Doximity just released its rankings of Child Neurology residency programs and the University of Washington is ranked #9 among pediatric hospitals.
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Department of Neurology News
8th Annual Trainee Research Poster Symposium Winners
The 8th Annual Trainee Research Poster symposium was another great success and exhibition of the important work our trainees are producing. All the participants did a wonderful job presenting the work they are contributing to our field. Four candidates stood out among their peers. On behalf of our esteemed Dr. Leslie-Mawzi, Dr. Patel, Dr. Chamberlain, and Dr. Illith, it is the pleasure of Neurology Day Committee to announce four winners of the resident poster award this year.
Clinical Sciences
First Prize: Jennifer Keene
Optimized Benzodiazepine Treatment of Status Epilepticus through Emergency Medical Team Training
Authors: Jennifer C. Keene MD MBA, Brandon Woods MD MS, Mark Wainwright MD PhD, Mary King MD, Lindsey A. Morgan MD
Second Prize: Rachael Schutz
Early Withdrawal Of Life Sustaining Treatment After Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Authors: Amita Singh, Rachael Schutz, Amber Ruiz, William Lou, Claire J Creutzfeldt, and Sandeep Khot
Basic Sciences
First Prize: Katherine E. Prater
Microglia subtypes in Alzheimer’s Disease detected by isolation of PU.1 positive nuclei from post-mortem human brain
Authors: Katherine E. Prater, Kevin J. Green, Carole L. Smith, Ali Shojaie, Wei Sun, Laura Heath, Shannon Rose, C. Dirk Keene, Jessica E. Young, Benjamin Logsdon, Gwenn A. Garden, and Suman Jayadev
Second prize: Ashley McDonough
CSF1R antagonism abolishes ischemic preconditioning mediated protection in white matter
Authors: Ashley McDonough, Margaret A Hamner, Davin C Gong, Sibylle Hodecker, Levi J Todd, German Rojas, Cara Nielson, Christopher B Ransom, Thomas A Reh, Bruce R Ransom, Jonathan R Weinstein
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all who participated!
Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions Innovation Grant
Congratulations to John Oakley, MD, Phd, Michael Persenaire, MD, Juliane Gust, MD, PhD and Thomas Grabowski, MD for receiving the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions Innovation Grant.
Top Docs 2021 – Pediatric Neurology
Seattle magazine has published its list of “Top Docs” for Child Neurology. UW faculty have snared all but one of these peer-endorsed recommendations. Please join me in congratulating the following winners, some for multiple years!
Seattle Magazine: TOP DOCS 2021


Congratulations to Lynne Taylor, MD, Professor of Neurology and Michael Weiss, MD, Professor of Neurology for being cited as Top Docs in this year’s Seattle Magazine survey. This honor reflects the admiration of their Puget Sound area neurologist peers. They were both cited last year, and some years before that.
Welcome Dr. Bay Leslie-Mazwi to UW Neurology and Dr. Nicole Mazwi to UW Rehabilitation Medicine!

For Bay Leslie-Mazwi, MD, and Nicole Mazwi, MD, medicine will always be a part of their lives…
Take a Few Steps to Make a Change ~ WALK on World MS Day – May 30th 2021
One million Americans live with it. Here in the Northwest, it is especially prevalent. Join Kelly Bender, Health Services Manager for the University of Washington MS Center and Team Captain for the MS Walk (GO HUSKIES!)
May is #StrokeAwarenessMonth
Dr. William Lou, Neurology Neurovascular Fellow, discusses the importance of know the warning signs of stroke, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Stroke Club
To help lay the foundation for recovery and transition into life after a stroke. Members of the UW Medicine stroke care team will be available to answer questions and review educational topics.
Congratulations!
Marie Davis, MD, Ph.D, was awarded an NIH R01 grant for her research on investigation the role of lipid metabolism in protein aggregation and neurodegenerative disease progression.