Ken Tyler, MD
Professor, Neurology

Louise Baum Endowed Chair of Neurology
Chair, Department of Neurology
Clinic 720-848-2080
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Gender: Male
Languages: English
Department, Section/Division: Neurology
Immunology and Microbiology

Practice Locations

UCHealth Neurosciences Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
4th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2080
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Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center
1700 Wheeling St
Aurora, CO 80045
303-399-8020
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Hospital Affiliation
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (1983)
  • Neurology, Board Certification (1984)
  • Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Specialized Training (1983)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Brain and Nervous System
  • Infections

Education & Training

Medical Schools:
  • MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1978)

Undergraduate Schools:
  • AB, Harvard University (MA) (1974)

Internships:
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program (1979)

Residency Program:
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Chief Resident, Neurology (1983)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program, Internal Medicine (1980)

Recognition & Awards

  • Gilden Lecturer, International Society Neurovirology (ISNV) (2023)
  • Pioneer in Neurovirology Award, International Society for Neurovirology (ISNV) (2023)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Neurology, American Neurological Association (ANA) (2022)
  • Inaugural H. Richard Tyler Lecturer, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (2018)
  • Richard Paine Lecturer, Children’s National Medical Center (2018)
  • 4th Visiting Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (2017)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Neurovirology (2013)
  • Editorial Board, Virology (2013)
  • Robert Aird Professor, UCSF (2012)
  • Lippard Lecturer, Columbia University (2010)

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Microbiology, Fellow
  • American Academy of Neurology, Fellow
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
  • American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow
  • American Neurological Association, Fellow
  • American Society for Clinical Investigation, Member
  • American Society for Virology, Member
  • Association of American Physicians, Member
  • Infectious Disease Society of America, Fellow
  • Society for Neuroscience, Member

Teaching

  • Professor (1995)
    School of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology
  • Professor (1995)
    School of Medicine, Medicine
  • Professor (1995)
    School of Medicine, Neurology

Research & Grants

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term="Tyler KL"[Author]
Grants
  • Role of microglia in protection against west nile virus-induced CNS injury (2023)
    Dept. Veterans Affairs, $150815
  • Genomic and molecular determinants of EV-D68 neuroinvasive disease (2023)
    NIAID/NIH, $388750

Information for Referring Providers

Clinical Interests for Referring Providers
My clinical interests include infections of the nervous system with a particular focus on viral infections including those causing encephalitis, meningitis or myelitis. Specific diseases include CNS infections caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV), West Nile virus (WNV), Enterovirus D-68, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).

Research Interest for Referring Providers
Pathogenesis of viral infections of the Central Nervous System. We have funding to study reoviruses, and flaviviruses including West Nile and Japanese encephalitis and are initiating studies on Enterovirus D-68 (which has recently been linked to cases of acute flaccid paralysis especially in children). We are involved in clinical collaborative studies of JC virus-associated PML and in the use of Next Generation Sequencing of human CSF and brain tissue to identify unknown or unsuspected pathogens causing human CNS infections.
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