Ruiqing "Linda" Sun

Bachelor Degree of Medicine, Shandong Medical University, 1989
Master Degree of Medicine, Medical School, Qingdao University, 1995
PhD, Peking University, 2001
MD, University of Science, Arts and Technology, 2015
Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2017
Residency, Neurology, 2020
Epilepsy Fellowship, UT Health Science Center, 2021

Epilepsy
Electroencephalography

Epilepsy
Headache
Stroke
Neurodegenerative Disease
Movement Disorder
General Neurology

Sun RQ, Ajam Y, Campbell G, Masel T (2020). A Rare Case of Ecchordosis Physaliphora Presenting with Headache, Abducens Nerve Palsy, and Intracranial Hypertension. Cureus 12(6): e8843. doi:10.7759/cureus.8843
Sun RQ, Rai P, Shah V, Raghuram K, Bhardwaj A, Kamel A (2019). Stroke like symptoms, radiation therapy induced atypical subclavian steal syndrome: Diagnosis and treatment. Int J Case Rep Images 2019;10:101040Z01RS2019
Sun RQ, Yan J, Willis WD (2007). Activation of protein kinase B/Akt in the periphery contributes to pain behavior induced by capsaicin. Neuroscience, 144(1):28-94
Sun RQ, Tu Y, Yan J, Willis WD (2006). Activation of protein kinase B/Akt signaling pathway contributes to mechanical hypersensitivity induced by capsaicin. Pain, 120(1-2):86-96
Yan JY, Sun RQ, Hughes MG, McAdoo D J, Willis WD (2006). Intradermal injection of capsaicin induces acute SP release from rat spinal cord dorsal horn. Neurosci Lett, 410(3):183-6
Sun RQ, Tu YJ, Lawand NB, Yan JY, Lin Q, Willis WD (2004). Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor activation produces PKA- and PKC-dependent mechanical hyperalgesia and central sensitization. Journal of Neurophysiology, 92(5):2859-66
Sun RQ, Lawand NB, Lin Q, Willis WD (2004). Role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the sensitization of dorsal horn neurons to mechanical stimulation after intradermal injection of capsaicin. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92(1):320-6
Tu YJ, Sun RQ, Willis WD. Effects of intrathecal injections of melatonin analogs on capsaicin-induced secondary mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia in rats (2004). Pain. 109(3):340-50
Sun RQ, Wang H, Wan Y, Jing Z, Luo F, Han JS, Wang Y (2004). Suppression of neuropathic pain by peripheral electrical stimulation in rats: mu-opioid receptor and NMDA receptor implicated. Experimental Neurology, 187(1):23-9
Sun RQ, Lawand NB., Willis WD (2003). The role of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the generation and maintenance of mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia in rats after intradermal injection of capsaicin. Pain, 104: 201-208
Sun RQ, Zhao C, Wang H, Jing Z, Wang W, Yang K, Wang Y, Chang JK, and Han JS (2001). Nocistatin, a peptide reversing acute and chronic morphine tolerance. NeuroReport, 12 (8): 1789-1792
Sun RQ, Wang Y, Zhao CS, Chang JK, Han JS (2001). Changes in brain content of nociceptin/orphanin FQ and endomorphin 2 in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Neurosci Lett, 311: 13-16

Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Department of Neurology, UTMB (2020)
Award for the top RITE score, Neurology, UTMB (2020)
Investigator Travel Award from American Pain Society (2004, 2006, 2007)
National Science and Technology Award (Second Place) from the Chinese Association for the Study of Acupuncture for Neurobiological Mechanism of Acupuncture Analgesia (2010)

American Epilepsy Society (AES), 7/2020-present
American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 7/2017-present
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), 7/2017-present
American Neurological Association (ANA), 4/2018-present
Society for Neuroscience (SFN), 2002-2009
American Pain Society (APS), 2002-2009

Neurology

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