Email

myork@bcm.edu

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge St., 9th Floor
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-8673

Certifications

Psychologist

Texas State Board of Psychologists

Clinical Neuropsychology

American Board of Professional Psychology

Board Certified Neuropsychologist

American Board of Professional Psychology-Clinical Neuropsychology

Honors & Awards

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation

Baylor College of Medicine (01/2012)

Fulbright & Jawroski LLP Faculty Excellence Award for Enduring Materials

Baylor College of Medicine (09/2012)

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Faculty Education Award for Teaching and Evaluation

Baylor College of Medicine (09/2018)

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Faculty Education Award for Enduring Materials

Baylor College of Medicine (01/2019)

Star Award for Clinical Excellence

Baylor College of Medicine (01/2019)

Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine

American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine

Clark Faculty Service Award

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2026)

Professional Statement

Websites

Selected Publications

• Hou JG, Wu LJ, Moore S, Ward C, York M, Atassi F, Fincher L, Nelson N, Sarwar A, Lai EC. " Assessment of appropriate medication administration for hospitalized patients with Parkinson's disease. " Parkinsonism Relat. Disord.. 2012 May ; 18 (4) : 377-81.
  Pubmed PMID: 22236581.
• Marshall DF, Strutt AM, Williams AE, Simpson RK, Jankovic J, York MK. " Alternating verbal fluency performance following bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. " Eur J Neurol. 2012 May 26; 19 (12) : 1525-31.
  Pubmed PMID: 22632922.
• Strutt AM, Ayanegui IG, Scott BM, Mahoney ML, York MK, San Miguel Montes LE. " Influence of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on DRS-2 Performance in Spanish-Speaking Older Adults. " Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2012 Aug ; 27 (5) : 545-56.
  Pubmed PMID: 22693138.
• Strutt AM, Palcic J, Wager JG, Titus C, Macadam C, Brown J, Scott BM, Harati Y, Schulz PE, York MK. " Cognition, behavior, and respiratory function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. " ISRN Neurol. 2012 ; 2012 : 912123.
  Pubmed PMID: 22852095.
• Ha AD, Brown CH, York MK, Jankovic J. " The prevalence of symptomatic orthostatic hypotension in patients with Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism. " Parkinsonism Relat. Disord.. 2011 Sep ; 17 (8) : 625-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 21689962.
• Jawaid A, Murthy SB, Wilson AM, Qureshi SU, Amro MJ, Wheaton M, Simpson E, Harati Y, Strutt AM, York MK, Schulz PE. " A decrease in body mass index is associated with faster progression of motor symptoms and shorter survival in ALS. " Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2010 Dec ; 11 (6) : 542-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 20500116.
• Jawaid A, Salamone AR, Strutt AM, Murthy SB, Wheaton M, McDowell EJ, Simpson E, Appel SH, York MK, Schulz PE. " ALS disease onset may occur later in patients with pre-morbid diabetes mellitus. " Eur. J. Neurol.. 2010 May ; 17 (5) : 733-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 20074230.
• Karmonik C, York M, Grossman R, Kakkar E, Patel K, Haykal H, King D. " An image analysis pipeline for the semi-automated analysis of clinical fMRI images based on freely available software. " Comput. Biol. Med.. 2010 Mar ; 40 (3) : 279-87.
  Pubmed PMID: 20074720.
• 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 Jun ; 50 (6) : 1385-95.
  Pubmed PMID: 18657174.
• 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 Feb ; 25 (1) : 110-21.
  Pubmed PMID: 12607176.
• Williams AE, Arzola GM, Strutt AM, Simpson R, Jankovic J, York MK. " Cognitive outcome and reliable change indices two years following bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation. " Parkinsonism Relat. Disord.. 2011 Jun ; 17 (5) : 321-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 21316292.
• Woolley SC, York MK, Moore DH, Strutt AM, Murphy J, Schulz PE, Katz JS. " Detecting frontotemporal dysfunction in ALS: utility of the ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS). " Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2010 May 3; 11 (3) : 303-11.
  Pubmed PMID: 20433413.
• Kalkonde YV, Pinto-Patarroyo GP, Goldman T, Strutt AM, York MK, Kunik ME, Schulz PE. " Differences between clinical subspecialties in the outpatient evaluation and treatment of dementia in an academic medical center. " Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2010 ; 29 (1) : 28-36.
  Pubmed PMID: 20110698.
• Jawaid A, Poon M, Strutt AM, Rice LK, McDowell EJ, Salamone AR, Qureshi SU, Simpson E, Appel SH, York MK, Schulz PE. " Does apolipoprotein E genotype modify the clinical expression of ALS? " Eur. J. Neurol.. 2011 Apr ; 18 (4) : 618-24.
  Pubmed PMID: 20880000.
• 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 (2) : 145-52.
  Pubmed PMID: 19690417.
• 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 May ; 71 (5) : 551-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 18514283.
• Lepow L, Van Sweringen J, Strutt AM, Jawaid A, MacAdam C, Harati Y, Schulz PE, York MK. " Frontal and temporal lobe involvement on verbal fluency measures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. " J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2010 Nov ; 32 (9) : 913-22.
  Pubmed PMID: 20390792.
• Hannon PM, Kuo SH, Strutt AM, York MK, Kass JS. " Improvement of neurological symptoms and memory and emotional status in a case of seronegative Sneddon syndrome with cyclophosphamide. " Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2010 Jul ; 112 (6) : 544-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 20444540.
• Shirani P, Salamone AR, Lahijani E, York MK, Schulz PE. " Lumbar puncture alleviates chorea in a patient with Huntington's disease and normal pressure hydrocephalus. " Behav Neurol. 2009 ; 21 (3) : 193-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 20178144.
• 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 Nov ; 47 (11) : 1922-30.
  Pubmed PMID: 17116033.
• 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. Psychiatr.. 2000 Sep ; 69 (3) : 326-36.
  Pubmed PMID: 10945807.
• York MK, Levin HS, Grossman RG, Hamilton WJ. " Neuropsychological outcome following unilateral pallidotomy. " Brain. 1999 Dec ; 122 : 2209-20.
  Pubmed PMID: 10581217.
• York MK, Levin HS, Grossman RG. " Pallidotomy and psychological outcomes. " J. Neurosurg.. 2001 May ; 94 (5) : 866-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 11354429.
• 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 May 26; 72 (21) : 1837-42.
  Pubmed PMID: 19470966.
• York MK, Wilde EA, Simpson R, Jankovic J. " Relationship between neuropsychological outcome and DBS surgical trajectory and electrode location. " J. Neurol. Sci.. 2009 Dec 15; 287 (41276) : 159-71.
  Pubmed PMID: 19767016.
• 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 Mar ; 44 (3) : 387-98.
  Pubmed PMID: 12614395.
• 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 (9) : 857-66; discuss.
  Pubmed PMID: 17624489.
• Shannon KM, Penn RD, Kroin JS, Adler CH, Janko KA, York M, Cox SJ. " Stereotactic pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Efficacy and adverse effects at 6 months in 26 patients. " Neurology. 1998 Feb ; 50 (2) : 434-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 9484368.
• McClure SM, York MK, Montague PR. " The neural substrates of reward processing in humans: the modern role of FMRI. " Neuroscientist. 2004 Jun ; 10 (3) : 260-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 15155064.
• Strutt AM, Scott BM, Shrestha S, York MK. " The Rey 15-item memory test and Spanish-speaking older adults. " Clin Neuropsychol. 2011 Oct ; 25 (7) : 1253-65.
  Pubmed PMID: 21951176.
• 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 Oct ; 31 (7) : 1279-91.
  Pubmed PMID: 11681554.
• Strutt AM, Simpson R, Jankovic J, York MK. " Changes in cognitive-emotional and physiological symptoms of depression following STN-DBS for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. " Eur. J. Neurol.. 2012 Jan ; 19 (1) : 121-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 21668586.
• 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. Psychiatr.. 2008 Jul ; 79 (7) : 789-95.
  Pubmed PMID: 17965146.
• Calleo J, Burrows C, Levin H, Marsh L, Lai E, York MK. " Cognitive rehabilitation for executive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: application and current directions. " Parkinsons Dis. 2012 ; 2012 : 512892.
  Pubmed PMID: 22135762.
• 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 (3) : 357-63.
  Pubmed PMID: 18806240.
• York MK, Baron EJ, Clarridge JE, Thomson RB, Weinstein MP. " Multilaboratory validation of rapid spot tests for identification of Escherichia coli. " J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2000 Sep ; 38 (9) : 3394-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 10970389.
• Rothlind JC, York MK, Carlson K, Luo P, Marks WJ, Jr, et al. " Neuropsychological changes following deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease: comparisons of treatment at pallidal and subthalamic targets versus best medical therapy " J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 2;
  Pubmed PMID: 25185211.
• Hack N, Akbar U, Thompson-Avila A, Fayad SM, Hastings EM, Moro E, et al. " Impulsive and Compulsive Behaviors in Parkinson Study Group (PSG) Centers Performing Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery " J Parkinsons Dis. 2014 Jan 1; 4 (4) : 591-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 25035311.

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Memberships

Academy of Distinguished Educators

Member (01/2012)

American Academy of Neurology

Movement Disorders Society

International Neuropsychological Society

Parkinson Study Group

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

Co-Chair Elect (09/2018)

Houston Area Parkinson's Society

Medical Advisory Board (01/2006)