Evanthia Bernitsas, MD
Narrative Bio
Evanthia Triantafylou-Bernitsas, MD joined the Department of Neurology at Wayne State University in 2011. She has completed a neurology residency at Case Western Reserve University and Neuroimmunology Fellowships at the University of Michigan and Baylor College of Medicine. She is the Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Wayne State School of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Neurology. Shis also Director of the MS Fellowship training program in neurology.
Her clinical research focuses on aggressive forms of MS, new immunomodulatory therapies and symptomatic interventions. Dr. Bernitsas directs a very active clinical research program and she is the PI on numerous clinical and investigator-initiated trials.
Her laboratory research interests include novel neuroimaging and optical coherence tomography that lead to a better understanding of the disease, pathophysiology and imaging of MS fatigue and the use of biomarkers in neuroprotection and remyelination. Currently, she serves as the Editor-in Chief in the Neuroimaging section of the “Brain Sciences” Journal. She has published extensively and served in several committees and advisory boards.
Office Address
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology Suite 8D-UHC
4201 St. Antoine
Detroit, MI 48201
Office: (313) 577-1245
Fax: (313) 745-4216
Clinic: (313) 745-4275
Academic Rank
Associate Professor of Neurology
Medical
Aristotelian Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece, MD, 1990
Position Title
Associate Professor of Neurology,
Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center
Program Director, MS Fellowship Training Program
Internships
Mercy Health Partners, Toledo, OH, 2004-2005
Residency
Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2005-2008
Fellowships
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center, NIH/USUHS, Bethesda, MD, 1991-1993
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000-2004
• Maxine Mesinger Comprehensive MS Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2008-2009
Prior Appointments
University of Michigan, Assistant Professor, 2009-2011
Interests
MS fatigue, MS and epilepsy, Neuroimaging and OCT
Publications
Publications