Our CCM Physician Team

Our interdisciplinary CCM care team is led by neurosurgeon Issam A. Awad, MD, director of neurovascular surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine. Awad has published extensively on CCM lesions and their consequences. He co-edited the first book on CCM. Awad is internationally recognized as today's foremost clinical and research authority on CCM. Additionally, as founding chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Angioma Alliance, he is an advocate for CCM patient and family education and research aimed at curing CCM.

Awad leads a team of physicians and nurses with unmatched experience and expertise in CCM management.

For neurovascular surgery, CCM or clinical trials, contact our clinical coordinator, Kristina Piedad, RN, BSN, at 773-834-5210.

Issam A. Awad, MD

Neurosurgery

James R. Brorson, MD

Neurology

Gregory A. Christoforidis, MD

Interventional Neuroradiology

Chalongchai Phitsanuwong, MD

Pediatric Neurology

James Tao, MD, PhD

Neurology

Darrel J. Waggoner, MD

Genetics

Bakhtiar Yamini, MD

Neurosurgery