DanielMichaelPastulaMDMHS(He/Him)

Hospital/Neurohospitalist

Neurologist, Medical Epidemiologist, Policy Advisor, Scientist, Teacher

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University of Colorado Neurology
12401 East 17th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045

I am a board-certified neurologist, CDC-trained medical epidemiologist (EIS), veteran of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), policy advisor, scientist, and teacher. I have cross-disciplinary interests and experience in neurohospitalist medicine, neuro-infectious diseases, emerging infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology, outbreak investigation and control, emergency preparedness and response, biodefense, global health, neurotoxicology, environmental health, meteorology and climatology, public policy, science communication, and education. I also have extensive leadership, management, teamwork, consulting, finance/budgeting, medicolegal, government/public service, and media/communications experience.

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFellowship, Epidemic Intelligence Service, 2013 - 2015
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Neurology, 2009 - 2013
Duke UniversityMHS, 2007 - 2009
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2009

Excellence in Domestic Epidemiology Team Award Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2015
Unit Commendation U.S. Public Health Service, 2014
Excellence in International Epidemiology Team Award Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2014
Excellence in International Epidemiology Team Award National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), 2014
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PubMed

89 citations
Guillain-Barré Syndrome During Ongoing Zika Virus Transmission — Puerto Rico, January 1–July 31, 2016
Emilio Dirlikov, Chelsea G. Major, Marrielle Mayshack, Nicole A. Medina, Desiree Matos
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2016-09-02
48 citations
Two Cases of Monkeypox-Associated Encephalomyelitis - Colorado and the District of Columbia, July-August 2022.
Daniel M Pastula, Matthew J Copeland, Markus C Hannan, Samuel Rapaka, Takashi Kitani
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2022-09-23
2 citations
Diagnosing viral encephalitis and emerging concepts.
Heather Y F Yong, Daniel M Pastula, Ronak K Kapadia
Current Opinion in Neurology. 2023-06-01

The Claim: Mpox Is a Reaction to COVID-19 VaccinesAugust 23rd, 2024
Mpox Cases Have Dropped Dramatically Since Last Summer. Here's What to KnowFebruary 15th, 2023
Experts Say Vaccines, Behavior Changes Worked as Colorado’s Monkeypox Cases DeclineOctober 3rd, 2022
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