Ram Narayan, MD, is a neurologist in the Multiple Sclerosis Program and an assistant professor of neurology in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is also certified in the evaluation and management of neuroimmunological disorders (CRND).

Dr. Narayan’s expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, neurosarcoidosis, transverse myelitis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other immune-mediated and infectious disorders of the nervous system. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the Transverse Myelitis Association.

Dr. Narayan earned his medical degree from the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He also completed a combined fellowship in adult and pediatric neuroimmunology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has additional training in vestibular neurology from Johns Hopkins and in neuroinflammatory disorders from the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Narayan’s research interests include developing clinical trials for autoimmune encephalitis, studying the effects of immunomodulatory medications in carcinogenesis, and studying spinal cord imaging in neuroimmunological disorders.