Eric M. Bershad, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Clinical Service Area

Neurology

Specialty

Stroke
Intensive Care
Neurocritical Care

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology

Clinic Appointments

713-798-8472

Consult

713-798-8472

Medical School

Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

Internship

Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, MI

Residency

Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship

Neurocritical Care and Vascular Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Neurocritical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Clinic Location

Baylor Neurology
Smith Tower
6550 Fannin, Suite 1801
Houston, Texas 77030

Publications
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Bershad EM, Farhadi S, Suri MF, Feen ES, Hernandez OH, Selman WR, Suarez JI. Coagulopathy and inhospital deaths in patients with acute subdural hematoma. J Neurosurg. 2008;109:664-9.
Bershad EM, Feen ES, Hernandez OH, Suri MF, Suarez JI. Impact of a specialized neurointensive care team on outcomes of critically ill acute ischemic stroke patients. Neurocrit Care. 2008;9:287-92.
Bershad EM, Feen ES, Suarez JI. Myasthenia gravis crisis. South Med J. 2008;101:63-9.
Bershad EM, Humphreis WE, Suarez JI. Intracranial hypertension. Semin Neurol. 2008;28:690-702.
Feen ES, Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Status epilepticus. South Med J. 2008;101:400-6.
Knight RA, Nagaraja TN, Ewing JR, Nagesh V, Whitton PA, Bershad E, Fagan SC, Fenstermacher JD. Quantitation and localization of blood-to-brain influx by magnetic resonance imaging and quantitative autoradiography in a model of transient focal ischemia. Magn Reson Med. 2005;54:813-21.
Knight RA, Nagesh V, Nagaraja TN, Ewing JR, Whitton PA, Bershad E, Fagan SC, Fenstermacher JD. Acute blood-brain barrier opening in experimentally induced focal cerebral ischemia is preferentially identified by quantitative magnetization transfer imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2005;54:822-32.
Kievit E, Bershad E, Ng E, Sethna P, Dev I, Lawrence TS, Rehemtulla A. Superiority of yeast over bacterial cytosine deaminase for enzyme/prodrug gene therapy in colon cancer xenografts. Cancer Res. 1999;59:1417-21.

Book Chapters
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Bershad EM. Acalculia. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Optic nerve. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Nutritional deficiency syndromes. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Moya moya. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Balint’s syndrome. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Agnosia. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM. Alexia. In: Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, editors. The little black book of neurology. Mobile medicine series. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders (Elsevier); 2008.
Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Have a low threshold for obtaining an initial and repeat head compute tomography scan after subarachnoid hemorrhage. In: Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI, editors. Avoiding common ICU errors. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. p. 482-485.
Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Remember that failure to recognize pituitary apoplexy can result in a neurologic catastrophe. In: Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI, editors. Avoiding common ICU errors. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. p. 495-497.
Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Avoid using incentive spirometry in myasthenia gravis patients; use intrapulmonary percussive ventilation or flutter valve instead. In: Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI, editors. Avoiding common ICU errors. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. p. 511-512.
Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Know the alternatives routes of administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation medications. In: Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI, editors. Avoiding common ICU errors. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. p. 97-98.
Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Acute stroke management beyond the first 24 hrs. In: Torbey M, editor. The stroke book. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2007. p. 167-187.
Bershad EM, Suarez JI. Obtain a head computed tomography scan and lumbar puncture in patients with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and new-onset mental status changes. In: Marcucci L, Martinez EA, Haut ER, Slonim AD, Suarez JI, editors. Avoiding common ICU errors. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. p. 479-481.

Poster Presentations
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Bershad EM, Farhadi S, Suri MF, Feen ES, Hernandez OH, Selman WR, Suarez JI. Coagulopathy is an independent predictor of inhospital mortality in patients with acute subdural hematoma. American Neurological Association (ANA), 133rd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah (Sept. 21-24, 2008).

Contact Information

Eric M. Bershad, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS NB302
Houston, Texas 77030

Tel: 713-798-8472
Fax: 713-798-3091
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