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Program enhances stroke care at nearly 3,000 U.S. hospitals
Study led by UT Southwestern shows AHA’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke initiative improves outcomes for millions
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A young neurologist diagnosed with ALS is inspiring a call to action
Ever since he was a boy, Michael Ibarra was fascinated by the human brain – its complexities, its secrets. Now, at age 32, he is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern, and he has come face to face with one of the most complex and deadly medical mysteries in his field, ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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From Flashlights to Pupillometry: The New Standard in Brain Health Assessment
Diagnosing critical conditions like major strokes or serious concussions with precision and ease – using modern highly reliable noninvasive methods – is the norm at UT Southwestern. Any doctor would embrace a painless, accurate, and timely approach, especially in emergency situations. However, despite the proven efficacy of pupillometry, many medical professionals still rely on an unreliable method of using flashlights to assess pupils, a practice that has persisted for decades.
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From Clinic to the Lab and Back: The Resident’s Journey to Physician-Scientist
For aspiring physician-scientists, the Department of Neurology’s residency program offers a research-focused environment designed to cultivate independent careers in both wet-bench and dry-bench research. Led by Evan Noch, M.D., Ph.D., Elan Louis, M.D., M.Sc., Vikram Shakkottai, M.D., Ph.D., and Steven Vernino, M.D., Ph.D., our research track is designed to prepare eligible neurology residents for a career in research while simultaneously bestowing superior clinical training.
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A Unique Clinic for Rare Autoimmune Neurologic Disorders
A patient presents with severe encephalopathy and new-onset seizures with no apparent cause. They've had no stroke, no new medications, and no detectable tumor. The symptoms progress rapidly over a few days to weeks, putting the patient in the ICU with debilitating seizures. Maybe there are signs of neurological impairment due to the immune system’s response to a cancer. Or perhaps there are bewildering symptoms such as severe rigidity starting in the back and abdominal muscles, often mistaken for back spasms before spreading throughout the body. These are all symptoms that can signal a rare autoimmune neurologic disease, which are challenging to detect and even harder to manage.
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Parkinson’s patients living better, longer with advances in care
You don’t need the flux capacitor from “Back to the Future” to see how far Parkinson’s disease (PD) care has come since actor Michael J. Fox went public with his diagnosis in 1998. His new documentary, “Still,” is shining a fresh spotlight on the challenges of living with PD, as well as progress being made in research, early diagnosis, and effective treatment of symptoms.
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Mother, daughter survive complex brain aneurysms
Vivian Ramirez Galvez had never experienced a headache like the one that caused her to faint at DFW International Airport in December 2022. “I don’t know what a gunshot feels like,” she told her mother, Susana Galvez. “But I feel like I’ve been shot in the head.”
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UTSW study reveals how key protein affects neuron structure
Insight into function of torsinA furthers understanding of rare movement disorder called DYT1 dystonia
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Urgency in action: How research is revolutionizing stroke care
Acute ischemic stroke, a condition where a blockage in an artery disrupts blood flow to the brain, requires rapid treatment to prevent severe damage or death.
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Beyond Stroke: A comprehensive approach to cerebrovascular care
While the term “stroke” often dominates discussions around cerebrovascular events, it’s also shorthand for the expansive work that’s being done at UT Southwestern’s Robert D. Rogers Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, where the team is dedicated to addressing a wide array of cerebrovascular diseases that impact the brain’s blood vessel system.
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Natural grass may pose greater risk for football concussions
Young players suffering head-to-ground impact on grass have more – and worse – symptoms than those on artificial turf, UT Southwestern study finds
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Welcome to the Class of 2028
We are thrilled to welcome our newly matched class of adult, child, and neurology-psychiatry residents as we kick off the new year with great enthusiasm.