12 CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES UPDATE SUMMER 2018 Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, will join the Department of Neurology in November 2018 as the new chief of the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. He also will serve as Director of the UMMS Stroke Program. Dr. Chaturvedi is currently Professor of Clinical Neurology and Vice-Chair for VA Programs at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He also serves as Chief of Neurology at the Miami VA Medical Center. His research interests include carotid revascularization, gender differences in stroke, embolic stroke, and stroke in young adults. Join us in welcoming Elizabeth Julianna Le, MD, who has joined the Department of Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Le is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) where she was awarded the Faculty Gold Medal, and then completed her residency at UMSOM’s Department of Neurosurgery, followed by a fellowship in that department’s Division of Interventional Neuroradiology. The Department of Neurology welcomes Tara Dutta, MD as Assistant Professor in the Stroke Division. Dr. Dutta completed her neurology residency and vascular neurology fellowship here at University of Maryland School of Medicine. She comes to us from Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento. Dr. Dutta is part of the new Clinical Neuroscience Service, working as a neuro-hospitalist. Howard M. Eisenberg, MD, Professor, and Raymond K. Thompson, MD, Chair in Neurosurgery, were featured in a recent National Public Radio broadcast, “How Highly Focused Sound Waves Steadied a Farmer’s Trembling Hand.” The story recounted how a patient was treated successfully for essential tremor through the use of focused ultrasound, a procedure pioneered by Dr. Eisenberg. The Department of Neurology’s Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Center held its sixth annual Within Our Reach Parkinson’s Disease Symposium on April 13, 2018 in Baltimore. The free all-day event gives Parkinson’s patients and their families the opportunity to learn about the latest treatments, solutions, and research concerning the disease, as well as attend a movement health fair and interact with expert physicians from the Movement Disorders team. Focus on Philanthropy Thanks to an outpouring of support from colleagues, friends, and family, fundraising for the David M. Ibrahimi, MD, Visiting Professorship has reached its goal. Dr. Ibrahimi, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, passed away in July 2017 after a two- year battle with cancer. The new Visiting Professorship will carry forward Dr. Ibrahimi’s legacy by inviting world- renowned leaders in the field of spinal research to lecture and provide an outstanding educational opportunity for future generations of neurosurgeons. “It was an honor for me to be a part of this tremendous fundraising effort in memory of Dr. Ibrahimi and carry forward his legacy as a compassionate neurosurgeon who inspired so many,” says Emily Green, Director of Development for Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The new Dr. Bizhan Aarabi Professorship in Neurotrauma was established in December 2016 through a lead gift of $500,000 made by Bizhan Aarabi, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery. For the past 17 years, Dr. Aarabi has served as Director of Neurotrauma at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. The professorship will recognize and reward scientists of an exceptional caliber and provide resources to sustain and expand UMSOM’s research, clinical, and entrepreneurial efforts. The inaugural recipient of the Aarabi Professorship will be J Marc Simard, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of the Neurosurgical Service at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. A formal investiture ceremony is planned for Spring 2019. n To learn more about the impact your philanthropy can have on the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, please contact Emily Greene at (410)706-5269 or egreene@som.umaryland.edu OF NOTE Department of Neurology University of Maryland School of Medicine 110 S. Paca St. Baltimore, MD 21201