Jaffar Khan, MD
Vascular Neurologist
Lisa Heusel-Gillig
Physical Therapist
Lisa has been a physical therapist in the Emory Dizziness and Balance Center since 2001. Prior to becoming a vestibular specialist, she treated both inpatients and Rehab Day program outpatients at the Emory Rehabilitation Hospital beginning in 1988. She earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2007 and became a Board Certified Neurology Clinical Specialist in 2010. She has been a part of many research studies conducted at Emory to improve the care of vestibular patients. She has also been on the faculty of the annual Emory Vestibular Rehabilitation Competency Course since 2001 and has been a co-director for 3 years. She has also taught internationally in Australia and New Zealand as well as in weekend courses across the country. She is active in the APTA, Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy, and Vestibular Special Interest Group leadership team.
Nina Kansagra, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist
Dr. Kansagra earned her clinical doctorate in Physical Therapy from Emory University. She began her career treating adults with orthopedic and neurologic dysfunction in outpatient settings in both New York and Atlanta. She has been providing vestibular rehabilitation since 2021 and joined the Emory Dizziness and Balance Center in 2024. She enjoys helping patients return to the activities that bring them joy.
Robert Welch
Audiometric Technician
Robert has 23 years Vestibular testing experience with over 20,000 patient encounters, coming to Emory Healthcare in 2001 after working in a Waterloo, Iowa Balance Center clinic for 4 years with audiometry training at the University of Northern Iowa. He worked under the direct supervision of Drs. Ronald Tusa and Susan J. Herdman in Vestibular research and clinic from 2001 through 2008. He instructed in VNG, Rotary Chair, SVV, VEMP, and Computerized Dynamic Posturography testing during fall Vestibular Rehabilitation Competency courses at Emory University. He attended the Emory Vestibular Function-Test Interpretation and Application to Rehabilitation courses with certifications in 2001 and 2004.
He has extensive experience in hearing-evoked potential testing, doing VEMP research at UNF in Jacksonville, FL, and clinical ECog and ABR at Emory University. He is a Certified Medical Audiometric Technician and is also CAOHC certified. He stays busy keeping track of his 5 grandchildren, and his hobbies include motorcycle trips to the Georgia coast and Colorado and working on his Ford Mustang. He feels incredibly blessed to work at the country’s best medical organization with Dr. Khan and their amazing co-workers.