Steven Vernino, MD, PhD

Professor
Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
Graduate Program: Integrative Biology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

steven.vernino@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipMayo Clinic, Neurology (1999)
ResidencyMayo Clinic, Neurology (1998)
InternshipMayo Clinic, Internal Medicine (1995)
Medical SchoolBaylor College of Medicine (1994)
Graduate SchoolBaylor College of Medicine (1992)

Research Interests

Animal models of autoimmune autonomic neuropathy
Autonomic effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
Disorders of neuromuscular hyperexcitability
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Serologic evaluation of patients with dysautonomia

Publications

Featured
Plasma Exchange for Primary Autoimmune Autonomic Failure

Schroeder C, Vernino S, Birkenfeld AL, Tank J, Heusser K, Lipp A., Benter T., Lindschau C., Kettritz R, Luft FC, Jordan J , New Engl J Med , 2005; (353):1585-1590

Featured
Passive transfer of autoimmune autonomic neuropathy to mice

Vernino S, Ermilov L, Sha L, Szurszewski JF, Low PA, Lennon VA , J Neurosci , 2004; (24(32)):7037-7042

Featured
Reversible autoimmune limbic encephalitis associated with potassium channel antibodies

Thieben MJ, Boeve BF, Aksamit AJ, Keegan BM, Lennon VA, Vernino S , Neurology , 2004; (62):1177-1182

Featured
Immunomodulatory treatment trial for paraneoplastic neurological disorders

Vernino S, O’Neill BP, Marks RS, O’Fallon JR, Kimmel DW , Neuro-Oncol , 2004; (6):55-62

Featured
Autoantibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptors in autoimmune autonomic neuropathies

Vernino S, Low PA, Fealey RD, Stewart JD, Farrugia G, Lennon VA , N Engl J Med , 2000; (21;343(12)):847-55

Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy: IgG effects on ganglionic acetylcholine receptor current

Wang Z, Low PA, Jordan J, Freeman R, Gibbons C, Schroeder C, Sandroni P, Vernino S. , Neurology , 2007; (68):1917-1921

Autoimmune Encephalopathies

Vernino S, Geschwind M, Boeve B , The Neurologist , 2007; (13(3)):140-147

Autoimmune and Paraneoplastic Channelopathies

Vernino S , Neurotherapeutics , 2007; (4(2)):305-314

Honors/Awards

Fellow

American Academy of Neurology and American Neurological Association (2007)

Founders Award for Clinical Research

American Academy of Neurology (1998)

Woltman Award for Clinical Neurology

Mayo Clinic (1998)

DeBakey Scholar Award

Baylor College of Medicine (1994)

Rush Record Excellence in Neuroscience Award

Baylor College of Medicine (1992)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine

American Autonomic Society

American Neurological Association

Society for Neuroscience