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2020 Lewis Levy Award Recipients

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Congratulations to Rita Okumu and Gabriella García, our 2020 Lewis Levy Award recipients! The Lewis Levy Award was established in 2003 to support the education and training of neurology residents in their first year (PGY-2) of training. Each member of the PGY-2 class submits a case report, which is then judged anonymously by a panel of 5 faculty members. All submissions are of the highest quality, but this year it was the work of Rita and Gabriella that stood out among the rest. Their excellent cases were presented at a special (Zoom) Clinical Grand Rounds on June 5th.

Keep up the great work, Rita and Gabriella!

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Dr. Rita Okumu presented “A 30 year old man with muscle jerks”

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Dr. Gabriella García presented “Acute Flaccid Paralysis secondary to Powassan Virus”

Yale Senior Receives KL2 Award

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Dr. Krithi Irmady was selected to receive the NIH-sponsored KL2 Mentored Career Development Award to start this summer.

The three-year scholarship will allow her to serve as an Instructor in Investigative Medicine and KL2 Clinical Scholar at Rockefeller University as she performs translational research in Parkinson’s Disease under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Darnell. Her work at Rockefeller will be concurrent with her fellowship training in movement disorders at Columbia University.

Dr. Irmady is a current fourth-year resident on the research track.

Yale Senior Resident Receives R25 Award

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Senior resident Dr. Diane Chan starts her R25-funded research this month. In a rigorous selection process, the fourth-year resident worked closely with program administrators in the Clinical Neuroscience Training Program on the application that ultimately garnered her the competitive grant totaling over $100,000. Her advisors for the grant application were Dr. Jaime Grutzendler – also her research mentor – and Dr. Lauren Sansing. Dr. Chan’s research work on axonal dystrophy in Alzheimer’s disease has previously been published widely and presented at the Society for Neuroscience.

The fourth-year resident’s work is supported by the Yale Neurology residency research track, which maximizes lab time in the senior years. Research track residents work with the administration to create a schedule that strategically balances clinical responsibilities and research activities. MD/PhD residents are especially encouraged to apply.

After residency, Dr. Chan will be pursuing a fellowship in movement disorders with a strong emphasis on research.

Yale Resident Awarded AHA/ASA Young Investigator Database Research Seed Grant

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This summer, Dr. Stacy Chu begins her research on seasonal patterns in stroke in partnership with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

The AHA/ASA Young Investigator Database Research Award is a seed grant given to three selected applicants per cycle, a joint effort from the Council on Clinical Cardiology, the Stroke Council, The Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (AHA Council 3 CPR), and The Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science. Dr. Chu will investigate the temporal changes in incidence and outcomes of stroke through analysis of the “Stroke Get With the Guidelines” database, in an effort to better understand the epidemiological basis of the disease.

Dr. Chu is a third-year resident on the research track, which maximizes elective time for research in senior years.

Caring for Maggie: A Conversation in the Neuroscience ICU

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Chief resident Dr. Sara Schaefer receives the Creative Expression of Human Values in Neurology for her piece “Caring for Maggie“. Published in Neurology, the essay details a conversation between a patient’s loved one and her physician in the ICU, while exploring the underlying intentions of both parties. A deep and almost uneasy piece, it captures the common breakdown in patient-physician communication despite best intentions.

The award will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology conference later this month.