Dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-scientists, the Neurology/Neurosurgery UE5 Research Fellowship Program at WashU Medicine provides residents and fellows with protected research opportunities, expert mentorship and funding support to advance innovative neuroscience discoveries.
Supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the program helps trainees develop the skills, experience and academic foundation needed to pursue impactful careers at the intersection of clinical care and neurological research.
For more information…
David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD (gutmannd@wustl.edu)
Workshop/symposium series
As part of the UE5 Physician-Neuroscientist Training Pipeline (PTNP) program, we offer a monthly workshop with group discussions and funded fellow presentations.
Date: Second Friday of month, 12 p.m.
Time and location may be subject to change
Location: 2203 Choi Conference Room, McMillian Building
Agenda
Symposium speakers
Event: UE5 Neurology/NeurosurgeryFellow Research Symposium – Thursday, April 30, 2026
Venue: Connor Auditorium, 12-2 p.m.
Keynote speaker
Wayne Yokoyama, MD
Sam J. Levin & Audrey Loew Levin Professor
Director, WashU MSTP
Bishop Lectureship: “Challenging Current Paradigms to Explain Clinical Autoimmunity – The HLA-B27 Story”
Michael Taylor, MD, PhD
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Chair of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center
Bishop Lectureship: “Recent Homo sapiens Cerebellar Hypertrophy as a Proximal Cause for Medulloblastoma: How understanding the development of hindbrain will allow us to prevent rather than cure medulloblastoma”
Charlotte Sumner, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bishop Lectureship: “Blood neural barriers and motor neuron degeneration”
Event: R25 Neurology Fellow Research Symposium – Friday, May 5, 2023
Venue: Moore Auditorium, 7:45-11 a.m.
Keynote speaker
Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Bishop Lectureship: Assist in Deciding Optimal Therapeutic Interventions For Patients with Neurological Disorders
Presentations
MRI Correlates of Concussion and Inattention in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Benjamin Kay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Intersection of the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB), Neurology, and Neuro-Oncology
Omar H. Butt
Instructor in Medicine
Siteman Cancer Center
Defining the Mechanisms Underlying Sexually Dimorphic Vision Loss in Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) Optic Glioma
Yunshuo “Caroline” Tang, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow Associate
Department of Neurology
Dopaminergic Regulation of Pain Processing in the Amygdala
Robert (BJ) Heuermann, MD, PhD
Movement Disorders Fellow
Departments of Anesthesiology & Neurology
Effect of astrocyte and microglial ApoE on traumatic brain injury (TBI)-mediated neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
Enmanuel J. Perez, MD, PhD
Instructor in Neurology
Department of Neurology