Research:

Encompassing a wealth of research topics and studies in six operating labs, including genetics, Alzheimer's care, headache physiology, movement disorders, pediatric motor disorders and peripheral neuropathy

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Education:

Outstanding opportunities in pediatric and adult neurology residencies, six fellowships ranging from clinical neurophysiology to stroke and pediatric motor disorders, and medical/PA student electives

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Clinical:

Composed of neurology specialists that can treat patients in a variety of disorders encompassing cognitive disorders, epilepsy, headache, movement, neuromuscular, pediatric and stroke at the Clinical Neurosciences Center

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Department of
Neurology

The Department of Neurology at the University of Utah is committed to the conquest of neurological disease through specialized patient care, innovative research and the education of tomorrow's physicians. Our department provides comprehensive primary and tertiary neurologic care, as well as both inpatient and outpatient neurologic consultation.

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Meet the Chair

Stefan Pulst, MD
Department Chair

Calendar of Events

Wed, Dec 04 2013
"Cannabis for Neurological Disease: Cannit be that good?"

Neurology Grand Rounds, 9:00 AM Wednesday,, December 4th, 2013,   Clinical Neurosciences Center’s Educatio ... Read More

Thu, Dec 05 2013
Neuroscience Journal Club Presented by Dr. KC Brennan

Paper being discussed is: 'Plasticity of Recurrent L2/3 Inhibition and Gama Oscillations by Whisker Experience', ... Read More

News

November

  • Rodolfo Savica launched a new clinic, which will focus on Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's disease with dementia.
  • David Renner led a university delegation, hosted by Michael L. Hardman to Kumasi, Ghana in October, whereby the University of Utah established formal agreements with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology that will allow for ease of collaboration across nearly all clinical medicine specialties.  The Delegation also celebrated the opening of the first dedicated stroke unit in the country with Dr. Stephen Sarfo.

October

  • KC Brennan received word of two NIH funded grants:

            1. R01 (NINDS) NS085413: Sensory Plasticity in migraine.

            2. E21 (NINDS) NS083010: Tools for migraine drug development.

  • Stefan Pulst was recently awarded an R56 grant: SCA2: Gene and gene product.
  • Jennifer Majersik is pleased to announce that they have received Notice of Award to be a Regonial Coordinating Center for the new NINDS Stroke Trials Network. Go Stroke team!
  • Stefan Pulst won the AAN Cotzias Award, on of the most prestigious awards for neuroscience given by AAN.  He will give a lecture at the Presidential Plenary on April 29,2014.

 

 

 

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Recent Publications

  • Norman Foster, Karen Mottolla, John Hoffman (in press). "Coverage with Evidence Development: What to Consider." "Viewpoint" Article in JAMA Neurology.
  • Duff K, Shprecher D, Litvan I, Gerstenecker A, & Mast B (in press). Correcting for demographic variables on the modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
  • Friedman DI, Liu GT, Digre KB. Revised diagnostic criteria for the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in adults and children. Neruology. 2013 Aug 2.
  • Gibson SB, Figueroa KP, Bromberg M, Pulst SM, Cannon-Albright: Familial Clustering of ALS in a population-based Resource. neruology in press.
  • Kim G, Singleton JR, Mifflin MD, Digre KB, Porzio MT, Smith AG. Assessing the Reproducibility of Quantitative in Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Corneal Nerves in Different Corneal Locations. Cornea.2013 Augg 22. (Epub ahead of print)
  • Tazen S, Figueroa K, Kwan JY, Goldman J, Hunt A, Sampson J, Gutmann L, Pulst SM, Mitsumoto H, Kuo SH: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 in a Familt With Full CAG Repeat Expansions of ATXN2. JAMA Neurol. 2013 Aug 19.
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