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       NIH neurology director abruptly ousted
       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):
       [quote][font=sans-serif]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.[/font]
       [font=sans-serif]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.[/font]
       [font=sans-serif]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.[/font][/quote]
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