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Providing a structured and personalized approach to professional development, the resident clinical educator track equips neurology residents with the essential skills and experiences needed for a successful career in medical education. Through close collaboration with departmental and institutional education leaders, residents engage in a longitudinal curriculum that emphasizes curriculum design, mentorship, feedback delivery and effective teaching strategies. This pathway ensures that graduates emerge as confident, capable educators ready to contribute meaningfully to academic medicine.

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didactic skills • assessment • feedback delivery • mentorship and coaching • curriculum design and management • identification and use of education theory • consumption and production of education scholarship

Delivering rapid, expert stroke care, the our center is nationally recognized for its ability to diagnose and treat adult and pediatric stroke patients with precision and speed. As a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, we offer a multidisciplinary approach involving specialists in emergency medicine, radiology, neurosurgery and neurorehabilitation, ensuring seamless care from diagnosis through recovery. With over 15 stroke experts, we manage more than 1,500 stroke admissions, 3,000 telestroke consultations and 200 mechanical thrombectomies annually — helping preserve brain function and improve outcomes.

Investigating the immunological processes underlying multiple sclerosis and related neuroinflammatory disorders. The lab focuses on understanding how immune cells interact with the central nervous system, identifying biomarkers of disease activity and developing strategies to prevent or reverse neurodegeneration. Its research integrates clinical observations with experimental models to advance therapeutic approaches and improve patient outcomes.

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Investigates pediatric brain tumors with a focus on improving treatment through research in tumor biology, immunology and neurology.

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Investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms behind alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Using in vitro, cell culture and in vivo models, the lab aims to uncover how toxic protein forms drive neurodegeneration and to develop better diagnostics and treatments for synucleinopathies.

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Focuses on developing advanced neuroimaging techniques to study brain structure and function in neurodegenerative diseases. The lab integrates multimodal imaging, computational modeling and biomarker analysis to understand disease progression and identify early indicators of cognitive decline. Its research aims to improve diagnosis, monitor therapeutic response and uncover mechanisms underlying disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

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Different Dynamics, a center for special music education in the St. Louis area, provides youth with special needs and their families with adapted music programming.