Related News Articles
Related Newsbreaks
RealPlayer is required to view the newsbreaks. View newsbreak archive
Physician Profiles
Last updated: 07/24/2009
- Anthony Alberico, MD
- Richard Coulon, MD
- Toussaint Leclercq, MD
- Brian Payne, MD
- Mark M. Stecker, PhD
- Hasan Ercan, MD
- Mary Payne, MD
- Charles Shuff, MD
- Jeffrey D Miles, MD, PhD
- Carol A Foster, MD
Alberico, Anthony "Tony," MD - Professor
![]() |
Medical School: | Temple University |
| Residency: | Medical College of Virginia | |
| Certification: | American Board of Neurological Surgery | |
| Patients most often seen: | General neurosurgery, spine disorders, hydrocephalus, brain tumors | |
| Membership: | American Academy of Neurological Surgeons |
Coulon, Richard, MD - Professor
![]() |
Specialty: | Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| Medical School: | Tulane University School of Medicine | |
| Certification: | American Board of Neurological Surgery | |
| Patients most often seen: | Hydrocephalus, brain tumors, epilepsy, spasticity, spina bifida, spine disorders | |
| Membership: | American Association of Neurological Surgeons | |
| Internship: | Tulane University School of Medicine | |
| Residency Training: | Tulane University School of Medicine | |
| Fellowship Training: | Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada & Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, England |
Leclercq, Toussaint A., MD - Professor and Director of Spine Surgery
![]() |
Specialty: | Neurosurgery |
| Medical School: | University of Liege, Belgium Residency | |
| Certification: | American Board of Neurological Surgeons | |
| Patients most often seen: | Complex spinal disorders and pituitary region tumors | |
| Membership: | American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) | |
| Training: | University of Wisconsin and the University of Montreal |
Payne, Bryan R., MD - Professor and Chairman
![]() |
Specialty: | Neurosurgery |
| Medical School: | University of Louisville | |
| Certification: | American Board of Neurological Surgeons | |
| Patients most often seen: | General neurosurgery, movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia), brain tumors, hydrocephalus | |
| Membership: | American Academy of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Society for Neuroscience (SFN) | |
| Residency Training: | Louisiana State University | |
| Fellowship Training: | University of Virginia (Radiosurgery), Emory University (Functional Neurosurgery) |
Stecker, Mark M., PhD
![]() |
Specialty: | Neurology |
| Medical School: | Harvard Medical School (Boston, MS) | |
| Certification: | American Board of Psychiatry/Neurology | |
| Patients most often seen: | Patients with seizures and epilepsy | |
| Residency Training: | University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia, PA) | |
| Fellowship Training: | University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia, PA) |
Ercan, Hasan, MD
![]() |
Specialty: | Neurology |
| Medical School: | Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (Istanbul, Turkey) | |
| Patients most often seen: | Patients with sleep disorders | |
| Residency Training: | Medical Univ of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) | |
| Fellowship Training: | University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) |
Payne, Mary "Mitzi," MD - Assistant Professor
![]() |
Specialty: | Pediatric Neurology |
| Medical School: | Louisiana State University | |
| Internship: | Tulane University School of Medicine | |
| Patients most often seen: | Epilepsy/EEG, muscular dystrophy, spasticity/Botox, cerebral palsy | |
| Membership: | American Academy of Neurology | |
| Residency Training: | Louisiana State University | |
| Fellowship Training: | Louisiana State University |
Shuff, Charles E., MD - Department of Orthopaedics
![]() |
Specialty: | Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery |
| Certification: | American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery | |
| Medical School: | Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV | |
| Patients most often seen: | Adults and children with scoliosis, spinal deformity, spinal trauma or injury | |
| Residency Training: | Orthopaedic Surgery - Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems | |
| Fellowship Training: | Virginia Commonwealth University and Rush University Medical Center |
Jeffrey D Miles, MD, PhD
![]() |
Specialty: | Neuromuscular disorders |
| Medical School: | University of Southern Cal (Los Angeles, CA) | |
| Residency: | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) | |
| Fellowship: | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) |
Carol A Foster, MD
![]() |
Specialty: | Headache care |
| Medical School: | Marshall Univ. School of Medicine (Huntington, WV) | |
| Certification: | American Board of Psychiatry/Neurology (Neurology) | |
| Fellowship Training: | Virginia Commonwealth University and Rush University Medical Center |










