Curriculum Vitae Alpa Vashist, M.D. Contact Information • • • •
Business address: Pediatric Neurology, 1st floor, 737 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Business Phone Number: 410-706-6091 Fax Number: 410-706-6100 Foreign Languages: Fluent in Hindi, Gujarati
Education • •
1999: MBBS: Govt. Medical College, South Gujarat University, India 1992-1994: First MBBS: BJ Medical College, Gujarat University, India
Post Graduate Education and Training • • • • •
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship (7/2006-06/2007): SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Chief Fellow, Pediatric Neurology (7/2005-6/2006): SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Pediatric Neurology (7/2003-6/2005): SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Pediatric Residency (7/2000-6/2003): Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Rotatory Internship ( 01/1997-02/1998 ):Govt. Medical College, South Gujarat University, India
Certifications • • •
Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ( 2009) Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2007) American Board of Pediatrics ( 2003)
Medical Licensures • •
Maryland State Medical License active Missouri State Medical License, 2007
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September 2011- till present : Assistant professor, Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland medical Center, MD July 20010- June 2011: Program Director of Child Neurology Residency, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO July 2007- June 2011: Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO March 1998-July 1999: Junior Resident , Department of Pediatrics, Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi, India October 1998- March 1999: Junior Resident (Department of Burns and Plastic Pediatrics, Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi, India
Professional Societies Memberships • • •
American Epilepsy Society Child Neurology Society American Academy of Neurology
Honors and Awards • •
2006: Doctor’s Day Award, Kings County Hospital 2005: Best Second Year Presentation of the Year
Clinical Activities •
Inpatient service: o University of Maryland Children’s Hospital o Supervise residents ( adult neurology,pediatircs), fellows( clinical neurophysiology) and medical students o Daily morning sit down and bed side rounds
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Outpatient service: o Epilepsy clinic, child neurology clinic o Developed the screening protocol and edtablished First Seizure Clinicprimary care provider referred base clinic in St.Louis
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On call responsibilities: o Coverage of child neurology services- access center for primary care provider, ER, hospitalist
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o Clinical Neurophysiology fellows and neurology and child neurology residents from 2009-2011 in St.Louis Administartive service •
Institutional Service at Cardinal Glennon Children’s medical center o Expanded child neurology residency program from complement of to 3 to 6 residents o Reformatted the child neurology residency program: lecture contents, goals and objectives o Member of Pediatric Care Committee- discussion of quality care control
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Local and National Service o Member of subcommittee of medical Students and Residents Education at American epilepsy Society 2011-2013 o Organize One Day CME Event ( 7 CME credits) Fifth Annual Missouri Valley Child Neurologist Colloquium February 2011 o Member of Professional Advisory Board: St. Louis Epilepsy Foundation since 2007 o Health Fair at Hindu Temple, St. Louis, MO
Teaching Service ( In St. Loouis) •
Preclinical MS I- II teaching: o Supervisor in Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy clinic o Medical Student Advisor o Clinical Interview of patients: Teaching techniques via Video review 12/07
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Clinical MS III,- IV: o Introduction to the Clinical Setting: Sophomore Preceptorships for 2008 and 2010
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Graduate/Professional School: o Epilepsy Rotation Supervisor for Clinical neurophysiology fellows and Neurology residents from 2009
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Lecture to PA students Saint Louis University School of Allied Health: Seizures, Epilepsy and Epilepsy Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management 10/2007, 6/2011
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11:30 AM Lecture to Neurology Residents o Pediatric Neurological Exam: 7/08, 7/09 o Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes part 1: 7/07, 7/08, 4/11 o Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes part 2: 10/07, 10/08, 6/11 A. Vashist: Page|
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Pediatric Neuromuscular disorders: 11/09 Epilepsy in Special Circumstances: 1/10, 4/11 Language localization in epilepsy surgery: 12/09 Neuro-metabolic Disorders: 4/10 Pediatric Vignettes: 6/10
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Lectures to Internal Medicine Residents: o Epilepsy and Seizures in Adults 9/09, 3/10
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Lectures to Pediatric Residents: o Pediatric Epilepsy and seizures 6/11 o Febrile Seizures 12/07,12/09 o Neurocutaneous Syndromes 1/08, 3/10
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8:15 AM Journal Club at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center o Reformatted the presentation at Journal Club o Mentoring the medical students and residents
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SLU Epilepsy Surgery Conference: o 2nd Thursday of the month in from 2007-2009
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Practical Skills Assessment for Neurology Residents o Clinical skills examination of Neurology Residents: 9/03, 9/06 o Practice oral examination for Neurology Residents: 10/03 o Practice Board Exam for Neurology Residents:, 5/04, 5/06, 5/07 o Acting Judge for Residents Day presentation o Program Director of Child Neurology Residency Program
Publications Web based CME • Pediatrics On Demand, Febrile Seizures, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center • Pediatrics On Demand, Seizures and Epilepsy in Children, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center Abstracts • Poster presentation: Shifting PLEDs. American Epilepsy Society, 2009 • Poster presentation: Generalized Epileptiform Discharges in Focal Brain Tumor. American Epilepsy Society, 2007 • Poster presentation: Leptomeningeal Gliomatosis Cerebri, International Society for Neuropathology 2006
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Major Invited Speeches • Pediatric Epilepsy Syndrome, Invited lecture at Govt. Medical College, India, 7/2008 • Seizures and Epilepsy in Children, CME event for primary care provider at South East Missouri Medical Organization 6/08 • Seminar to therapists at provident Counseling St. Louis by St.Louis Epilepsy Foundation 3/2008 o Epilepsy o Diagnosis and treatment o Management of epileptic patients o Psychiatric co-morbidities in epileptic patients
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