Neurology Research

[NSLhobbit]

I'm thinking of pursuing an MD/PhD with the intent to go into neurology. I've been working on neural regeneration for blindness the past several years while in undergrad.

Are there many neurologists who work on spinal cord injuries and repair, or is that more of a neurosurgery thing? I didn't see a fellowship for neurologists in spinal injury, and while searching different medical school neurology research pages, I have only found a few neurologists who research spinal cord injury. Is it just a small field, and would it be something I could pursue as a neurologist? I don't want to be a neurosurgeon.

Thank you!

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[typhoonegator]

It can be done. Just because there aren't tons of neurologists doing something doesn't mean you can't. In fact, it might be an advantage. Also, I know several neurologists who do neural regeneration work, so they are out there. There are some folks with PM&R backgrounds who do this sort of stuff as well.

Jack Kessler, the neurology chair at Northwestern, is a spinal cord regeneration researcher. Here is a link to his homepage, with some of his pubs.

http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/igp/facindex/KesslerJ.html

 

[trevithick]

You might also be interested in University of Miami. The Project to Cure Paralysis is one of their largest initiatives (alongside Bascom Palmer, which might also be of interest to you).

http://www.miamiproject.miami.edu/Page.aspx?pid=183

 

[Guero]

Has anyone heard anything about Neurohospitalism, Neuro Health Services Research, or Neuro Infectious Diseases? I'm interested in all three, among others. I know Neurohospitalism is an incipient movement gaining momentum, and that UCLA has recruited a few neurologists to join their HSR department. UCLA also has a blurb about Neuro infectious diseases on their neuro pages. I've not seen much else, though.

 

[PhakeDoc]

Neuro Infectious Diseases?

Justin MacArthur, Chair at Hopkins, is big in HIV-neuro.

 

[typhoonegator]

Nagagopal Venna at MGH is a neuroID (mostly HIV) specialist, and offers a clinical fellowship in neuroID.