Senior Research Projects
The senior research project is designed to provide residents exposure to methods of investigation in a mentored fashion. Projects are chosen by each resident early in the PG-3 year (or sooner), and developed in collaboration with a faculty mentor. The project is carried out through the PG-4 year and the completed work presented to the department prior to graduation. Projects may involve research, educational, or clinical process improvement topics. Wider presentation or publication of the work is encouraged, but not required. Recent projects include:
Resident: Jeff Kraakevik, MD
Faculty Mentor: Robert Rodnitzky, MD
Subject: Visual Contrast Sensitivity in Parkinson's disease
Resident: Ana Recober-Montilla, MD
Faculty Mentor: Lynne Geweke, MD
Subject: Mailed Questionnaire Requirement to Improve Compliance with Appointments in the Headache Clinic
Resident: Teri Thomsen, MD
Faculty Mentors: Ergun Uc, MD, Natalie Denburg, PhD
Subject: Essential Tremor and Cognition
Resident: Heidi Smith, DO
Faculty Member: Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre
Subject: MMPI abnormalities in Psychogenic Movement Disorders
Resident: Chad Yucus, MD
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Tranel, PhD
Subject: Abnormal Naming after Temporal Lobectomy
Resident: Tanya Harlow, MD
Faculty Mentor: Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre, MD
Subject: Prevalence of Tremor in Klinefelter Syndrome
Resident: Shereen Chang, MD
Faculty Mentors: Erik St. Louis, MD, Mark Granner, MD
Subject: Epilepsy Surgery Outcome Survey
Resident: Mahmut Edip Gurol, MD
Faculty Mentors: Harold Adams, MD; Patricia Davis, MD
Subject: Multimodality Neuroimaging in Patients with Acute Stroke
Resident: Hyung Sub Shim, MD
Faculty Mentor: Deema Fattal, MD
Subject:Cerebral Vascular Territories
Resident:Tara Cook
Faculty Mentor: Deema Fattal, MD
Subject:Isolated Episodic dizziness: Establishing a time-from-onset cutoff for non-vascular etiology
Resident: Jennifer Kruger
Faculty Mentor: Ana Recober, MD
Subject: Childhood Risk Factors for Migraine Development and Chronification
Resident: Scott Strader
Faculty Mentor: Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre, MD
Subject: Structural Lesions of the CNS with Subsequent Secondary Dystonia
Resident: Melanie Klawiter
Faculty Mentor: E. Torage Shivapour, MD
Subject: Clinical Features of Neuromyelitis Optica
Resident: Marlan Kay
Faculty Mentor: E. Torage Shivapour,
Subject: Pseudoseizure Prognosis after Discharge
Resident: Peter Bartels
Faculty Mentor: Deema Fattal, MD
Subject: Incidence of Cervical Myelopathy in Diabetic Patients with Normal or Brisk Reflexes
Resident: Salim Chahin
Faculty Mentor: E. Torage Shivapour
Subject: Can we Localize MS Fatigue in Clinic
Resident: Ikuko Laccheo
Faculty Mentors: Mark Granner, MD, Thoru Yamada, MD
Subject: Mental Status and Non-Convulsive Seizures
Resident: Karim Nahra
Faculty Mentor: Teri Thomsen, MD
Subject: A possible case of post-encephalitic parkinsonism caused by H1N1 influenza
Resident: Alex Ellison
Faculty Mentor: Enrique C. Leira, MD, MS
Subject: Revolutionizing Acute Stroke Monitoring with a Fused Multisensory Assessment Tool
Resident: Jason Maxfield
Faculty Mentor: Andreas Swenson, MD
Subject: Inflammatory myopathy in ALS
Resident: Diane Hesselbrock
Faculty Mentor: Deema Fattal, MD
Subject: Isolated dizziness: establishing a time from onset cutoff for non-vascular etiology
Resident: Renee Buchanan
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Davis, MD
Subject: Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults
Resident: Rabia Malik
Subject: IV Immunoglobulin therapy versus plasma exchange for Myasthenic Crisis
Faculty Mentor: Andreas Swenson, MD
Resident: Ann Hoang:
Faculty Mentor: Ana Recober, MD
Subject: The effect of weight loss on migraine frequency and severity