Past Neurology Trainee Award Winners

Congratulations to all past award winners!

2021 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st place - Aravind Ganesh, MD, PhD

Quantifying Changes in Acute Stroke Presentations and Associated Workflow During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-based Study

2nd place - Sushma Kola, MD

Survival Based on Genetic and Clinical Features in Parkinson's Disease

3rd place - Nirav Sanghani, MD

Adapting the Neurology Resident Clinic Workflow in a Large Urban Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did it Work?

2020 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st place - Shashank Agarwal, MD

Association Between Functional Outcomes of Stroke Patients Receiving Mechanical Thrombectomy and CT Perfusion Imaging Acquisition

2nd place - Kanika Sharma, MD

Forecasting Multiple Sclerosis Hospitalization and Healthcare Burden in the United States from

2017 to 2040

3rd place - Aravind Ganesh, MD

Physician Approaches to Anti-thrombotic Management of Patients with Acutely Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Awaiting Endarterectomy or Stenting: A Mixed Methods Study

2019 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st Place - Neal Parikh, MD

Liver Fibrosis and Outcomes after Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage

2nd Place - Aravind Ganesh, MD

Factors Associated with Discrepancy Between Post-treatment Infarct Volume and 90-day Functional Outcome in the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial

Runner Ups:

Shamik Shah, MD

TBI and PTSD are associated with higher risk of Ischemic Stroke in veteran population:

VA retrospective study

Parneet Grewal, MD

Improving field Identification of Large vessel occlusion: A retrospective review analysis

Saurav Das, MD

Tumors in the cauda equina: a SEER analysis of tumor types and predictors of outcome

2018 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st Place - Aravind Ganesh, MD

Long-term Consequences of Further Post-stroke Disability in Patients with Pre-morbid Disability: Potential for Acute Stroke Therapies

2nd Place - Aaron Desai, MD

Fentanyl Associated Infection Rates in Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Admitted to the Neuro Intensive Care Unit

3rd Place - Lakshman Arcot Jayagopal, MD

Screening patients for their immunization status when transitioning to B-cell depleting therapy

2017 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st Place - Vamshi Krishna Sai Balasetti, MD

Post hospitalization follow-up clinic visits in neurological diseases

2nd Place - Deepak Gupta, MD

Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) in plasma and CSF is associated with Parkinson's disease

Runner Ups:

Vasu Saini, MD

Safety Outcome of Carotid Artery Stenting in Long Carotid Lesion with Proximal versus Distal Embolic Protection Devices

Apratim Chatterjee, MD

Barriers to Thrombolysis in a tertiary care institute in Eastern India

2016 Neurology Trainee Award Winner

Shivam Mittal, MD

A Double Blind Investigation of Efficacy and Safety of IncobotulinumtoxinA in Parkinson Disease Tremor - A Customized Injection Approach

2014 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st Place - Rajbeer Sangha, MD

Neuro-QOL for Assessment of Cognitive Impairment after Stroke: Comparison with Modified Rankin Scale

2nd Place - Partha Ghosh, MD

Diagnostic Yield Of Pediatric EMG In Myopathic Disorders

3rd Place - Monika Mishra, MD

Intracerebral hematoma volume measurement using ITK-SNAP software: Initial experience

2013 Neurology Trainee Award Winners

1st Place - Pavan Bhargava, MD

Comparison of Hospitalization Related to Multiple Sclerosis in Pre & Post Disease Modifying Therapy Eras

2nd Place - Srikant Rangaraju, MD

Synergistic Efficacy of Bevacizumab and Corticosteroids in Progressive High Grade Gliomas –

A Retrospective Study

Efficacy of Intra-Arterial Therapy in Proximal and Distal M1 Occlusions: A Retrospective Analysis

3rd Place - Wazim Mohamed, MD

Older Age, Hypertension and Diabetes Influence the Proportion of Salvageable Ischemic Tissue Following Ischemic Stroke

Clinical and Radiologic Correlates of Non-Metabolic Triphasic Waves and Epileptiform Activity in Primary Subarachnoid Hemorrhage