UAMS Neurology

07/18/2025

Our new PGY-2s doing their first buddy calls with seniors to get ready for increasing responsibilities this year. Kudos to the seniors who provided them with these thoughtful gift baskets!

07/13/2025

Some of our residents with Dr Williams at the Arkansas Travelers game

06/28/2025

Dr Julia Wang, incoming PGY-3 Neurology resident, presented an interesting journal club today highlighting landmark trials for the management of Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis. These Pokémon slides in particular were very creative and well done!

06/19/2025

Congratulations to Dr Jennie Burns, PGY-1, for receiving the Outstanding Off-service Rotator Award from the Emergency Medicine Department!

06/18/2025

🧠 Congratulations to Dr Yadala, the Principal Investigator at UAMS of this exciting trial.

🧠 Inhibitory interneurons were successfully implanted for the treatment of refractory epilepsy—a first ever case for MRI-negative, non-lesional epilepsy.

This is a major step forward for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and no clear structural lesion. Incredibly proud of our team and the innovative work happening here at UAMS.

NWA Democrat-Gazette:
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/jun/16/uams-announces-it-offers-new-surgical-procedure/

Arkansas Money & Politics:
https://armoneyandpolitics.com/uams-first-epilepsy-surgery-arkansas/
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UAMS recently became the first in the state to transplant interneuron cell therapy into the brain of a patient with non-lesional epilepsy.

06/17/2025

Dr Austin Morgan, incoming PGY-2 resident, was able to give his very first TNK under the guidance of senior resident and Wellness Chief Resident, Dr Taylor Tucker. Congratulations!

06/15/2025

A very well-researched and detailed Grand Round on Neurologic Complications of HIV by PGY-4 Administrative Chief Resident, Dr Khushboo Verma.

06/08/2025

Congratualtions to Dr Vimala Elumalai on the completion of her Adult Neurology year! She’s moving on to start her Peds Neurology years at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Good luck Dr Elumalai!

06/08/2025

We celebrated these four wonderful neurologists last night! Congratulations to Doctors Dhasakeerthi, Verma, Seifer, and Thatikala and their families!

06/02/2025

Congratulations to Dr Abhilash Thatikala, PGY-4 and Academic Chief Resident, who was honored by the Arkansas Medical Society with its Best Resident Award in Neurology! 🏆