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Contributors

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Shivika Chandra, MD

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Fourth Year Resident in Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Essential Tremor

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Huntington Disease

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Metastatic Brain Tumor

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Parkinson Disease

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Sixth Nerve Palsy

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David Chiu, MD

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Professor

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Director, Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center

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Methodist Neurological Institute

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Weill-Cornell Medical College

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Cerebral Infarction

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Stroke in Young Person

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Nitish Chourasia, MD

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Fourth Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Absence and Complex Partial Seizures

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Stroke in a Young Patient

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Shilpa Dass, MD

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Third Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Pure Motor Weakness)

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Foot Drop

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John Eatman, MD

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Assistant Professor

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Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Medicine

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St. Luke's Health System

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Kansas City, Kansas

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Ataxia, Spinocerebellar

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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

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Dermatomyositis

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Guillain-Barre Syndrome

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Ptosis (Myasthenia Gravis)

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Alireza Faridar, MD

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Neuroimaging Fellow

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Department of Neurology

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Houston Methodist Hospital

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Houston, Texas

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Autism

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Febrile Seizure (Seizures with Fever in Child)

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New-Onset Childhood Seizure

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Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic

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Tourette Syndrome

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Stanley Fisher, MD

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Associate Professor, Neurology

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University of Missouri, Kansas City

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Co-Director of Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute

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Kansas City, Missouri

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Syncope Versus Seizure (Cardiogenic Syncope)

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Tourette Syndrome

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Keely M. Fitzgerald, DO

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Fifth Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Cerebral Concussion

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Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy

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Stuart M. Fraser, MD

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First Year Resident in Pediatrics

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts: Toxoplasmosis

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Erin E. Furr-Stimming, MD

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Associate Professor of Neurology

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Chief of Neurology, LBJ Hospital

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Director, Neurology Clerkship

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Director, Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence

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McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Rajan Gadhia, MD

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Assistant Professor, Neurology and Vascular Neurology

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Methodist Neurological Institute

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Weill-Cornell Medical College

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Cerebral Infarct

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Delirium

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Epidural/Subdural Hematoma

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Stroke in a Young Patient

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Ankita Ghosh, MD

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Second Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Meningioma of the Acoustic Nerve

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Pediatric Headache

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Paul Gidley, MD

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Professor

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Department of Head and Neck Surgery

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Houston, Texas

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Facial Paralysis

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Meningioma of the Acoustic Nerve

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Vertigo

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Vansanthi K. Gomathinayagam, MS

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Fourth Year Medical Student

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McGovern Medical School in Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Chronic Headache

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Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord

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Mohammad I. Hirzallah, MD

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Fourth Year Resident in Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

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Migraine Headache

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Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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David H. Hunter, MD

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Fifth Year Resident

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Alzheimer Dementia

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Delirium from Head Trauma

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HIV-Associated Dementia

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Lewy Body Dementia

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N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptor Encephalitis

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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Evan Johnson

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Fourth Year Medical Student

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Adult Onset Seizure

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Cardiogenic Syncope

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Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures (Pseudoseizure)

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Surabhi Kaul, MD

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Third Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Autism

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Tourette Syndrome

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Pedro Mancias, MD

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Professor

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Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion

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Assistant Dean, Student Affairs and Admissions

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Distinguished Teaching Professor

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Adriana Blood Professor of Pediatrics

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McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Dermatomyositis

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Spinal Muscle Atrophy Type 1/Hypotonia in Infancy

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Brooke McQueen, MD

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Assistant Professor, Neurology

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Department of Neurology

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Houston Methodist Hospital

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Houston, Texas

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Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

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Foot Drop

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Median Nerve Mononeuropathy (Carpal Tunnel)

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Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures (Pseudoseizure)

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Ashkan Mowla, MD

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Interventional Neuroradiology Fellow

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UCLA

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Los Angeles, California

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Optic Neuritis

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Mohammad Obadah Nakawah, MD

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Assistant Professor

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Neurology and Neuroimaging

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Houston Methodist Hospital

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Houston, Texas

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Absence and Complex Partial Seizures

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Adult Onset Seizure

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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Sherwin Oommen, MD

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First Year Resident in Pediatrics

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Seizures with Fever in Child

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Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic

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Henry Ossó-Rivera, MD

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Fifth Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)

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Lissencephaly

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Dustin Paul, DO

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Fourth Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

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Median Nerve Mononeuropathy (Carpal Tunnel)

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Carlos A. Pérez, MD

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Third Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome

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Ptosis (Myasthenia Gravis)

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Milvia Pleitez, MD

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Neurology Practitioner

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Houston, Texas

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Anisocoria

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Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease

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Delirium

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HIV-Associated Dementia

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Infant Botulism

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Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts: Toxoplasmosis

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Meningitis, viral

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Neurosyphilis/Tabes Dorsalis

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Kavya I. Rao, MD

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Second Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional

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Jenny K. Riecke

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Fourth Year Medical Student

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Cerebral Infarct

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Optic Neuritis

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Pseudotumor Cerebri/Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Sam N. Russo, MD

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First Year Resident in Pediatrics

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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New Onset Childhood Seizure

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Parama Sahoo, MD

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Kasturba Medical College

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Mangalore, India

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Meningitis, viral

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Sheetal Shroff, MD

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Assistant Professor, Neurology

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Department of Neurology

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Houston Methodist Hospital

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Houston, Texas

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HIV-Associated Dementia

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Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts: Toxoplasmosis

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Meningioma of the Acoustic Nerve

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Metastatic Brain Tumor

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Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord

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Tabes Dorsalis

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Ericka Simpson, MD

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Associate Professor

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Neurology Weill-Cornell Medical College

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New York, New York

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Co-Director MDA Neuromuscular Clinics and Director of ALS Clinical Research Division Methodist Neurological Institute

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Program Director

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The Methodist Hospital Neurology Residency and Neuromuscular Fellowship

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (EDEM)

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Anisocoria

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Cerebral Concussion

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Creutzzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Delirium

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Dystonia

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HIV-Associated Dementia

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Infant Botulism

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Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts: Toxoplasmosis

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Lissencephaly

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Meningitis, viral

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Pediatric Headache

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

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Tabes Dorsalis

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Stacy Smith, MD

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Neurology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Headache

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Department of Neurology

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Houston Methodist Hospital Systems

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Houston, Texas

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Anisocoria

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Cerebral Concussion

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Chronic Headache

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Migraine Headache

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Optic Neuritis

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Pseudotumor Cerebri/Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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Sixth Nerve Palsy (Ischemic Mononeuropathy)

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Allison L. Toy, RN

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Registered Nurse

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Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center

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Waco, Texas

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Primary Manuscript Reviewer

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Regina Troxell, MD

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Fourth Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Ataxia, Spinocerebellar

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Facial Paralysis

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Amit Verma, MD

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Associate Professor, Neurology

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Director, Clinical Neurophysiology

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Methodist Neurological Institute

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Weill-Cornell Medical College

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Houston, Texas

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Absence and Complex Partial Seizure

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Adult Onset Seizure

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Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes

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New Onset Childhood Seizure

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Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures

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John J. Volpi, MD

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Assistant Professor, Neurology

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Co-Director, Vascular Neurology

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Director, Neurosonology

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Methodist Neurological Institute

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Weill-Cornell Medical College

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Cerebral Infarct

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Cardiogenic Syncope

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Stroke in a Young Patient

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Alise O. Welsh, FNP, MSN

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Nurse Practitioner, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

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Texas Children's Hospital

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Clinical Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine

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Houston, Texas

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Acute Spinal Cord Injury

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Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes

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Pediatric Headache

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Seizures with Fever in Child

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

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Andrea C. Younes, MD

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Second Year Resident in Child Neurology

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McGovern Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Infantile Botulism

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Ashiq Zaman, MD

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MHA Candidate

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University of Oklahoma, College of Public Health

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Cardiogenic Syncope

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Essential Tremor

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Facial Nerve Paralysis

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Parkinson Disease

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Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional

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Pamela J. Zelnick

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Fourth Year Medical Student

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McGovern Medical School in Houston

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Houston, Texas

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Anisocoria

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Tabes Dorsalis