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About our Guest Speakers
Eoin P. Flanagan, MB, B.Ch.
Dr. Eoin Flanagan is a Professor of Neurology and Consultant in the departments of Neurology and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN). He completed his medical school training at University College Dublin in Ireland in 2005. He did a medical residency in Ireland and then completed neurology residency, fellowships in neuroimmunology and a masters in clinical and translational science at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN). He works in the Autoimmune Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Clinics and the Neuroimmunology Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic. His clinical expertise and research is focused on inflammatory myelopathies and their imaging patterns, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG) antibody associated disorder, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, autoimmune encephalitis, paraneoplastic neurologic disorders and multiple sclerosis. He is principal investigator on an NIH RO1 grant studying MOG antibody associated disorder.
Rohini D. Samudralwar, MD
Dr. Rohini Samudralwar is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, part of the Department of Neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). She received her medical degree in Philadelphia at Drexel University College of Medicine and Neurology training at Baylor College of Medicine. Her sub-specialty training in Neuroimmunology was at Washington University in St. Louis where she developed her expertise in Multiple Sclerosis, Neurosarcoidosis, and Neuro-infectious Diseases. She currently works both in the Texas Medical Center as well as in the Harris Health System. Her clinical efforts extend to all forms of neuroimmunological diseases and has a special interest in neurosarcoidosis. Her current research focuses on the relationship between inflammatory markers and hormonal changes in Multiple Sclerosis as well as system-based studies in Autoimmune Encephalitis and Neurosarcoidosis. She is the designated neurologist, part of a multi-disciplinary group of physicians, that make up the UT Sarcoidosis Clinic recognized by WASOG.
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