Global Neurology Group

Dr. Birlea is a neurologist and headache specialist, trained in Romania and in the US, including an internship at a public hospital in New York, with colleagues and patients from all over the world. All these experiences exposed him to various cultures and languages and helped him develop the sense of belonging to the global community and advocate for others. With approximately 1 billion people with migraine alone, there are a lot of unmet needs everywhere, including clinical and educational, as well as many unknowns. He is happy to contribute to any Headache and Neurology-based international partnership programs.

Dr. Chauhan is an infectious disease physician with interests in emerging infectious diseases, neuro-infectious diseases, HIV and infectious disease in immunocompromised hosts. She has been actively involved in clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic and has interest in therapeutic strategies for emerging infections. She has also previously worked in various health institutions in India and Nepal and has particular interest in understanding emerging infections in other regions and effects of climate on changing epidemiology of infectious diseases.

Dr. Lowe is an Assistant Professor of Neurology with clinical roles in both autoimmune neurology and as a neurohospitalist. She completed her residency and a fellowship in Neuro-Infectious Diseases and Autoimmune Neurology at the University of Colorado. Deeply committed to global health, Dr. Lowe is particularly interested in the intersection of climate change and health, especially its impact on vulnerable populations. Her global health involvement began during medical school and continued through residency, when she provided neurology consultations in Suva, Fiji, as part of a collaborative partnership with colleagues at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital. During fellowship, she helped sustain this partnership by facilitating regular remote consultations and remains dedicated to its ongoing development.

Dr. Pastula is a neurologist, CDC-trained medical epidemiologist (EIS), and veteran of the U.S. Public Health Service with interests in neurohospitalist medicine, neuro-infectious diseases, emerging infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology, outbreak investigation and control, emergency preparedness and response, biodefense, global health, neurotoxicology, environmental health, climate and health, public policy, science communication, and education. He has worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization on various public health responses and investigations throughout the world.

Dr. Pastula currently serves as Global Neurology Education Director and founding section chief of the Neuro-Infectious Diseases and Global Neurology Section.

Dr. Sauer is the Director of the Neurohospitalist and Consultative Neurology Programs at the University of Colorado. He is a neurologist specialized in hospital-based, clinical neurology and neurology care delivery mechanisms (a neurohospitalist). His global neurology interests include the establishment of international partnership programs for hospital-based neurology (neurohospitalist) quality improvement, research, and education initiatives. He supports and sponsors a clinical observership program for international faculty, fellows, and residents at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center.

Dr. Schmitt is an Assistant Professor of Neurology working as a full-time neurohospitalist. She completed neurology residency and the Neuroinfectious Diseases/Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship at the University of Colorado.She was the inaugural resident to complete a global neurology rotation in Suva, Fiji, at Colonial War Memorial Hospital. She contributed to founding a monthly collaborative case conference between the University of Colorado and Colonial War Memorial Hospital, a source of ongoing knowledge sharing between the two institutions. She has global health interests in high-yield mutual education between providers in high- and limited-resource settings.  

Dr. Wolf is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where he also completed medical school, neurology residency, and neuroimmunology fellowship. His clinical practice is focused on multiple sclerosis (MS) and other inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. His global health interests include medical tourism, the international use of cellular therapies for neurological diseases, and patterns of infectious complications of immunosuppressive therapies.