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Sarkis Nazarian, M.D., is a Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He also holds the position of Neurology Clerkship Director for third-year medical students at UAMS. Prior to joining UAMS, he served as the Chief of Neurology at the Central Arkansas Veterans Hospital in Little Rock from 1996 to 2014. Dr. Nazarian is board-certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and holds a certification in Headache Medicine from the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. His medical education includes graduation from Yale University and obtaining his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed his internship at Baylor College of Medicine and his neurology residency at Yale University School of Medicine. Further specialization came with a fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital. Dr. Nazarian's clinical and research interests encompass headache management, the treatment of optic neuritis and pseudotumor cerebri, eye movement disorders, stroke prevention and treatment, and other neurological conditions.

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Sarkis M. Nazarian, M.D. is Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also serves as Neurology Clerkship Director for third-year medical students. He served as Chief of Neurology at the Central Arkansas Veterans Hospital in Little Rock from 1996 to 2014 before joining he UAMS Department of Neurology. He is Board Certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and certified in Headache Medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.Dr. Nazarian graduated from Yale University and obtained his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed an internship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and a residency in Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.Dr. Nazarian's clinical and research interests include headache management, treatment of optic neuritis and pseudotumor cerebri, eye movement disorders, stroke prevention and treatment, and other disorders of the nervous system.