Medical Education
Loyola University Chicago (2002)
Internship
Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Residency
Tufts University School of Medicine (Neurology) (2006)
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2007)
Affiliations
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Clinical Education, Partners MS center
Clinical interests
The relationship between MS new imaging technologies including high field strength MRI changes, magnetic transfer resonance imaging, and PET imaging.
Original Publication
Bakshi R, Neema M, Healy B, Liptak Z, Betensky R, Buckle G, Gauthier
S, Stankiewicz J, Meier D, Egorova S, Arora A, Guss Z, Glanz B, Khoury S,
Guttmann C, Weiner H. Predicting clinical progression in multiple sclerosis
with the magnetic resonance disease severity scale. Arch Neurol.
2008;65:1449-1153.
Stankiewicz JM, Neema M, Alsop DC, Healy BC, Arora A, Buckle GJ,
Chitnis T, Guttmann CRG, Hackney D, Bakshi R. Spinal cord lesions and
clinical status in multiple sclerosis: a 1.5T and 3T MRI study.J Neurol Sci. 2009;279:99-105.
Neema M, Guss ZD, Stankiewicz JM, Arora A, Healy BC, Bakshi R.Normal findings on brain fluid-attenuated
inversion recovery MR images at 3T.AJNR
Am J Neuroradiol. 2009;30:911-916.
Gauthier SA, Glanz BI, Mandel M, Tsagkaropoulos A, Neema M,
Stankiewicz J, Arora A, Duan Y, Liptak Z, Egorova S, Buckle GJ, Bakshi R,
Guttmann CR, Khoury SJ, Weiner HL.Incidence
and factors associated with treatment failure in the CLIMB multiple sclerosis
cohort study.J Neurol Sci. 2009;284:116-119.
Reviews/Chapters
Stankiewicz J, Panter SS, Neema M, Arora A, Batt CE, Bakshi R. Iron in
Chronic Brain Disorders: Imaging and Neurotherapeutic Implications.
Neurotherapeutics. 2007;4:371-386.
Neema M, Stankiewicz J, Arora A, Guss Z, Bakshi R. . MRI in Multiple
Sclerosis: What’s inside the toolbox? Neurotherapeutics. 2007;4:602-617.
Neema M, Stankiewicz J, Arora A, Dandamudi VS, Batt CE, Guss ZD, Al-Sabbagh
A, Bakshi R. T1- and T2-based MRI measures of diffuse gray matter and white
matter damage in patients with multiple sclerosis. J Neuroimaging.
2007;17:16S-21S.
Neema M, Dandamudi VSR, Arora A, Stankiewicz J, Bakshi R (2007) T1
black holes and gray matter damage. In: Neurodegeneration in Multiple
Sclerosis. Filippi M, Rovaris M, Comi G (eds). Berlin, Germany:
Springer;2007. p. 37-45.
Arora A, Neema M, Stankiewicz J, Guss ZD, Guss JG, Prockop L, Bakshi
R. . Neuroimaging of toxic and metabolic disorders. Arora A, Neema M,
Stankiewicz J, Guss ZD, Guss JG, Prockop L, Bakshi R.Semin Neurol. 2008;28:495-510.
Stankiewicz J and Brass S. Role of iron in neurotoxicity: a cause for
concern in the elderly? Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2009;12:22-29.