Kyle Blackburn, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant 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: 2020 Clinical Interests: Dr. Blackburn sees patients in the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Clinic in the Aston Ambulatory Care Center. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of rare autoimmune neurological disorders, including autoimmune encephalitis, stiff person syndrome, paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, and neurosarcoidosis. Research: His research focuses on developing new treatments and identifying new markers of disease activity in autoimmune neurological disorders to optimize management for these rare disorders. Education Activities: He is dedicated to resident fellow and serves as Program Director for the Neuroimmunology Fellowship, and Associate Program Director for the Adult Neurology Residency. Education Medical School University of Kentucky College of Medicine (2014) Residency University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2018), Neurology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020), Autoimmune Neurology Research Interest Autoantibodies in Neurological Disorders Autoimmune Encephalitis Clinical Trials in Rare Disorders Neuromyelitis Optica Neurosarcoidosis Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes Stiff Person Syndrome Publications Faster and better than a physician?: Assessing diagnostic proficiency of ChatGPT in misdiagnosed individuals with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder Shan K, Patel MA, McCreary M, Punnen TG, Villalobos F, Tardo LM, Horton LA, Sguigna PV, Blackburn KM, Munoz SB, Burgess KW, Moog TM, Smith AD, Okuda DT Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2025 Jan 468 Fluorescence-detection size-exclusion chromatography specifically detects autoantibodies targeting the ganglionic acetylcholine receptor in patients with autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy Baxter L, Hopkins S, O'Connor KC, Pham MC, Nowak RJ, Monson NL, Blackburn K, Hibbs RE, Vernino S, Noviello CM Journal of Neuroimmunology 2024 Nov 396 Generative artificial intelligence versus clinicians: Who diagnoses multiple sclerosis faster and with greater accuracy? Patel MA, Villalobos F, Shan K, Tardo LM, Horton LA, Sguigna PV, Blackburn KM, Munoz SB, Moog TM, Smith AD, Burgess KW, McCreary M, Okuda DT Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2024 Oct 90 Cladribine tablets after treatment with natalizumab (CLADRINA) – rationale and design Sguigna PV, Hussain RZ, Okai A, Blackburn KM, Tardo L, Madinawala M, Korich J, Lebson LA, Kaplan J, Salter A, Manouchehri N, Stuve O Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 2024 Jan 17 Evaluation of the impact of neurology electronic consults (e-consults): Experiences of a neurology resident clinic in a safety-net hospital Tardo L, Hirczy S, Blackburn K, Mejia M, Salter A, Huynh M, Khan S Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2024 Hero or Antagonist: A Case Series on the Tolerability of Memantine as Salvage Therapy for Catatonia from Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Maneta EK, Wang J, Abu-Hamad SJ, Jennings M, Blackburn K, Robinson DM Harvard review of psychiatry 2023 Nov 31 281-286 VH2+ Antigen-Experienced B Cells in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Are Expanded and Enriched in Pediatric Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Monson N, Smith C, Greenberg H, Plumb P, Guzman A, Tse K, Chen D, Zhang W, Morgan M, Speed H, Powell C, Batra S, Cowell L, Christley S, Vernino S, Blackburn K, Greenberg B Journal of Immunology 2023 Nov 211 1332-1339 Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults Flanagan EP, Geschwind MD, Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Blackburn KM, Turaga S, Binks S, Zitser J, Gelfand JM, Day GS, Dunham SR, Rodenbeck SJ, Clardy SL, Solomon AJ, Pittock SJ, McKeon A, Dubey D, Zekeridou A, Toledano M, Turner LE, Vernino S, Irani SR JAMA neurology 2023 Jan 80 30-39 A narrative review of neuro-ophthalmologic disease in African Americans and Hispanics with multiple sclerosis Tardo L, Salter A, Truong-Le MN, Horton L, Blackburn KM, Sguigna PV Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease 2023 Jan 14 Disease associations of excessive daytime sleepiness in multiple sclerosis: A prospective study Sguigna PV, Toranian S, Tardo LM, Blackburn KM, Horton LA, Conger D, Meltzer E, Hogan RN, McCreary M, Zee PC, Takahashi JS, Greenberg BM Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical 2023 Jan 9 Results 1-10 of 30 1 2 3 Next Last Honors & Awards James T. Lubin Clinician Scientist Fellowship Award (2018-2020) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2014) American Neurological Association (2020)
