advising students, screening and interviewing applicants for admission, serving on PhD thesis committees, and participating in other MSTP activities.

Aimee Kao MD PhD MSTP Director
Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
MSTP Director
John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor
Professor of Neurology

 

Raga Ramachandran MD PhD Associate Director
Raga Ramachandran, MD, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Professor of Clinical Pathology
 

 

Mercedes Paredes MD PhD Associate Director
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Associate Professor of Neurology

 

 

Dean Sheppard MD Associate Director
Dean Sheppard, MD
MSTP Associate Director
Professor of Medicine