Eyal Muscal, MD, MS
- Rheumatology
Division Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology
Pawelek Endowed Chair of Pediatric Rheumatology
Co Appointment: Child Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Phone:
832-824-1319
Fax:
832-825-1260
Languages: English
Departments:
Office locations:
Texas Medical Center
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
Get to know Eyal Muscal, MD, MS
I am a pediatric rheumatologist with a Master of Science degree in clinical research. My practice focuses on patient care, fellowship education and clinical research. My interest in immunoneurology has led to a secondary appointment in the Child Neurology division at Baylor College of Medicine.
I have received grant funding and research awards for pilot research studies. I was previously the Pediatric Rheumatology program director and led a national pediatric rheumatology-mentoring project. I have been the Pediatric Rheumatology division chief for four years.
Clinical Interests
Neurologic manifestations of rheumatic disorders, novel and auto-inflammatory mechanisms of neuroinflammatory disease
Education
Organizations
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Research interests
Neurologic manifestation of systemic autoimmune disorders and isolated neuronal immune-dysregulatory disorders (autoimmune encephalitis, NORSE, and Rasmussen’s encephalitis)
Alexander J. Sandweiss, Varun Kannan, Nilesh Desai, Stephen Kralik, Eyal Muscal, and Kristen Fisher. Arterial spin labeling changes parallel asymmetric perisylvian and perirolandic symptoms in 3 pediatric cases of anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; NEURIMMINFL/ 2022/040738 (Accepted for publication).
Vreeland A, Thienemann M, Cunningham M, Muscal E, Pittenger C, Frankovich J. Neuroinflammation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2023 Mar;46(1):69-88. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2022.11.004. PMID: 36740356.
Lai YC, Abou-El-Kheir G, Nguyen T, Hanerhoff M, Riviello JJ, Muscal E. Systemic inflammatory markers and EEG features of children with FIRES receiving anakinra. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2023 Jan 16. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36645080.
Son MB, Berbert L, Young C et al. (Muscal E as 14th author). Post-Discharge glucocorticoid use and clinical outcomes in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. JAMA Open Network. 2022, 5 (11): PMID: 36367723
Wickstrom R, et al, (Muscal E one of authors from The International NORSE Consensus Group). International Consensus recommendations for management of new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) including febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): Summary and clinical tools. Epilepsia. Aug. 2022. Online ahead of print . PMID: 35951466
Jain PN, Acosta S, Annapragada A, Checchia PA, Moreira A, Muscal E, Sartain SE, Tejtel SKS, Vogel TP, Shekerdemian L, Rusin CG. Comparison of laboratory and hemodynamic time series data across original, alpha, and delta variants in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2022 May 04. PMID: 35507775.
