Letter from
A.M. Rostami, MD, PhD
Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurology
Residency
Research
Each May and June, all senior residents (PGY-3 and PGY-4) present a research project that they are involved with during the academic year. PGY-3s present research they have started, while the PGY-4s present their completed projects. The presentations are modeled on the American Academy of Neurology platform presentation. A faculty panel evaluates the projects, and an award is given to the first place winner.
Residents select a faculty advisor (any staff neurologist or other department attending) and identify a research project early in the PGY-3 year.
Recent Topics
| Resident | Topic |
| Torrey Boland | Association of Red Blood Cell Transfusion with Infection in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| Abdul Jalil | Vibratory Stimulation for the Alleviation of Neuropathic Pain |
| Nina Martinez | Bevacizumab-Induced Diffusion Restriction in Patients with Glioma |
| Shatabdi Patel | The Effects on Intracranial Pressures with Bi-level Compared to Pressure Support Ventilation |
| David Roshal | Retrograde Cerebral Embolization from Descending Aortic Atheroma: A Novel Stroke Mechanism? |
| Dolores Santamaria | Olfactory Acuity in Episodic Migraine Using a Validated Smell Identification Test |
| Michael Silver | Auditory Cues to Improve Gait Freezing in Parkinson's Disease |
| Carla LoPinto-Khoury | FDG PET-positive, MRI-negative patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: etiology and outcomes compared to patients with hippocampal sclerosis |
| Scott Pello | Interictal Pain in Cluster Headache |
| John Khoury | Norepinephrine Levels in the CSF following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| Jocelyn Cheng | Transcranial Ultrasound Velocities in SAH patients with ACA Infarctions |
| William Neil | Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis after Lumbar Puncture |
| Keith Dombrowski | The Eyes Don't Have It: Eye Opening Abnormalities in Acute Stroke |
| Camilo Gutierrez | Subcortical Hypometabolism in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy |
| Era Hanspal | Psychogenic Movement Disorders |
| Mayank Mathur | Assessing Sensory Neuropathy Using In Vivo Confocal Microscopy |
| Joshua Mendelson | Ictal Onset as a a Predictor of Surgical Outcome in patients with TLE |
| Adam Weinstein | A Retrospective Comparison of Phenytoin and Leviteracetam in SAH |
| Horacio Daubon | Surgical Outcomes of Patients with Post-traumatic Epilepsy |
| Valerie Dechant | Platelet Trends in patient with SAH |
| Lori Lovitz | Vertebral and Carotid Dissections: A Retrospective Review of Imaging Characteristics and the Effect on Outcome |
| Srikanth Muppidi | Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: A Review of Clinical Outcomes |
| Srikanth Muppidi | Mechanical H- Reflex in Upper Limbs |
| Erika Stuckert | Seizure Freedom Rates After Exchange of Anticonvulsants |
| Diana Tzeng | Pregnancy and the Risk of Stroke |
| Richard Cho | Spinal Cord Lesions and the Relationship to the Progression to MS |
| Meenu Gupta | Hemicrania Continua: Response to Indomethacin |
| Meenu Gupta | Repeat video-EEG monitoring: What is the value? |
| Mark Kim | Utility of 5Hz Stimulation in Brain Mapping |
| Brad Klein | Exploring the Relationship between Non-Epileptic Seizures and Migraine Headache |
| Williams Mcbride | Soy Isoflavins for the Treatment of Catamenial Migraine |
| Farhan Siddiq | Vertebral Artery Stenting |
Letter from
Christopher Skidmore, MD
Program Director
Jody Volpe
Program Coordinator
Department of
Neurology
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We participate in the National Residency Match Program and utilize the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
