Medical Student
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center - El Paso
Vikram Ezhil is a third-year medical student at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. With a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, awarded cum laude from the University of Texas at Dallas, his academic foundation combines strong neuroscience research training with a focus on clinical applications in neurorehabilitation.
Vikram is currently conducting research with Drs. Robert Morrison and Adriana Shembel at the Texas Biomedical Device Center, UT Dallas, and UT Southwestern Medical Center. His work centers on vocal fold paresis and rehabilitation strategies utilizing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) to promote functional recovery of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. He has experience in microimplant construction, machine learning for neural recovery assessment, and surgical neurophysiological monitoring.
He has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on cortical plasticity and post-stroke rehabilitation using paired VNS therapy, with presentations at institutional research symposia. In addition to his research, Vikram actively serves his community through leadership roles in student-run free clinics for underserved populations.