Marisara Dieppa, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2014 Clinical Interests: Dr. Dieppa’s interests include the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of seizures and concussions. While the majority of her practice involves evaluating patients with refractory epilepsy and identifying candidates for neurosurgery, she also participates in the Multidisciplinary Concussion Clinic, where the focus is to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care to patients with concussion. Education Activities: Dr. Dieppa has a passion for education and mentoring. She loves to work with trainees at all levels and serves as the Curriculum Director. In addition, she mentors medical students who have an interest in Neurology as their Faculty Advisor and very much enjoys recruiting medical students into the specialty. Furthermore, she organizes and directs the UT Southwestern Annual Epilepsy Symposium for the local and regional neurology communities. Background: Dr. Dieppa earned her medical degree at the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, where she graduated with High Honors in her MD class and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She completed her neurology residency at UT Southwestern, being recognized with the Stephen Damm Award for her dedicated and compassionate care. She stayed on to finish fellowships in both Clinical Neurophysiology and Sports Neurology. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in three different disciplines: Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy. Education Medical School Ponce Health Sciences University (2009) Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013), Neurology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Neurophysiology Research Interest Concussion Electroencephalography Epilepsy surgery Medical Education Publications Stereo-electroencephalographic seizure localization in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis: A single center experience Zhang B, Podkorytova I, Hays R, Perven G, Agostini M, Harvey J, Zepeda R, Alick-Lindstrom S, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Das R, Lega B, Ding K Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 2024 Jan 9 106-111 Pearls & Oy-sters: Two Cases of Stereotactic EEG-Proven Insular Epilepsy With Nonlocalizing Scalp EEG and Interesting Semiologies Li D, Podkorytova I, Dieppa M, Perven G Neurology 2022 Sep 99 437-441 Carotid Arterial Compliance and Aerobic Exercise Training in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study Bogner J, Brenner L, Kurowski B, Malec J, Tomoto T, Le T, Tarumi Ph.D. T, Dieppa M, Bell KR, Madden C, Zhang R, Ding K Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2022 Sep 37 263-271 Hippocampal and rostral anterior cingulate blood flow is associated with affective symptoms in chronic traumatic brain injury Thomas BP, Tarumi T, Wang C, Zhu DC, Tomoto T, Munro Cullum C, Dieppa M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Bell K, Madden C, Zhang R, Ding K Brain Research 2021 Nov 1771 Emergency department visits and readmissions in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) at a safety net hospital Ramamurthy S, Steven Brown L, Agostini M, Alick Lindstorm S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Hays R, Harvey J, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Zepeda R, Das RR Epilepsy and Behavior 2021 Sep 122 Physical activity status and quality of life in patients with epilepsy – Survey from level four epilepsy monitoring units Green R, Abe C, Denney DA, Zhang R, Doyle A, Gadelmola K, Cullum CM, Simon J, Neaves S, Perven G, Dieppa M, Hays R, Agostini M, Ding K Epilepsy Research 2021 Jul 173 Transient akathisia after the SARS-Cov-2 vaccine Salinas MR, Dieppa M Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2021 Jan 4 Non-lesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy requires bilateral invasive evaluation Perven G, Podkorytova I, Ding K, Agostini M, Alick S, Das R, Dave H, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Harvey J, Lega B, Zepeda R, Hays R Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2021 Jan 15 A proof-of-concept trial of a community-based aerobic exercise program for individuals with traumatic brain injury Ding K, Tarumi Ph.D. T, Tomoto T, Bell KR, Madden C, Dieppa M, Cullum CM, Zhang S, Zhang R Brain injury 2021 35 233-240 Emergent Admissions to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in the Setting of COVID-19 Pandemic-related, State-mandated Restrictions: Clinical Decision Making and Outcomes Zepeda R, Lee Y, Agostini M, Alick Lindstrom S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Harvey J, Hays R, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Das RR Neurodiagnostic Journal 2021 61 95-103 Results 1-10 of 14 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Alpha Omega Alpha Honor SocietyPonce School of Medicine (2008) American Academy of Neurology Annual meeting Resident scholarship(2012) High Honor MD class of 2009Ponce School of Medicine Stephen Damm Memorial AwardFor excellence in patient management, clinical care, compassion and advocacy for patients and their families; UT Southwestern (2013) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2009) American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (2018) American Epilepsy Society (2017)
