Tara Torabi, MD
Education
- Internship: University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program (UHIMRP)
- MD: Yale School of Medicine
- MSc: National University of Ireland, Galway, First Class Honors in Neuropharmacology
- Undergraduate: Brown University, Magna Cum Laude in Neuroscience with Honors
Interests
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Movement disorders
- Stroke
- Dementia
Publications
Torabi, T., Huttner, A., Nowak, R. J., & Roy, B. (2019). Clinical Reasoning: Progressive proximal weakness in a 56-year-old man with bone pain. Neurology, 93(21), 939-944.
Roy, B., Litchman, T., Torabi, T., & Nowak, R. J. (2021). Influenza vaccination in autoimmune neuromuscular diseases: A survey of current practices and perceptions. Muscle & Nerve.
Posters/Presentations
2019 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
Podium Presentation, “Progressive proximal weakness in a 56-year-old man with bone pain”
2019 AANEM Annual Meeting
Poster Presentation, “Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an additional diagnostic tool in the assessment of foot drop.”
2020 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting (virtual)
Poster Presentation, “Comparison of Responsive Neurostimulation System Efficacy Between Different Electrographic Seizure Onset Patterns.”
Awards and Honors
- Christine Wijman Humanism in Medicine Award, Stanford University (2023)
- Preliminary Resident of the Year Award, UHIMRP (2021)
- Queen Emma Clinic Excellence in Ambulatory Medicine Award, UHIMRP (2021)
- Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, UHIMRP (2021)
- Team Player Recognition, UHIMRP (2021)
- Norma Bailey Berniker Prize, Yale School of Medicine (2020)
- Marguerite Rush Lerner Prize, Yale School of Medicine (2020)
- Marguerite Rush Lerner Award, Poetry (1st Place), Yale School of Medicine (2020)
- Yale-UCL Poetry Competition, Proxime Accessit Award (2019)
- AANEM Medical Student Research Award (2019)
- George J. Mitchell Scholarship (2015)
- Department of Neuroscience Prize, Brown University (2015)
- Yak K Tow Prize, Brown University (2015)
- Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi, Brown University (2015)
- Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa (2015)
Hobbies
Music, art, poetry, museums, & nature