Current Neurology Residents

Safdar Ansari, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Parita Bhuva, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX

Veneetha Cherian, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Internship

Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI

Rituparna Das, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, GA

Internship

Internal Medicine,  ,

Shahram Izadyar, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Internship

Internal Medicine, Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT

Journal Publications

• Izadyar S, Kwan JY, Gundogdu BM, Phan CL, Harati Y. Mutilating acral ulcers: the spectrum of differential diagnosis. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2009;10:126-34.
• Izadyar S, Kwan JY, Harati Y. Myeloneuropathic presentation of spinal epidural lipomatosis. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2006;7:133-40.

Yogeshwar Kalkonde, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Thy Nguyen, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine,  ,

Kristi Nord, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Patricia Strimpel, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

Internship

Internal Medicine,  ,

Mithila Vullaganti, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Siresha Chaluvadi, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies

Internship

Internal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Elizabeth Marie Dragan, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY

Internship

Internal Medicine,  ,

Saumya Nagarajan Gill, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA

Internship

Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

Jimmy Lloyd Holder, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Medical School

M.D./Ph.D., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Pamela Jean Lupo, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Raja Mehanna, M.D.

Medical School

M.D.,  ,

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Cuie Qiu, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Jining Medical College, Jining, China

Internship

Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Anand Karthik Sarma, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India

Internship

Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI

Larry Tran, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Gregory Trolley, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Main Zian Urfy, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Internship

Internal Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV

Varina Louise Wolf, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Mohamad Chmayssani, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Fellowship

Cerebrovascular Diseases and Functional Imaging, Columbia University, New York, NY

Journal Publications

• Chmayssani M, Lazar RM, Hirsch J, Marshall RS. Reperfusion normalizes motor activation patterns in large-vessel disease. Ann Neurol. 2009;65:203-8.
• Marshall RS, Ferrera JJ, Barnes A, Xian Z, O'Brien KA, Chmayssani M, Hirsch J, Lazar RM. Brain activity associated with stimulation therapy of the visual borderzone in hemianopic stroke patients. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2008;22:136-44.
• Chmayssani M, Festa JR, Marshall RS. Chronic ischemia and neurocognition. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2007;17:313-24, viii.
• Viswanathan V, Chmayssani M, Adams DJ, Hirsch J. Cortical reorganization following intradigital tendon transfer. Neuroreport. 2006;17:1669-73.

Book Chapters and Other Publications

• Chmayssani M, Festa J. Carotid artery occlusion and stenosis: Disease and treatment. In: Festa J, Lazar RM, editors. Neurovascular neuropsychology. New York: Springer Science; 2009. p. 115-33.

Poster and Platform Presentations

• Chmayssani M, Rebeiz JG, Batjer HH, Bendok BR. Small asymptomatic aneurysms do rupture. Relationship of growth to aneurysm rupture in asymptomatic aneurysms <=7mm: A Systematic Analysis of the Literature. Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), 59th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (Oct. 24-29, 2009).
• Chmayssani M, Minzer B, Saxena N, Arogyasami R, Lazar R, Greenstein VC, Marshall RS. Retinal microperimetry as a means to assess visual field expansion in visual restoration therapy. Neurology. 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A206.
• Chmayssani M, Barnes A, Handy C, Hirsch J, Marshall RS. Recovery of cerebral hemodynamics induces normalization of atypical ipsilateral motor activity on fMRI. Neurology. 2007;68(12 Suppl 1):A65.

Megha Dhamne, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India

Internship

Internal Medicine,  ,

Alexander Eric Fong, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS

Internship

Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

Emitseilu Iluonakhamhe, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, GA

Internship

Internal Medicine, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, GA

Mohammad Poostizadeh, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Juan Ramirez-Castaneda, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Mohammadreza Sadeghi, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Peyman Shirani, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Internship

Internal Medicine,  ,

Trevor Jay Squire, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, MO

Internship

Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO

Shaumaila Sultan, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Erin Marie Deegan, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Samish Dhungana, M.B.B.S.

Medical School

M.B.B.S., Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Kasey L. Gildersleeve, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Yousef Hannawi, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., University of Tichreen Faculty of Medicine, Latakia, Syria

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Shirine Majmudar, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Santosh Bhaskar Murthy, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

Medical School

M.B.B.S., Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Karen R. Nunez-Wallace, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Shreyansh Shah, M.B.B.S.

Medical School

M.B.B.S., Pramukhswami Medical College, Gujarat, India

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Sreepadma Priya Sonty, M.D.

Medical School

M.D., Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Sahar Fatima Zafar, M.B.B.S.

Medical School

M.B.B.S., Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Internship

Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX