14<strong>UT</strong> <strong>Southwestern</strong> by the NumbersNEUROLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMS601629<strong>UT</strong> <strong>Southwestern</strong> <strong>Neurology</strong>full-time clinical faculty (45 adult, 15child neurology)members of American NeurologicalAssociationadult neurology residents10 child neurology residents96percent first-time board pass rate(past 7 years)<strong>UT</strong>SW Medical Center5 Nobel laureatesHospital <strong>Neurology</strong> Services20 bed dedicated neurology unit118bed epilepsy monitoring unit (over40 epilepsy surgeries per year)bed pediatric epilepsymonitoring unit2 acute stroke units (5 beds each)2 neurocritical care unitsDallas, Texas9 th largest city in the United States© Derek EvattMobile CurriculumThe <strong>Neurology</strong> and Neurotherapeutics Departmentand the Residency Program are committedto creating a dynamic and progressive environmentfor our residents and fellows. Our latest initiative is thedevelopment of mobile training tools optimized for portabledevices such as the Apple iPad. <strong>Neurology</strong> residents are provided iPadsto enable access and dissemination of this content. Technical support and developmentare provided through the <strong>Neurology</strong> Information Services group.The mobile curriculum includes:Videos of didactic lectures pertaining to subjects in neurology.Important current literature and journal articles pertaining to new advancesin the field. This content may be delivered via PDF files or RSSfeeds.Internal discussion boards where residents and faculty can discuss varioustopics in neurology.Commercial and customized electronic apps to facilitate patient care andteaching, including neuroanatomical references, treatment algorithms,and scoring systems related to disease prognosis (NIH stroke scale, etc).Standardized test materials such as practice test questions and answers.18members of National Academy ofSciences21 members of Institute of Medicine<strong>UT</strong>SW is a top 20 medical school20in both research and primary carecategories*400 million dollars in research funding6%76°/55°62#1below national average forcost of livingaverage high and low temperaturein Dallasmiles of running and bikingtrails and 17 lakesmost restaurants per capita ofany US cityArticles Discussions Lecture Videos Test Preparation2014opening of new 900-bedParkland hospital* 2010 Ranking data from US News and World Report
Current Residents and Fellows17NEUROLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMS16<strong>Neurology</strong> FacultyChairMark Goldberg, MDVice-ChairsSteven Vernino, MD, PhDGil Wolfe, MDCognitive & Memory DisordersRoger Rosenberg, MDRamon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhDJohn Hart, Jr, MDMary Quiceno, MDMyron Weiner, MDKyle Womack, MDCritical Care <strong>Neurology</strong>Wengui Yu, MD, PhDChristiana Hall, MDCyrus Dastur, MDEugene Gu, MDEpilepsyPaul Van Ness, MDMark Agostini, MDPuneet Gupta, MDPradeep Modur, MDGeneral <strong>Neurology</strong>Deborah Friedman, MDEllen Marder, MDJeff Ortstadt, MDCraig Powell, MD, PhDJoseph Vaughan, MDWorthy Warnack, MDMovement DisordersRichard Dewey, MDShilpa Chitnis, MD, PhDMatthew Goldberg, PhDPravin Khemani, MDPadraig O’Suilleabhain, MDMultiple SclerosisElliot Frohman, MD, PhDAngela Bates, MDArdith Courtney, DOPetra Cravens, PhDDonna Graves, MDBen Greenberg, MDNancy Monson, PhDOlaf Stuve, MD, PhDNeuromuscularGil Wolfe, MDStephen Cannon, MD, PhDJeffrey Elliott, MDRonald Haller, MDSusan Iannacconne, MDSrikanth Muppidi, MDSharon Nations, MDMike Singer, MD, PhDJaya Trivedi, MDSteven Vernino, MD, PhDNeuro-OncologyElizabeth Maher, MD, PhDRobert Bachoo, MD, PhDAmyn Habib, MDJames Battiste, MD PhDPediatric EpilepsySusan Arnold, MDMuna Khan, MDSaadat Khan, MDRana Said, MDDeepa Sirsi, MDNeurobehavioral Child<strong>Neurology</strong>Patricia Evans, MDSailaja Golla, MDPediatric <strong>Neurology</strong>Susan Iannaccone, MDJose Aceves, MDMauricio Delgado-Ayala, MDMichael Dowling, MD, PhDFares Kokash, MDJuan Pascual, MDSteve Sparagana, MDWilliam Zinser, MDSleep MedicineJeff Ortstadt, MDGreg Carter, MD, PhDRyan Hays, MDPradeep Modur, MDStroke/Vascular <strong>Neurology</strong>Mark Johnson, MDMark Goldberg, MDTimea Hodics, MDJessica Lee, MDRoberta Novakovic, MDNeurosurgeryDuke Samson, MDSamuel Barnett, MDJoseph Beshay, MDIra Denton, MDChristopher Madden, MDBruce Mickey, MDHoward Morgan, MDKevin Morrill, MDBabu Welch, MDJonathan White, MDLouis Whitworth, MDInterventional NeuroradiologyPhillip Purdy, MDRoberta Novakovic, MDLee Pride, MDBabu Welch, MDClass of 2012Chief ResidentsLauren Phillips, MDLina Shah, MD*Lydia Sharp, MDJerry (Alan) Bates, MDShin Chen ( Josh) Beh, MDPriyanka Chaudhry, MDToan Dang, MDAllen DeSena, MD*Kan Ding, MDSaima Kayani, MD*Internal Medicine Year 1Claudia Perez, MDMeredith Bryarly, MDZack Mahdavi, MDUgo ChukwuekeAashoo Pande Mentreddt, MDWilliam Renthal, MD, PhDOliver Sum-Ping, MDYuan Xing, MD* Child neurology residentClass of 2013Asra Akbar, MD*Matthew Anderson, MDMarisara Dieppa, MDJustin Jordan, MDHamid Kadiwala, MDSvjetlana Miocinovic, MD, PhDJorge Munoz, MD*Digvijaya Navalkele, MBBSAndrew Nik, MDFellowsNicholas Absalom, MDJames Battiste, MD, PhDDiana Castro, MDStephen Figueroa, MDPaul Hansen, MDCherrie Herren, MDAashish Patel, MDBappaditya Ray, MDClass of 2014Chirantan Banerjee, MD, PhDHai Chen, MD, PhDLauren Dengle, MD*Simon Kayyal, MD*Andrea Lowden, MD*Bardia Nourbakhsh, MDSima Parikh, MD*Julio Rojas-Martinez, MD, PhDKartavya Sharma, MBBSVibhash Sharma, MBBSFrancy Shu, MDGincy Samuel, MDSamir Shah, MDFazeel Siddiqui, MDAanchal Taneja, MDAsfa Yousaf Shad, DONEUROLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMS