Editor: Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS

Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS

Dr. Deanna Saylor is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the Global Neurology Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Saylor completed her undergraduate studies in chemistry and molecular genetics at The Ohio State University, graduated from medical school at Johns Hopkins, and obtained her master’s in clinical epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. After completing an internship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, she then completed neurology residency and neuro-infectious diseases fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include neurological complications of HIV, global health and neurology, and improving the diagnosis and management of neurological conditions in resource-limited settings. Much of her research is based in sub-Saharan Africa, including projects in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. Most recently, Dr. Saylor has been living and working full-time in Zambia since 2018, as Director of the first and only neurology post-graduate training program in the country. She also leads Zambia’s only inpatient neurology service, which is based at the University Teaching Hospital, has helped launch Zambia’s first teleneurology service, and is a building a clinical research program focused on stroke and improving systems of neurological care in Zambia. Dr. Saylor is also a recipient of the AAN’s Mridha Spirit of Neurology Award, Neuro-Infectious Disease Award, A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award, and the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Global Achievement Award.