Doctors, Advance Practice Providers and Nurse Navigators

With more than 25 years of experience, Dr. Moayeri specializes in addressing the unique challenges presented by patients with brain and spinal tumors, pituitary tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy and cerebrovascular disease.

Dr. Arnau Benet treats the full range of complex brain and spine conditions, with special interest in complex cranial lesions — cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, cerebral bypass, brain tumors and skull base surgery.

Dr. Richard Chung is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in diagnosing and treating disorders affecting the brain, spine, and nervous system in adult and geriatric patients. He is skilled in surgical and non-surgical interventions and offers comprehensive care to patients with complex neurosurgical conditions.

Dr. Reginald Fong is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in skull base and minimally invasive neurosurgery. He provides surgical care for patients with complex conditions affecting the brain, spine and nervous system, with particular expertise in tumors and other disorders involving the skull base.

Akinwunmi Oni-Orisan, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon, subspecializing in open cerebrovascular, skull base and endovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Oni-Orisan provides expertise in the treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid disease, acoustic neuromas and skull base tumors.

Brian Walcott, MD, is a Harvard trained, board-certified neurosurgeon and subspecialist in endovascular neurosurgery, skull base surgery and cerebrovascular surgery. He has the training, experience and capability to perform the most complex cases using techniques such as cerebrovascular bypass, flow diverting stents, liquid embolic agents and intrasaccular devices.

Justin Abraham, MD, earned his medical degree and completed a residency at Thomas Jefferson University in Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Abraham completed a fellowship at Rush University Medical Center.

Dela Amoussou, MD, earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City and a fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Amoussou is board-certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in Clinical Neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Linda S. Chen, MD, received her medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She has expertise in treating Alzheimer's dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, among other conditions.

Pediatric neurologist Genevieve Holmes Cruz, MD, earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. Dr. Cruz completed an internship and residency at the University of California Irvine.

Dr. Curatalo is in private practice in Santa Barbara specializing in adult neurology, clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine. He serves as the Director of Intraoperative Neurophysiology Monitoring for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Dr. Philip Delio, MD, is a graduate of the Georgetown School of Medicine, He completed his neurology residency at Stanford, where he received additional specialty training in Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease.

Dr. Gibbs' favorite aspect of medicine is teaching patients about their illness and empowering them to become active participants in their recovery. He is firmly devoted to patient-centered care and the idea that each patient is an individual with a unique way of navigating the medical system and coping with illness.

Pediatric neurologist Rebecca Holt, MD, earned her medical degree from Duke University Medical Center. She completed and internship and fellowship at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital in California, and a residency at Stanford University Medical Center.

Dr. Solomon Khamishon is a board-certified neurologist and neurohospitalist at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital with specialty training in vascular neurology. He provides hospital-based care for patients with stroke, transient ischemic attack and other acute neurological conditions.

Mellad Khoshnood, MD, is a pediatric neurologist who graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Dr. Khoshnood completed an internship, residency and fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

Georgia Korbakis, MD, is a Neurocritical Care physician who earned her medical degree from Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Korbakis completed an internship at Rush University Medical Center and a fellowship at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Dr. Nguyen is neurologist specializing in neurocritical care and a graduate of the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed an internship at the University of California Medical Center Irvine and a residency and fellowship at UCLA Medical Center.

Mananya Satayaprasert, MD, is a neurologist and graduate of Chulalongkorn University. Dr. Satayaprasert completed an internship at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, a residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics and a fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Dr. Salahuddin’s helped reduce door-to-groin puncture time to < 90 minutes for acute stroke patients and has performed more than 1,500 endovascular procedures in the last two years. Dr. Salahuddin has been involved in multiple clinical research trials which allows his patients to get the most advanced treatments in the field of cerebrovascular diseases.

Muhammad Asif Taqi, MD, a neurovascular physician, graduated from Dow Medical College and completed an internship and residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and a fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Robert Taylor, MD, is an expert in the management of cerebrovascular disorders. He practices neurointerventional surgery, neurocritical care and vascular neurology. He was recognized as one of the Best Doctors in America® in 2013 and America’s Best Doctors® in 2021.

Dr. Sharon Basham is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Basham received her medical degree from the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. She served as an intern at Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital and completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Michael Lee is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital. He received his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and completed his internship at Mercy St. Vincent Hospital. Dr. Lee served his residency at the University of Toledo Medical Center where he was chief resident.

Dr. Douglas E. Ney is a board-certified neurologist and neuro-oncologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors and neurologic complications of cancer. Dr. Ney works closely with multidisciplinary teams at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital to support coordinated care.

A certified nurse practitioner with more than three decades of nursing experience. Brunet earned her Master of Science in Nursing – Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Kent State University.

A physician assistant with experience in emergency medicine, urgent care, orthopedics and neurosurgery, David Barsky provides care at Cottage Neurosciences Clinic with neurosurgeon Brian Walcott, MD.

As the Neuro-Oncology Nurse Navigator, Chelsea Brooks, BSN, RN, brings more than a decade of experience in Neurology and nursing. Chelsea is proud to support patients and their families throughout their care journey, serving as a consistent point of contact and advocate during a challenging time.

Felicity Holman, MSN, RN, serves as the Stroke Coordinator for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital. With nearly a decade of Critical Care and Neuroscience nursing experience, she is committed to advancing stroke education, quality improvement and patient advocacy to improve outcomes across the continuum of care.

Karen Secore, MS, APRN CNRN, is the Epilepsy Nurse Navigator for the Cottage Epilepsy Center at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Karen brings nearly four decades of nursing experience to her role and is accredited by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Board of Neuroscience Nurses.

Lauren Fink, BSN, RN, CNRN, SCRN, is the Clinical Manager, Service Line Operations, Neuroscience for Cottage Health. Since 2018, Lauren has played a key role in stroke care, previously serving as the Stroke Coordinator for both Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital.