Publications by authors named "Neil Masangkay"
: Throughout medical school, and especially during clerkships, students experience changing work and learning environments and are exposed to new academic, interpersonal, and professional challenges unique to clinical learning. Given the siloed nature of clinical rotations, students often "fall through the cracks" and may repeatedly struggle through clerkships without support and coaching from which they would otherwise benefit. Many institutions have grappled with creating feed forward processes, that is, educational handoffs in which information is shared among faculty about struggling students with the intention of providing longitudinal support to ensure their success, while protecting students from negative bias that may follow them throughout the remainder of their medical school tenure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurologic disorders are among the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Moreover, the current shortfall of neurologists is expected to worsen over the coming decade. As a consequence, many patients with neurologic disorders will be treated by physicians and primary care providers without formal neurologic training.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study aimed to examine the imaging characteristics and clinical and MRI correlates of brain F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)-PET imaging in patients with paraneoplatic neurological syndrome.
Materials And Methods: Data of patients diagnosed with paraneoplastic neurological syndrome were retrospectively reviewed using the electronic medical records of the patients, looking specifically at records of hospital stays, laboratory findings and imaging reports. Both brain MRI and F-FDG-PET imaging characteristics were analyzed and compared.