George Kannarkat
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Neurology Consultant, Penn Neurology, Grandview Hospital, Sellersville, PA
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3900 Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4551
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4551
Education:
BA (Biology, International Studies)
Baylor University, 2009.
PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, 2016.
MD
Emory University School of Medicine, 2017.
BA (Biology, International Studies)
Baylor University, 2009.
PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, 2016.
MD
Emory University School of Medicine, 2017.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2017-2018.
Resident in Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2018-2021.
Fellow in Movement Disorders, Pennsylvania Hospital and Veterans Affairs Hospital, 2021-2023.
Intern in Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2017-2018.
Resident in Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2018-2021.
Fellow in Movement Disorders, Pennsylvania Hospital and Veterans Affairs Hospital, 2021-2023.
Certifications
Fundamentals of Critical Care Support, 2017.
Emergency Neurological Life Support, 2018.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Neurology, 2021.
Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Training Certificate, 2021.
Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale Training Certificate, 2021.
The Essential Tremor Rating Assessment Scale Certification, 2022.
Advanced Care and Basic Life Support, 2022.
Permanent linkFundamentals of Critical Care Support, 2017.
Emergency Neurological Life Support, 2018.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Neurology, 2021.
Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Training Certificate, 2021.
Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale Training Certificate, 2021.
The Essential Tremor Rating Assessment Scale Certification, 2022.
Advanced Care and Basic Life Support, 2022.
Selected Publications
Tropea TF, Kannarkat GT, Shaw LM.: Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease May Be Rooted in Seed Amplification Assays. Clinical Chemistry 69(11), Nov 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvad111.Kannarkat GT: Spinal hematoma from varicella zoster vasculopathy and acquired hyperfibrinolysis. Neurol Sci 43(8): 5125-5127, Aug 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-06098-5.
Houser MC, Uriarte Huarte O, Wallings RL, Keating CE, MacPherson KP, Herrick MK, Kannarkat GT, Kelly SD, Chang J, Varvel NH, Rexach JE, Tansey MG.: Progranulin loss results in sex-dependent dysregulation of the peripheral and central immune system. Front Immunol 13: 1056417, Dec 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1056417.
Kannarkat GT, Caroff SN, Morley JF.: Risk of Drug-induced Movement Disorders with Newer Antipsychotic Agents. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 12: 19, Jun 2022.
Kannarkat GT, Rafferty MR, Luo S, Liu H, Mills KA.: Effect of Exercise and Rehabilitation Therapy on Risk of Hospitalization in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 9(4): 494-500, Apr 2022 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13456.
Gt K, A B, A V.: Diminutive hand knob in corticobasal syndrome. Neurol Sci 43(3): 2099-2100, Mar 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05822-x.
Kannarkat GT, Moghekar A.: Before and after: lumbar puncture complicated by cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Neurol Sci 43(2): 1469-1470, Feb 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05773-3.
Kannarkat GT, Darrow J, Moghekar A: Reassessing accuracy of blood cell correction factor for traumatic lumbar puncture. J Neurol Sci 432: 120097, Jan 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.120097.
Kannarkat GT, Cruz CD.: Perineural spread of melanoma to the central nervous system. JCIMCR Jan 2022 Notes: Doi: 10.52768/2766-7820/1567.
Houser MC, Caudle WM, Chang J, Kannarkat GT, Yang Y, Kelly SD, Oliver D, Joers V, Shannon KM, Keshavarzian A, Tansey MG: Experimental colitis promotes sustained, sex-dependent, T-cell-associated neuroinflammation and parkinsonian neuropathology. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 9(1): 139, Aug 2021