Current
Residents
Back Row: Jeffrey Tam Sing, MD, William Hills, MD, Jason Aldred, MD,
Dennis Bourdette, MD, Kurt Lindsay, MD, Eran Klein, MD, David Spencer,
MD, Molly Davis, MD, Andrew Solomon, MD. Second Row: Ruth Whitham, MD,
Lissa Brod, MD, Emma Burbank, MD, Eric Edgar, MD, Alexander Landfield,
MD, Michelle Cameron, MD, Crystal Fo, MD, Carolina Mann Main
PGY-4 2007-08
Michelle Cameron, MD, PT
Medical School: UCSF
Internship: Kaiser Oakland
Hometown: London, England
Interests: Hiking, cooking, travel, my dog
Future plans: Neuroimmunology Fellowship, OHSU
Projects, Publications:
Imbalance in Multiple Sclerosis: A Result of Slowed Spinal Somatosensory
Conduction" submitted for publication.
Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: From Research to Practice: Textbook
and accompanying handbook.
Physical Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Examination, Evaluation and
Intervention: Textbook.
Eran Klein,
MD, PhD (philosophy)
Undergraduate: Georgetown University
Internship: OHSU
Medical School/Graduate school: Georgetown University
Hometown: Tacoma, Washington
Interests: Behavioral and cognitive neurology, ethics, medical history
Personal: running, spending time with my kids.
Future plans: Greenwall Fellowship in Bioethics and Health Policy, Johns
Hopkins University
Publications:
"Withholding and withdrawing treatment by competent adults" in Practical
Ethics in Clinical Neurology, Tyler Reimschisel & Michael Williams,
eds., in press.
The hard case of palliative sedation, Virtual Mentor 2007 9:345-349
Expertise in Medicine, issue editor, Virtual Mentor 2006 8(2): 67-124
"Clinical experts as moral agents, Virtual Mentor 2006 8(2):90-92
Walter, Jennifer and Eran Klein, eds. The Story of Bioethics: From
Seminal Works to Contemporary Explorations: Washington D.C.: Georgetown
University Press; November 2003.
Kurt Lindsay, MD
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Internship: OHSU
Medical School: OHSU
Hometown: Kalispell, MT
Interests: Photography, birding, hiking, travel and general mischief.
Future plans: Cerebrovascular Fellowship, OHSU
Projects, Publications:
"Hyper-acute DWI restriction in small vessel ischemia" (publication in
progress)
"Hashimotos Encephalopathy: The Spectrum of Steroid Responsiveness"
(case series)
Michael Kruer,
M.D. ( Pediatric Neurology)
Undergraduate: Arizona State University
Medical School: University of Arizona
Residency/Internship: Pediatrics, Phoenix Childrens Hospital
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Professional Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders,
neurogenetics, epilepsy
Things I like to do with my free time: take day trips, especially
to the beach; hang out with my wife and kids (a tree house is our latest
project); watch baseball/football
Current Projects: genomic copy number analysis of neurogenetic
disorders
Craig DW, Itty A, Panganiban C, Szelinger S, Kruer MC, Reiman D,
Narayanan V, Stephan DA, Kerrigan JF. (2007). Identification of Somatic
Chromosomal Abnormalities in Hypothalamic Hamartoma Tissue at the GLI3
Locus. Manuscript in preparation
Kruer MC*, Yatsenko S*, Haldeman-Englert C, Aleck KA, Johnsen S, Grebe
TA, Cheung SW. (2007).Molecular cytogenetic characterization of a
familial translocation demonstrates duplication of the 9q34 Jouberts
syndrome locus is associated with cerebellar hypoplasia. (2007).
Manuscript in preparation;
submission to Neurogenetics planned
Kruer MC, Irving A, Chen K, Smilovici O, Mathiesen K, Etzl MM,
Carpentieri DR, Dickman PS, Bandy D, Kaplan AM. (2007). The utility of
18F-deoxyglucose PET and the Ki-67MIB-1 proliferative index in
predicting progression in low-grade astrocytomas of childhood. J. Neuro-oncology,
submitted
Kruer MC*, Yatsenko SA*, Bader PI, Corzo D, Li J, Pasztor L, Nowakowska
B, Cai WW, Phieffer D, Gunderson K, Cheung SW. (2007). Distal 10q
deletion syndrome: report of 3 cases with novel features and further
genotype-phenotype correlation using array CGH and SNP genotyping. Clin.
Genet., submitted
Kerrigan JF, Craig DW, Kruer MC, Corneveaux JJ, Panganiban CB, Itty A,
Reiman D, Ng Y, Stephan DA. (2007). Chromosomal abnormality at
6p25.1-25.3 identifies a susceptibility locus for hypothalamic hamartoma
associated with epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. Jun;75(1):70-3.
Corneveaux JJ, Kruer MC, Hu-Lince D, Ramsey KE, Zismann VL,
Stephan DA, Craig DW, Huentelman MJ. (2007). SNP-based chromosomal copy
number ascertainment following multiple displacement whole genome
amplification. Biotechniques;42(1):77-83.
Craig DW, Huentelman MJ, Hu-Lince D, Kruer MC, Zismann VL, Pearson J,
Lee A, Stephan DA. (2005). Identification of disease-causing loci using
an array-based genotyping approach on pooled DNA. BMC Genomics,
30(6):138.
Kit-Yeng
Lim, MD ( Pediatric Neurology)
Undergrad: Stanford University
Graduate School: University of Texas at Austin
Med School: Texas A&M University
Pediatrics residency: OHSU
Hometown: Greeley, CO
Interests: Piano, violin, cooking, sports enthusiast
Projects, Publications:
Retrospective review of intracthecal baclofen pump placement in
children with cerebral palsy (ongoing)
Co-Inventor, Apparatus and Method to Stabilize and Repair an
Intervertebral Disc. United States Trademark and Patent Office,
patent application serial # 10/023,911; filed by Sulzer Medica/Sulzer
Biologics
Yuen, P.H., Devroe, E., Lim K.Y., Wong, P.K.Y. Changes in the N- and
C-terminal sequences of the murine R7 Gag-Mos protein affect brain
lesion induction. Journal of NeuroVirology, March 2000.
Lim K.Y., Ryan E., Wong P.K.Y, Yuen P.H. Two new mos-containing
viruses induce both brain hemorrhage and angioendotheliomas. Journal
of NeuroVirology, October 1999.
PGY-3 2007-08
Lissa Brod, MD
Medical School: Mount Sinai
Internship: UMDNJ, Newark, NJ
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Interests: Academic:
undecided. Personal: walking/hiking, eating, bookstores, reading,
crosswords
Eric Edgar, MD
Medical School: University of
Oklahoma
Internship: OHSU
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Interests: hunting, fishing,
birding, stormchasing, microbreweries, hiking, running, grilling meat
Projects, Publications: TBA
Andy Solomon, MD
Undergraduate: Wesleyan University B.A. Religion
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Internship: OHSU
Hometown: Suffern, NY
Interests: vascular neurology, neurorehabilitation, palliative care,
backpaking, cycling, snowshoeing, road trips, sitting on the porch,
adventures with Rebecca (partner), Kismet (dog) and Gretchen(cat)
Projects, Publications:
Predictors for Hematoma Size in Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
2007 to present
Supination and Modulation of Essential Tremor EMG project, Mount Sinai
2004-2005
Healthcare and the Long Haul: Long Distance Trucker Drivers- A Medically
Underserved Population.
Solomon AJ, Doucette JT, Garland E, McGinn T. Am J Ind Med. 2004
Nov;46(5):463-71.
Davenport, photo cover, MSJAMA December 3, 2003, Vol 290 no21.
A Biochemical Determination of Membrane Potential Changes in Vascular
Tissue, Solomon, AJ
Base, Journal of Science & Technology. Spring 1994 Vol.12, No.1.
PGY-2 2007-08
Molly Davis,
MD
Undergraduate: Stanford University BA 1996
Medical School: University of Washington, MD 2001
Internship: Transitional Residency at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, WA
Other residencies: General Psychiatry Residency at OHSU, graduated 2005
Chief resident psychiatry 2004-5; Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship 2005-6
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Interests: the overlap between psychiatry and neurology, my two amazing
dogs, jewelry design, knitting, hiking, tennis, geriatric psychiatry
Eve Klein, MD
Medical School: University of
Massachusetts
Internship: OHSU
Hometown: Andover, MA
Interests: Pain management,
Parkinson's Disease, Epilepsy
Projects, Publications:
Adult
Hydrocephalus Program at NYU (longitudinal clinical study of post-VP
shunt outcomes still in progress)
Alexander Landfield, MD
Undergraduate: Clemson University
Medical school: University of Kentucky
Internship: OHSU
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Interests: academic: neuro critical care, epilepsy, movement disorders,
family, sports, travel, writing
Publications:
Cytoskeletal disruption following contusion injury to the rat spinal
cord. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2000 Apr;59(4):287-96.
Logan McDaneld, MD
