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Tania Reyna, MD, MSCS, FAAN

Associate Professor/Clinical

Tania A Reyna, MD, MSCS, FAAN, is currently an associate professor of neurology at the University of Texas at Health Science Center San Antonio.  She also serves as an associate director of the UT Medicine Neurology Clinic.

Reyna graduated from the Universidad Mexico Americana del Norte in Mexico, followed by an internship and a year of practice in Mexico.  After graduation, she spent time in the laboratory studying neuronal characterization in dementia at the University of Texas at Brownsville.  She completed her neurology residency at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.  Upon completion of residency training, she remained there as an assistant professor to develop a program in neuroimmunology.  She has a special certification in multiple sclerosis through the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers.

She has participated in many clinical trials in multiple sclerosis and has published several abstracts.  Reyna is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and is very active in the multiple sclerosis community.  She received the Attending of the Year award in 2013 by the neurology residents at the University of Oklahoma.  She was awarded the Provider of the Year Award in 2019 by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Oklahoma Chapter. 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2000 - MD - Universidad de Mexico Americana del Norte, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    Training

    • 2011 - Residency - Neurology - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
    • 2008 - Internship - Internal Medicine - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Appointments

    • 07/2021 - Associate Professor/Clinical - The University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Neurology, San Antonio, TX
    • 09/2011-09/2014 - Assistant Professor/Clinical and Associate Professor of Medicine - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurology, Oklahoma City, OK

  • Research & Grants

    Research profile

  • Service

    Service to the Profession

    • 09/2011- Present  National Multiple Sclerosis Society NMSS
    • 09/2011- Present  Multiple Sclerosis Partners in Care - NMSS

    Community

    09/2019-03/2021 Multiple Sclerosis Patient Support Group

  • Publications

      ABSTRACT

      • Reyna TA. A clinical Model for Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Retrospective Review 2017 Oct. (Presented at the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) – Paris, France).

      • Thiessen A, Andrew KA, Smith, J, Reyna TA. Examination of Timed 25-Foot Walk Performance in Ambulatory Patients With MS Utilizing Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy: A Retrospective Study 2017 May. (Presented at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) – New Orleans, LA).

      JOURNAL ARTICLE

      • Zyla K, Larabee CM, Georgescu C, Berkley C, Reyna TA, Plafker SM. Dimethyl Fumarate Mitigates Optic Neuritis Mol Vis 2019 Aug;25:446-461.

      • Fjeldstad-Pardo C, Reyna TA, Smith J, Sharp T, Pardo G. Relapses in MS Patients Treated with DMF with no Variation in Lymphocyte Counts Curr Res Neurol Neurosurg 2019 Apr;2(1):030-032.

      NOT SPECIFIED

      • Duvall J, Kanaan S, Reyna TA. Glioblastoma Multiforme in Multiple Sclerosis
      • Reyna TA (co-author). COVID-19 In Patients With Neurological Disorders Presented at Virtual AAN Meeting 2021

  • Clinical

    Provider profile

    Board Certifications

    • 2011 - Neurology - American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry