Neurological Science Grand Rounds:
Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds is held each Friday from 8:00-9:30am. The general format begins with a 30 minute case presentation of an interesting/difficult patient by the Residents, followed by an hour didactic lecture on a neurological topic. We invite all interested persons to attend and to participate. Location for Grand Rounds is in theMedical School, Rm 3.104A (Pestana Lecture Hall on the same side as Subway)
Friday, April 5, 2013
Thomas G. Brott, MD
Dean of Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
5th Annual David Sherman Endowed Lecture in Neurosciences
Topic – David Sherman, the Carotid Artery and Me
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, April 12, 2013
James Henry, MD
Professor, Dept of Pathology, UTHSCSA
Topic – CPC
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Alejandro Tobon, MD
Assistant Professor/Clinical, Dept of Neurology, UTHSCSA
Topic – Metabolic Myopathies
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Jason Morrow, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director for Inpatient LIFE Care/Palliative Medicine Consultation
Howard and Betty Halff Professor of Medical Humanities & Ethics
Dept of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology & Palliative Medicine, UTHSCSA
Topic – Tangled Up in Blue: Ethical Aspects of Conflict Over Code Status
THIS PRESENTATION QUALIFIES FOR ETHICS CME CREDIT.
The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
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Congratulations to Robin Brey, MD, Carlayne Jackson, MD and Jose Cavazos, MD, PhD for making the list of Top Doctors in US News Health. |
Carlayne E. Jackson, M.D., FAAN
Professor, Neurology and Otolaryngology, Assistant Dean for Ambulatory Services, Chief Medical Officer, UT Medicine, School of Medicine
Recipient of the 2012 Presidential Clinical Excellence Award
Congratulations to some of our faculty in the Department of Neurology for making the list of San Antonio's Best Doctors 2011. Faculty members from our department that made this list are Robin Brey, MD, John Carter, MD, Jose Cavazos, MD, Robert Hart, MD, Carlayne Jackson, MD, Michael Merren, MD and Charles Szabo, MD. Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication. We are proud to have you on our team.
John E. Carter, M.D.
Professor
Recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Professors:
Distinguished Teaching Professor is an honorific title awarded by the Chancellor, the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or the Executive Chancellor for Health Affairs of The University of Texas System. It is given to recognize faculty who have made significant contributions to education. UT Health Science Center at San Antonio faculty with this title are members of the Academy of Master Teachers. They were selected for Academy membership through peer review of their excellence as teachers and their achievements in the scholarship of teaching and learning. ~ Karen B. Troendle, DDS, MPH / President, Academy of Master Teachers
Recipients of Promotion and Tenure:
Merrill Carolin, M.D.
Professor/ Clinical Neurology
Expertise: Dr. Carolin is the Director of Education for the Department of Neurology. She is a leader in the department for educational activites and has been the Residency Program Director for the past 20 years.
Donald Robin, PH.D.
Professor/ Neurology
Expertise: Dr. Robin's expertise is in the area of motor control and motor disorders with a focus on speech motor control. He is the Chief of the Human Performance Division at the Research Imaging Institute and has expanded his research into such areas as chronic pain following TBI and using imaging to predict outcome measures in patients with neurological disease. His work is funded by grants from the NIH.
Charles Akos Szabo, M.D.
Professor/ Clinical Neurology
Expertise: Dr. Szabo's clinical work is focused on caring for people with epilepsy. He has played a leading role in building the Division of Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery Program at the Health Science Center. His research strives to characterize a natural model of photosensitive epilepsy in the baboon.
Promotion and Tenure:
Promotion and tenure are granted to award academic excellence in the areas of teaching, research and service. Every member of the Faculty Promotions, Tenure and Appointments Committee (known as PTAC) is dedicated to assuring that the reviews are done in the best way possible. Each faculty who has been promoted and/or awarded tenure has passed through a rigorous process of evaluation. ~ I-Tien Yeh, MD / Chair, PTAC
Welcome new faculty
Vivek Misra, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Stroke
Dr. Misra completed his medical education at the Kasturba Medical College in India. He completed an Internal Medicine internship at New York Methodist Hospital, neurology residency training at Louisiana State University of Health Sciences, and fellowship training in vascular neurology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Upon completeion of his fellowship, Dr. Misra joined the faculty at the Universtiy of Texas Medical School at Houston as an Instructor. Dr. Misra will provide stroke services at UHS and Baptist St. Luke's. In addition, Dr. Misra's research interests include the management of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Dr. Misra's role will also include the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.
Alejandro Tobon, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Neuromuscular
Dr. Tobon attended medical school and neurology residency in Colombia before moving to the United States in 2003. He completed his neurology training at the University of New Mexico and worked as a private neurologist in Iowa before completing his Neuromuscular fellowship at the University Of Miami- Miller School Of Medicine. He is board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Tobon will provide neuromuscular consultations and perform electrodiagnostic studies at our EMG laboratory. He is also committed in the expansion of the neuromuscular research programs and will be involved in the education of our residents and neurophysiology fellows.