2017年1月26日Hello,
今天的研究中断是神经病学系的重点。
Roy M.和Phyllis Gough Huffington杰出主席Louise McCullough博士被从康涅狄格大学健康中心招募，以领导该系。在那里，她是神经病学和神经科学系的教授，约翰·登普西医院和哈特福德医院中风中心的中风研究与教育主任，并且是哈特福德医院的一名血管神经科医生。beplay苹果手机能用吗McCullough博士获得了心理学学士学位，实验心理学硕士学位，并获得了Storrs康涅狄格大学的神经科学博士学位，然后在法明顿的康涅狄格大学医学院接受医学培训。她的研究生教育包括约翰·霍普金斯医院的神经病学居住培训，随后是脑血管疾病，神经病学和麻醉学研究金。在搬到休斯顿之前，她在康涅狄格大学任职11年。
She has been our department chair for only 17 months and is already making a wonderful impact on our clinical, educational, and research programs. I’ve asked her to give us an overview of her department and its people.
What is the vision of the department?
Our vision is to continue on our journey to become one of the best clinical, research, and educational programs in academic neurology in the country.
Tell us about the history of the department.
该部门成立于1972年，只有六个教职员工，其中包括第一椅威廉·菲尔兹（William Fields）博士。从那以后，该部门成倍增长，扩大了专业计划，包括杰里米·斯莱特（Jeremy Slater）博士领导的癫痫病；运动障碍，由Mya Schiess博士领导；多发性硬化症，由Flavia Nelson博士领导；由Kazim Sheik博士领导的神经肌肉疾病；Paul Schulz博士领导的神经认知障碍；诊断神经病学，由Ray Martin博士领导；Nneka Ifejika博士领导的Neuro-Hearabilitation；电信神经学，由泰迪·吴（Teddy Wu）博士领导；和中风，由肖恩·萨维兹（Sean Savitz）博士领导。 The Division Chiefs, as well as our Vice-Chair for research, Dr. Jarek Aronowski, are really responsible for the success of the Department. The clinical program in Neurology has become one of the busiest and most comprehensive neurology clinical practices in Houston, staffed by outstanding physicians, some of whom are acknowledged distinguished experts in their area of specialization. We are one of the premier stroke centers in the country—with active clinical, research, and training programs. The Department has grown over the years as have our educational and research programs. I am grateful to the previous leaders of this department, including Dr. Jim Grotta and Dr. Jim Ferrendelli, for our solid foundation. I am especially grateful to my immediate predecessor, interim chair Dr. Jerry Wolinsky, who has been a wonderful colleague and friend. Dr. Wolinsky developed one of the best Multiple Sclerosis Centers in the country here at McGovern and is now an Emeritus Professor, spending a tremendous amount of time mentoring and helping the junior faculty with grant applications.
部门有多大？
部门有55个教员,40临床和15research. We have 27 residents, 14 clinical fellows, and 12 postdoctoral research fellows. In fiscal year 2016, we had over 26,000 clinical patient encounters. We have a strong research program. Unique among clinical departments at the medical school, 40 percent of our budget is funded by research grants and contracts, with 47 active clinical trials. We provide care for five services at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and share 32 ICU beds, 12 NIMU beds, and 49 floor unit beds with neurosurgery; have 12 stroke unit beds; 7 epilepsy monitoring unit beds (adult); and share 20 rehab beds with Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Of note, pediatric neurology is a division within the Department of Pediatrics.
How do you serve the educational mission?
本科生，研究生和研究生培训水平可提供临床神经病学的医学教育机会。第三年提供了为期四周的医学生文员。学生对接受的教学和所关心的患者非常积极。我们提供神经病学居住培训计划（TMC中的三个）以及临床神经生理学研究金（EEG，EEG/EEG/视频监测，EMG和EVOKEDENTESS），血管神经病学（T32），癫痫病，运动障碍以及多种运动障碍以及多种运动障碍和多种运动。硬化/神经病毒学/神经免疫学。我们正在开发R25应用程序的基础设施，该应用程序将为居住期间进行一年的研究培训提供机会。beplay苹果手机能用吗在过去的两年中，我们的居留性增长巨大，为研究和教育努力提供了更多的时间。beplay苹果手机能用吗
Please describe some key areas of research and comment on research training and mentorship. I know that you brought several graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with you when you moved to Houston—people who followed you here to continue their training.
Our research program is funded by a variety of NIH grants, industry, and foundations and attracts collaborators from all over the globe. Research in the Department ranges from basic laboratory research to multi-center clinical trials. We have some absolutely stellar scientists, including Dr. Jarek Aronowski, who studies stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage; Dr. Claudio Soto, whose work focuses on neurodegeneration and prion diseases; and Dr. Kazim Sheikh who studies peripheral nerve pathology. The faculty members are all very involved in mentorship and training, and we have a clinical stroke training program (T32 training grant) that is training the next generation of clinical stroke researchers. We will be applying for a second translational T32 this year.
搬迁大型研究小组很难，但是我非常幸运的beplay苹果手机能用吗是，几位优秀的教师（Jun Li博士，Fudong Liu博士和Venu Venna博士）和我们的许多受训者选择继续在休斯敦进行培训。大约有22人出现，包括四名博士后学员，三名MD-PHD学生，一名博士生和几名“差距年”学员以及几位临床医生。我们很高兴来到这里，因为McGovern医学院和较大的TMC社区的资源是无与伦比的。政府，研究生和医学院以及设施团队的所有帮助确实使我们能够非常迅速地解决，并感到非常欢迎。外围beplay
What is new for the department?
We are very proud that our Huntington disease program, led by Dr. Erin Furr Stimming, was named a Center of Excellence last year by the Huntington Disease Society of America. Department faculty have worked very hard this year to enhance our clinical programs and to increase the reach of our telemedicine program, directed by Dr. Teddy Wu. Last fiscal year we added three new acute teleneurology sites and added our first inpatient teleneurology site at Memorial Hermann Pearland. We are the sole provider of neurology services at Memorial Hermann Pearland and have increased our consult volumes by 30 percent through teleneurology, which allows us to share our expertise remotely and get urgent care to patients who wouldn’t otherwise have access to a neurologist. Recently, the Department has become the home of the new “UT Stroke Institute” led by Dr. Sean Savitz, adding even greater strength to this program. This institute will integrate research efforts at each of UTHealth’s schools to foster collaborative efforts in stroke prevention and translational stroke research.
我希望您能同意我们有一个很棒的部门，并且在17个月内，麦卡洛博士已经产生了积极的影响。谢谢，麦卡洛博士。神经病学系正在发生伟大的事情。
Warm regards,
Barbara |
