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Current Resident & Fellow Research

The opportunity to participate in clinical and basic research is an important part of the fellowship and residency programs in Neurology at the University of Utah.  Listed below is a sample of recent research by our fellows and residents:

Fellows

Michael Wilder

• Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome:  A Case Report.
• Intra-arterial Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, May 2009.

Jana Wold

• Von Economo’s Post-Encephalitic Parkinsonism.  Presented at the International Movement Disorder Symposium, June 2009.
• Collagen VI Genetic Database Analysis.
• Clinical and Molecular Characterization of Collagen VI Myopathies
• The Curious Case of Sleepy Sickness. Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, April 2009.

Peter Masny

• Analysis of allele-specific RNA transcription in FSHD by RNA-DNA FISH in single myonuclei".   European Journal of Human Genetics.

PGY-4 Residents

Thomas Buchanan

• A Review of the Symptom of Photophobia in an Eye Clinic.  Presented at Western Intermountain Neurological Organization, March 2009 and AAN  Conference, April 2009.
• Neuromuscular Clinical Case Session.  Presented at AAN Conference, April 2009
• A Case of Tropical Spastic Paraparesis.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, August 2008.

Dustin Harker

• Persistent Primitive Trigeminal Artery and Stroke.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, June 2009. 

Seth Kareus

• Psychogenic Movement Disorders.  Presented at Western Intermountain Neurological Organization, March 2009.

Kevin Walker

• Review of Outside Physician Calls to Neurology Ward Attendings.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, May 2009
• Infective Endocarditis and Stroke.  Presented at AAN in April 2009.

PGY-3 Residents

Juliann Allred

• Case Presentation: Hypertensive Disease is a Common Problem in Neurological Disorders.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, June 2009.

Mathew Grantz

• Malignant Multiple Sclerosis.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, June 2009.

George Zinkhan

• Semi-Automated Paw Print Gait Analysis Software with the CatWalk Walkway for Use with the Utah Slant Array in Cats.  Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds, May 2009.

PGY-1 Residents

Natalie Weathered

• Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and bicalutamide cause growth arrest and apoptosis in NRP-152 and NRP-154 prostate epithelial cell Morrissey C, Brown M, O'Sullivan J, Weathered N, Watson RW, Tenniswood M. Int J Urol. 2007 Jun;14(6):545-51.
• Minocycline inhibits apoptosis and inflammation in a rat model of ischemic renal injury.Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Weathered N, Ray N, Caldwell EJ, Plotkin Z, Dagher PC. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2004 Oct;287(4):F760-6. Epub 2004 Jun 1.

Summer Gibson

• ACP- Clinical Vignette Competition submission May 2009- "The Forgotten Disease" Presentation: Intro to Multiple Sclerosis  10/30/08 lecture to physical therapy students .

Pediatric Neurology Residents

Matthew Sweney

• Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood:  Early Characteristics and Evolution of a Neurodevelopmental Syndrome.  Published in Pediatrics 2009;123;e534-e541.  Presented at Western Intermountain Neurological Organization, March 2009.