Ken Tyler, MD

Professor, Neurology


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Medical School
  • MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1978)
Undergraduate School
  • AB, Harvard University (MA) (1974)
Internship
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program (1979)
Residencies
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program, Internal Medicine (1980)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Chief Resident, Neurology (1983)
Languages
English
Department
Neurology

Professional Titles

  • Louise Baum Endowed Chair of Neurology
  • Chair, Department of Neurology

Recognitions

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Neurovirology (2013)
  • Editorial Board, Virology (2013)
  • Lippard Lecturer, Columbia University (2010)
  • Robert Aird Professor, UCSF (2012)
  • 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)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Neurology, American Neurological Association (ANA) (2022)
  • Gilden Lecturer, International Society Neurovirology (ISNV) (2023)
  • Pioneer in Neurovirology Award, International Society for Neurovirology (ISNV) (2023)

Publications

  • Rudy M, Wilson CJ, Hinckley B, Baker DC, Royal JM, Hoke MP, Brennan MB, Vogt, M, Clarke P, Tyler KL. EV68-228-N monoclonal antibody treatment halts progression in a mouse model of EV-D68 induced acute flaccid myelitis. mBio (03906-24, in press), 2025.
  • Beckham JD, Tyler KL. Encephalitis (Chapter 91). In: Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s B Principles and practice of infectious diseases (10th ed). (Dolin R, Blaser M, Eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2025(in press)
  • Tyler KL. Orthoreoviruses and orbiviruses (Chapter 155). In: Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s B Principles and practice of infectious diseases (10th ed). (Dolin R, Blaser M, Eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2025(in press)
  • Pastula D, Tyler KL. Coltiviruses (Colorado Tick Fever Virus) and Seadornaviruses (Chapter 156). In: Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s B Principles and practice of infectious diseases (10th ed). (Dolin R, Blaser M, Eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2025(in press)
  • Bosque PJ, Tyler KL., Prion and prion diseases of the Central nervous system (Transmissible neurodegenerative diseases) (Chapter 185). In: Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s B Principles and practice of infectious diseases (10th ed). (Dolin R, Blaser M, Eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2025(in press)

Professional Memberships

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

Practice Locations

UCHealth Neurosciences Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
4th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2080

Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center
1700 Wheeling St
Aurora, CO 80045
303-399-8020

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