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Dorlan J Kimbrough

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Neurology, MS & Neuroimmunology
DUMC Box 3849, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Clinic 1L, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Neurology · 2020 - Present Neurology, MS & Neuroimmunology, Neurology
4100 Medical Director in the Department of Neurology · 2022 - Present Neurology, Clinical Science Departments

In the News


Published April 15, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines Are Entering Uncharted Immune Territory
Published December 10, 2020
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccine
Published November 12, 2020
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Recent Publications


Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis: considerations in people from minority ethnic and racial backgrounds in North America, northern Europe, and Australasia.

Journal Article Lancet Neurol · October 2024 The differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis has been developed using data from North America, northern Europe, and Australasia, with a focus on White populations. People from minority ethnic and racial backgrounds in regions where prevalence ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reduced Retinal Vessel and Perfusion Densities in Multiple Sclerosis compared to Controls

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · 2024 Cite

Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility.

Journal Article Science · September 27, 2019 We analyzed genetic data of 47,429 multiple sclerosis (MS) and 68,374 control subjects and established a reference map of the genetic architecture of MS that includes 200 autosomal susceptibility variants outside the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


RNAs in transcriptional regulation & dosage compensation

ResearchResearch Assistant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2003

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Education, Training & Certifications


Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine · 2007 M.D.