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Scholarly Activities

All residents are strongly encouraged to explore research experiences in their specific subspecialty interest. Their research findings are published at local and national meetings. Here is a list of recent resident research projects and presentations:

Original, Peer Reviewed Articles

Horta L, Virmani D, Lau KHV, Anand P. Isolated High-Grade Malignancy of the Spinal Cord Presenting as Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Apr;12(2):273-275. doi: 10.1177/19418744211047388. Epub 2021 Sep 21. PMID: 35419158

Hingorani KS, Bhadola S, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. COVID-19 and the brain. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Aug;32(6):323-330. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2022.04.004. Epub 2022 Apr 21. PMID: 35461991

Kaku MC, Bhadola S, Berk JL, Sanchorawala V, Connors LH, Lau KHV. Neurological manifestations of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a focus on diagnostic delays. Amyloid. 2022 Mar 7:1-6. doi: 10.1080/13506129.2022.2046557. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35253562.

Spears W, Mian A, Greer D. Brain death: a clinical overview. J Intensive Care. 2022 Mar 16;10(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s40560-022-00609-4. PMID: 35292111; PMCID: PMC8925092.

Carneiro T, Spears W, LeClair J, Mahoney T, Takahashi C, Cervantes-Arslanian A. Admission Lymphocytopenia is Associated with Urinary Tract Infection and Nosocomial Infections in Hemorrhagic Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Nov;30(11):106079. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106079. Epub 2021 Sep 3. PMID: 34488005.

Nadjarian A, LeClair J, Mahoney TF, Awtry EH, Bhatia JS, Caruso LB, Clay A, Greer D, Hingorani KS, Horta LFB, Ibrahim M, Ieong MH, James T, Kulke MH, Lim R, Lowe RC, Moses JM, Murphy J, Nozari A, Patel AD, Silver B, Theodore AC, Wang RS, Weinstein E, Wilson SA, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Validation of a Crisis Standards of Care Model for Prioritization of Limited Resources During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Crisis in an Urban, Safety-Net, Academic Medical Center. Crit Care Med. 2021 Oct 1;49(10):1739-1748. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005155. PMID: 34115635.

Charidimou A, Samudrala S, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Sloan JM, Dasenbrock HH, Daneshmand A. Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia with Concurrent Arterial and Venous Thrombi Following Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Sep 18;30(12):106113. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106113. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34547677.

Antolini L, DiFrancesco JC, Zedde M, Basso G, Arighi A, Shima A, Cagnin A, Caulo M, Carare R, Charidimou A, Cirillo M, Di Lazzaro V, Ferrarese C, Giossi A, Inzitari D, Marcon M, Marconi R, Ihara M, Nitrini R, Orlandi B, Padovani A, Pascarella R, Perini F, Perini G, Sessa M, Scarpini E, Tagliavini F, Valenti R, Vázquez-Costa JF, Villarejo-Galende A, Hagiwara Y, Ziliotto N, Piazza F. Spontaneous ARIA-like Events in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Multicenter Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. Neurology. 2021 Sep 16:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012778. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012778. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34531298.

Abdalkader M, Sahoo A, Shulman JG, Sader E, Takahashi C, Kaliaev A, Curiale GG, Hohler AD, Hinchey J, Nguyen TN. Acute occlusion of the fetal posterior cerebral artery: diagnosis and management paradigms. Neuroradiol J. 2021 Jun 6:19714009211019383. doi: 10.1177/19714009211019383. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34096388.

Fotiadis P, Pasi M, Charidimou A, Warren AD, Schwab KM; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Rosand J, van der Grond J, van Buchem MA, Viswanathan A, Gurol ME, Greenberg SM. Decreased Basal Ganglia Volume in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. J Stroke. 2021 May;23(2):223-233. doi: 10.5853/jos.2020.04280. Epub 2021 May 31. PMID: 34102757.

Takahashi CE, Virmani D, Chung DY, Ong C, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Blunt and Penetrating Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurol Clin. 2021 May;39(2):443-469. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.02.009. Epub 2021 Mar 31. PMID: 33896528.

Anand P, Lau KHV, Chung DY, Virmani D, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Mian AZ, Takahashi CE. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019: Two Cases and A Review of The Literature. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Nov;29(11):105212. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105212. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 33066908.

Carneiro T, Spears W, LeClair J, Mahoney T, Takahashi C, Cervantes-Arslanian A. Admission Lymphocytopenia is Associated with Urinary Tract Infection and Nosocomial Infections in Hemorrhagic Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Nov;30(11):106079. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106079. Epub 2021 Sep 3. PMID: 34488005.

Carneiro T, Dashkoff J, Leung LY, Nobleza COS, Marulanda-Londono E, Hathidara M, Koch S, Sur N, Boske A, Voetsch B, Aboul Nour H, Miller DJ, Daneshmand A, Shulman J, Curiale G, Greer DM, Romero JR, Anand P, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Intravenous tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with COVID-19. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Nov;29(11):105201. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105201. Epub 2020 Jul 27. 

Ford T, Curiale G, Nguyen TN, Aparicio H, Hamlyn EK, Gangadhara S, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Greer D, Romero JR, Shulman JG. Optimization of resources and modifications in acute ischemic stroke care in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Aug;29(8):104980. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104980. Epub 2020 May 23. PMID: 32689645.

Cervantes-Arslanian A, Lau KHV, Anand P, Shulman JG, Ford T, Takahashi C, Daneshmand A, Nguyen TN, Suchdev K, Abdennadher M, Saxena A, Macone A, Perloff M, Zhu S, Greer DM. Rapid Dissemination of Protocols for Managing Neurology Inpatients with COVID-19. Ann Neurol. 2020 May 12.

Shcherbina A, Sader E. Teaching NeuroImages: Frey syndrome. Neurology. 2019 Nov 19;93(21):e1993-e1994. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008530.

Sader E, Moore J, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Neurosurgical Infections. Semin Neurol. 2019 Aug;39(4):507-514. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1693107. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Ferree AW. Cathepsin Oxidation Alters Alpha-Synuclein Processing. Front Neurol. 2019 May 22;10:530. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00530. eCollection 2019.

Perloff MD, Dashkoff J, Ge G. The Simplified Epiduralysis After Laminectomy/Fusion (SEAL) Procedure for Postsurgical Radicular Low Back Pain. Pain Med. 2019 Mar 1;20(3):578-580. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny195.

Weller JL, Comeau D, Otis JAD. Myofascial Pain. Semin Neurol. 2018 Dec;38(6):640-643. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1673674. Epub 2018 Dec 6. Review.

Weller J, Budson A. Current understanding of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and treatment. F1000Res. 2018 Jul 31;7. pii: F1000 Faculty Rev-1161. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.14506.1. eCollection 2018. Review.

Sader E, Rayhill M. Headache in Pregnancy, the Puerperium, and menopause. Semin Neurol. 2018 Dec;38(6):627-633. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1673681. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Kahriman A, Zhu S. Migraine and Tension-Type Headache. Semin Neurol. 2018 Dec;38(6):608-618. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1673683. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Kassavetis P, Sadnicka A, Saifee TA, Pareés I, Kojovic M, Bhatia KP, Rothwell JC, Edwards MJ. Reappraising the role of motor surround inhibition in dystonia. J Neurol Sci. 2018 Jul 15;390:178-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.04.015. Epub 2018 Apr 12.

Kassavetis P. Man Versus Machine: The Future of Medicine. Acad Med. 2017 May;92(5):578. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001641.

Shulman JG, Snider S, Vaitkevicius H, Babikian VL, Patel NJ. Direct Visualization of Arterial Emboli in Moyamoya Syndrome. Front Neurol. 2017 Aug 24;8:425. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00425.

Macone AE, Perloff MD. Triptans and migraine: advances in use, administration, formulation, and development. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2017 Mar;18(4):387-397. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2017.1288721. Epub 2017 Feb 14. Review.

Parikh SK, Frank SA. Clinical Reasoning: Labyrinthine hemorrhage: An unusual etiology for peripheral vertigo. Neurology. 2017 Jan 10;88(2):e14-e18. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003481.

Xu X, Huang H, Sethi S, Zuzuárregui JR, Weinberg J, Hohler AD. A survey based study on sleep disturbance in postural tachycardia syndrome. J Neurol Sci. 2016 Jun 15;365:199-202.

Akkad H, Di Stasio F, Tibold R, Kassavetis P, Rothwell JC, Edwards MJ. Motor training reduces surround inhibition in the motor cortex. Clin Neurophysiol. 2016 Jun;127(6):2482-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.03.026. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

Kassavetis P, Joseph JM, Francois R, Perloff MD, Berkowitz AL. Zika virus-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome variant in Haiti. Neurology. 2016 Jul 19;87(3):336-7.

Sadnicka A, Kassavetis P, Pareés I, Meppelink AM, Butler K, Edwards M. Task-specific dystonia: pathophysiology and management. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;87(9):968-74. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-311298.

Saifee TA, Edwards MJ, Kassavetis P, Gilbertson T. Estimation of the phase response curve from Parkinsonian tremor. J Neurophysiol. 2016 Jan 1;115(1):310-23.

Zuzuárregui JR, Shah A, Saint-Hilaire MH. Clinical Reasoning: A 72-year-old man with nocturnal stridor. Neurology. 2015 Nov 3;85(18):e136-9. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002088.

Qu J, Wu CK, Zuzuárregui JR, Hohler AD. A novel AFG3L2 mutation in a Somalian patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type 28. J Neurol Sci. 2015 Oct 3. pii: S0022-510X(15)02470-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.10.003.

Savino AK, Perloff MD. Epidural glucocorticoid injections for spinal stenosis, Interlaminal at the worst level. Pain Med. 2015 Sep 3. doi: 10.1111/pme.12901.

Zhu S, McClure LA, Lau H, Romero JR, White CL, Babikian V, Nguyen T, Benavente OR, Kase CS, Pikula A. Recurrent vascular events in lacunar stroke patients with metabolic syndrome and/or diabetes. Neurology. 2015 Aug 21. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001933.

Zuzuárregui JR, Frank SA. Progressive Ataxia and Palatal Tremor. JAMA Neurol. 2015 Aug 10. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.1114.

Deck GM, Nadkarni N, Montouris GD, Lovett A. Congenital malformations in infants exposed to antiepileptic medications in utero at Boston Medical Center from 2003 to 2010. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Aug 14;51:166-169. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.001.

Sharma M, Santini V, Auguste M, Hohler AD, Etienne M, Jones E, Alessi A. Mon Chéri Haiti: Neurology lessons learned. Neurology. 2015 Jul 14;85(2):169-71. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001735.

Zuzuárregui JR, Hohler AD. Comprehensive Opportunities for Research and Teaching Experience (CORTEX): A mentorship program. Neurology. 2015 Jun 9;84(23):2372-6.

Perloff MD, Lee S. 25% cluster. Cephalalgia. 2015 Jun;35(7):635. doi: 10.1177/0333102414544981.

Pavlakis PP, Douglass LM. Pearls & Oysters: A case of refractory nocturnal seizures: Putting out fires without smoke. Neurology. 2015 May 5;84(18):e134-6. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001539.

Deb A, Morgenshtern K, Culbertson CJ, Wang LB, Hohler AD. A survey-based analysis of symptoms in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2015 Apr;28(2):157-9.

Zhu S, McGeeney B. When indomethacin fails: additional treatment options for “indomethacin responsive headaches”. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2015 Mar;19(3):7. doi: 10.1007/s11916-015-0475-2.

Zhu S and Perloff M. Commentary: TIA for the internist. Am J Med. 2014 Oct;127(10):901-2.

Zuzuárregui JR, Lin J, Otis JA. An unusual cause of chronic headaches: question. J Clin Neurosci. 2014 Nov;21(11):1967, 2032.

Busza A, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Kase CS. Clinical reasoning: a 32-year-old woman with right-sided numbness and word-finding difficulties. Neurology. 2014 Aug 26;83(9):e98-102. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000736.

Benavente OR, Pearce LA, Bazan C, Roldan AM, Catanese L, Bhat Livezey VM, Vidal-Pergola G, McClure LA, Hart RG; SPS3 Investigators. Clinical-MRI correlations in a multiethnic cohort with recent lacunar stroke: the SPS3 trial. Int J Stroke. 2014 May 27. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12282.

Rayhill M, Mathews P.  Pharmacologic Treatment of Headache (Chapter 34). In:  Bajwa ZH, Wootton J, Warfield, C. Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine. Third Edition.  New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. (In Press)

Santini V and Frank S. Huntington Disease. Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 6th edition. Due for publication March 2015.

Adeyemo BO, Andriotakis J, Dreyer M, Pavlakis PP, Siao P. Immune-mediated monofocal motor neuropathy: Report of 2 cases with long-term follow up and review of 6 published cases. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, 2 June 2014, DOI: 10.1111/ncn3.83.

Zhu S and Pyatkevich Y. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type II. Neurology. May 6, 2014 vol. 82 no. 18; 1664

Shoamanesh A, Catanese L, Sakai O, Pikula A, Kase CS. DWI Hyperintensities in Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Microinfarcts or Microbleeds? Ann Neurol. 2013 Jun;73(6):795-6.

Zuzuárregui JRPRayhill ML, Pochay VE, Treanor PR, Babikian VL (2013) Silent Cerebral Microembolism during Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. J Neurol Transl Neurosci 1(3): 1019.

Pilitsis J, Atwater B, Warden D, Deck G, Carroll J, Smith J, Ng SC, Tseng J. Outcomes in octogenarians with subdural hematomas. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Aug;115(8):1429-32. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.01.017.

Romero JR, Mercado M, Beiser AS, Pikula A, Seshadri S, Kelly-Hayes M, Wolf PA, Kase CS. Transient global amnesia and neurological events: The Framingham Heart Study. Front Neurol. 2013 May 14;4:47. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00047.

Alkawadri R, Burgess R, Isitan C, Wang IZ, Kakisaka Y, Alexopoulos AV. Yield of repeat routine MEG recordings in clinical practice. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 May;27(2):416-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.02.028.

Pavlakis PP, Alexopoulos H, Kosmidis ML, Mamali I, Moutsopoulos HM,Tzioufas AG, Dalakas MC.  Peripheral Neuropathies in Sjögren’s syndrome: A critical update on clinical features and pathogenetic mechanisms. Journal of Autoimmunity 2012 Aug;39(1-2):27-33.

Burns JD, Green DM, Metivier K, DeFusco C. Intensive care management of acute ischemic stroke. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2012 Aug;30(3):713-44. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2012.05.002. Review.

Kishan AU, Syed S, Fiorito-Torres F, Thakore-James M. Shoulder pain and isolated brachial plexopathy. BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jun 28;2012. pii: bcr0320126100.doi: 10.1136/bcr-03-2012-6100.

Perloff MD, Zuzuárregui JR, Frank SA. Writing from the wards: advice for residents. Neurologist. 2012 Mar;18(2):96-8.

Rayhill ML, Perloff MD. Gabapentin use in the prevention of succinylcholine-induced fasciculation and myalgia. J Postgrad Med. 2012 Jan-Mar; 58(1):1-2.

Hohler AD, Zuzuárregui JR, Katz DI, Depiero TJ, Hehl CL, Leonard A, Allen V, Dentino J, Gardner M, Phenix H, Saint-Hilaire M, Ellis T. Differences in motor and cognitive function in patients with Parkinson’s disease with and without orthostatic hypotension. Int J Neurosci. 2012 May;122(5):233-6. Epub 2011 Dec 22.

Fisher JM, Liederman J, Johnsen J, Lincoln A, Frye R. A demonstration that task difficulty can confound the interpretation of lateral differences in brain activation between typical and dyslexic readers. Laterality. 2012;17(3):340-60.


Abstracts, Posters, Platform Presentations

Bilateral facial nerve palsy associated with COVID-19 infections. – Karan Hingorani, Thomas Ryan Ford, Pria Anand, Michelle Kaku. Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Seattle,  April 2022.

Wu T, Stefanidou M, Romero JRR, Lau H.  Risk factors associated with acute symptomatic seizures in patients  with  intracerebral hemorrhage: A case-control study (P1.239) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 2018.

Sharma M, McGeeney M, Kase CS, Aparicio HJ. Case of Dihydroergotamine associated Extracranial Arterial  Vasoconstriction and Stroke (P4.119 ) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 2018.

Felipe N, Lee S, Lau H, Beesen A, Mercado M, Takahashi C, Shulman J, Aparicio HJ, Nguyen T, Romero J, Babikian V, Greer D, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Predictors of acute respiratory failure in acute ischemic stroke patients: A case-control study (P4.306).  Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 2018.

Bissonnette S, Peng J, Agrawal P. Primary Care Knowledge and Referral Practices Based on Early Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (P2.071) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 2018.

Nwanegwo O, Branson C. The Life of Solomon Carter Fuller: An African American Pioneer in Neurology (P5.298) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 2018.

Nannery M, Park L, Branson C, Marianne Kelly, Pyatkevich Y, Auerbach A.  Expediting the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Increasing Awareness of the Sleep Laboratory Scheduling Process (P1.102) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 2018. 

Shulman J, Snider S, Vaitkevicius H, Babikian V, Patel N. Brain Embolism in the Moyamoya Syndrome. (P3.290) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2017.

Parikh S, George P, Liyanage-Don N, Hohler A, Denis R, Weinberg J. Hospital Readmissions following Stroke: a Retrospective Study (P6.270) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2017.

Branson C, Quehl L, Weinberg J, Hohler A, Saint-Hilaire MH. Racial Disparities in Parkinsons Disease at a Tertiary Movement Disorders Center (P6.004) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2017.

Kim E, Valizadeh N, Mayasi Y, Sharma M, Hohler A, Fischer M, Desai S, Deb A. Global Neurology Initiative: Piloting an Innovative Global Health Curriculum for Neurology Residents at the University of Massachusetts in collaboration with Charutar Arogya Mandal in Gujarat, India (P3.326) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2017.

Dudha N. Intraventricular bleed or foreign body? (P4.063) – Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2017.

Wallman DJ, Branson C, McGeeney BE, Young-Onset Rapidly Progressive Dementia (P1.331 ) — Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2016.

Aparicio HJ, Sturzoiu T, Lau H, Clark J, Grimes J, Masoud H, Nguyen T, Auerbach SH, Pyatkevich Y, Stroke Unit Evaluation of Sleep Apnea: Validity of Screening Tools and Use of a Portable Sleep Study (P6.011) — Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2016.

Shah S, Branson C, McGeeney BE, Hypoglycemia Induced Cerebral Cortical Laminar Necrosis: A Case Report (P4.401 ) — Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2016.

Isitan C, Ferree A, Hohler AD, Cefepime Induced Neurotoxicity: A Case Series and Review of the Literature (P3.385) — Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2016.

Congratulations to Dr. Chantale Branson, Dr. Benjamin Saunders, Dr. Cigdem isitan, Dr. Hugo Aparicio and Ms. Judith Clark on winning the BMC house staff QI Award! The Quality and Patient Safety Week Poster Selection Committee announced their poster “Improving Care Among Stroke Patients Through a Resident-Based Neurology Handbook,” was selected to receive the 2015 BMC House Staff Quality Improvement Award.

Zuzuárregui J and Hohler A. Comprehensive Opportunities for Research and Teaching Experience (CORTEX): A Mentorship Program. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Werbaneth K, Zuzuárregui J and Hohler A. Neuroborreliosis Parkinsonism and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Zuzuarregui, J. R., Werbaneth, K., Qin, J., Tonn, C., Murray, C., Lee, S., & Hohler, A. Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in an Atypical Parkinson’s Disease Patient Population (P7. 301). Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Murray, C., Kase, C., Nguyen, T., & Bickart, K. Crossed Subcortical Aphasia (P1. 048). Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Johnsen, J., Catanese, L., Clark, J., Grimes, J., Saunders, B., Corey, P., & Masoud, H. Improving Resident Performance in Acute Stroke Management Through Simulation Based Training (P5. 152). Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Morgenshtern K, Culbertson C, Wang L, Deb A and Hohler A. GI manifestations of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format aat the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Tawakul, A., Ge, G., Lau, H., Nguyen, T., Romero, J., Babikian, V., Kase C. & Masoud, H. Early improvement after IV tPA at the largest safety-net hospital in New England: the Boston Medical Center experience (P6. 232).Presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Aparicio HJ, Himali JJ, Beiser AS, Kase CS, Wolf PA and Seshadri S. Body Weight and Survival after Stroke: Exploring the “Obesity Paradox” in the Framingham Study. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Washington DC, April 2015.

Aparicio HJ, Petrea RE, Massaro J, Manning WJ, Oyama N, Beiser AS, Kase CS, D’Agostino RB, Vasan RS, Wolf PA, DeCarli C, O’Donnell CJ and Seshadri S. Association of Aortic Plaques with Subclinical Brain Injury and Stroke in the Framingham Offspring Study. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the 2014 BU Alzheimer’s Research Day.

Santini V, Sharma M, August M, Alessi T, Jones, E, Etienne M, Hohler A. Helping Haiti: Addressing the Burden of Neurologic Disease. Platform Presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual 2014 Conference, April 2014 and at the Massachusetts Neurological Association Annual 2014 Conference, April 2014 AND at the Boston University Medical Center John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day, May 2014.

Santini V, Hohler A. The One-Year Clinician Educator Curriculum: Neurology Residents as Teachers. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual 2014 Conference, April 2014 AND Presented at the Massachusetts Neurological Association Annual 2014 Conference, April 2014 AND at the Boston University Medical Center John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day, May 2014.

Catanese L, Shoamanesh A, Lau H, Romero JR, Babikian VL, Kase CS, Pikula A. Predictors of Hypertensive Changes on MRI in a Young Stroke Population. Accepted as an abstract to Cerebrovascular Disease and presented in poster format at the European Stroke Conference, May 2014

Zhu S, MacLure L, Lau H, Romero JR, White C, Nguyen T, Babikian V, Benavente O, Kase C and Pikula A. Metabolic Syndrome and Lacunar Strokes: The SPS3 Trial. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the European Stroke Conference, May 2014.

Daniello, K., Rayhill, M., Busza, A., Clark, J., and Otis, J. Implementing a Checklist into Cerebrovascular Service Discharges: A Resident Driven Quality Improvement Project. Neurology 2014; 81: Meeting Abstracts (P2.127).

Deck G, Lovett A, Nadkarni N, Montouris G. Congenital Malformations in Infants born to Women with Epilepsy at Boston Medical Center. Platform Presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual 2014 Conference, April 2014

Fiorito-Torres F, Rayhill M, Perloff M. Idiopathic Intracerebral Hypertension (IIH)/pseudotumor: Removing less CSF is best. Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, April 2014.

Deb A, Morgenshtern K, Hohler A. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Its Associated Symptoms.  Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, April 2014.

Wallman D, Hohler A, Weinberg J, Zuzuarregui J, Fayos Z. Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Associated with Ferritin Deficiency. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, April 2014.

Catanese L, Shoamanesh A, Lau H, Romero JR, Babikian VL, Benavente OR, Kase CS, Pikula A. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy as a predictor of White Matter Hyperintensities in Young Stroke Patients. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2014

Shoamanesh A, Catanese LRayhill M, Salem R, Lau H, Romero JR, Babikian VL, Benavente OR, Kase CS, Pikula A. Cerebral Microbleeds in Young Stroke Patients. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, March 2013

Catanese L, Shoamanesh A, Rayhill M, Lau H, Romero JR, Babikian VL, Benavente OR, Kase CS, Pikula A. Prevalence and Determinants of White Matter Hyperintensities in Young Stroke Patients. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, March 2013

Rayhill M, Shoamanesh A, Catanese L, Lau H, Romero JR, Babikian VL, Kase CS, Pikula A. The Vascular Topography of Ischemic Stroke in Young Patients. Neurology. 2013 Feb; 80(Meeting Abstracts 1): P01.226

Daniello, K. and Pathmanathan, J. A Case of Rapidly Progressive Dementia: Differentiating Dementia with Lewy Body from Creutzfelt-Jakob Disease. Neurology 2013; 80: Meeting Abstracts (P04.214).

Shoamanesh A, Szychowski J, Catanese L, Benavente O.  Prevalence and Characterization of Cerebral Microbleeds in Lacunar Stroke Patients: Observations from the Secondary Prevention Small Subcortical Strokes (SPS3) Trial. Stroke. 2012 Feb;43(2):A2781.

Benavente OR, Pearce LA, Roldan AM, Catanese L, McClure LA, Hart RG. Cognitive Impairement in Lacunar Stroke Patients. The Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes (SPS3) Trial. Cerebrovascular Disease. 2012 May; 33 (2): P.69

Zuzuarregui J, Leung C, and Rayhill M. Multiple System Atrophy Presenting with Nocturnal Stridor. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the Massachusetts Neurological Association annual meeting, April 2014.

Lin J, Otis J and Zuzuarregui J. An unusual cause of chronic headaches. Accepted as an abstract and presented in poster format at the Massachusetts Neurological Association annual meeting, April 2014.

Mercado M, Lau H, Kase CS, Nguyen T. Administration of IV fluids in acute ischemic stroke. Presented in poster format at the European Stroke Conference, London UK, May 2013.