Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
Our mission is to advance therapies for neurological disorders through scientific discovery and the training of future generations of neurologists. We provide state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological diseases.
Dr. Juan Pascual, assistant professor of neurology and neurotherapeutics, physiology and pediatrics, has received two major grants that will fund initiatives at UT Southwestern aimed at forwarding research into rare brain diseases in adults and children. Read more.
UT Southwestern's Alzheimer's Disease Center invites current and future researchers to learn about cutting-edge research into neurodegenerative diseases taking place on campus. Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Bruce Beutler will be the keynote speaker. Learn more.
Great views, state-of-the-art-laboratories and contemporary design are some of the highlights of the new Biomedical Research Building on North Campus. Neurology employees were invited to an Open House to see the new labs and office space. See more photos.
Dr. Stephen Cannon and co-investigators create first mouse models in the world for periodic paralysis. The lab is studying how high and low levels of potassium trigger attacks of paralysis. Read more.
Seven adult and five pediatric neurology residents started their training in this summer. Second-year adult residents are taking part in a revamped program that now includes approximately fifty hours of didactic lectures. Read more ยป
Patients and physicians will soon notice a welcome change at the Neurology Clinic in the Aston Building. The clinic will be adding square footage to accommodate additional faculty and patient services. Read More
Residents, fellows, post-docs, and faculty are encouraged to attend the Alzheimer's Disease Center symposium on neurodegenerative diseases. Read More
Women in Neurology or WIN is a group of female residents, fellows and faculty in UT Southwestern's Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics. Read More
An Open House was held on the 9th floor of the new Biomedical Research Building on North Campus. Read More
UT Southwestern has received three more years of support from the National Institutes of Health for its collaboration with Columbia University and an array of other networked institutions on rare brain diseases research. Read More
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The New York Times posts a weekly medical case that needs a diagnosis in the column "Think Like a Doctor." The case of the sleeping woman was solved by our Chair, Mark Goldberg, MD. See his diagnosis in the NYT.
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The Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, published an
editorial on February 1 by
Dr. Roger Rosenberg, Director, UT Southwestern Alzheimer's Disease Center, and Dr. Reisa A. Sperling, Director, Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment at Harvard. The
editorial called for a new approach to Alzheimer's research that puts the emphasis on new therapies for preventing or delaying the progression of the disease.
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Dr. Elliot Frohman is interviewed for a Star-Telegram story about one of his patients who has accomplished an amazing feat despite a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Read Patrick Finney's inspirational story.
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Drs. Srikanth Muppidi (PI), Steve Vernino and Shilpa Chitnis have received a SAGE grant to create educational modules aimed at improving diagnosis of autonomic dysfunction in the elderly.
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GrantsDr. Steven Warach was appointed Vice Chair for Austin Neurology Programs in January 2012. Dr. Warach, a neurologist and former senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was named the founding executive director of the new Seton/UT Southwestern Clinical Research Institute in Austin in October 2011.
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