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Dr Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar
Director of the Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center

Dr. Pardo is an associate professor of neurology and pathology. He is a clinical neurologist and the principal investigator of the Neuroimmunopathology Laboratory. He is also a neurologist at the Multiple Sclerosis Center and member of the Neuroviruses Emerging in the Americas Study (NEAS).
Dr. Pardo's clinical research interest and laboratory work focuses on these studies:
- Immunopathological and molecular mechanisms of associated with neuroimmune disorders such as transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuroAIDS, epilepsy and autism
- The role of cytokines and chemokines in pathogenic mechanisms of neurological disorders
- Biomarkers of neuroimmunological disease in cerebrospinal fluid and blood
- Animal models of neuroimmunological disorders
- Neurological complications of arbovirus infections including dengue and zika
New Research on Zika's Role in Guillain-Barre
Dr. Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar and other researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine working with scientists in Colombia have discovered what they believe is the strongest evidence yet that the Zika virus causes neurological problems in adults. Watch the video from the Baltimore Sun.
Dr Pardo’s interest in transverse myelitis centers on management of acute myelitis, biomarkers of the disease in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood, and the role of neuroimmune factors in the pathogenesis of myelopathies.
Along with others neurologists and health care providers in the Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center, Dr Pardo focuses on a comprehensive approach in the diagnosis and management of transverse myelopathies, myelitis, neuroimmunological and neuroinfectious disorders.
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