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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. Our team collaborates to build the best recommendation for our patients and their needs. 

Leadership

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

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

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Bradley F. Cole, MBA, FACMPE

USC Brain Health Health Care Executive Director

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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

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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

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Selma Saunders, APRN

USC School of Medicine Columbia Clinical Assistant Professor, Nurse Practitioner

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Shilpa Srinivasan, M.D.

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

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Lisa Wallace, DNP, FNP-C

USC Brain Health Nurse Practitioner


Screening and Support Specialists

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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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Alex Kao, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Aliyah Little, MA, MHA

Certified 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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Jessica Bleifield

Administrative Coordinator

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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 Liaison

 

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