DineshTalwarMD

Child Neurology • Tucson, AZ

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Office
2450 E River Rd
Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone+1 520-326-2661

Fax+1 520-326-1120
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Summary

Dr. Dinesh Talwar, MD is a Child Neurologist in Tucson, Arizona. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Arizona, California, and Minnesota. He is affiliated with Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, TMC HealthCare, and Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital.

Education & Training

University of MinnesotaFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 1984 - 1987
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at LubbockResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1984
All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1990 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 1991 - 2025
NM State Medical License 1983 - 2014
MN State Medical License 1984 - 1992
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Clinical Trials

A Study of Galcanezumab (LY2951742) in Participants 12 to 17 Years of Age With Chronic Migraine Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 25
Recruiting
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
Fenfluramine in the treatment of Dravet syndrome: Results of a third randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Joseph Sullivan, Lieven Lagae, J Helen Cross, Orrin Devinsky, Renzo Guerrini, Kelly G Knupp, Linda Laux, Marina Nikanorova, Tilman Polster, Dinesh Talwar, Berten Ceule...> ;Epilepsia. 2023 Oct 1
19 citations
SCN8A Epilepsy, Developmental Encephalopathy, and Related Disorders.
Dinesh Talwar, Michael F. Hammer> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2021 Sep 1
42 citations
Fenfluramine HCl (Fintepla® ) provides long-term clinically meaningful reduction in seizure frequency: Analysis of an ongoing open-label extension study.
Joseph Sullivan, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Lieven Lagae, Rima Nabbout, Milka Pringsheim, Dinesh Talwar, Tilman Polster, Bradley S. Galer, Michael Lock, Anupam Agarwal, Arnol...> ;Epilepsia. 2020 Oct 19
177 citations
Fenfluramine hydrochloride for the treatment of seizures in Dravet syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Lieven Lagae, Joseph Sullivan, Kelly G. Knupp, Linda Laux, Tilman Polster, Marina Nikanorova, Orrin Devinsky, JH Cross, Renzo Guerrini, Dinesh Talwar, Ilene Miller, Ga...> ;Lancet. 2019 Dec 21
8 citations
Assessment of asymmetrical dimethylarginine metabolism in patients with critical illness.
Rawia A. Ghashut, Scott Blackwell, Sylvia Ryan, Laura Willox, Donald C. McMillan, John Kinsella, Dinesh Talwar> ;European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2017 Apr 1
8 citations
The predictive value of low plasma copper and high plasma zinc in detecting zinc-induced copper deficiency.
Andrew Duncan, Dinesh Talwar, Ian Morrison> ;Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 2016 Sep 1
38 citations
The effect of the systemic inflammatory response on plasma zinc and selenium adjusted for albumin
Rawia A. Ghashut, Donald C. McMillan, John Kinsella, A.T. Vasilaki, Dinesh Talwar, Andrew Duncan> ;Clinical Nutrition. 2016 Apr 1
The relationship between acute changes in the systemic inflammatory response and plasma ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol and lipid peroxidation after elective hip arthr...
Conway FJS, Talwar D, McMillan DC> ;Clin Nutr. 2015-08-01
115 citations
Systemic Inflammation Predicts All-Cause Mortality: A Glasgow Inflammation Outcome Study
M J Proctor, Donald C. McMillan, Paul G. Horgan, Colin D. Fletcher, Dinesh Talwar, David S. Morrison> ;Plos One. 2015 Mar 2
50 citations
The effect of the systemic inflammatory response on plasma vitamin 25 (OH) D concentrations adjusted for albumin.
Rawia A. Ghashut, Dinesh Talwar, John Kinsella, Andrew Duncan, Donald C. McMillan> ;Plos One. 2014 Mar 25
61 citations
Erythrocyte selenium concentration as a marker of selenium status.
Fiona Stefanowicz, Dinesh Talwar, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, Natalie Dickinson, John Atkinson, Andrew Hursthouse, Jean Rankin, Andrew Duncan> ;Clinical Nutrition. 2013 Oct 1
215 citations
Exome sequencing reveals new causal mutations in children with epileptic encephalopathies.
Krishna R. Veeramah, Laurel Johnstone, Tatiana M. Karafet, Daniel Wolf, Ryan Sprissler, John Salogiannis, Asa Barth-Maron, Michael E. Greenberg, Till Stuhlmann, Stefan...> ;Epilepsia. 2013 Jul 1
92 citations
Optimization of the systemic inflammation-based Glasgow prognostic score: a Glasgow Inflammation Outcome Study
M J Proctor, Paul G. Horgan, Dinesh Talwar, Colin D. Fletcher, David S. Morrison, Donald C. McMillan> ;Cancer. 2013 Jun 15
5 citations
The Relationships Between Plasma and Red Cell Vitamin B2 and B6 Concentrations and the Systemic and Local Inflammatory Responses in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Elaine Y.L. Leung, Campbell S.D. Roxburgh, Dinesh Talwar, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, Ruth F. McKee, Paul G. Horgan, Donald C. McMillan> ;Nutrition and Cancer. 2012 May 9
303 citations
De novo pathogenic SCN8A mutation identified by whole-genome sequencing of a family quartet affected by infantile epileptic encephalopathy and SUDEP
Krishna R. Veeramah, Janelle E. O’Brien, Miriam H. Meisler, Xiaoyang Cheng, Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj, Stephen G. Waxman, Dinesh Talwar, Santhosh Girirajan, Evan E. Eichler...> ;American Journal of Human Genetics. 2012 Mar 9
197 citations
Quantitative data on the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response and its effect on micronutrient status based on plasma measurements
Andrew Duncan, Dinesh Talwar, Donald C. McMillan, Fiona Stefanowicz, Denis St. J. O’Reilly> ;The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2012 Jan 1
584 citations
A comparison of inflammation-based prognostic scores in patients with cancer. A Glasgow Inflammation Outcome Study
M J Proctor, David S. Morrison, Dinesh Talwar, Steven M. Balmer, Colin D. Fletcher, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, Alan K. Foulis, Paul G. Horgan, Donald C. McMillan> ;European Journal of Cancer. 2011 Nov 1
29 citations
Telomere Attrition and Decreased Fetuin-A Levels Indicate Accelerated Biological Aging and Are Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer
Fraser Maxwell, Liane M. McGlynn, Hannah C Muir, Dinesh Talwar, Michaela Benzeval, Tony Robertson, Campbell S.D. Roxburgh, Donald C. McMillan, Paul G. Horgan, Paul G. ...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2011 Sep 1
18 citations
Plasma dimethylarginines during the acute inflammatory response.
Scott Blackwell, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, David Reid, Dinesh Talwar> ;European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2011 Jun 1
Inflammation-based prognostic scores to predict outcome in patients with cancer.
Mcmillan DC, Morrison DS, Talwar D, Horgan PG, Proctor MJ> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2011-05-20
225 citations
The relation between acute changes in the systemic inflammatory response and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations after elective knee arthroplasty
David Reid, Barry J Toole, Susan Knox, Dinesh Talwar, J. Harten, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, Scott Blackwell, John Kinsella, Donald C. McMillan, A. Michael Wallace> ;The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011 May 1
60 citations
Blood pressure and not uraemia is the major determinant of arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease and minimal co-morbidity
Pajaree Lilitkarntakul, Neeraj Dhaun, Vanessa Melville, Scott Blackwell, Dinesh Talwar, Barbara Liebman, Takae Asai, Jennifer S. Pollock, Jane Goddard, David J. Webb> ;Atherosclerosis. 2011 May 1
21 citations
Relation between riboflavin, flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide concentrations in plasma and red cells in patients with critical illness.
A.T. Vasilaki, Donald C. McMillan, John Kinsella, Andrew Duncan, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, Dinesh Talwar> ;Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry. 2010 Nov 11
12 citations
Which circulating antioxidant vitamins are confounded by socioeconomic deprivation? The MIDSPAN family study.
Dinesh Talwar, Alex McConnachie, Paul Welsh, Mark N. Upton, Denis St. J. O’Reilly, George Davey Smith, Graham Watt, Naveed Sattar> ;Plos One. 2010 Jun 25
Generation of marker-free Bt transgenic indica rice and evaluation of its yellow stem borer resistance.
Kumar S, Arul L, Talwar D> ;J. Appl. Genet.. 2010-01-01
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Press Mentions

Managing Diabetic Retinopathy in India - a Not so Sweet PillSeptember 21st, 2022

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Neurology - AAN
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Carondelet St. Mary's HospitalTucson, Arizona
TMC HealthCareTucson, Arizona
Banner - University Medical Center TucsonTucson, Arizona
Tucson VA Medical CenterTucson, Arizona