Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, M.D. MEG clinical epilepsy director - 'MEG center of excellence' Department of Radiology Peter O'Donnell Brain Institute Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology | Radiology Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Clinical Interests: As an epilepsy and seizure specialist at UT Southwestern, Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, M.D., helps diagnose and create treatment plans for patients with epilepsy. She has particular expertise in helping patients with complex cases, evaluating the effectiveness of medications, epilepsy in women & pregnancy, surgical or laser options, neurostimulation devices, and cutting-edge treatments. Research: She is the PI (principal investigator) or Co-I for numerous clinical research trials and frequently publishes in reputable journals and abstracts for our national and international epilepsy and neurophysiology societies. She also peer reviews publications and neurology textbooks. Trainee Education: She routinely gives trainings and talks for the community and other institutions on varied topics of intractable epilepsy/seizure disorders. She also routinely mentors college students, medical students, residents, and fellows; particularly from historically marginalized groups. Leadership: She has attained fellow status for her three primary subspecialty societies: FAAN, FACNS, FAES. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology Guidelines subcommittee and Chair for Underrepresented in Neurology. She is in the North American SEEG Consortium, American Clinical Magnetoencephalography Society, Texas Neurological Society. Also the American Epilepsy Society treatments committee, early career specialist committee, scientific committee. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society CME, membership, communications, annual meeting course committee; immediate past president for the Southern Epilepsy & EEG Society 2021-22. She serves on the professional advisory board for the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas. Additional Skills: Dr. Alick-Lindstrom speaks fluent Spanish (native speaker). Dr. Alick-Lindstrom pursued undergraduate studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She went on to earn her medical degree and complete an internship in internal medicine at UCC School of Medicine back home in Puerto Rico (UCCEM). She completed her residency in neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and then received advanced training in clinical neurophysiology and in epilepsy through separate fellowships at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. “The more I learn about epilepsy, the more I learn about the human brain and how these conditions impact not only function, but thinking, mood, and behavior,” Dr. Alick-Lindstrom says. “We need to go beyond managing a person’s seizure disorder because these are all connected and they greatly affect the quality of life.” Education Medical School Universidad Central del Caribe, Puerto Rico (2008) Internship Universidad Central del Caribe (2009), Internal Medicine Residency UT Health Science Center at Houston (2012), Neurology Fellowship University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio (2015), Neurophysiology Fellowship University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio (2016), Epilepsy Research Interest Epilepsy Clinical Research Trials Epilepsy Co-morbidities such as mood disorders and cognitive disorders Focal and Generalized epilepsy disorders Hispanics and other ethnic, gender or sexual orientation minorities with epilepsy Intracranial evaluations in the presurgical evaluation of Epilepsy (Stereoencephalography/SEEG and SDE) Intractable Epilepsy/Seizure disorders Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI) Neurostimulation for epilepsy (VNS/RNS/DBS) Non-epileptic Attacks and Functional Neurologic disorders Public Health and Social Determinants of Health Surgery and Laser ablations for Epilepsy Publications Analysis of Faculty Gender and Race in Scholarly Achievements in Academic Neurology Patel SI, Grewal P, Nobleza CO, Ayub N, Ky KE, Kung DH, Shah S, Abdennadher M, Alexander HB, Frost N, Rodrigues K, Durica S, Nagpal S, Yoshii-Contreras J, Zarroli K, Sudhakar P, Zhao C, De Jesus S, Bradshaw D, Brescia N, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Tormoehlen L, Gutmann L, Mantri S, Yang A, He A, Zheng C, Fiecas M, Silver JK, Westring AF, Alick-Lindstrom S, Allendorfer JB Journal of Women's Health 2024 Nov 33 1464-1475 Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV in Patients Taking Anti-Seizure Medications Kerr WT, Gidal B, Avedissian SN, McAnaney C, Wilmshurst JM, Eley BS, Eyal S, Alick-Lindstrom S Epilepsy Currents 2024 Jul 24 219-231 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 Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Data Processing in Epilepsy Patients with Implanted Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS) Devices Askari P, Cardoso da Fonseca N, Pruitt T, Maldjian JA, Alick-Lindstrom S, Davenport EM Brain Sciences 2024 Feb 14 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 Counseling Patients with Neurologic Disabilities Alick-Lindstrom S Neurologic Clinics 2023 Aug 41 543-547 Wilson's disease: neuropsychiatric presentation and delayed diagnosis Deme P, Sheffield A, Alick-Lindstrom S BMJ Case Reports 2022 Jul 15 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 Beyond the Wada: An updated approach to pre-surgical language and memory testing: An updated review of available evaluation techniques and recommended workflow to limit Wada test use to essential clinical cases Qadri S, Dave H, Das R, Alick-Lindstrom S Epilepsy Research 2021 Aug 174 Results 1-10 of 13 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Text Expert Reviewer. In Imaging Biomarkers in Epilepsy Andrea Bernasconi, Neda Bernasconi, Matthias Koepp (Ed.) (January 2019). ISBN: 9781108651523, Cambridge University Press Honors & Awards Synergy Collaborative GrantClinical viability of novel mobile non-invasive functional brain mapping with Dr. Elizabeth Davenport (MEG/Radiology) (2023) Professional Associations/Affiliations Adult Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy Program (2019-2020) American Academy of Neurology (2009-2020) American Clinical MEG Society (2018-2020) American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Membership Committee Official (2020-2020) American Epilepsy Society Scientific Committee (2018-2020) American Medical Association (2004-2020) Chair of Public Health and Education for the National PAB of the Epilepsy Foundation (2022) Co-director Frontiers in Medicine: Behavioral and Neuromedicine Course 4th year medical student course (2018-2020) Epilepsy Foundation of Texas (2017-2020) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) training at UT Health Science Center Houston. (2019-2020) Neurology Policy Committee (2018-2020) Southern Epilepsy & EEG Society (2015-2020) Texas Neurological Society (2009-2020) The Epilepsy Study Consortium (2018-2020) Wada Taskforce Committee, Co-Chair (2016-2020)
