Patience Reading, MD, a board certified neurologist, earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, where she served as class president, and was the recipient of prestigious awards such as the most outstanding neurology student, Rolland C. Reynolds Pathology Award, Iatrose Award (student physician in high regard), and Cibageneva Award for Outstanding Community Service. At the University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, she was named Intern of the Month, and later, in that school’s Department of Neurology, she served as Chief Resident. Following completion of the residency program, Dr. Reading pursued training through a University of Michigan Fellowship in Electrophysiology, including EEG, EMG, and NCS, with special clinical emphasis in neuromuscular disease.
Dr. Reading actively participates in community education programs, providing lectures to Austin area charity organizations, and speaking to the public via television news appearances. Her research works on neuropathy and other neurological topics have been published in medical journals. Dr. Reading currently has a private practice in Austin, where she treats outpatient and inpatient neurology patients. She received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Curriculum vitae of Patience H. Reading, MD (PDF) Education:
B.S., 1990
Texas A&M University
College Station
B.S., 1994
University of Texas at Austin
Austin
M.D., 1998
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
Internship (Internal Medicine), 1998-1999
University of Michigan
Residency (Neurology), 1999–2002
University of Michigan
Fellowship Electrophysiology including EEG, EMG and NCS with special clinical emphasis in neuromuscular disease, 2002-2003
Clinical Appointments:
Neurologist, 2003-Present
Austin Diagnostic Clinic
Austin, Texas
Licensure & Certification:
License - Texas Board Certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2003
Honors and Awards
Residency and Internship
Chief Resident, University of Michigan Department of Neurology, 2001 - 2002
Intern of the Month, University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, 1998
Medical School Class President, UT Southwestern Medical School, 1994-1998 Neurology Prize, selected by neurology faculty, most outstanding neurology student, 1998
Rolland C. Reynolds Pathology Award, selected by pathology faculty, 1998
Iatrose Award, selected by graduating class for student physician of high regard, 1998
Cibageneva Award for Outstanding Community Service, 1996
Undergraduate Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society, member, 1993 – 1994
University Academic Honors Award, 1992
Opportunity Academic Award, 1990
Lechner Academic Merit Award, 1989
Teaching/ Community Education
Lecture to Austin charity organization 100 Women, “Headaches, Myths and Management”, 2004
Local television appearance on KTVC news to discuss Multiple Sclerosis, 2004
Local television appearance on KTVC news to discuss Alzheimer’s disease, 2003
Token of Appreciation from Medical Students Award, University of Michigan Medical School, 2002
Extensive teaching of medical students on neurology rotations at the University of Michigan, 1998 – 2002
Teaching Assistant, first year Neurobiology / Neuroanatomy Course, UT Southwestern, 1998
Publications
Reading P. and Russell JW. Chronic Autonomic Neuropathies. In: Neurology Medlink, The Information Resource for Clinical Neurology, Gilman S ed., Arbor Publishing, 2002
Russell JW. and Reading P. Acute Autonomic Neuropathies. In: Neurology Medlink, The Information Resource for Clinical Neurology, Gilman S ed., Arbor Publishing, 2002
Peltier AC, Reading PH, Beydoun A, Edwards J, Gambetti P, Foster NL. Two concurrent cases of early-onset sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Michigan. Neurology 2002;58 (Suppl 3): A442
Internship Internal Medicine University of Michigan, MI Residency Neurology
