Michele K. York, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Clinical Service Area

Neurology

Consult

713-798-5365

Graduate School

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, TN

Internship

Clinical Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Clinical Interests

Neuropsychological evaluation of adults with movement disorders, including patients with deep brain stimulation; pre and post surgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy; language mapping during awake surgery for epilepsy and tumors, differential diagnosis of dementias.

Research Interests

Neuropsychological evaluation of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease; neuroimaging of patients with movement disorders; outcome of temporal lobectomy.

Journal Publications
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Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Li X, Mizrahi EM, Goldsmith I, Verma A, Goldman A, Grossman RG, Yoshor D. Changes in individual and group spatial and verbal learning characteristics after anterior temporal lobectomy. Epilepsia. 2009;50:1385-95.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Mizrahi EM, Verma A, Goldsmith I, Grossman RG, Yoshor D. Predictors of individual visual memory decline after unilateral anterior temporal lobe resection. Neurology. 2009;72:1837-42.

Kalkonde YV, Pinto-Patarroyo GP, Goldman T, Strutt AM, York MK, Kunik ME, Schulz PE. Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Dementia in Veterans. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2009;28:145-152.

Strutt AM, Lai EC, Jankovic J, Atassi F, Soety EM, Levin HS, Grossman RG, York MK. Five-year follow-up of unilateral posteroventral pallidotomy in Parkinson's disease. Surg Neurol. 2009;71:551-8.

York MK, Wilde EA, Simpson R, Jankovic J. Relationship between neuropsychological outcome and DBS surgical trajectory and electrode location. J Neurol Sci. 2009;:.

Dulay MF, Strutt AM, Levin HS, Jankovic J, Lai EC, Grossman RG, York MK. Depressed mood and memory impairment before and after unilateral posteroventral pallidotomy in Parkinson's disease. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008;20:357-63.

York MK, Dulay M, Macias A, Levin HS, Grossman R, Simpson R, Jankovic J. Cognitive declines following bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008;79:789-95.

York MK, Strutt AM. A recipe for success: Ingredients to stimulate your mind. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2008;:1-3.

York MK, Lai EC, Jankovic J, Macias A, Atassi F, Levin HS, Grossman RG. Short and long-term motor and cognitive outcome of staged bilateral pallidotomy: a retrospective analysis. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007;149:857-66; discussion 866.

Dulay MF, York MK, Soety EM, Hamilton WJ, Mizrahi EM, Goldsmith IL, Verma A, Grossman RG, Yoshor D, Armstrong DD, Levin HS. Memory, emotional and vocational impairments before and after anterior temporal lobectomy for complex partial seizures. Epilepsia. 2006;47:1922-30.

McClure SM, York MK, Montague PR. The neural substrates of reward processing in humans: the modern role of FMRI. Neuroscientist. 2004;10:260-8.

York MK, Levin HS, Grossman RG, Lai EC, Krauss JK. Clustering and switching in phonemic fluency following pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2003;25:110-21.

York MK, Rettig GM, Grossman RG, Hamilton WJ, Armstrong DD, Levin HS, Mizrahi EM. Seizure control and cognitive outcome after temporal lobectomy: a comparison of classic Ammon's horn sclerosis, atypical mesial temporal sclerosis, and tumoral pathologies. Epilepsia. 2003;44:387-98.

York MK, Franks JJ, Henry RR, Hamilton WJ. Verbal working memory storage and processing deficits in HIV-1 asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals. Psychol Med. 2001;31:1279-91.

York MK, Levin HS, Grossman RG. Pallidotomy and psychological outcomes. J Neurosurg. 2001;94:866-8.

Rettig GM, York MK, Lai EC, Jankovic J, Krauss JK, Grossman RG, Levin HS. Neuropsychological outcome after unilateral pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2000;69:326-36.

York MK, Levin HS, Grossman RG, Hamilton WJ. Neuropsychological outcome following unilateral pallidotomy. Brain. 1999;122 ( Pt 12):2209-20.

Poster and Platform Presentations
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Dulay M, Verma A, Karmonik C, Xue Z, Strutt A, York M, Haykal H, Grossman R. Material specific memory impairment is associated with unilateral cingulum bundle structural integrity in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology. 2009;72(11 Suppl 3):A462.

Gallander KM, Strutt AM, Simpson R, Jankovic J, York MK. Influence of levodopa and psychotropic medication on emotional and physical symptoms of depression before and following STN-DBS for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Baylor College of Medicine, Current Neurology 2009 in Houston, Texas (Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2009).

Karmonik C, Dulay M, Verma A, York M, Grossman R. An efficient and robust method for the fractional anisotropy analysis of white matter tracts based on automated template matching in talairach space. Neurology. 2009;72(11 Suppl 3):A462.

Marshall DF, Williams AE, Strutt AM, Jankovic J, York MK. Alternating fluency performance following bilateral STN DBS for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Baylor College of Medicine, Current Neurology 2009 in Houston, Texas (Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2009).

McDowell E, Jawaid A, Poon M, Rice L, Salamone A, Strutt A, York M, Appel S, Schulz P. ApoE genotype in ALS. Neurology. 2009;72(11 Suppl 3):A51.

Strutt AM, Ayanegui IG, York MK. Spanish translation and normative data for the Dementia Rating Scale, second edition. 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD), Vienna, Austria (July 11-16, 2009).

Strutt AM, Ferrara J, Hill S, York MK, Uber-Zak L, Fogel T, Jankovic J. Mood differences between women diagnosed with psychogenic movement disorders and psychogenic seizures. Mov Disord. 2009;24 Suppl 1:S232-3.

Williams A, Arzola GM, Strutt AM, Simpson R, Jankovic J, York MK. A controlled study of the long-term cognitive outcome of bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation. Neurology. 2009;72(11 Suppl 3):A221.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Mizrahi EM, Goldsmith IL, Goldman A, Verma A, Barnwell LF, Chen DK, Friedman DE, Grossman RG, Yoshor D. Predictors of individual visual memory decline after right anterior temporal lobe resection. Epilepsia. 2008;49 Suppl 7:132.

Karmonik C, Grossman RG, York MK. Brain activation in Parkinson's disease during a functional magnetic resonance imaging set shifting task: Preliminary findings. Neurology. 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A437.

Kuo SH, Strutt AM, York MK, Kass JS. Successful treatment of cognitive decline in Sneddon syndrome associated with hepatitis C with cyclophosphamide. Neurology. 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A64.

Strutt AM, Jankovic J, York MK. Neuropsychological functioning of Parkinson's disease patients two years post subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation surgery. Mov Disord. 2008;23 Suppl 1:S106.

Strutt AM, York MK, Jankovic J. Changes in emotional versus physical symptoms of depression following sub-thalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. Neurology. 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A177-8.

Woolley S, York MK, Strutt AM, Schulz PE, Katz J. The ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS CBS™): Phase II validation. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2008;9 Suppl 1:131.

York M, Karmonik C, Wilde E, Kakkar E, Yallampalli R, Strutt A, Jankovic J, Grossman R. Voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging and diffusion tensor tractography for the evaluation of cognitive functioning in Parkinson's disease. 6th International Congress on Mental Dysfunctions and Other Non-Motor Features in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders, Dresden, Germany (Oct. 16-19, 2008).

York MK, Karmonik C, Grossman RG, Wilde E. The relationship between cognitive functioning and whole brain diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in Parkinson's disease. Neurology. 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A286.

York MK, Karmonik C, Yallampalli R, Chu Z, Grossman RG, Wilde E. The relationship between diffusion tensor tractography and cognitive functioning in Parkinson's disease. Neurology. 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A286.

Salamone AR, Strutt AM, McDowell EJ, Ngo D, Coerver K, Ringholz G, York MK, Schulz PE. Gender differences in the clinical presentation of familial frontotemporal dementia. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2007;22(7):887.

York MK, Macias A, Schulz PE, Harati Y, Katz J, Woolley-Levine S. Preliminary validation of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS)™. 2nd International Frontotemporal Dementia in ALS Research Conference, London, Ontario Canada (June 10-13, 2007).

Dulay MF, York MK, Jankovic J, Simpson Jr RK. Neuropsychological outcome after bilateral deep brain stimulation surgery for advanced Parkinson's disease: Base rates adjusted for practice effects, test unreliability, and natural disease progression. Int J Neurosci. 2006;12 Supple S1:171.

Salamone AR, McDowell E, York MK, Macias A, Ngo D, Mosnik D, Patel P, Coerver K, Ringholz G, Schulz PE. Family with female predominant FTD. 5th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia, San Francisco, California (Sept. 6-8, 2006).

York MK, Jankovic J, Lai EC, Dulay M. Frontostriatal cognitive functioning 6 months following bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation. Neurology. 2006;66(5 Suppl 2):A213.

York MK, Wilde E, Simpson Jr RK, Jankovic J. Relationship of MRI localization and cognition in DBS. Mov Disord. 2006;21 Suppl 15:S609.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, Jankovic J, Lai EC, York MK. Relationship among psychiatric, motor and cognitive functioning in non-demented individuals with Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2005:20 Suppl 10:S144.

Dulay MF, Levin HS, York MK, Yoshor D, Grossman RG, Verma A, Goldsmith IL, Mizrahi EM. Verbal memory declines are largest for patients with depression and anxiety after anterior temporal lobectomy. Epilepsia. 2005;46 Suppl 8:63.

Schmolck H, Foreman PJ, Verma A, Goldsmith IL, York MK, Levin HS, Yoshor D, Mizrahi EM, Schulz PE. Semantic memory is more impaired in dominant than in nondominant temporal lobe epilepsy. Program No. 191.16. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.

Schmolck H, York MK, Verma A, Goldsmith IL, Yoshor D, Levin HS, Foreman PJ, Mizrahi EM, Schulz PE. Impaired semantic memory in temporal lobe epilepsy - What is the role of anterior temporal lobectomy? Epilepsia. 2005;46 Suppl 8:71.

York MK, Lai EC, Soety EM, Atassi F, Grossman RG, Simpson Jr RK. Temporal course of the motor effects of subthalamic DBS after stopping stimulation. Neurology. 2004:62(7 Suppl S5):A397.

York MK, Levin HS, Soety EM, Lai EC, Jankovic J, Grossman RG. Information processing speed influences the component processes of verbal working memory in Parkinson's disease patients. Int J Neurosci. 2004;10 Supple S1:67.

York MK, Silay YS, Chaytor N, Simpson Jr RK, Jankovic J. Is depression a predictor of outcome after bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease? Mov Disord. 2004:19 Suppl 9:S174.

York MK, Lai EC, Levin HS, Grossman RG. Dual-task functioning in mild and moderately severe Parkinson's disease patients. Neurology. 2003;60(5 Suppl 1):A401-2.

York MK, Lai EC, Levin HS, Grossman RG. Working memory functioning in mild and moderately severe Parkinson's disease patients. Mov Disord. 2002:17 Suppl 5:S136.

Contact Information

Michele K. York, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS NB302
Houston, Texas 77030

Tel: 713-798-5365
Fax: 713-798-6070
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