Lauren Tardo, M.D. Clinical Lead 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: 2019 Lauren Tardo, M.D., specializes in multiple sclerosis (MS), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disease, and other rare neuroimmunological disorders. Clinical Interests: Dr. Tardo is the Co-Director of the Parkland Health Faculty MS Clinic Trainee Education and Leadership: She is the Director of the Neuroimmunology Resident Rotation at UT Southwestern. She additionally serves on the Brain Summit Continuing Medical Education Planning Committee, the Neurology Residency Clinical Competency Committee, and the Neurology Academic Leadership Committee at UT Southwestern. Research: An investigator for numerous clinical trials, Dr. Tardo’s research interests include clinical treatment trials and access to care for minority and all other MS patient populations. Awards: In 2019, Dr. Tardo received the Stephen Damm Memorial Award for excellence and compassion in patient care from the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern. Background: Dr. Tardo earned her medical degree at the University of Mississippi. She completed a residency in neurology, served as Chief Resident in her final year, and gained advanced training through a fellowship in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology at UT Southwestern. Certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2019. She serves on the Medical Advisory Board within the AAN for the MOG Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for people worldwide who are diagnosed with MOG antibody disease. Education Medical School University of Mississippi School of Medicine (2015) Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2019), Neurology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020), Multiple Sclerosis Research Interest Clinical Treatment Trials Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis - Access to Care Multiple Sclerosis - Minority patient populations Publications Featured Publications 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 MC, Zee PC, Takahashi JS, Greenberg BM, Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin 2023 9 1 20552173231159560 Understanding humoral immunity and multiple sclerosis severity in Black, and Latinx patients. Telesford KM, Amezcua L, Tardo L, Horton L, Lund BT, Reder AT, Vartanian T, Monson NL, Front Immunol 2023 14 1172993 Determining Prevalence of Depression and Covariates of Depression in a Cohort of Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Tardo LM, McCreary M, Majeed H, Greenberg BM, J Cent Nerv Syst Dis 2022 14 11795735221098143 Clinical trials in multiple sclerosis: past, present, and future. Manouchehri N, Shirani A, Salinas VH, Tardo L, Hussain RZ, Pitt D, Stuve O, Neurol Neurochir Pol 2022 56 3 228-235 Pediatric paraneoplastic neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder associated with ovarian teratoma. Tardo L, Wang C, Rajaram V, Greenberg BM, Mult Scler 2021 Aug 13524585211037582 Asymptomatic retinal vasculopathy in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Sguigna PV, Tardo L, Conger D, Hogan R, Greenberg BM, J Neurol Sci 2021 Aug 430 118053 Results 1-6 of 6 1 Books Featured Books White Matter Tract Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis - Radiographic Features. In The Little Black Book of Neurology Osama Zaidat, Alan Lerner, J.Douglas Miles (2019). Elsevier Honors & Awards Department of Neurology Award for Clinical Excellence (2023) Consultant of the Year Award (2019) Neurology Clinic Resident of the Year (2019) Stephen Damm Memorial AwardFor excellence and compassion in patient care in Neurology (2019) Chief Resident (2018-2019) Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee (2014) Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, University of Mississippi Medical School (2013) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Neurobiology Award, University of Mississippi Medical School (2013) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2016)
