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Edward J Kasarskis, M.D., Ph.D.
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edward.kasarskis@uky.edu
(859) 281-4920
Veterans Affairs Medical Center Cooper Drive Division (127) Lexington KY 40511
Position(s): 
Regular Faculty
Affiliation(s): 
Neurology
Other Affiliation(s): 
Nutritional Sciences Graduate Faculty
Bio / Education: 

Clinical Interests

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's Disease 

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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