Ranier Reyes, M.D.

Ranier Reyes, M.D., is a board-certified neurologist in the Division of Neurocritical Care at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He primarily cares for patients in the neuroscience intensive care unit (ICU) at both Clements University Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital. 

Dr. Reyes was born in Houston, TX, and earned a B.S. in Neuroscience from Baylor University in Waco, TX. He obtained his medical degree from The University of Texas at Houston Medical School (now McGovern Medical School) and went on to complete a residency in Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine; during his training there, he was awarded the Rolak Award for academic and educational excellence and also had the honor of being selected to serve as a Chief Resident. He then completed a neurocritical care fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center and subsequently joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology with a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery.

He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and is also ACGME board certified in neurocritical care. He specializes in the care of critically-ill patients with neurological and neurosurgical disorders and has particular interests in cerebral edema, death by neurological criteria (brain death), systemic complications of primary neurological diseases, neurological manifestations of critical illness, and medical education and wellness. 

 

Medical School

UT Health Science Center McGovern Medical School (2014)

Residency

Baylor College of Medicine (2018), Neurology

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020), Neurocritical Care

• Cerebral Edema & Brain Injury
• Death by Neurological Criteria (Brain Death)
• Mentorship and Education, Simulation Education

Featured Publications

Arguments Supporting the Whole-Brain Criterion

Michael A. Rubin, Ranier G. Reyes 2023

Quantitative Pupillometry Values are Remarkably Similar Before and After Neuroimaging

DaiWai M. Olson RN, PhD, Sonja E. Stutzman PhD, Emerson B. Nairon BSA, Ranier Reyes MD 2023

Complications of small-bore feeding tubes: is newer technology necessarily better?

Campos Y, Kerin C, Reyes R, Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2020 5 1 e000572

Bupropion overdose as a clinically significant confounder of the neurological examination

Reyes R, Figueroa S, J Neurocrit Care 2020 13 2

An update on neurocritical care for intracerebral hemorrhage.

Reyes R, Viswanathan M, Aiyagari V, Expert Rev Neurother 2019 06 19 6 557-578

• Rolak Award - Academic and Education Excellence in Residency
  Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine (2018)
• Chief Resident
  Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine (2017-2018)

• American Academy of Neurology (2014-2023)
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (2019-2023)
• Neurocritical Care Society (2017-2023)