Mariecken Fowler, MD  

I first became enthralled by brain processes while studying psychology.  In a course called “Brain and Behavior” I learned how brain injury can change our personality and understanding of the world around us.  Over the years, this interest stimulated me to continue studying neurologic disease.  After a residency at the Mayo Clinic, family and the pull of the mountains of Virginia brought me back to UVA for a fellowship specializing in memory loss and dementia.  Since coming to Winchester in 2006, I have continued to expand my training in the treatment of dementia, concussion, sports neurology, and dizziness/balance disorders.  I currently run a program with all Winchester-area high schools to monitor athletes for concussion with cognitive testing.  Additionally, I have extensive training in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and hope to establish a Deep Brain Stimulator program in Winchester.  Above all, I enjoy getting to know my patient’s and improving the quality of their lives.

 

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

-          American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2006

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

-          B.Sci., Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

-          M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

-          Neurology Residency, The Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

-          Behavioral Neurology Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

 

INTERESTS:

 

In my free time I relish family time with my husband and two young sons, traveling, running with friends, and completing a yearly half-marathon.  I also speak French and Dutch, although unfortunately don’t get much of a chance to use these skills!

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Fowler MV, Capobianco DJ, Dodick DW.  Headache in the elderly. Seminars in Pain Management 2(2): 123-128, 2004.

               

Fowler MV, Putzke JD, Uitti RJ, Kertesz A, Wszolek ZW. Frontal behavioral dysfunction sex  disparity in the PPND family (FTPP-17, N279K tau mutation). Poster presentation, 16^th International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders June 7, 2005.

 

Fowler MV, Geldmacher D. Rehabilitation of Retrosplenial Amnesia: Preserved insight as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tool. (Poster 21). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  87(10): e15-e15, 2006. 

                               

Swerdlow RH, Milller BB, Lopes MBS, Mandell JW, Wooten GF, Damgaard P, Manning C, Fowler M, Brashear HR. Autosomal dominant subcortical gliosis presenting as Frontotemporal dementia. Neurology. Jan 2009, 72:260-267.