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Kristine S Ziemba, MD, PhD
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MD/PhD Alumni
Affiliation(s): 
MD/PhD Program
Bio / Education: 

Zoology BS: Arizona State University

Zoology MS: Arizona State University

Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2007

PhD Dissertation Project Title:

"Targeting axon growth from neurons transplanted into the central nervous system"

MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008

Neurology Residency: Mayo Clinic, Arizona - 2012

Clinical Neurophysiology/EEG Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Arizona - 2013

Epilepsy Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Arizona - 2014

Current: Florida Center for Neurology - St. Petersburg, FL

Mentor: 
GM Smith
PubMed Publications: 
  • Ghosh, B.; Zhang, C.; Ziemba, KS ; Fletcher, AM ; Yurek, DM ; Smith, GM "Partial Reconstruction of the Nigrostriatal Circuit along a Preformed Molecular Guidance Pathway." Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 14, (2019): 217-227. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Shepard, MA ; Silva, A.; Starling, AJ ; Hoerth, MT ; Locke, DE ; Ziemba, K.; Chong, CD ; Schwedt, TJ "Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures report more severe migraine than patients with epilepsy." Seizure 34, (2016): 78-82. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Wolf, LD ; Hentz, JG ; Ziemba, KS ; Kirlin, KA ; Noe, KH ; Hoerth, MT ; Crepeau, AZ ; Sirven, JI ; Drazkowski, JF ; Locke, DE "Quality of life in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and epilepsy: the role of somatization and alexithymia." Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 43, (2015): 81-8. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Ziemba, KS ; Wellik, KE ; Hoffman-Snyder, C.; Noe, KH ; Demaerschalk, BM ; Wingerchuk, DM "Timing of antiepileptic drug withdrawal in adult epilepsy patients after neocortical surgical resection: a critically appraised topic." The neurologist 17, 3 (2011): 176-8. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Lyons, MK ; Ziemba, K.; Evidente, V. "Multichannel microelectrode recording influences final electrode placement in pallidal deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: report of twenty consecutive cases." Turkish neurosurgery 21, 4 (2011): 555-8. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Ziemba, KS ; O'Carroll, CB ; Drazkowski, JF ; Wingerchuk, DM ; Hoffman-Snyder, C.; Wellik, KE ; Demaerschalk, BM "Do antiepileptic drugs increase the risk of suicidality in adult patients with epilepsy?: a critically appraised topic." The neurologist 16, 5 (2010): 325-8. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Ziemba, KS ; Chaudhry, N.; Rabchevsky, AG ; Jin, Y.; Smith, GM "Targeting axon growth from neuronal transplants along preformed guidance pathways in the adult CNS." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 28, 2 (2008): 340-8. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Jin, Y.; Ziemba, KS ; Smith, GM "Axon growth across a lesion site along a preformed guidance pathway in the brain." Experimental neurology 210, 2 (2008): 521-30. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Cai, J.; Ziemba, KS ; Smith, GM ; Jin, Y. "Evaluation of cellular organization and axonal regeneration through linear PLA foam implants in acute and chronic spinal cord injury." Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 83, 2 (2007): 512-20. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
  • Webb, NR ; Cai, L.; Ziemba, KS ; Yu, J.; Kindy, MS ; Westhuyzen, DR ; Beer, FC "The fate of HDL particles in vivo after SR-BI-mediated selective lipid uptake." Journal of lipid research 43, 11 (2002): 1890-8. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
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