Meredith Bryarly, M.D.

Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Neurology
Autonomic Disorders
Neuromuscular Disorders

Biography

Meredith Bryarly, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Her specialties include postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), orthostatic hypotension, and multiple system atrophy.

Dr. Bryarly earned her medical degree at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed a residency in neurology as well as fellowships in neuromuscular disease and autonomic disorders at UT Southwestern.

Certified in neurology and neuromuscular medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in autonomic disorders by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2016.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Bryarly is the Associate Director for the Medical Student Neurology Clerkship. She is a member of the Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Clinic and the joint rheumatology-neurology Muscle Clinic. She also established and runs the Autonomic Disorders Clinic at the Dallas VA Medical Center.

An investigator on numerous clinical trials, Dr. Bryarly’s research interests include autonomic failure, dysautonomia, multiple system atrophy, orthostatic hypotension, and POTS. Her recent publications include a chapter in Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System.

She is a member of the American Autonomic Society and the American Academy of Neurology.

Education & Training

Medical School - UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (2007-2011)
Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011-2015), Neurology
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015-2016), Neuromuscular Disease
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016-2017), Autonomic Disorders

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology
American Autonomic Society

Honors & Awards

Lundbeck Travel Fellowship Award 2016, American Autonomic Society
Medical Student Teaching Award (Neurology Department) 2015, UT Southwestern
American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence 2011, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Nellie Pratt Award 2001, Yale University
William H. McKim Prize 2001, Yale University

Books & Publications

Books
- Exercise in Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System, 4th ed.
  Bryarly M, Fu Q, Levine BD (Accepted, pending publication), Waltham, MA, Elsevier
Publications
- A comparison of health-related quality of life in autonomic disorders: postural tachycardia syndrome versus vasovagal syncope.
  Hall J, Bourne KM, Sheldon RS, Vernino S, Raj V, Ng J, Okamoto LE, Arnold AC, Bryarly M, Phillips L, Paranjape SY, Raj SR, Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society 2021 Jun 31 3 433-441
- Quantitative assessment of diabetic amyotrophy using magnetic resonance neurography-a case-control analysis.
  Hlis R, Poh F, Bryarly M, Xi Y, Chhabra A, European radiology 2019 Nov 29 11 5910-5919
- Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome.
  Bryarly M, Raj SR, Phillips L, Hynan LS, Okamoto LE, Arnold AC, Paranjape SY, Vernino M, Black BK, Vernino S, Neurology. Clinical practice 2021 Aug 11 4 e397-e401
- Seronegative autoimmune autonomic neuropathy: a distinct clinical entity.
  Golden EP, Bryarly MA, Vernino S Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society 2017 Dec
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: JACC Focus Seminar.
  Bryarly M, Phillips LT, Fu Q, Vernino S, Levine BD, Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2019 Mar 73 10 1207-1228

Research

Autonomic failure
Dysautonomia
Multiple system atrophy
Orthostatic hypotension
POTS (postural tachycardia syndrome)
Pure autonomic failure

Clinical Focus

Autonomic Disorders
Neuromuscular Disorders
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
Multifocal motor neuropathy
Multiple system atrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Orthostatic hypotension
Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
Single-fiber electromyography (EMG)
Syncope