Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Department of Neurology

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Department of Neurology

Resident Research

The Neurology Department at Washington University is committed to advancing treatment of neurological disorders through both clinical and basic science research. We believe that combining clinical service and research during residency training is the best way to develop critical thinking skills and learning habits. All full-time faculty members are actively involved in clinical or basic research and residents are encouraged to pursue their own research interests during residency, either within the Neurology Department or outside the department in other Washington University Neuroscience Laboratories.

Residents learn about the research taking place within the department and university at regular conferences. In addition to the broad range of neuroscience research represented at Washington University, regularly scheduled lectures by visiting lecturers from other institutions provide exposure to the broader research community. The residents themselves select 2-3 guest lecturers per year which are incorporated into Neurology Grand Rounds.

Residents are invited to participate in research during elective time in the second and third years of training. Many residents have co-authored publications during their residency. All residents are invited to present a poster on their research at the Residents Day Symposium held at the end of the academic year; PGY4 residents are required to present a poster. The best presentation receives the Leonard Berg Prize for resident research. These presentations range from interesting and informative case reports and case studies to clinical and basic science research studies that might form the basis for research projects during fellowship. For recent research presentations by the residents, please click here.

If a residency applicant has an identified research interest, we will try to arrange a meeting with the appropriate individuals at the university during the interview visit. Please let us know if you have any specific interests or would like to meet with a specific faculty member when you schedule your interview.

Publications by Washington University Adult Neurology Residents during their Residency.

(Residents who have completed their residency over the past 3 years)

Manuscripts:

  • Baloh RH, Rakowicz W, Gardner R, Pestronk A (2007) Frequent atrophic groups with mixed-type myofibers is distinctive to motor neuron syndromes. Muscle Nerve 36:107-110.
  • Gardner R, Wang LH, Ford A, Keyrouz SG (2008) Spontaneous cerebral air embolism associated with remote lung surgery. Neurocrit Care 8:434-436.
  • Goyal MS, Hansen PJ, Blakemore CB (2006) Tactile perception recruits functionally related visual areas in the late-blind. Neuroreport 17:1381-1384.
  • Goyal MS, Derdeyn CP (2009) The diagnosis and management of supraaortic arterial dissections. Curr Opin Neurol 22:80-89.
  • Klawiter EC, Cross AH (2007) B cells: no longer the nondominant arm of multiple sclerosis. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 7:231-238.
  • Klawiter EC, Alvarez E, 3rd, Xu J, Paciorkowski AR, Zhu L, Parks BJ, Cross AH, Naismith RT (2009) NMO-IgG detected in CSF in seronegative neuromyelitis optica. Neurology 72:1101-1103.
  • Leitner ML, Wang LH, Osborne PA, Golden JP, Milbrandt J, Johnson EM, Jr. (2005) Expression and function of GDNF family ligands and receptors in the carotid body. Exp Neurol 191 Suppl 1:S68-79.
  • Lucey BP, Thomas CB, Hutchins GM (2005) Max brodel: illustrating healed valve ring abscesses. Arch Pathol Lab Med 129:1155-1158.
  • Lucey BP, Hutchins GM (2008) Did Sir William Osler perform an autopsy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital? Arch Pathol Lab Med 132:261-264.
  • Lucey BP, Duntley SP (2008) Electrical status epilepticus during sleep in an adult. Sleep Med 9:332-334.
  • Rusche-Skolarus LE, Lucey BP, Vo KD, Snider BJ (2007) Transient encephalopathy in a postoperative non-alcoholic female with Marchiafava-Bignami disease. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 109:713-715.
  • Skolarus LE, Meurer WJ (2008) The International Stroke Conference 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 20-22, 2008. J Neuroophthalmol 28:245-248.
  • Smyth MD, Limbrick DD, Jr., Ojemann JG, Zempel J, Robinson S, O'Brien DF, Saneto RP, Goyal M, Appleton RE, Mangano FT, Park TS (2007) Outcome following surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal involvement in preadolescent children: emphasis on mesial temporal sclerosis. J Neurosurg 106:205-210.
  • Tarawneh R, Galvin JE (2007) Distinguishing Lewy body dementias from Alzheimer's disease. Expert Rev Neurother 7:1499-1516.
  • Tarawneh R, Holtzman DM (2009) Critical issues for successful immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease: development of biomarkers and methods for early detection and intervention. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 8:144-159.
  • Wang LH, Paden AJ, Johnson EM, Jr. (2005) Mixed-lineage kinase inhibitors require the activation of Trk receptors to maintain long-term neuronal trophism and survival. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 312:1007-1019.
  • Wang LH, Johnson EM, Jr. (2008) Mixed lineage kinase inhibitor CEP-1347 fails to delay disability in early Parkinson disease. Neurology 71:462; author reply 462-463.

Books:

Fisch A (2009) Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It. New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.drawittoknowit.com/index.html