Dayton Grogan, MD
Education
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA, Doctor of Medicine, 2022
- DUKE UNIVERSITY, BS, Cum Laude, Biology with distinction 2017
- Minors: Chemistry and Philosophy
Email: FVD6NC@uvahealth.org
Research Experience
Research Assistant, Emory University 2020-21
Project interested in the effects of exercise on a chemically-induced parkinsonian phenotype in mice; then, recreating such effects with neuromodulatory techniques.
Student Research Assistant, Duke University, High Energy Physics Department 2016-17
Assisted in the improvement of data acquisition and calibration of the ATLAS experiment associated with the large hydron collider at CERN via neural networks and machine learning algorithms.
Awards
AANS/CNS Joint Section Charles Kuntz Scholar Award: Spine Summit, San Diego, CA 2021
Augusta University Faculty Club Scholarship for Service and Academic Promise: Medical College of Georgia 2019
Medical Scholars Summer Research Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia 2018
Student Leadership and Service Award: Duke University 2017
Publications
An ordinal clinical score predicts seizure freedom after minimally invasive epilepsy surgery
Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1002/acn3.52146. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To predict one-year seizure freedom, using a combination of relevant clinical variables, following stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for…The laterodorsal tegmentum and seizure regulation: Revisiting the evidence
J Neurosci Res. 2023 Feb;101(2):256-262. doi: 10.1002/jnr.25144. Epub 2022 Nov 9.ABSTRACTElectrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is now a routine treatment option for patients suffering from medically refractory epilepsy. DBS of…Trends in Academic Spine Neurosurgeon Productivity as Measured by the Relative Citation Ratio
World Neurosurg. 2021 Mar;147:e40-e46. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.097. Epub 2020 Nov 26.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Publication metrics such as the author-level h-index are often used to evaluate and compare research productivity in academia. The h-index,…A case of dual three-column thoracic spinal fractures following traumatic injury
Surg Neurol Int. 2020 Jun 13;11:150. doi: 10.25259/SNI_189_2020. eCollection 2020.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Thoracic spine fracture-dislocations due to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) rarely involve double- level, noncontiguous lesions.CASE DESCRIPTION: A 19-year-old male following…A simple and cost-effective model for ventricular catheter placement training: technical note
J Neurosurg. 2020 May 1;134(5):1640-1643. doi: 10.3171/2020.2.JNS19161.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: External ventricular drain (EVD) placement is one of first cranial procedures neurosurgery residents are expected to perform independently. While proper training improves patient…