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NEUROLOGY FACULTY

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Dr. Kasarskis

Office Address
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Cooper Drive Division (127)
Lexington KY 40511
Office: (859) 281-4920
Fax: (859) 281-4817

See Curriculum Vitae

    Edward J. Kasarskis, MD, Ph.D
Chief, VA Neurology Service
Professor of Neurology

Clinical Interests 
Modulation of central and peripheral nervous system, injury via immunologic and angiogenic mechanisms, Immunology of peripheral and central nervous system, Neuromuscular disorders

Graduate School
1968-1975 Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Medical School
1969-1974 M.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Residency
1974-1975 Intern (Internal Medicine) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1975-1976 Resident (Internal Medicine) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1976-1978 Resident (Neurology) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1978-1979 Chief Resident (Neurology) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Certification
Neurology: Neurology American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1981

Academic Appointments
979-1980 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA
1980-1985 Assistant Professor Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
1983-1985 Assistant Professor, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
1985-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Neurology College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
1985-1992 Associate Professor, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
1991-1992 Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
1991-present Associate, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
1991-present Chief, Neurology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington KY
1992-present Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington KY
1992-present Professor, Graduate Center for Toxicology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
Director: Motor-Neuron Disease - ALS Clinic

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