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Susan Criswell, MD, MSCI, is a neurologist in the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute and is the Lonnie and Muhammad Ali Professor of Neurology at the Institute. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Criswell’s clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the Huntington Study Group, the Movement Disorder Society, the Parkinson Study Group, and an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Creighton University School of Medicine.
Dr. Criswell earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine in Omaha and her Master of Science degree in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her neurology residency and a movement disorders fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Criswell is a physician-scientist in the Neuroepidemiology Research Program at Barrow. Her research focuses on the molecular, structural, and functional mechanisms of environmental neurotoxicity in Parkinsonian disorders. Dr. Criswell is a world leader in positron emission tomography (PET) to investigate manganese neurotoxicity. She has published her findings in leading clinical neurology and neurotoxicology journals.
- MSCI, Washington University, 2009
- Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders, 2005-2007
- Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 2002-2005
- Internship, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2001-2002
- MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, 2001
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Neurological Association
- Huntington Study Group
- Movement Disorder Society
- Parkinson Study Group
- Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2001
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2000
- Phi Mu Foundation Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1998-2000
- Reagent Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1998-2000
- Irene and Walter Schormann Trust, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1997-1998
- McMillen Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1997-1998
Neuroinflammation and white matter alterations in occupational manganese exposure assessed by diffusion basis spectrum imaging
Date: 04/2023
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, S R Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Irene M. Faust, Joshua S. Shimony, Robert L. White, Jason Lenox-Krug, Brad A. Racette
Baseline characteristics of the North American prodromal Synucleinopathy cohort.
Date: 02/2023
Authors: Jonathan E Elliott, Miranda M Lim, Allison T Keil, Ronald B Postuma, Amelie Pelletier, Jean-François Gagnon, Erik K St Louis, Leah K Forsberg, Julie A Fields, Daniel E Huddleston, Donald L Bliwise, Alon Y Avidan, Michael J Howell, Carlos H Schenck, Jennifer McLeland, Susan R Criswell, Aleksandar Videnovic, Emmanuel H During, Mitchell G Miglis, David R Shprecher, Joyce K Lee-Iannotti, Bradley F Boeve, Yo-El S Ju
Principal Component Analysis of Striatal and Extrastriatal D2 Dopamine Receptor Positron Emission Tomography in Manganese-Exposed Workers
Date: 07/2021
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Wendy W. Dlamini, Mark N. Warden, Joel S. Perlmutter, Lianne Sheppard, Stephen M. Moerlein, Jason Lenox-Krug, Harvey Checkoway, Brad A. Racette
Principal Component Analysis of Striatal and Extrastriatal D2 Dopamine Receptor Positron Emission Tomography in Manganese-Exposed Workers
Date: 07/2021
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Wendy W. Dlamini, Mark N. Warden, Joel S. Perlmutter, Lianne Sheppard, Stephen M. Moerlein, Jason Lenox-Krug, Harvey Checkoway, Brad A. Racette
Is Levodopa Response a Valid Indicator of Parkinson's Disease?
Date: 04/2021
Authors: W R. Martin, Michael Miles, Qiaonan Zhong, Johanna Hartlein, Brad A. Racette, Scott A. Norris, Mwiza Ushe, Baijayanta Maiti, Susan Criswell, Albert A. Davis, Paul T. Kotzbauer, Nigel J. Cairns, Richard J. Perrin, Joel S. Perlmutter
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Susan Criswell, MD, MSCI, is a neurologist in the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute and is the Lonnie and Muhammad Ali Professor of Neurology at the Institute. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Criswell’s clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the Huntington Study Group, the Movement Disorder Society, the Parkinson Study Group, and an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Creighton University School of Medicine.
Dr. Criswell earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine in Omaha and her Master of Science degree in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her neurology residency and a movement disorders fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Criswell is a physician-scientist in the Neuroepidemiology Research Program at Barrow. Her research focuses on the molecular, structural, and functional mechanisms of environmental neurotoxicity in Parkinsonian disorders. Dr. Criswell is a world leader in positron emission tomography (PET) to investigate manganese neurotoxicity. She has published her findings in leading clinical neurology and neurotoxicology journals.
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
- MSCI, Washington University, 2009
- Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders, 2005-2007
- Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 2002-2005
- Internship, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2001-2002
- MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, 2001
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Neurological Association
- Huntington Study Group
- Movement Disorder Society
- Parkinson Study Group
- Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2001
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2000
- Phi Mu Foundation Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1998-2000
- Reagent Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1998-2000
- Irene and Walter Schormann Trust, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1997-1998
- McMillen Scholarship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1997-1998
Neuroinflammation and white matter alterations in occupational manganese exposure assessed by diffusion basis spectrum imaging
Date: 04/2023
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, S R Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Irene M. Faust, Joshua S. Shimony, Robert L. White, Jason Lenox-Krug, Brad A. Racette
Baseline characteristics of the North American prodromal Synucleinopathy cohort.
Date: 02/2023
Authors: Jonathan E Elliott, Miranda M Lim, Allison T Keil, Ronald B Postuma, Amelie Pelletier, Jean-François Gagnon, Erik K St Louis, Leah K Forsberg, Julie A Fields, Daniel E Huddleston, Donald L Bliwise, Alon Y Avidan, Michael J Howell, Carlos H Schenck, Jennifer McLeland, Susan R Criswell, Aleksandar Videnovic, Emmanuel H During, Mitchell G Miglis, David R Shprecher, Joyce K Lee-Iannotti, Bradley F Boeve, Yo-El S Ju
Principal Component Analysis of Striatal and Extrastriatal D2 Dopamine Receptor Positron Emission Tomography in Manganese-Exposed Workers
Date: 07/2021
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Wendy W. Dlamini, Mark N. Warden, Joel S. Perlmutter, Lianne Sheppard, Stephen M. Moerlein, Jason Lenox-Krug, Harvey Checkoway, Brad A. Racette
Principal Component Analysis of Striatal and Extrastriatal D2 Dopamine Receptor Positron Emission Tomography in Manganese-Exposed Workers
Date: 07/2021
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, Susan Searles Nielsen, Wendy W. Dlamini, Mark N. Warden, Joel S. Perlmutter, Lianne Sheppard, Stephen M. Moerlein, Jason Lenox-Krug, Harvey Checkoway, Brad A. Racette
Is Levodopa Response a Valid Indicator of Parkinson's Disease?
Date: 04/2021
Authors: W R. Martin, Michael Miles, Qiaonan Zhong, Johanna Hartlein, Brad A. Racette, Scott A. Norris, Mwiza Ushe, Baijayanta Maiti, Susan Criswell, Albert A. Davis, Paul T. Kotzbauer, Nigel J. Cairns, Richard J. Perrin, Joel S. Perlmutter
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