{"id":10399,"date":"2021-02-26T15:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:17:22","slug":"neurology-news-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/neurology-news-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurology News – March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome New Faculty!<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"Vinay<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVinay Chaudhry, MBBS, MD<\/strong>, will join the department at the end of March as a professor in the Neuromuscular Medicine Division. Dr. Vinay Chaudhry received his medical degree in 1980 from the All-India Institute of Medical Services in New Delhi, India. He then pursued a residency in pediatric surgery (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1981); served as house officer\/senior house officer in internal medicine (Preston Hospital & Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary, North Shields, England, 1982-1983, and Llanelli Hospital, Wales, UK, 1983); and completed his residency in neurology (University of Tennessee College of Medicine, 1984-1985, and University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 1987).<\/p>\n

Dr. Chaudhry completed clinical and research fellowships in neuromuscular diseases from Johns Hopkins University in 1989. He is board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and neuromuscular medicine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"Monica<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDr. Monica Diaz<\/strong> joined the Department of Neurology in early January 2021 as an assistant professor in the Multiple Sclerosis\/Neuroimmunology Division. She completed medical school at the State University of New York Downstate in 2014, followed by neurology residency at Yale University in 2018. She completed a fellowship in neurological infections and neuroimmunology\/MS at University of California, San Diego in 2019. She then was a global health research fellow through the National Institute of Health Fogarty Institute based in Lima, Peru where she currently leads several studies on neurological complications of HIV. Dr. Diaz is board certified in neurology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Suzette<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSuzette LaRoche, MD<\/strong>, joined us in early February as a professor in the Epilepsy Division. Dr. LaRoche received her medical degree from Indiana University in 1997, followed by an internal medicine internship and neurology residency at Emory University. She then completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy in 2003. Dr. LaRoche is board certified in neurology, epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, critical care EEG, and epilepsy monitoring.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Departmental News<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Dr.UNC Neurology was deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved child neurology nurse, Betty Allen, RN<\/strong>, who passed away on December 17, 2020. Betty shared her warmth, kindness and wisdom with UNC patients, families and colleagues for nearly 30 years. Read more<\/a> about Betty\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

All UNC Neurology ACGME-accredited programs <\/strong>\u00a0\u0336\u0336\u00a0 <\/strong>two residencies (adult and child neurology) and four fellowships (neuromuscular medicine, epilepsy, vascular neurology, sleep medicine) \u00a0\u0336\u0336\u00a0 <\/strong>have been approved with continued accreditations for year 2021-2022.<\/p>\n

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Honors \/ Awards \/ Accomplishments<\/span><\/h2>\n

William J. Powers, MD<\/strong>, received the American Academy of Neurology’s 2021 A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award. This annual award recognizes excellent teachers for their contributions to improving neurology.<\/p>\n

Both Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD<\/strong>, and Rebecca Traub, MD<\/strong>, received promotions to associate professor of neurology.<\/p>\n

\"CarolinaDrs. Nina Browner<\/strong> and Richard Murrow<\/strong> were recipients of the 2020 UNC Health and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence. When surveyed, their patients gave them the highest possible rating, placing them in the top quartile nationally.<\/p>\n

In its December 2020 issue, Business North Carolina<\/a> published a list of North Carolina’s Top Doctors as identified by doctors. Six UNC Neurology physicians were selected including Drs. Nina Browner, Michael Forbes, Daniel Roque, Heidi Roth, Bradley Vaughn <\/strong>and Hae Won Shin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gary Jay, MD<\/strong>, was appointed to the Practical Pain Management<\/em> editorial board.<\/p>\n

Angela Wabulya, MBChB,<\/strong> was appointed as the Epilepsy Fellowship Director.<\/p>\n

JoJo (Qian-Zhou) Yang, MD<\/strong>, was appointed as the Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.<\/p>\n

Khyati Patel, DNP, FNP-BC, MBA-Leadership,<\/strong> received her Doctor of Nursing Practice and an MBA certificate in leadership development from UNC in December 2020. Her doctoral project was \u201cQuality Improvement Project to Enhance Onboarding of New Advanced Practice Providers at a University-Based Outpatient Neurology Clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OutpatientThe UNC Movement Disorders Division would like to acknowledge and promote the exceptional work of the UNC Rex Interdisciplinary Movement Disorders<\/a> T<\/a>eam<\/a>. Their 15 highly trained, Parkinson\u2019s-specialized physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists treat patients in their Raleigh, Cary and Wakefield clinics, as well as their inpatient rehabilitation centers in Raleigh and Apex. The team closely adheres to the guidelines outlined by the Parkinson Foundation to provide cutting-edge, comprehensive, interdisciplinary care. The clinic accepts referrals from all physicians or non-physician practitioners through Epic or by fax at (919) 784-4697. For more information, please contact Julie Huffman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Grants<\/span><\/h2>\n

Angela Wabulya, MBChB<\/strong>, received a $10,000 Junior Faculty Development Award, an internal fellowship that provides an opportunity for junior, untenured faculty to concentrate exclusively on advancing or completing an important professional or scholarly project.<\/p>\n

Nicole Short, PhD<\/strong>, received the 2020-2021 Sleep Innovative Research Grant<\/a> from our department and from the Department of Allied Health Sciences. Short aims to study the link between sleep and trauma, particularly among women.<\/p>\n

\"EmbracePediatric clinical social worker, Alyssa Draffin<\/strong>, plans to apply for a 2021 Carolina for the Kids grant to purchase several Embrace2 seizure detections watches for patients in need following the success of a 2020 effort. If you have a patient success story related to the device, please contact Alyssa so that she can include it in the grant application.<\/p>\n

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Published Research \/ Clinical Trials<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Microscope\"James F. Howard Jr., MD<\/strong>, co-authored:<\/p>\n