Ghazala Perven, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2015 Clinical Interests: She has lectured on aspects of her field that include antiepileptic drugs, seizure semiology and trends in epilepsy care. She is the lead investigator or co-author of research publications on topics including the role of epileptic auras in refractory epilepsy. Education Activities: Beyond teaching residents and fellows, she organizes and directs the UT Southwestern Annual Epilepsy Symposium for the local and regional neurology community. Background: Dr. Perven earned her medical degree at Dow Medical College in Pakistan, followed by an internship in the Department of Neurology at Civil Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. She then performed a residency in neurology at the University of Toledo in Ohio, where she served as Chief Resident, followed by a two-year fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Perven served as a staff physician and clinical instructor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Toledo. She has also served as a clinical instructor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Dr. Ghazala Perven joined UT Southwestern faculty in 2015. Awards: Dr. Perven received Excellence in Teaching awards from both the University of Toledo and the Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation. Education Medical School Dow Medical College, Pakistan (2004) Residency The University of Toledo (2012), Neurology Fellowship Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2014), Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2015), Epilepsy Research Interest Epilepsy- comorbids Epilepsy- semiology Epilepsy- surgical intervention and outcomes Neurostimulation Publications Prevalence of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) Subtypes and Response to Resective Surgery in Patients with Presumed TLE Undergoing Limbic and Paralimbic Network Exploration with Stereo-Electrodes Podkorytova I, Alick-Lindstrom S, Ding K, Hays R, Perven G Journal of Clinical Medicine 2025 Apr 14 Real-Time Seizure Detection Using Behind-the-Ear Wearable System Lehnen J, Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Aziz A, Nguyen PV, Harvey J, Alick-Lindstrom S, Doyle A, Podkorytova I, Perven G, Hays R, Zepeda R, Das R, Ding K Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2025 Feb 42 118-125 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 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 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 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 Results 1-10 of 16 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Excellence in Teaching AwardCleveland Clinic Foundation (2015) Excellence in Teaching AwardUniversity of Toledo (2012) Chief ResidentUniversity of Toledo (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2010) American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (2014) American Epilepsy Society (2016) Epilepsy Foundation- Dallas/Fort Worth (2016) Southern Epilepsy and EEG Society (2020)
