Steven Vernino, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Endowed Title Distinguished Teaching Professor; Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neuromuscular Disease Research
Department Neurology & Neurotherapeutics
Graduate Programs Integrative Biology
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Education
- Graduate School
- Baylor College of Medicine (1992)
- Medical School
- Baylor College of Medicine (1994)
- Internship
- Mayo Clinic (1995), Internal Medicine
- Residency
- Mayo Clinic (1998), Neurology
- Fellowship
- Mayo Clinic (1999), Neuroimmunology
Research Interest
- Animal models of autoimmune autonomic neuropathy
- Autonomic effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
- Disorders of neuromuscular hyperexcitability
- Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
- Serologic evaluation of patients with dysautonomia
Publications
Featured Publications
- A Unique Manifestation of Pupillary Fatigue in Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy.
- Muppidi S, Scribner M, Gibbons CH, Adams-Huet B, Spaeth EB, Vernino S Arch. Neurol. 2012 May 69 5 644-8
- Antibody-mediated impairment and homeostatic plasticity of autonomic ganglionic synaptic transmission.
- Wang Z, Low PA, Vernino S Exp. Neurol. 2010 Mar 222 1 114-9
- Autonomic ganglia, acetylcholine receptor antibodies, and autoimmune ganglionopathy.
- Vernino S, Hopkins S, Wang Z Auton Neurosci 2009 Mar 146 1-2 3-7
- Characterization of ganglionic acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies.
- Vernino S, Lindstrom J, Hopkins S, Wang Z, Low PA J. Neuroimmunol. 2008 Jun 197 1 63-9
- Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy: IgG effects on ganglionic acetylcholine receptor current.
- Wang Z, Low PA, Jordan J, Freeman R, Gibbons CH, Schroeder C, Sandroni P, Vernino S Neurology 2007 May 68 22 1917-21
- Autoimmune encephalopathies.
- Vernino S, Geschwind M, Boeve B Neurologist 2007 May 13 3 140-7
- Plasma Exchange for Primary Autoimmune Autonomic Failure
- Schroeder C, Vernino S, Birkenfeld AL, Tank J, Heusser K, Lipp A., Benter T., Lindschau C., Kettritz R, Luft FC, Jordan J New Engl J Med 2005 353 1585-1590
- Passive transfer of autoimmune autonomic neuropathy to mice
- Vernino S, Ermilov L, Sha L, Szurszewski JF, Low PA, Lennon VA J Neurosci 2004 24(32) 7037-7042
- Reversible autoimmune limbic encephalitis associated with potassium channel antibodies
- Thieben MJ, Boeve BF, Aksamit AJ, Keegan BM, Lennon VA, Vernino S Neurology 2004 62 1177-1182
- Immunomodulatory treatment trial for paraneoplastic neurological disorders
- Vernino S, O’Neill BP, Marks RS, O’Fallon JR, Kimmel DW Neuro-Oncol 2004 6 55-62
Books
Featured Books
Autoimmune Autonomic Failure. In Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Volume 117: Autonomic Nervous System
Muppidi S, Vernino S (2013). Elsevier
Honors & Awards
- University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teacher Award
(2016) - UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers
(2014) - Program Director Recognition Award
American Academy of Neurology (CNPD) (2013) - Best Doctors
D Magazine (2012-2014) - Fellow
American Academy of Neurology (2007) - Fellow
American Neurological Association (2005) - Founders Award for Clinical Research
American Academy of Neurology (1998) - Woltman Award for Clinical Neurology
Mayo Clinic (1998) - DeBakey Scholar Award
Baylor College of Medicine (1994) - Rush Record Excellence in Neuroscience Award
Baylor College of Medicine (1992)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- Dysautonomia International (2014)
- Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Coalition (2013)
- Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (2007)
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Autonomic Society
- American Neurological Association