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       NIH neurology director abruptly ousted
   DIR By: agate
       Date: January 10, 2026, 12:44 am
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       The current US administration is continuing its relentless war
       on science.
       From MedPage Today (December 29, 2025):
       NIH Neurology Director Abruptly Ousted
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       Background for Dr. Koroshetz (from Wikipedia):
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       > Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. was selected director of NINDS on
       June 11, 2015. He began working at NINDS in 2007 as deputy
       director, and he served as acting director from October 2014
       through June 2015.
       >
       >   Koroshetz received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown
       University and his medical degree from the University of
       Chicago. He trained in neurology at Massachusetts General
       Hospital (MGH), after which he did post-doctoral studies in
       cellular neurophysiology at MGH and at Harvard Medical School,
       studying mechanisms of excitoxicity and neuroprotection. Before
       joining NINDS, Koroshetz served as Vice Chair of the neurology
       service and Director of stroke and neurointensive care services
       at MGH. He was a professor of neurology at Harvard and led
       neurology resident training at MGH between 1990 and 2007.
       >
       > Koroshetz has been granted many honors in his distinguished
       career and is an elected fellow of the American Academy of
       Neurology and the American Neurological Association.
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