New Orleans Cingulum Clinic
We combine world-class expertise in brain medicine with the warmth and spirit of New Orleans, led by Dr Marcus Ware and Dr Maurice Sholas, both Harvard trained MD, PHD specialists.
Our NOLA clinic is the first in the USA to offer connectomic-guided, precision TMS with integrated therapies, for the treatment of traumatic brain injury, stroke, and other disorders of the brain.
Email: neworleans@cingulumhealth.com
Phone: +1 986 722 7396
Meet our team.
Dr. Marcus Ware
Medical Director of Cingulum New Orleans
Sr. Neurosurgeon, Ochsner Medical Center
Medical Director, Neurosurgical Oncology OMC
Medical Director Ochsner Pituitary Center of Excellence
Co-Medical Director Ochsner Gamma Knife Center
AMD Surgical Services, Ochsner West Bank
Dr. Marcus L. Ware completed medical school at Harvard Medical School and obtained a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Harvard University. He then completed residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco, a premiere program in brain tumor surgery and neuro-oncology. After residency, Dr. Ware completed a skull-base fellowship with Dr. Ossama Al-Mefty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Dr. Ware specializes in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, with an emphasis on gliomas, meningiomas, pituitary tumors and other skull base tumors. He also treats spinal tumors and tumors in the brainstem and eloquent cortex using advanced pre-planning techniques as well as neurophysiological monitoring during surgery to improve patient safety. Dr. Ware also specializes in the treatment of neurosurgical disease using stereotactic radiosurgery, a noninvasive procedure to treat brain and spine tumors, AVMs, and trigeminal neuralgia.
Dr. Ware has written numerous peer-reviewed articles, chapters and has received numerous awards for his accomplishments in the care of brain tumor patients and brain tumor research.
What is a hobby of yours outside of medicine?
Fishing and then cooking up the catch on the grill.
How do you strengthen your own mental fitness?
I spend time with my family, which allows me to decompress and re-focus.
What current medical research are you most excited about?
The use of technology and AI to uncover new ways to treat functional abnormalities of the brain, as well as clinical trials for chemotherapeutic agents for glioblastoma, malignant meningioma and metastasis.
MD, PhD - Neurosurgeon, Medical Director
Neurosurgery
Pituitary Disorders
Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
Neuro-Oncology
Specialities
Dr. Maurice Sholas
MD, PhD -Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Maurice G. Sholas was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has traveled the country gathering the educational tools needed for a career that serves children with congenital and acquired physical disabilities as a specialist in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine.
He attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, majoring in Biology with an emphasis in Spanish. He went on to complete the MD-PhD Program at Harvard Medical School, receiving both a medical degree and a PhD in Neuroscience. His graduate medical education was completed in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Subspecialty training at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Shirley Ryan Ability Lab) in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine followed. Concurrent with decades of clinical practice, Dr. Sholas founded Sholas Medical Consulting, LLC.
Dr Sholas’ training and experience have made him a subject matter expert on children with special health care needs. He previously served as a Senior Medical Director for multiple Children’s Hospitals and has founded multiple programs in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. He is a prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. Dr. Sholas’ work, whether clinical or administrative, is focused on optimizing function and advocating for the marginalized. He is not only devoted to his young patients most of whom are suffering from devastating conditions but, he also makes time to advocate for equal access to medicine for all.
What is a hobby of yours outside of medicine?
Dancing, live music, gardening and attending New Orleans cultural events.
How do you strengthen your own mental fitness?
I curate joy. I exercise and I have an excellent therapist and career coach.
What current medical research are you most excited about?
Research around brain performance and spinal cord injury recovery.
Brain Injury and Post-Concussive Syndrome
Stroke
Cognitive Dysfunction
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Developmental Disorders
Specialities
Irina Foxman
Nurse Practitioner
Irina Foxman is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner in Adult Health. She is a member of the American Nurses Association. She graduated from UC - Santa Barbara with a BA in Biology. Irina attended University of California San Francisco where she graduated with a combined Master’s RN/NP degree in 2003. She began her nursing career in neurosurgery. Subsequently, she worked at an inpatient internal medicine unit and an outpatient internal medicine clinic. In 2006, she and her husband moved to Little Rock, AR, where she worked in Urgent Care at UAMS for one year. After a brief time in Arkansas, she and her husband moved to New Orleans in 2007, where she practiced women's health for 6 years. She then began working at Loyola University Student Health Center, which is affiliated with Ochsner Health. For the past 13 years, she has specialized in internal medicine, urgent care, women's health, and men's health.
What is a hobby of yours outside of medicine?
I love the thriving community and festive culture of New Orleans, especially Mardi Gras. Every year I participate in two Mardi Gras Parades!
How do you strengthen your own mental fitness?
Cooking and spending time with my family, including our newest addition-Bear the Rottweiler.
What current medical research are you most excited about?
I keep abreast of research relating to nutrition and how lifestyle changes impact on disease and recovery. It’s a constantly evolving field and one that can benefit many different patient groups.
Specialities
Internal Medicine
Urgent Care
Women’s Health
Men’s Health
Judy Weber
Registered Nurse
Judy Weber, RN has been a nurse for over 45 years, 42 of which have focused on Neurosurgery. Judy became an Operating Room Nurse in 1979. She went on to specialize in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Over the years, she developed an international reputation as a leader in these subspecialties and held various positions, including Product Manager, Product Director and Vice President of Gamma Knife Operations with companies like Pfizer, Leibinger & Fischer of Freiburg, Germany, and USMM/ANI. In addition, Judy has been an invited speaker on topics associated with Stereotactic Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery in many universities, hospitals and professional meetings in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Central America.
In the latter part of her career, she became a Nurse Navigator in Neurosurgery at Ochsner Health. There she managed the Neurosurgery practice and developed patient and staff teaching materials and a complete lecture series on both the brain and the spine.
While she retired from practice in early 2024, she became intrigued after hearing about Cingulum’s application of TMS for neurological disorders and was honored to add her expertise to help bring this monumental treatment modality to the United States. That it’s first site was in her home, New Orleans, made it that much more of a “no-brainer”.
What is a hobby of yours outside of medicine?
Cooking with my husband Bill, and creating mixed media art.
How do you strengthen your own mental fitness?
Since retiring from full-time nursing practice, my current work actually keeps me sharp and fulfilled. I try to balance activity and rest.
What current medical research are you most excited about?
As the use of TMS for improving neurological deficits is new to me AND the U.S., I am excited about its application to a wider range of brain disorders and diagnoses. Using the research from Connectomics to visually quantify abnormal brain function, means we will be able to view patients with a new lens, effecting change faster, and hopefully help lift them out of the darkness and into a lighter place of clarity and improved function.
