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Projects by Residents
Class of 2022
| Name | Interests | Projects |
| Sonesh Amin | Vascular
Neurocritical Care Interventional |
Carotic Dissection Criteria
RD's with Dr. Adam de Havenon Peripheral Vasopressor Trial |
| Raeann Bourscheid | Vascular | |
| Spark Clark | Palliative | Sign-Out Quality Improvement Project |
| Anish Deschmukh | Vascular
Neurocritical Care |
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| Matthew Jensen | Advocacy Policy Work | |
| Dan Nguyen | Vascular |
Class of 2021
| Name | Interests | Projects |
| Francisca Ahn | Epilepsy | Understanding Cramps and Fasiculations in ALS
Validity study utilizing Brain Sentinel Monitoring and Alerting (SPEAC) System (non-EEG) to understand periodicity of catamenial epilepsy and its use for future studies Quality improvement project to develop an Epic tab to display comprehensive data to increase efficiency, minimize errors and overall improve patient care Quality improvement project in collaboration with Internal Medicine Dept. to investigate lab ordering practices of the neurology & neurosurgery departments to minimize lab orders, improve lab utilization and increase cost effectiveness Case report: Use of lacosamide as alternative treatment for myotonia Case report: Isopropyl alcohol intake and super-refractory status epilepticus |
| Christine Cliatt-Brown | Cognitive | Systematic review of emergency surgical intervention for refractory status epilepticus with Dr. Newman and Dr. Rolston
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Post-Stroke Headache: Reducing Opioid Use and Recurrent Emergency Department Visits Review Paper for Current Pain and Headache, "Unusual Headaches in Pediatrics" |
| Jenny Lord | Neuro Autoimmune | Case series on individuals with neuro sarcoidosis
Glioblastoma Presenting as Limbic Encephalitis |
| Kendra Pham | Headache | Swartwood S, Pham K, Candee MS (In Review) Pediatric migraine phenomena and variants - don't let them go over your head. Current Pain and Headache Reports. |
| Ryan Slabaugh | General | Quality Improvement project on Encephalopathy
Oral Paresthesias leading to Palatal Paralysis as a Primary Symptom in GQ1b Antibody Syndrome |
| Dana Sugar | Movement Disorders | Presentation of an Autoiummune Neurology case report at 2019 AAN Annual Meeting
Adult Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis: Role of Susceptability-Weighted Imaging in Diagnosis and Importance of Aggressive Early Immunotherapy Case report: Orthostatic tremor treated with DBS Case report: Recurrent AIDP in a pediatric patient Neuropsychological testing in the diagnosis of DLB - retrospective review of Gift to Life autopsy database |
Class of 2020
| Name | Interests | Projects |
| Preston Erickson | Neuromuscular Medicine
Neuroimmunology |
Cost-effective comparison between residents and mid-level providers
Autonomic function and Multiple Sclerosis related fatigue Institutional Value of Neurology Residents |
| Knut Hoversten | Vascular Neurology | Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHL)
Expansion of Free Open Access Meducation-FOAM - to Inpatient Neurology and Neurocritical Care |
| Brian Johnson | Vascular Neurology
Epilepsy |
Relationship between stroke risk and blood pressure variability
Antiepileptic Treatment Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients with Encephalopathy and Generalized Periodic Discharges with Triphasic Morphology Predicting progression from Prediabetes to Diabetes in Acute Stroke and Myocardial Infarction: A Quality Improvement Project |
| Jamie McDonald | Neuro Autoimmune | Movement Disorders Associated with Systemic Autoimmunity
Cognitive Outcomes in Children with Immune-Mediated Neurological Disease |
| Kellie Nelson | Neuromuscular Medicine
Epilepsy |
Introduction to Retrospective, Cohort Study Evaluating Correlation Between Seizure Frequency and Day Light Saving's Time
Fatal Stain-Induced Rhabdomyolysis by Possible Interaction with Palbociclib |
| Jason Poon | Neuro Autoimmune | Case report on Addison's Disease mimicking CVID
Cognitive outcomes in individuals with autoimmune CNS disease A 30-year-old male with Recurrent Encephalopathy, Fever, Nausea and Vomiting |
Class of 2019
| Name | Interests | Projects |
| Walter Baehr | Palliative Care Neurology | Chart review to evaluate the uses of advanced directives in outpatient neurology clinics |
| Abdurahman Elkhetali | Neurocritical Care | PMID: 27554527 |
| Michael Hunter | Neuromuscular Disorders
Quality of Life |
Manuscript comparing quality of life surveys between children with childhood onset myotonic dystrophy
Manuscript reporting patient reported symptoms in limb-girdle muscular dystrophyStudy investigating comorbidities among carriers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy using the Utah Population Database |
| Osama Jamil | Vascular Neurology | PMID: 27113401 |
| Tyler Kaplan | Autoimmune Neurology
Neuro-infectious Disease |
Quality improvement project regarding the inpatient encephalitis order set presented at the 2019 AAN Annual Meeting
Manuscript on chronic cryptococcal meningitis |
| Clark Moser | Neuromuscular Medicine
Post-Traumatic Headache Dysautonomia Resident Wellness |
Quality improvement project addressing resident burnout |
| Matthew Smith-Cohn | Neuro-Oncology | Case report of anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated anti-DPPX encephalitis and bilateral recurrent dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma in Cowden Syndrome
Manuscript describing the utility of next generation sequencing in primary brain tumors Case series on BRAF alterations in adult gloma patients PMID: 28281173 |
Class of 2018
Jonathan Galli - PMID: 28623539, 28432047, 28102519
Class of 2017
Verena Haringer - PMID: 27769981
Donald McCorquodale - PMID: 27906666, 27598246
DonRaphael Wynn - PMID: 28167626, 27957548, 27598246
Projects by Faculty
| Name | Division | Projects |
| Lee Chung, MD | Vascular Neurology | Current Projects:
Minimally invasive detection of spreading depolarizations in NCC patients with ECoG monitors Prevalence of spreading depolarizations on scalp EEG in Neuro patients (seizure, stroke, encephalitis) Anesthesia effects on spreading depolarizations in the NCC Clinical exam changes with spreading depolarizations in neurosurgical patients Intraoperative optical imaging of spreading depolarizations in neurosurgical patients |
| Melissa Cortez, DO | Diagnostic & Clinical | Current Projects:
Autonomic dysfunction in persistent post-concussive syndrome/PTH MS related fatigue mechanisms Potential Projects: Allodynia in chronic migraine: predicting Botox treatment responsiveness Validations of novel pupillary testing for use in autonomic neuropathy Validation of a new Photophobia Impact questionnaire for migraine Imaging in acute complicated migraine: are there DTI and vessel wall changes? Dementia with Lewy Bodies: frequency of subclinical autonomic dysfunction Blood pressure variability in stroke outcomes Characterization of headache phenotypes in POTS Effect of CGRP medications on autonomic symptom burden in chronic migraine Effect of CGRP medications on autonomic symptom burden in POTS Chromatic differences in impaired pupillary light reflexes and light sensitivity in chronic migraine Pupillary dysfunction in POTS |
| Adam de Havenon, MD | Vascular Neurology | Current Projects:
Vessel wall MRI - prospective and retrospective research projects involving vessel wall MRI and patients with atherosclerotic stroke or aneurysms Blood pressure variability - prospective and retrospective research projects in patients with stroke DTI and stroke recovery - tracking axonal pathways in the brain of several hundred stroke patients compared to recovery |
| Ligia Onofrei, MD | Neuromuscular Medicine | Current Projects:
Improving residents' interpretation of electrodiagnostic studies |
| Angela Peters, MD | Epilepsy | Current Projects:
Periodic Discharges with Triphasic Morphology in Continuous EEG and Their Place in the Ictal-Interictal Continuum Does Seizure Frequency Increase During Daylight Savings Time Transitions? Impact of SPEAC® System data on therapeutic decisions related to convulsive seizure patients with a new diagnosis |