Innovation/Development/Engagement/Access to Science (IDEAS) Committee
The IDEAS Committee is a committee established by the ANA Board of Directors to implement actionable steps that relate to academic neurology for all. The Committee is charged with developing, instituting, and assessing programs and policies that develop an organizational culture that values and acknowledges the ANA’s diverse membership; and foster an inclusive and equitable organizational culture that serves as an example to its members and the academic neurology and neuroscience community at large.
Co-Chairs
Mihir Kakara, MD, MSHP
2025 – 2027
NYU Langone
Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA
2025 – 2027
Washington University in St. Louis
Members
Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, FANA
2025 – 2028
New York Medical College
Kimystian Harrison, MD
2024 – 2027
Washington University in St. Louis
Shilpa Mittal, MD, MBA, FANA
2025 – 2028
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Vidith Phillips, MBBS
2024 – 2027
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alejandro Vargas, MD, MS
2024 – 2027
Rush University Medical Center
Bruno Gallo, MD
2025 – 2028
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Tanya McDonald, MD, PhD
2025 – 2028
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Sima Patel, MD, FANA
2023 – 2026
University of Minnesota
Kiran Thakur, MD, FANA
2024 – 2027
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Ex Officio
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, FANA
2023 – 2029
Northwestern University
S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD, FANA
2025 – 2030
University of California Los Angeles
Board Liaisons
Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, FANA, FAAN
2025 – 2026
University of Pennsylvania
Lesli Skolarus, MD, MS, FANA
2025 – 2027
Northwestern University
ANA Staff Liaison
Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS
Chief Program Officer