Neurology Residency Program Leadership

Diana Barratt, M.D., M.P.H., FAAN

Neurology Residency Program Director

Dr. Diana Barratt is a board-certified neurologist and nationally recognized neurology educator. She directed a neurosciences course and neurology clerkship and has trained over 800 medical students and dozens of neurology residents. Her innovative educational modules have been peer-reviewed and published on the AAMC’s MedEdPORTAL--the premier online repository for medical education modules in the English language.

National and International Awards

• American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Teaching Award (2019)
• American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Innovation Award (2017)
• International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultations Best Poster Award for Coma Simulation (2015)
• American Academy of Neurology A. B. Baker Section of Neurologic Educators Teacher Recognition Award (2015)
• MedEdPORTAL Editor’s Choice Special Distinction for EEG and Sleep Team-Based Learning Module (2015).

External Funding for Education Research

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation in Education Award. Disclosure of medical errors in stroke patients: Development of a simulation-based curriculum (2019-2020).
• American Academy of Neurology Education Research Grant. Disclosure of Medical Errors in Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Simulation Curriculum (2018-2019).

National Committees/Work Groups

• ACGME Neurology Milestones Work Group. Neurology Mar 2022, 98 (9) 366-372; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013312
• Entrustable professional activities--A useful concept for neurology education. Neurology 2018;90:1-7.

At Boca Raton Regional Hospital, she spends 17 weeks a year running the resident inpatient service. In her free time, she enjoys kayaking/paddleboarding and obstacle courses. She continues to collaborate with and promote the careers of her former trainees, who are now living and working around the country.