Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, M.D.
Assistant Professor
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Department Neurology | Radiology
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Biography
Biography
Sasha Alick, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in the diagnosis and care of patients with epilepsy, using the latest medications and treatments to find the best options for each patient.
Dr. Alick 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.
She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Clinical Magnetoencephalography Society, Texas Neurological Society, American Epilepsy Society scientific committee member, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society committee member, president elect for the Southern Epilepsy & EEG Society for 2021-22. She serves on the professional advisory board for the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas. 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.
She is the UT Southwestern Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center of Excellence Clinical Neurophysiologist/Epileptologist.
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.
She is the Faculty co-director for the UTSW 4th year medical student series FiM: Behavioral and Neuromedicine course.
Meet Dr. Alick
Epilepsy and Seizure Specialist in Dallas
As an epilepsy and seizure specialist at UT Southwestern, Sasha Alick, M.D., helps diagnose and create treatment plans for patients with epilepsy. She has particular expertise in helping patients with forms of epilepsy that are difficult to treat, evaluating the effectiveness of medications, epilepsy in women & pregnancy, surgical or laser options, neurostimulation devices, and cutting-edge treatments.
In college, Dr. Alick studied neurobiology and psychology. During her time at Cornell University, her passion for the neurosciences and behavioral sciences fluorished. It was also during that time that a personal experience with stroke eventually led her to the field of neurology and ingrained in her the importance of treating patients with serious neurological conditions with proficiency and empathy.
“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 says. “We need to go beyond managing a person’s seizure disorder because these are all connected and they greatly affect quality of life.”
She is committed to personalized patient care, making sure each of her patients know he or she is being listened to and provided with optimal treatment.
Dr. Alick speaks fluent Spanish (native speaker).
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
- Surgery and Laser ablations for Epilepsy
Publications
Featured Publications
- 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 Behav 2021 Aug 122 108225
- 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 Res 2021 Aug 174 106673
- Emergent Admissions to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in the Setting of COVID-19 Pandemic-related, State-mandated Restrictions: Clinical Decision Making and Outcomes.
- Zepeda R, Lee Y, Agostini M, Alick Lindstrom S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Harvey J, Hays R, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Das RR, Neurodiagn J 2021 Jun 61 2 95-103
- 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 Behav Rep 2021 15 100441
- Same Material, Different Formats: Comparing In-Person and Distance Learning in Undergraduate Medical Education.
- Dela Cruz AM, Alick S, Das R, Brenner A, Acad Psychiatry 2020 Oct
- Stereo-EEG extraoperative electrical cortical stimulation of mesial temporal structures
- Irina Podkorytova, Ryan Hays, Kan Ding, Mark Agostini, Sasha Alick, Rohit Das, Hina Dave, Marisara Dieppa, Alexander Doyle, Jay Harvey, Bradley Lega, Rodrigo Zepeda, Ghazala Perven. ACNS 2020
- Secondary bilateral synchrony triggered by insula stimulation.
- Sasha Alick, Ghazala Perven, Kan Ding, Mark Agostini, Ryan Hays, Bradley Lega, Rodrigo Zepeda, Irina Podkorytova. ACNS 2020 journal publication pending
- Stereo-EEG seizure localization in patients with medically intractable focal epilepsy associated with schizencephaly.
- Irina Podkorytova, Bradley Lega, Ryan Hays, Mark Agostini, Sasha Alick, Rohit Das, Hina Dave, Marisara Dieppa, Kan Ding, Alexander Doyle, Jay Harvey, Rodrigo Zepeda, Ghazala Perven American Academy of Neurology April 25, 2020, 2020
- Level four epilepsy center experience with stereo-electroencephalography
- Podkorytova I, Perven G, Ding K, Agostini M, Hays R, Alick S, Dieppa M, Das R, Dave H, Harvey J, Zepeda R, Lega B AAN 2019 May 2019
- Stereo-EEG extraoperative electrical cortical stimulation protocol for seizure induction.
- Irina Podkorytova, Kan Ding, Mark Agostini, Sasha Alick, Rohit Das, Hina Dave, Marisara Dieppa, Jay Harvey, Ryan Hays, Bradley Lega, Rodrigo Zepeda, Ghazala Perven ACNS 2019 February 2019
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
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)
- 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)