UB Neurologists Present More Than 30 Sessions at National Meeting

Published May 12, 2015 This content is archived.

story by suzanne kashuba

Researchers in the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½’s  shared their findings through more than 30 presentations at the  67th Annual Meeting.

“Our research has a disproportionately large influence on the scientific programs and content of neurology meetings, including the American Academy of Neurology. ”
Gil I. Wolfe, MD, FAAN
Irvin and Rosemary Smith Professor and Chair of neurology
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The meeting is the world’s largest gathering of neurologists, attracting more than 10,000 professionals in the field.

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UB presenters featured their research through poster sessions and highlighted discussions. Professor , also served on the event planning committee.

The meeting took place April 18-25 in Washington, D.C.

“My faculty, housestaff and research support personnel made valuable contributions in a variety of areas during the recent D.C. meeting,” says , Irvin and Rosemary Smith Professor and Chair of neurology. UB presenters shared studies on multiple sclerosis, stroke, neuroimaging, memory disorders, neuromuscular disease, quality improvement and the history of neurology.

“We continue to have a disproportionately large influence on the scientific programs and content of neurology meetings, including the American Academy of Neurology,” says Wolfe, a fellow in the academy since 1991.

UB Residents, Alumni Contribute

Participating residents and alumni include:

Residents

– Class of 2015

  • Noureldin Abdelhamid, MBChB
  • Ghasan Ahmad, MBBS
  • Deeya Gaindh, MD
  • Muhammad Masud, MBBS
  • Karanbir Singh, MBBS
  • Pooja Sofat, MBBS, incoming clinical neurophysiology fellow
– Class of 2015
  • Naeem Mahfooz, MBBS
Adult Neurology – Class of 2016
  • Mahmoud AbdelRazek, MBChB
  • Haris Kamal, MD
  • Adnan Khan, MBBS
Adult Neurology – Class of 2018
  • Sandhya Mehla, MBBS
  • Harshit Shah, MBBS

Alumni

  • , adult neurology residency ’05
  • , child neurology residency ’11; clinical neurophysiology fellowship ’12
  • , adult neurology residency ’13; clinical neurophysiology fellowship ’14
  • Rajesh Gupta, MD, adult neurology residency ’14
  •  ’02; adult neurology residency ’06; multiple sclerosis/neuroimaging fellowship ’08
  •  ’06
  • , adult neurology residency ’12; clinical neurophysiology fellowship ’13
  •  ’04
  • , adult neurology residency ’02

Studying MS, Alzheimer’s, Stroke and More

A complete list of presentations and participants follows:

  • (scientific session). Gregory Aaen, Lisa Barcellos, Anita Belman, Leslie Benson, Charlie Casper, Tanuja Chitnis, Mark Gorman, Jennifer Graves, Benjamin Greenberg, Janace Hart, Lauren Krupp, Timothy Lotze, Soe Mar, Jayne Ness, Shelly Roalstad, Moses Rodriguez, John Rose, Jennifer Rubin, Teri Schreiner, Brandon Seminatore, Timothy Simmons, Jan Mendelt Tillema, Amy Waldman, Emmanuelle Waubant, 
  • (scientific session). Gregory Aaen, Lisa Barcellos, Anita Belman, Leslie Benson, Charlie Casper, Tanuja Chitnis, Mark Gorman, Jennifer Graves, Benjamin Greenberg, Janace Hart, Lauren Krupp, Timothy Lotze, Soe Mar, Jamie McDonald, Jayne Ness, Shelly Roalstad, Moses Rodriguez, John Rose, Jennifer Rubin, Teri Schreiner, Timothy Simmons, Jan Mendelt Tillema, Amy Waldman, Emmanuelle Waubant, .
  •  (e-poster session). Richard Barohn, Mazen Dimachkie, Michelle Greer, Jonathan Katz, Lara Katzin, Todd Levine, Tahseen Mozaffar, David Saperstein, Leslie Vaughn, .
  •  (poster discussion session). Darlene Badgett, Kishore Malyavantham, Murali Ramanathan, Thomas Shanahan, Lakshmanan Suresh, , .
  • (education session). .
  • (poster). Noureldin Abdelhamid, Ghasan Ahmad, Deeya Gaindh, Mohammad Masud, , , Karanbir Singh, Pooja Sofat.
  • (poster). Chaitanya Amrutkar, , Niels Bergsland, , Jesper Hagemeier, Usama Rafique, , Matthew Woodward, .
  •  (poster). Chaitanya Amrutkar, , Rachelle Doody, Sanjanaa Rajakrishnan, Harshit Shah, , Matthew Woodward, Li Yan.
  •  (poster). , Niels Bergsland, Jesper Hagemeier, Usama Rafique, , Matthew Woodward, .
  •  (poster). , Fernando Caceres, Sandra Vanotti.
  •  (poster). , Andrew Fanous, Haris Kamal, Ashkan Mowla, MD, , , Kelly Smith.
  • (poster). Ghasan Ahmad, , Annemarie Crumlish, Adnan Khan, Mohammad Masud, Ashkan Mowla, MD, , .
  •  (poster). Mahmoud AbdelRazek, , Annemarie Crumlish, Salman Farooq, Haris Kamal, , Aaron McMurtray, Sandhya Mehla, Bijal Mehta, Ashkan Mowla, MD, , , Karanbir Singh, Kelly Smith.
  •  (poster). Chaitanya Amrutkar, , , Matthew Woodward, .
  •  (poster). , , , Naeem Mahfooz, Poojah Sofat.
  •  (poster). Noureldin Abdelhamid, Mahmoud AbdelRazek, Annemarie Crumlish, Lobna Elsadek, Rabab Elsadek, Salman Farooq, Haris Kamal, Katelyn Kavak, Ashkan Mowla, MD, , , Wendy Zimmer.
  •  (poster). Mahmoud AbdelRazek, , Annemarie Crumlish, Salman Farooq, Haris Kamal, , Aaron McMurtray, Sandhya Mehla, Bijal Mehta, Ashkan Mowla, MD, , , Karanbir Singh, Kelly Smith.
  •  (poster). Mahmoud AbdelRazek, Salman Farooq, Azher Iqbal, Ashkan Mowla, MD, .
  •  (poster). Noureldin Abdelhamid, Mahmoud AbdelRazek, Salman Farooq, Haris Kamal, Ashkan Mowla, MD, , , .
  •  (poster). John Foley, Elliot Frohman, Joseph Herbert, Ilya Kister, , Darin Okuda, Krupa Pandey, Gina Remington, Lana Zhovtis Ryerson, Carmelo Tornatore, .
  •  (poster). Ellen Carl, Jesper Hagemeier, , Katelyn Kavak, Muhammad Nadeem, Kara Patrick, Deepa Ramasamy, Vasu Saini, , .
  •  (poster). Katelyn Kavak, , Muhammad Nadeem, Vasu Saini, Barbara Teter, PhD, , Zilfah Younus.
  •  (poster). Deeya Gaindh, Haris Kamal, Ashkan Mowla, MD, Ghulam Mustafa, Karanbir Singh.
  • The Reliability of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for Inflammatory Myopathies Obtained in the Home Infusion Care Model (poster). Gretchen Ayer, Lisa Christopher-Stine, Shafeeq Ladha, Tahseen Mozaffar, , Yuen So.
  •  (poster). Rajesh Gupta, MD, .
  •  (poster). Gregory Aaen, Anita Belman, Leslie Benson, Charlie Casper, Tanuja Chitnis, Douglas Fadrosh, Mark Gorman, Jennifer Graves, Janace Hart, Lauren Krupp, Timothy Lotze, Sabeen Lulu, Susan Lynch, Jayne Ness, Shelly Roalstad, Moses Rodriguez, John Rose, Jan-Mendelt Tillema, Helen Tremlett, Emmanuelle Waubant, .
  •  (poster). Darlene Badgett, Ellen Carl, Nicole Cerza, Jesper Hagemeier, Murali Ramanathan, Deepa Ramasamy, , .
  •  (poster). Eva Havrdovak, Dana Horakova, Jan Krasensky, Eva Krasulova, Katerina Mrazova, Murali Ramanathan, Zdenek Seidl, Michaela Tyblova, Tomas Uher, Manuela Vaneckova, , David Zeman, .
  •  (poster). Sirin Ghandi, Elliot Graziano, Jesper Hagemeier, Deepa Ramasamy, , .
  •  (poster). Fernando Dangond, Katelyn Kavak, Barbara Teter, .
  •  (poster). Deeya Gaindh, Katelyn Kavak, Muhammad Nadeem, Barbara Teter, .
  •  (poster). Richard Barohn, Michael Benatar, Michael Hehir, Vern Juel, Hans Katzberg, Michael McDermott, Richard Nowak, Donald Sanders, Alrabi Tawil, .
  •  (poster). Niels Bergsland, Ellen Carl, Matthew Davis, , Omar Khan, Deepa Ramasamy, Joshua Steinerman, .
  •  (poster). Natalia Ashtamker, Alexey Boyko, Matthew Davis, Omar Khan, Scott Kolodny, Peter Rieckmann, Krzysztof Selmaj, .