Department of
Neurology

Resident Achievements

West Virginia University, Department of Neurology program encourages scholarly activity during the 4 years of residency training. Residents are encouraged to present posters/papers at local/regional/national meetings.

The Department of Neurology is currently part of around 15 multi-center clinical trials involving Neuroimmunology, Headache Medicine, Vascular Neurology, Neuro trauma/critical care, Neuromuscular disorders, and Epilepsy. We are also part of several innovative multidisciplinary clinical trials as part of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. As part of one such clinical trial, our team at the RNI was the first in the country to successfully open the BBB using focused ultrasound, in a patient with mild Alzheimer's disease.

In addition to above, our faculty, residents, and students are involved in several research studies, ranging from retrospective chart reviews to prospective cohort studies across various neurological disciplines. At the beginning of PGY 2, residents are encouraged to participate in an ongoing research study or design their own research study which can be completed over the course of their training. Research mentorship is provided throughout their projects. All graduating residents present their work during the months of May and June prior to graduation. 

Resident National Presentations/Publications

2023 - 2024

Publications

  • Cardiac calcified amorphous tumour: an unusual aetiology for recurrent cardioembolic strokes.
  • Association of large core middle cerebral artery stroke and hemorrhagic transformation with hospitalization.
    • Pohlmann JE, Kim ISY, Brush B, Sambhu KM, Conti L, Saglam H, Milos K, Yu L, Cronin MFM, Balogun O, Chatzidakis S, Zhang Y, Trinquart L, Huang Q, Smirnakis SM, Benjamin EJ, Dupuis J, Greer DM, Ong CJ. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60635-0 Sci Rep
  • Antithrombotic Treatment for Stroke Prevention in Cervical Artery Dissection: The STOP-CAD Study.
  • Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy and colitis: A case series and review.
  • Interrater Reliability of Cervical Neural Foraminal Senosis Using Traditional and Splayed Reconstructions: Analysis of One Hundred Scans.

Presentations

  • Back to Bedside: Synapses, Making Connections Between Patients and Providers (Clinical Translational Sciences, Neurology, West Virginia University, West Virginia University, West Virginia University School of Medicine)Lincey Wilson, Danielle Sblendorio, Gauri Pawar, Eric Seachrist, Krithika Umesh Peshwe, Jessica Frey.
  • Lack of Pre-treatment Thrombolysis and High Admission NIHSS Scores Are Associated with Poor Functional Outcome After Mechanical Thrombectomy (Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, West Virginia University) Krithika Umesh Peshwe, Muhammad Alvi.

2022 - 2023

Publications

  • Acute COVID-19 Presenting as Neurological Disease in a Pediatric Patient. 
  • Quantitative pupillometry and radiographic markers of intracranial midline shift: A pilot study.
    • Kim ISY, Balogun OO, Prescott BR, Saglam H, Olson DM, Speir K, Stutzman SE, Schneider N, Aguilera V, Lussier BL, Smirnakis SM, Dupuis J, Mian A, Greer DM, Ong CJ. doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1046548 Front Neurol.
  • Dexmedetomidine and Other Analgosedatives Alter Pupil Characteristics in Critically Ill Patients.
    • Chan WP, Prescott BR, Barra ME, Chung DY, Kim IS, Saglam H, Hutch MR, Shin M, Safar SF, Benjamin EJ, Smirnakis SM, Dupuis J, Greer DM, Ong CJ. doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000691 Care Explor.
  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in anti-CD20 and other monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies used in multiple sclerosis: A review.

Presentations

  • Rapidly Progressive AIDP Secondary to Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, A Rare Cause With Fatal Respiratory Depression and Authnomic Instability (Neurology West Virginia University) Hongxuyang Yu, Badria Munir, Nathaniel Mohney.

2021 - 2022

Publications

  • Beriberi Neuropathy Mimicking Guillian-Barre Syndrome in a Teenager With Food Restriction: A Case Report
  • Using Catchment Population to Estimate Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease incidence
  • Single-center experience on progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) cases, neuroimaging relevance, and management at West Virginia University (WVU)
    • Hongxuyang Yu, Hongyan Wu, Subapriya R, Arshdeep Kaur, Shreya R Pasham, Roshma Upadhaya, Shitiz Sriwastava. doi.org/10.1002/jmv.27804 Journal of Medical Virology
  • Neuroimaging and CSF Findings in Patients with Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Report of Eight Cases in a Single Academic Center
  • Automated Annotation of Epileptiform Burden and Its Association with Outcomes
    • Sahar F Zafar, Eric S Rosenthal, Jin Jing, Wendong Ge, Mohammad Tabaeizadeh, Hassan Aboul Nour, Maryum Shoukat, Haoqi Sun, Farrukh Javed, Solomon Kassa, Muhammad Edhi, Elahe Bordbar, Justin Gallagher, Valdery Moura Jr, Manohar Ghanta, Yu-Ping Shao, Sungtae An, Jimeng Sun, Andrew J Cole, M Brandon Westover. doi.org/10.1002/ana.26161 Annals of Neurology
  • Burden of Epileptiform Activity Predicts Discharge Neurologic Outcomes in Severe Acute Ischemic Stroke
    • Mohammad Tabaeizadeh, Hassan Aboul Nour, Maryum Shoukat, Haoqi Sun, Jing Jin, Farrukh Javed, Solomon Kassa, Muhammad Edhi, Elahe Bordbar, Justin Gallagher, Valdery Junior Moura, Manohar Ghanta, Yu-Ping Shao, Andrew J Cole, Eric S Rosenthal, M Brandon Westover, Sahar F Zafar. doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-00944-0 Neurocritical Care
  • Burst Suppression: Causes and Effects on Mortality in Critical Illness
    • Jacob Hogan, Haoqi Sun, Hassan Aboul Nour, Jin Jing, Mohammad Tabaeizadeh, Maryum Shoukat, Farrukh Javed, Solomon Kassa, Muhammad M Edhi, Elahe Bordbar, Justin Gallagher, Valdery Moura Junior, Manohar Ghanta, Yu-Ping Shao, Oluwaseun Akeju, Andrew J Cole, Eric S Rosenthal, Sahar Zafar, M Brandon Westover. doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-00932-4 Neurocritical Care
  • Histone-mutant glioma presenting as diffuse leptomeningeal disease
    • Tanvi Nadkarni, Kimberly Hamilton, Faraze Niazi, Melanie Ward, Uchenna Okakpu, Rudolph J Castellani, Ion Prisneac, Ugur Sener. DOI: 10.2217/cns-2021-0008 CNS Oncology
  • Drug-resistant high grade glioma-related epilepsy surgery for focal motor status epilepticus localized by CT-PET imaging
    • Tanvi Nadkarni, Aman Dabir, Faraze Niazi, Gary Marano, Sanjay Bhatia, Ion Prisneac, Ugur Sener. doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100484 Epilepsy & Behavior Reports

Presentations

  • A case of a 4-year-old female with Leucine Rich Glioma Inactivated protein (LGl1) encephalitis associated with a cystic nephroma, responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), corticosteroids, and rituximab (AAN 2022) Brandon Neeley
  • A case of a 14-year-old male with MOGAD (Myelin Oligocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Disease) post-COVID-19 infection responsive to high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy (AAN 2022) Brandon Neeley
  • Neuroimaging Findings In Case Series Of 8 Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis In A Single Academic Center (AAN 2022) Hongxuyang Yu

2020 - 2021

Senior Research Day Presentations at WVU Neurology

  • Michael Carper, MD
  • Michael Ebbert, DO
  • Sara Frey, MD
  • Faraze Niazi, MD
  • Meghana Raghavan, MD

Presentations

  • Blood Pressure Reductions in the Hyperacute Phase of Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke Are Associated With Infarct Progression And Poor Functional Outcome (ISC 2021 & AAN 2021 Oral presentation) Krithika Peshwe
  • Sleep architecture in the Intensive Care Unit As revealed via Breathing and Heart Rate Variability (SLEEP 2021 Conference) Subapriya R 
  • Human Plasma Proteomics for Biomarker Discovery for Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (Annals of Neurology, 2020) Supriya Ramesha
  • 3 Channel Expressing Brain Myeloid Cells are a Unique Pro-Inflammatory Subset of Microglia Which Can Be Modulated by Kv1. 3 Blockers in Alzheimer's Pathology (Annals of Neurology, 2020) Supriya Ramesha
  • Atypical presentation of Ataxia Telangiectasia masquerading as Parkinson's Disease (AAN 2021) Gabriella Casinelli
  • Breast Carcinoma After Ocrelizumab Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Case Series and Literature Review (ANA 2021) Gabriella Casinelli
  • Shapeshifter: The Diverse Clinical and Radiologic Phenotypes Associated with MOG Antibody-Associated Disease Ameneh Zare-Shahabadi
  • Case Series of Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis with Underlying Etiology Ameneh Zare-Shahabadi
  • The Clinical Spectrum of MOG Antibody Associated Demyelinating Disorders: Three Case-Reports Ameneh Zare-Shahabadi
  • Diagnostic Delay due to COVID-19 Pandemic - A Case of Primary CNS Lymphoma (AAN 2021) Tanvi Nadkarni
  • Case Series of Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis with Underlying Etiology (AAN 2021) Brandon Neeley
  • COVID-19 Complications – A Literature Review of Non-vascular CNS Manifestations Associated with COVID-19 (ANA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting) Kelsey Andrews
  • Breast Carcinoma After Ocrelizumab Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Case Series and Literature Review (ANA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting) Kelsey Andrews
  • The Enigma of Changing Exam during IV Alteplase Administration in Acute Stroke (ANA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting) Kelsey Andrews

Publications

  • Extracellular signal‐regulated kinase regulates microglial immune responses in Alzheimer’s disease;
    • Michael J Chen, Supriya Ramesha, Laura D Weinstock, Tianwen Gao, Lingyan Ping, Hailian Xiao, Eric B Dammer, Duc D Duong, Allan I Levey, James J Lah, Nicholas T Seyfried, Levi B Wood, Srikant Rangaraju. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24829 Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Unique molecular characteristics and microglial origin of Kv1.3 channel–positive brain myeloid cells in Alzheimer’s disease
    • Supriya Ramesha, Sruti Rayaprolu, Christine A Bowen, Cynthia R Giver, Sara Bitarafan, Hai M Nguyen, Tianwen Gao, Michael J Chen, Ngozi Nwabueze, Eric B Dammer, Amanda K Engstrom, Hailian Xiao, Andrea Pennati, Nicholas T Seyfried, David J Katz, Jacques Galipeau, Heike Wulff, Edmund K Waller, Levi B Wood, Allan I Levey, Srikant Rangaraju. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013545118 
  • Flow-cytometric microglial sorting coupled with quantitative proteomics identifies moesin as a highly-abundant microglial protein with relevance to Alzheimer’s disease
    • Nicholas T. Seyfried & Srikant Rangaraju Sruti Rayaprolu, Tianwen Gao, Hailian Xiao, Supriya Ramesha, Laura D. Weinstock, Jheel Shah, Duc M. Duong, Eric B. Dammer, James A. Webster Jr, James J. Lah, Levi B. Wood, Ranjita Betarbet, Allan I. Levey. Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Flow Cytometry Approach to Characterize Phagocytic Properties of Acutely-Isolated Adult Microglia and Brain Macrophages In Vitro
    • Supriya Ramesha, Sruti Rayaprolu, Srikant Rangaraju. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
  • Stereotactic MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for extratemporal lobe epilepsy
    • Kunal Gupta, Brian Cabaniss, Ammar Kheder, Satyanarayana Gedela, Paul Koch, Kelsey C Hewitt, Abdulrahman Alwaki, Christopher Rich, Supriya Ramesha, Ranliang Hu, Daniel L Drane, Robert E Gross, Jon T Willie. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16614 Epilepsia
  • Progressive myelopathy in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease: A new mimicker of progressive multiple sclerosis?
    • Marcucci, S.B., Elkasaby, M., Walch, R., Zare-Shahabadi, A., Mahammedi, A., Abboud, H. and Zabeti, A., 2021. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 52, p.102964
  • Histone Mutant Glioma Presenting as Diffuse Leptomeningeal Disease
    • Tanvi Nadkarni, Kimberly Hamilton, Faraze Niazi, Melanie Ward, Uchenna Okakpu, Ugur Sener. CNS Oncology
  • Training in Neurology: Neuro Day
    • Jessica Frey, Brandon Neeley, Amna Umer, James W Lewis, Anna Lama, Gauri Pawar, Ann Murray. PubMed 
  • Acute transverse myelitis with Dysautonomia following SARS-CoV-2 infection: A case report and review of literature
  • Clinical Reasoning: A 47-Year-Old With Headache, Vertigo, and Double Vision 

2019 - 2020

Presentations

  • Rare case of seizure mimic in neuroleptic malignant syndrome (ANA annual conference October 2019- Poster Presentation) Meghana Raghavan MD, Jessica Frey MD, Ann Murray MD
  • A rare case report of auditory stimulus induced epilepsy (ANA annual conference October 2019- Poster presentation)Tamra Ranasinge MD, Meghana Raghavan MD, Gauri Pawar MD
  • The twitching trunk:Etiology of truncal myoclonus (Accepted Poster at 2020 AAN but conference was cancelled for COVID) Faraze Niazi MD, Meghana Raghavan MD, Jessica Frey MD, Ann Murray MD
  • Created in the Image of G-d: Depicting G-d in a World of Neuroimaging J Frey, F Niazi, J Riggs Conference on Medicine and Religion; Columbus, OH; March 2020 
  • The purpose of doubt: what religion teaches us about its place in medicine J Frey, F Niazi, J Riggs Conference on Medicine and Religion; Columbus, OH; March 2020
  • Strange Movements: Parkinson’s Disease in the Young J Frey, WVU Neurology Grand Rounds; July 2019
  • Neuromodulation J Frey: the new frontier National Youth Science Camp; Bartow, WV; July 2019
  • Double Trouble: Successful Thrombectomy for Recurrent, Contralateral M2 Occlusions. J Frey, A Adcock American Academy of Neurology (AAN); Toronto, Canada; April 2020
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis-Associated Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis as a Neurosarcoidosis Mimic J Kramer, J Frey, A Murray.
  • Association of Stroke Health Literacy with Stroke Risk Factors and Post-Stroke Depression C Clairmont, J Frey, A Adcock
  • The Twitching Trunk: Etiology and Treatment of Truncal Myoclonus F Niazi, J Frey, M Raghavan, A Murray
  • Neuro Day: An Innovative Curriculum to Connect Medical Students with Patients J Frey, B Neeley, G Pawar, A Murray
  • The Evolving Tradition of Hope in the Abrahamic Religions and Medicine F Niazi, J Frey, J Riggs Conference on Medicine and Religion; Columbus, OH; March 2020
  • A Rare Case of Spontaneous Osseous Auto-Fusion Secondary to Cervical Dystonia J Frey, G Pawar American Neurological Association (ANA); St. Louis, MO; October 2019
  • Acute Internal Carotid Artery Occlusions and Outcomes: A Single Tertiary Center Experience P Vu, J Frey, A Adcock, M Alvi, A Rai American Neurological Association (ANA); St. Louis, MO; October 2019
  • A Rare Case of Seizure Mimic in Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome M Raghavan, J Frey, A Murray American Neurological Association (ANA); St. Louis, MO; October 2019

Publications

  • A Case of Fixation-Off Sensitivity, Featured Case Spring 2020, American Clinical Neurophysiology society

    Contributed by Meghana Raghavan MD, Sara Frey MD, Zubeda Sheikh MD, Department of Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine https://www.acns.org/education/featured-case/current-case

  • - Acute cerebellar knockdown of Sgce reproduces salient features of myoclonus-dystonia (DYT11) in mice.

    Samantha Washburn, Rachel Fremont, Maria Camila Moreno-Escobar, Chantal Angueyra, Kamran Khodakhah Is a corresponding author Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States eLife 2019;8:e52101 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.52101

  • “The Inertia Paradox.” Annals of Internal Medicine J Frey: Ad Libitum. Expected 2020.
  • Tarabishy A, Pawar G. Spontaneous Osseous Autofusion secondary to Cervical Dystonia. Case in Point 2020. J Frey, American College of Radiology.

2018 - 2019

Presentations

  • "An Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Associated With Combined Fentanyl and Cocaine Use." Duru, Uzoma B., Gauri Pawar, Jed A. Barash, Liv E. Miller, Indrani K. Thiruselvam, and Marc W. HautAnnals of internal medicine (2018). 
  • Teaching neuroImages: Lyme disease presenting as Bannwarth syndrome, Aman Dabir, MD, Gauri Pawar, MD, Neurology Oct 2018, 91 (15)
  • Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman. Boo, S., Duru, U. B., Smith, M. S., & Rai, A. T. (2015) BMJ Case Reports, 2015, 10.1136/bcr-2015-012012
  • "Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman." Boo, SoHyun, Uzoma B. Duru, Matthew S. Smith, and Ansaar T. Rai. Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2015).
  • More than meets the eye; cerebrovascular disease in Sickle cell disease s more than sickling. Sneha Jacob. Amelia Adcock, Ann Murray, Joanna Kolodney Stroke. April 2018 DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021057
  • When treatment establishes diagnosis , A case report of chronic paroxysmal Hemicrania .Sneha Jacob, David Watson, Jack Riggs. Headache , doi;1111/head.13308
  • Rare occurrence of eight-and-a-half syndrome as a clinically isolated syndrome .Sneha Jacob, Ann Murray. BMJ Case Reports 2018; doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222057

Publications

  • Improved Admission NIH Stroke Scale Completion in an Academic Primary Stroke Center .Eric Seachrist MD, Sneha Jacob MD, Hannah Yetzer RN, Muhammad Alvi , MD .Presented at West Virginia Stroke Conference Nov 2015, Van Lier Research day at WVU ,March 2016
  • Occurance of Dermatomyositis secondary to Myelofibrosis. Sneha Jacob, Shumaila Sultan, Muhammad Alvi. Pennsylvania Neurological Society , September 2017
  • Challenging diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis causing stroke. Tamra Ranasinghe, Shumaila Sultan, Sneha Jacob, Abdel Rehman Belatgy, Muhammad Alvi. Presented at American Neurological Association (ANA 2017), San Deigo, USA
  • Assocition of white matter hyperintensities and carotid stenosis. Mandy Hatfield, Eric Seachrist, Sneha Jacob, Uzomo Bruno, Ashley Petrone,Muhammad Alvi. Presented at the International Stroke Conference, L.A, January 2018
  • tPA consent; Role of Paternalism in the golden hour. Sneha Jacob, Amelia Adcock, Ann Murray, Tamra Ranasinghe, Eric Seachrist. Presented at the International Stroke Conference, LA , January 2018
  • Stroke prevention in a young lady with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Libman Sacks Endocarditis.Sneha Jacob, Amelia Adcock. Presented at AAN 2018 meeting Los Angeles.
  • Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Associated with Combined Fentanyl and Cocaine Overdose Quynh Vo, MD1, Uzoma B. Duru, MD1, Gauri Pawar, MD, FAAN1 2018 AAN Annual Meeting
  • Successful Endovascular Stroke Therapy in a 103-Year-Old Woman Uzoma Bruno Duru 1, Matthew S Smith 1, SoHyun Boo 2, Ansaar T Rai 2018 AAN Annual Meeting
  • Information sharing with trainees as a method to reduce door-to-needle time for intravenous administration of tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke Aman Dabir, MD, Gauri Pawar, MD, Amelia Adcock, MD, Mud Alvi, MD 2018 ISC poster presentation

2017 - 2018

Presentations

  • Information sharing with trainees as a method to reduce door-to-needle time for intravenous administration of tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke Aman Dabir, MD, Gauri Pawar, MD, Amelia Adcock, MD, Mud Alvi, MD 2018 ISC poster presentation
  • 2018 AAN Annual Meeting Successful Endovascular Stroke Therapy in a 103-Year-Old Woman Uzoma Bruno Duru 1, Matthew S Smith 1, SoHyun Boo 2, Ansaar T Rai
  • Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Associated with Combined Fentanyl and Cocaine Overdose Quynh Vo, MD1, Uzoma B. Duru, MD1, Gauri Pawar, MD, FAAN1 2018 AAN Annual Meeting
  • Stroke prevention in a young lady with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Libman Sacks Endocarditis . Sneha Jacob, Amelia Adcock. Presented at AAN 2018 meeting Los Angeles.
  • tPA consent; Role of Paternalism in the golden hour. Sneha Jacob, Amelia Adcock, Ann Murray, Tamra Ranasinghe, Eric Seachrist. Presented at the International Stroke Conference, LA , January 2018
  • Assocition of white matter hyperintensities and carotid stenosis. Mandy Hatfield, Eric Seachrist, Sneha Jacob, Uzomo Bruno, Ashley Petrone,Muhammad Alvi. Presented at the International Stroke Conference, L.A, January 2018
  • Challenging diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis causing stroke. Tamra Ranasinghe, Shumaila Sultan, Sneha Jacob, Abdel Rehman Belatgy, Muhammad Alvi. Presented at American Neurological Association (ANA 2017), San Deigo, USA
  • Occurance of Dermatomyositis secondary to Myelofibrosis. Sneha Jacob, Shumaila Sultan, Muhammad Alvi. Pennsylvania Neurological Society , September 2017

Publications

  • Rare occurrence of eight-and-a-half syndrome as a clinically isolated syndrome .Sneha Jacob, Ann Murray. BMJ Case Reports 2018; doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222057
  • When treatment establishes diagnosis , A case report of chronic paroxysmal Hemicrania .Sneha Jacob, David Watson, Jack Riggs. Headache , doi;1111/head.13308
  • More than meets the eye; cerebrovascular disease in Sickle cell disease s more than sickling. Sneha Jacob. Amelia Adcock, Ann Murray, Joanna Kolodney Stroke. April 2018 DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021057
  • Boo, SoHyun, Uzoma B. Duru, Matthew S. Smith, and Ansaar T. Rai. "Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman." Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2015).
  • Boo, S., Duru, U. B., Smith, M. S., & Rai, A. T. (2015) Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman. BMJ Case Reports, 2015, 10.1136/bcr-2015-012012
  • Teaching neuroImages: Lyme disease presenting as Bannwarth syndrome, Aman Dabir, MD, Gauri Pawar, MD, Neurology Oct 2018, 91 (15)
  • Duru, Uzoma B., Gauri Pawar, Jed A. Barash, Liv E. Miller, Indrani K. Thiruselvam, and Marc W. Haut. "An Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Associated With Combined Fentanyl and Cocaine Use." Annals of internal medicine (2018). 

2016 -2017

Presentations

  • "Information sharing with trainees as a method to reduce door-to-needle time for intravenous administration of tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke"
    Aman Dabir MD, Gauri Pawar MD, Matthew S. Smith MD, MS - 2016 Van Liere Research Day
  • "The eyes do not see what the mind doesn't know: Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS)" Kuldeep Patel MD  - 2016 Van Liere Research Day
  • "Recurrent Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome secondary to intravenous drug use"
    Geetanjali Vajapey, MD, Matthew Smith, MD - 2016 Van Liere Research Day
  • "Improved Admission NIH Stroke Scale Completion in an Academic Primary Stroke Center"
    Eric Seachrist, MD, Sneha Jacob, MD Martha Power, NP, Angela Schaffer, RN, Muhammad Alvi, MD - 2016 Van Liere Research Day
  • “Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Presenting as Coma” Khan, M., Adcock, A - 2016 AAN
  • “Novel Observation-Based Criteria for Sleep-Wake Classification in a Preclinical Model of Sleep Disorder.” Quynh Vo - 2016 AAN 
  • "Improved Admission NIH Stroke Scale completion in an Academic Primary Stroke Center"  Eric Seachrist - 2016 Quality Improvement Fair
  • "Information Sharing With Trainees As A Method To Reduce Door-To-Needle Time For Intravenous Administration Of Tissue Plasminogen Activator In Acute Ischemic Stroke"  Aman Dabir - 2016 Quality Improvement Fair
  • "Continuous Levodpa Dosing improves REM Behavior Disorders Associated with Parkinsonism"
    Quynh Vo - 2017 Van Liere Research Day
  • "Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman"
    U. Bruno Duru, MD – 2017 AAN annual meeting.
  • “A Case of Sudden Onset Anterograde Amnesia from Bilateral Hippocampal Strokes”
    Abdelrahman Beltagy, MD - 2017 AAN annual meeting

Publications

  • "Neurocognitive Degeneration:  Diseases, Diagnosis Management, and the impact on West Virginia"  West Virginia Medical Journal
    Ann Murray, MD PGY4, Matthew S. Smith, MD, MS

2015 -2016

Presentation 

  • "Mutifocal Motor Neuropathy - Differential Dianosis" MMN Clinical Forum, AANEM 2015, Honolulu, HI  Authors: Cheryl A. Smith, MD, PhD; Andrea Swenson, MD' Christopher Nance, MD
  • " Successful Endovascular Intervention in Pediatric Stroke" 2015 West Virginia Stroke Conference:  Dr. Muhammad Taimoor Khan
  • "GAD-Antibody Encephalitis Mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease" 2015 AAN Meeting:  Dr. Frank Bittner
  • “An Atypical Presentation of Neurolymphomatosis” 2015 AAN Meeting:  Dr. Ann Murray
  • Improved Admission NIH Stroke Scale Completion in an Academic Primary Stroke Center .Eric Seachrist MD, Sneha Jacob MD, Hannah Yetzer RN, Muhammad Alvi , MD .Presented at West Virginia Stroke Conference Nov 2015, Van Lier Research day at WVU ,March 2016

Publications

  • "Unusual Atypical language lateralization"  Epilepsy Case Reports - Corresponding Author:  Dr. Muhammad Taimoor Khan  Authors: Roger Oghlakian: Mohamad Z Koubeissi
  • "Neurodegenerative Disease: Risk Factors, Work-up, Diagnosis & the Impact on West Virginia"  Murray, A., Smith, M - West Virginia Medical Journal
  • "Successful use of Intra venous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tpA) as treatment for a patient with Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)" Khan, M., Murray, A., Smith, M - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, In press
  • Boo, S., Duru, U. B., Smith, M. S., & Rai, A. T. (2015) Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman. BMJ Case Reports, 2015, 10.1136/bcr-2015-012012
  • Boo, S., Duru, U. B., Smith, M. S., & Rai, A. T. (2015) Successful endovascular stroke therapy in a 103-year-old woman. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery
  • "Transient Global Amnesia as the First Clinical Symptom for Malignant B-Cell Lymphoma with Central Nervous System Involvement"
    Khan, Muhammad (2015) Zafar, Atif, Khan Ghulam Ishaq, Abdin, Sahrish, Volum 2015 Hindawi Publishing Corp.

2014 -2015

Presentation 

  • Late-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency Unmasked By Acetaminophen Overuse, 2014 AAN Meeting poster presentation:  Dr. Heeral Mehta

Publication 

  • "Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Safety Considerations and Recommendations" Springer Science+Business Media, LLC: Dr. Umer Najib
  • "Vitamin B12 Myelopathy" Case in Point, American College of Radiology: Siddiqui, S., Pawar, G., Hogg, J.
  • "X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy" Neurology  Siddiqui, S., Pawar, G., Hogg, J.

2013 -2014

Publication 

  • “Insights on the neural basis of motor plasticity induced by theta burst stimulation from TMS-EEG”
    European Journal of Neuroscience:  Dr. Umer Najib
  • "Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Presenting with Altered Mental Status and Myoclonus and Co-Occuring with Psoriasis" J Med Cases  2013;4(5):300-303 Arshi Naza, c, Muhammad M Sheikhb , Mayada Issab