Our departmental Research Day is approaching fast! As a reminder, all trainees are required to prepare either a presentation or poster. Critical Dates: May 15 is the deadline for abstract submission. Please email them to me and Dr. Ramirez. Abstracts should follow the formatting style for AAN (copied below). June 1 is the deadline…
Please join us for an informational meeting about Gainesville’s First Walk to Defeat ALS – to be held in the spring of 2020. We will discuss planning goals and enlist volunteers to sign up for one or more committees. More participants = greater success. Consider joining us on this…
Join the Tourette Association, the North Central Florida Support Group and the Normal Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health in supporting the mission to raise awareness for Tourettes syndrome and tic disorders. Join the Tourette Association, the North Central Florida Support Group and the UF Health Fixel…
Congratulations Drs. Tsuboi, Jabarkheel, Foote, Okun, and Shukla on the publication of “Importance of the initial response to GPi deep brain stimulation in dystonia: A nine year quality of life study,” which was published in the April edition of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Abstract Background Long-term efficacy of deep brain…
Congratulations to Takashi Tsuboi, Zakia Jabarkheel, Kelly Foote, Michael Okun, and Aparna Wagle Shukla on the publication of “Outcomes with VIM deep…
The Florida Legislature recently passed “CS/CS/SB 1460: Stroke Centers,” a bill that seeks to improve first responders’ access to hospitals that provide thrombectomy. W. Christopher Fox, M.D., associate professor of neurosurgery, was among five physicians specializing in stroke around the state who met with state legislators to discuss the importance…
Congratulations to Mayur Parmar, Gina Bae, Nathaniel Ma, Shivang Jadvani, and Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “Rab GTPase Expression Changes in…
Congratulations to Kenneth Heilman, MD on the publication of “Left hemispatial neglect with a splenial lesion,” in the April 9th issue of Neurology. Abstract Objective: The goal of this report is to learn the role of the splenium of the corpus callosum in mediating visuospatial attention. Background: With injury of…
Congratulations to Parunyou Julayanont, Kulrithra Pisanuwongrak, Kenneth Heilman on the publication of “Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): to Predict Three Month Recovery Following a Stroke,” in the April 9th edition of Neurology.
Congratulations to Kulrithra Pisanuwongrak, Parunyou Julayanont, and Kenneth M. Heilman on the publication of “Impact of Educational Inequality on the Incidence of Post-stroke Vascular Mild Cognitive Impairment – Application of the Previous Study…
