{"id":6711,"date":"2019-04-04T12:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:55:51","slug":"neurology-news-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/neurology-news-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurology News – April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department News<\/span><\/h2>\n
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William D. Snider, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

William Snider, MD<\/strong>, professor of neurology and founding director of the UNC Neuroscience Center, retired from the UNC School of Medicine, effective February 1. He continues to teach two courses this semester that he developed for the new undergraduate neuroscience major at UNC-Chapel Hill. Read more<\/a> about Dr. Snider\u2019s career at UNC.<\/p>\n

Chon Lee, MD<\/strong>, joined the Division of Child Neurology in March. Dr. Lee received her MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1987. After an internship in general surgery at USC, she completed residencies in child neurology and pediatrics, and fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and pediatric infectious disease from UNC. Dr. Lee is board certified in child neurology, pediatrics, epilepsy, and epilepsy monitoring. Welcome back, Dr. Lee!<\/p>\n

We are pleased to introduce our nine incoming adult and child neurology residents<\/strong> as well as our six fellows<\/strong> in neuro-critical care, sleep, epilepsy and vascular disorders. Meet our new team members ><\/a><\/p>\n

Amalia Peterson, MD, <\/strong>and Victor Lin, MD,<\/strong> have been selected as Adult Neurology\u2019s Chief Residents for 2019 \u2013 2020. Current chiefs, Katie Moore, MD<\/strong>, and Luke Barr, MD<\/strong>, will pass along their responsibilities beginning on June 24.<\/p>\n

NCBC recently awarded a grant proposal submitted by Ian Shih, PhD<\/strong>, for a cryoprobe. The instrument, to be received in FY20, will enhance the capacity and infrastructure in the BRIC small animal imaging core.<\/p>\n

The UNC Hospitals Neurology Clinic was officially recognized as a Partner in MS Care<\/strong> through the\u00a0National Multiple Sclerosis Society\u2019s Partners in MS Care program. This formal recognition honors the clinic\u2019s commitment to providing exceptional, coordinated MS care; and a continuing partnership with the Society to address the challenges of people affected by MS. Learn more ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Partner in MS Care award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UNC Stroke team<\/strong> underwent a successful onsite survey on February 11 and 12.\u00a0 The program anticipates full recertification as a comprehensive stroke center this month.<\/p>\n

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Research<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Todd Cohen, PhD, and Jonathan Schisler, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Todd Cohen, PhD<\/strong>, and Jonathan Schisler, PhD<\/strong>, (UNC Department of Pharmacology), received a $3.1-million grant award from the National Institute on Aging to investigate new ideas related to the regulation of the Tau protein, which plays a role in Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Learn more ><\/a><\/p>\n

In addition, Dr. Cohen<\/strong> and Youjun Chen, PhD<\/strong>, showed that therapeutic approaches that inhibit SG formation may be effective at suppressing TDP-43\u2013mediated toxicity in patients with ALS and related TDP-43 proteinopathies in an article published in the Journal of Biochemistry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dedrick Jordan, MD, PhD; Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS<\/strong>; and other researchers from UNC\u2019s Eshelman School of Pharmacy published, \u201cEnhanced Renal Clearance in Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke\u201d in\u00a0Critical Care Medicine.<\/p>\n

Irena Djumovic Basuroski, MD<\/strong>, and other researchers published, \u201cBrain and cord imaging features in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders,\u201d in Annals of Neurology.<\/p>\n

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Presentations<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dan Kaufer, MD:<\/strong><\/p>\n