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Irina Podkorytova, M.D.

Irina Podkorytova, M.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Neurology

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  • Biography

    Joined UT Southwestern: 2019

    Irina Podkorytova, M.D., supervises the invasive EEG evaluations with stereotactic and subdural electrodes.

    Background: Dr. Podkorytova earned her medical degree at Perm State Medical Academy in Russia, followed by a residency in neurology at Children’s Hospital in Kurgan, Russia. She then completed the Epilepsy Neurophysiology Clinical Research Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center, followed by the Neurophysiology Research Fellowship and Epilepsy Clinical Fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Perm State Medical Academy, Russia (1989)
    Residency
    Kurgan Municipal Children's Hospital - Russia (1990), Child Neurology
    Research Fellowship
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2014), Epilepsy/clinical Neurophysiology
    Fellowship
    UTSW (Research fellowship) (2016)
    Research Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016), Neurophysiology
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2019), Epilepsy
  • Research Interest
    • Epilepsy surgery outcomes
    • Extraoperative electrical cortical stimulation
    • Ictal onset localization with invasive electrodes
    • Neuromodulation
  • Publications
    Back to Basics: Care of the Stereotactic EEG Implanted Patient
    Alick-Lindstrom S, Venkatesh P, Perven G, Wabulya A, Yang QZ, Sirsi D, Podkorytova I Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2024 Jul 41 415-422
    Back to Basics: Care of the Stereotactic EEG Implanted Patient
    Alick-Lindstrom S, Venkatesh P, Perven G, Wabulya A, Yang QZ, Sirsi D, Podkorytova I Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2024 Jul 41 415-422
    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
    Stereo-EEG Evaluation and Surgical Treatment in Patients With Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy Associated With Nodular Heterotopia
    Durica SR, Caruso JP, Podkorytova I, Ding K, Hays R, Lega B, Perven G Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2023 Jan 40 17-26
    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
    Temporal lobe interictal spikes disrupt encoding and retrieval of verbal memory: A subregion analysis
    Camarillo-Rodriguez L, Leenen I, Waldman Z, Serruya M, Wanda PA, Herweg NA, Kahana MJ, Rubinstein D, Orosz I, Lega B, Podkorytova I, Gross RE, Worrell G, Davis KA, Jobst BC, Sheth SA, Weiss SA, Sperling MR Epilepsia 2022 Sep 63 2325-2337
    Epilepsy surgery in patient with monogenic epilepsy related to SCN8A mutation
    Podkorytova I, Hays R, Perven G, Alick Lindstrom S Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2022 Jan 18
    Single center outcomes of intracranial evaluation and surgical intervention in the elderly population
    Dave H, Guerra A, Rodriguez M, Podkorytova I, Lega B Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2022 Jan 20
    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
    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
  • Books

    Featured 

    Depth Electrodes. In Operative Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery, Second Edition.

    Neely, O; Podkorytova, I; Lega, BC. (2019). Thieme

  • Honors & Awards
    • FACNS
      Fellow, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (FACNS) (2023)
    • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Program Director’s Travel Scholarship
      (2019)
    • Poster Competition Award
      Texas Neurological Society (2019)
    • Research Poster Award
      University of Texas Southwestern (2019)
    • Victor Rivera/Leon Weisberg Research Manuscript Award
      University of Texas Southwestern (2019)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (2018)
    • American Epilepsy Society (2017)
    • American Stereo-EEG Consortium (2020)
    • Texas Neurological Society (2018)