Paul Lyons, MD/PhD  


My move to the Shenandoah Valley and Winchester was based upon a single goal; to establish a comprehensive epilepsy and neurodevelopmental clinic.  My background as a neurologist and neurophysiologist, with research background in neuroimmunology has allowed me to offer expert care to infants, children, and adults with seizures and epilepsy, or in young cases where a diagnosis has yet to be clearly established.  Focusing on epilepsy as a syndrome, rather than just on the symptoms of seizures, my practice with physician assistant, Patricia Willauer, focuses on all of the needs related to the impact of the disease on the individual, spanning sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, mood and behavioral disturbances.  We also work closely with local psychiatrists and counselors and have established a local epilepsy support group. 

 

For the medically challenging seizures and epilepsy, we have been able to establish a comprehensive epilepsy surgery program with Valley Health/Winchester Medical Center and Virginia Brain and Spine Institute where epilepsy surgery can be performed safely, through a thorough screening process.  The epilepsy program is a member of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC).

 

As a general neurologist, I offer broad neurological services, both emergently through the hospital and in our office, including electrophysiological testing such as nerve conduction studies, EMG’s, and a full spectrum of EEG studies. 

 

My overall goal for each individual seen in our clinic is to enhance their quality of life, establishing treatment plans while avoiding unwanted side effects. 

 

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

 

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology Diplomate certificate
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board certification in Clinical Neurophysiology certificate

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

 

  • Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine.
  • Residency, Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Internship, UAB Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Medical Degree (M.D.) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Birmingham, Alabama School of Medicine
  • Research Fellowship, UAB, Department of Cell Biology
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Doctoral Program.
  • BS, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, Microbiology/Chemistry

 

INTERESTS:

 

Family, Carpentry, Running, Baking

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Calkins ME, Tepper, P, Ruben Gur RC, Daniel Ragland, Go RCP, Klei L, Savage RM,

            O’Jile J, Devlin B. Kwentus J, Aliyu MH, Allen T, Bradford LD, Edwards N,

            Lyons PD, Nimgaonkar VL, Santos AB, & Gur RE    Project Among African-

            Americans to Explore Risks for Schizophrenia (PAARTNERS): Evidence for

            Impairment and Heritablity of Neurocognitive Functioning in Families of

            Schizophrenia Patients.

 

Aliyu MH, Calkins ME, Swanson, CL Jr., Lyons, PD, Savage RM, May R, Wiener H,

            McLeod-Bryant S, Nimgaonkar VL, Ragland JD, Gur RC, Bradford LD, Edwards    

            N, Kwentus J, McEvoy JP, Santos, AB, Mcleod-Bryant S, Tennison C, Go RC,

            Allen TB;  PAARTNERS Study Group.  Project Among African-Americans to

            Explore Risks for Schizophrenia (PAARTNERS): Recruitment and Assessment

            Methods.  Schizophr Res.

 

Hamilton LA, Aliyu MH, Lyons PD, May R. Swanson CL, Savage R, Go RCP.  African-

            American Community Attitudes and Perception Toward Schizophrenia and

            Medical Research:  An Exploratory Study. JMNA

 

Lyons PD and Benveniste EN.  Cleavage of Membrane-Associated ICAM-1 From

            Astrocytes:  Involvement of a Metalloprotease. Glia, 22 (2)

 

Lyons PD and Blalock JE.  Pro-opiomelanocortin Gene Expression and Protein

            Processing in Rat Mononuclear Leukocytes.   J of Neuroimmunology.

 

Lyons PD and Blalock JE.  The Kinetics of ACTH Expression in Rat Leukocyte

            Subpopulations.  J of Neuroimmunology

 

Colucci G, Lyons PD, Beaser, and Waskal D.  Production of Hepatitis

            B Virus-Infected Human B-Cell Hybridomas:  Transmission of the viral

            Genome to Normal Lymphocytes in Co-Cultures.  Virology.