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Dr. Royal is the Director of the Maryland Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research and a Professor of Neurology and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. He is also the Research Associate Director for the VA Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence-East. Dr. Royal is an active investigator in the Maryland Center for MS clinical trials program and also has a laboratory which is researching immune markers of MS disease progression and mechanisms by which the activity of nuclear receptors, specifically the vitamin A and vitamin D receptors, modulate proinflammatory immune responses in MS. His research also involves studies of the viral pathogenesis of MS as well as clinical and basic science studies of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of neurocognitive impairment that occurs among individuals with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection. His HIV-related research involves collaborations with investigators at the University of Maryland Institute for Human Virology (IHV), in Abuja, Nigeria and at the University of California, San Diego and studies of a HIV-1 transgenic rat model, also in collaboration with researchers at the IHV.
Dr. Royal will see patients in the Neurology Ambulatory Center on Tuesdays. Appointments may be made by calling the appointment desk at 410-328-4323.
| Administrative Office Address: | Patient Appointment Address: |
| Maryland Center for MS 110 South Paca St., 3rd floor Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone 410-328-5605 Fax 410-328-5425 |
Neurology Ambulatory Center 16 South Eutaw Street, 3rd floor Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone 410-328-5858 Fax 410-328-1149 |
| Education and Training: | |
| 1973-1977 |
Harvard College Cambridge, Massachusetts A.B., Biochemistry |
| 1977-1980 |
Dartmouth Medical School M.D. Hanover, New Hampshire |
| 1980-1983 |
Residency in Internal Medicine Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1983-1985 |
Post-doctoral Fellowship Neurovirology and neuroimmunology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| 1985-1988 |
Residency in Neurology The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
| Previous Appointments | |
| 1988-1991 |
Instructor in Neurology Johns Hopkins University |
| 1991-2000 |
Assistant Professor in Neurology Johns Hopkins University |
| Certifications | |
| American Board of Internal Medicine (Certified 9/83) American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Certified 9/90 |
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| Current Appointments | |
| 2011-present |
Professor of Neurology University of MD School of Medicine |
| 2005-2011 |
Associate Professor of Neurology University of MD School of Medicine |
| 2000-2005 |
Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology and Anatomy and Neurobiology Morehouse School of Medicine |
Selected publications and invited reviews (out of more than 40 published papers)
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