Myriam Abdennadher, MD

Dr. Abdennadher is a board-certified neurologist, epileptologist, and clinical neurophysiologist, expert in treating patients with epilepsy, with a focus on drug-resistant epilepsy, neuroimaging of epilepsy, seizure focus localization and epilepsy surgery. Her research focuses on neurophysiologic and brain imaging methods in drug-resistant epilepsy. She is particularly interested in non-invasive MRI methods to better understand drug resistance and to define seizure zone. Her goal is to improve seizure control and quality of life in patients whose seizures don’t respond to medications and who may benefit from surgical treatment.

Board certification: Neurology

Honors

• 2016 University of Texas in Austin Dell Medical School: Resident-Chief for academic and research
• 2015 University of Texas in Austin Dell Medical School: Resident Teacher of the Year

Recent Publications:

Abdennadher M, Rohatgi P, Saxena A. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy in Epilepsy: An Overview of Technical and Surgical Method, Patient Selection, and Treatment Outcomes. Brain Sci. 2024 Jul 2;14(7):675. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14070675. PMID: 39061416; PMCID: PMC11275221.

Patel SI, Grewal P, Nobleza COS, Ayub N, Ky KE, Kung DH, Shah S, Abdennadher M, Alexander HB, Frost N, Rodrigues K, Durica S, Nagpal S, Yoshii-Contreras J, Zarroli K, Sudhakar P, Zhao C, De Jesus S, Bradshaw D, Brescia N, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Tormoehlen L, Gutmann L, Mantri S, Yang A, He A, Zheng C, Fiecas M, Silver JK, Westring AF, Alick-Lindstrom S, Allendorfer JB. Analysis of Faculty Gender and Race in Scholarly Achievements in Academic Neurology. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul 10. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0983. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38985654.

Abdennadher M, Jacobellis S, Václavů L, Juttukonda M, Inati S, Goldstein L, van Osch MJP, Rosen B, Hua N, Theodore W. Water exchange across the blood-brain barrier and epilepsy: Review on pathophysiology and neuroimaging. Epilepsia Open. 2024 Aug;9(4):1123-1135. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12994. Epub 2024 Jun 17. PMID: 38884502; PMCID: PMC11296120.

Abdennadher M, Inati SK, Rahhal S, Khan O, Bartolini L, Thurm A, Theodore W, Miller JS, Porter FD, Bianconi S. Characterization of seizures and EEG findings in creatine transporter deficiency due to SLC6A8 mutation. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 Feb;194(2):337-345. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63418. Epub 2023 Oct 18. PMID: 37850681.

Rentzeperis F, Abdennadher M, Snyder K, Dembny K, Abdollahi S, Zaghloul KA, Talagala L, Theodore WH, Inati SK. Lateralization of interictal temporal lobe hypoperfusion in lesional and non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy using arterial spin labeling MRI. Epilepsy Res. 2023 Jul;193:107163. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2023.107163. Epub 2023 May 9. PMID: 37187039; PMCID: PMC10247543.

Lin L, Al-Faraj A, Ayub N, Bravo P, Das S, Ferlini L, Karakis I, Lee JW, Mukerji SS, Newey CR, Pathmanathan J, Abdennadher M, Casassa C, Gaspard N, Goldenholz DM, Gilmore EJ, Jing J, Kim JA, Kimchi EY, Ladha HS, Tobochnik S, Zafar S, Hirsch LJ, Westover MB, Shafi MM. Electroencephalographic Abnormalities are Common in COVID-19 and are Associated with Outcomes. Ann Neurol. 2021 May;89(5):872-883. doi: 10.1002/ana.26060. Epub 2021 Mar 24. 

Abdennadher M, Inati S, Soldatos A, Norato G, Baker EH, Thurm A, Bartolini L, Masvekar R, Theodore W, Bielekova B, Porter FD, Dang Do AN. Seizure phenotype in CLN3 disease and its relation to other neurologic outcome measures. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2021 Jul;44(4):1013-1020. doi: 10.1002/jimd.12366. Epub 2021 Feb 15. 

Anand P, Al-Faraj A, Sader E, Dashkoff J, Abdennadher M, Murugesan R, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Daneshmand A. Seizure as the presenting symptom of COVID-19: A retrospective case series. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Nov;112:107335. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107335. Epub 2020 Jul 21. 

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.

Pavlova M, Singh K, Abdennadher M, Katz E, Dworetzky B, White D, Llewellyn N. Comparison of cardiorespiratory and EEG abnormalities with seizures in adults and children. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Dec;29(3):537-41.

Pavlova M, Abdennadher M, Dworetzky B, Singh K, Katz E, Zarowsly M, White D, Kothare S. Advantages of respiratory monitoring to differentiate epileptic seizures from seizure like events. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Mar;32:142-4.

Latreille V, Abdennadher M, Dworetzky B, Ramel J, White D, Katz E, Zarowski M, Kothare S and Pavlova M. Nocturnal seizures are associated with more severe hypoxemia and increased risk of postictal generalized EEG suppression.  Epilepsia. 2017 Sep: e127-e131.