Kenneth L. Tyler MD

Dr. Tyler is athe Reuler-Lewin Family Professor & Chair of the Department of Neurology and Professor of Medicine & Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of  of Medicine.  He completed medical school (M.D.) at Johns Hopkins and residency in internal medicine and neurology at the Brigham and Massachusetts General Hospitals, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in microbiology & molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School under the late Dr. Bernard Fields. He is board certified in internal medicine and neurology.  He serves on the editorial boards of Annals of Neurology, JAMA Neurology, Journal of Neurovirology, Virology and Journal of Infectious Disease among others.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Neurological Association and Executive Council of the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN) and past Board of Directors member  of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Academy of Microbiology, and American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of the Association of American Physicians and American Society for Clinical Investigation. Dr. Tyler's  clinical and basic research involves the study of infections of the nervous system generally and viral infections of the CNS more specifically and is funded by NIAID, NINDS, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.