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Department
LocationRheumatology
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program
Texas Medical Center
Specialty
Rheumatology
Phone: 832-824-1319
Fax: 832-825-1260
Address
6701 Fannin Street
11th Floor
Houston, TX 77030
Eyal Muscal, MD, MS
Division Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology
Pawelek Endowed Chair of Pediatric Rheumatology
Co Appointment: Child Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Health Science at Houston | Masters | Master of Science in Clinical Research | 2008 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship | Pediatric Rheumatology | 2007 |
| Children's Hospital-Pittsburgh | Residency | Pediatrics | 2003 |
| Children's Hospital-Pittsburgh | Internship | Pediatrics | 2001 |
| Jefferson Medical College | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2000 |
| Brown University | Bachelors | Bachelor of Arts | 1993 |
About
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
Research Interests: neurologic manifestation of systemic autoimmune disorders and isolated neuronal immune-dysregulatory disorders (autoimmune encephalitis, NORSE, and Rasmussen’s encephalitis)
Organizations
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American College of Rheumatology | Previous Early career Investigator Sub-committee member |
| AMIGO (ACR, CARRA Mentoring interest Group) | Previous Co-Director |
| Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance | Voting member, co-director inflammatory brain disease workgroup |
| Norse Institute | Medical advisory board member |
Selected Publications
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.
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