Email

karl.echiverri@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Neurology
General Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Education

Fellowship at University of Illinois, Chicago

06/2021 - Chicago, Ill.

Neuromuscular Medicine

Residency at University of Kentucky

06/2020 - Lexington, Ky.

Neurology

MD from University of Kentucky

06/2016 - Lexington, Ky.

BA from Vanderbilt University

05/2012 - Nashville, Tenn.

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Interests

• General Neurology
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Dementia
• Epilepsy
• Essential tremor
• Guillain Barre syndrome
• Headache
• Muscle weakness-general
• Myasthenia gravis
• Parkinson's disease
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Polymyositis
• Stroke

Websites

Selected Publications

• Borgia P, Baldassari S, Pedemonte N, Alkhunaizi E, D'Onofrio G, Tortora D, et al. "Genotype-phenotype correlations and disease mechanisms in PEX13-related Zellweger spectrum disorders." Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022;17(1):286. Pubmed PMID: 35854306
• Echiverri K, Darpel K, Smith C, Sudhakar P "Teaching NeuroImages: Substantia nigra T2 hyperintensities in a man with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy." Neurology. 2019;93(19):e1830-1. Pubmed PMID: 31685712
• Echiverri K, Jicha GA, Smith JH "Age-related changes in headache days across the cognitive spectrum." Pain Med. 2018;19(7):1478-84. Pubmed PMID: 29024962
• Lynch HE, Crews SM, Rosenthal B, Kim E, Gish R, Echiverri K, et al. "Cellular mechanics of germ band retraction in Drosophila." Dev Biol. 2013;384(2):205-13. Pubmed PMID: 24135149

Memberships

American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Member (10/2018)

American Neurological Association

Member (05/2018)

American Academy of Neurology

Member (07/2016)