Dr. Craig M. Powell earned both his M.D. with honor and Ph.D. in Neuroscience research at Baylor College of Medicine in 1994 and 1997 respectively. His graduate work with Drs. David Sweatt and Dan Johnston was among the first studies to measure lasting biochemical changes during long-lasting synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.
After his Medical Internship year at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Powell trained at the University of California, San Francisco Neurology Residency Program. In his final year, Dr. Powell was chosen to be the Chief Resident in the UCSF Neurology Program. Dr. Powell was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as an undergraduate as well as to Alpha Omega Alpha medical Honor society in medical school.
Currently, Dr. Powell is an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Depts. of Psychiatry and Neurology. His basic laboratory research is focused on the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, synaptic plasticity, and neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism, mental retardation, and Alzheimer’s.
Dr. Powell's clinical Neurology practice is limited to the inpatient Neurology service at Zale Lipshy University Hospital and Parkland Hospital. Dr. Powell also supervises and teaches Neurology Residents as they see patients at the Parkland Hospital outpatient clinics. He is not currently accepting private clinic patients.
