Past Neurology Trainee Award Winners
Congratulations to all past award winners!
2022 Neurology Trainee Award Winners
1st place - Sitara Koneru, MD
Delays in Thrombolysis During COVID-19 are Associated With Worse Neurological Outcomes: the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Multicenter Collaboration
2nd place - Pratibha Surathi, MD
Are Elevated Interleukin-6 Serum Levels Associated with Increased Encephalopathy and In-hospital Mortality rates in SARS-CoV2 Patients3rd place - Sachin M. Bhagavan, MD
Early Mobilization Protocol” Can Be Initiated in the Intensive Care Unit in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients After Receiving Intravenous Alteplase
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 Disease3rd 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