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Brain Health

Our Team

When you visit a USC Brain Health Network clinic, you get years of experience and expertise on your side. We work as a team to provide collaborative care and put the best treatment plan together for you. 

Leadership

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Leonardo Bonilha, M.D., Ph.D.

USC Brain Health Director, Dorothea Krebs Professor of Neurology, Senior Associate Dean for Research, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia

Headshot of Bradley Cole outside in a suit and tie.

Bradley F. Cole, MBA, FACMPE

USC Brain Health Health Care Executive Director

Headshot of Julius Fridriksson outside in a suit and tie.

Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D.

USC Professor & VP for Research


Medical Care Providers

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John Robert Absher, M.D.

USC Brain Health Medical Director, Prisma Health Memory and Cognitive Disorders, Neurology, Greenville

Headshot of Dr. Mark Friedman in a white lab coat.

Mark Norman Friedman, D.O.

USC Brain Health Medical Director, Prisma Health Neurology, Columbia

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Rob McMahon, APRN

USC School of Medicine Columbia Assistant Clinical Faculty, Nurse Practitioner

Headshot of Shilpa Srinivasan in a white lab coat.

Shilpa Srinivasan, M.D.

USC Brain Health Geriatric Psychiatrist, Prisma Health Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, Columbia


Screening and Support Specialists

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Shermaine Augustus

Community Health Worker

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Valerie Austin, MSP, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Celeste Blackmon, SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Crystal Holloway, SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Kathie Janssen, CCHW

Certified Community Health Worker

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Aliyah Little, BA

Certified Community Health Worker

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Rose Luna, BS

Community Health Worker

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Stephanie McLawhorn, MS, CCC-SLP, CDP

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Takia Woods, CCHW

Certified Community Health Worker


Administrative Staff

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Alyssa Blickensderfer, MHA

Program Manager 

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Nicole Carrico, MMC

Communications Director

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Amberly Osteen, BS, CST

Program Manager

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Megan Rembert

Clinical Coordinator

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Katrina F. Shealy

Community Outreach Coordinator

 

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