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Brain Health

Our Team

When you visit a USC Brain Health Network site, 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

A headshot of Leo Bonilha outside wearing a suit and tie.

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

Headshot of Dr. John Absher in a white lab coat.

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

Image of Rob McMahon outside in a suit and tie.

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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Crystal Holloway, SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

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Kathie Janssen, CCHW

Certified Community Health Worker

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Aliyah Little, BA

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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