Mariana Peschard-Franco

Passionate about neurology, with a particular focus on epileptology and EEG. Motivated, hardworking, creative, and committed. Skills include fast learning, adaptability to change, leadership, responsibility, and analytical ability.

• Quality of Life and Clinical Characteristics in Seizure Clusters at a Tertiary Neurological Emergency Center: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study, Epilepsy, EPI-00094-2025
• A 56-year-old woman with initial severe electrolyte imbalance who developed altered mental status, psychosis and catatonia, The Neurohospitalist, NHOS-24-0234

• Use of new-generation antiepileptic drugs in women with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. Contribution to the original protocol, Literature review, Data collection, Analysis.2024-2025.
• Levetiracetam vs Valproate in the control of epilepsy in young women diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy in a Tertiary Care Center, 2024. Literature review, Data collection, Analysis. 2024.
• Analysis of the Etiology and Clinical Profile of Neuroinfection Cases in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico. An Epidemiological and Diagnostic Approach. Contribution to the original protocol, Literature review, Data collection.
• Management of seizure clusters: open-label benzodiazepine trial at a specialized neurology center in Mexico, 2023-2025. Patient recruitment, Follow-up appointments
• Effect of Vitamin D supplementation in patients with heart failure and vitamin D deficiency, 2019, Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Research Center, Tecnológico de Monterrey. Data capture and management, Statistical analysis, Recruitment and patient support for research protocols, Handling of biological samples in the laboratory.

• 60-Year-Old Man with Spinal Cord Cysticercosis, Mariana Peschard-Franco, OMI Case Library, Open Medical Institute, 01/28/25, https://mhb.openmedicalinstitute.org/media/2024/904SWCS24/data/lectures/c22/index.html
• Beyond the Patient: A Lesson in Vigilance and Care, M. Peschard-Franco, Neurohospitalist, 01/05/25, 10.1177/19418744241310478, https://doi.org/10.1177/19418744241310478
• Epilepsy in Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnancy, M. Peschard-Franco, G. Soca-Chafre, E. Castro-Martínez, Selected Topics in Epilepsy MX2, Mexican Academy of Neurology, 4, 978-607-26692-0-8
• Myokine-adipokine cross-talk: potential mechanisms for the association between plasma irisin and adipokines and cardiometabolic risk factors in Mexican children with obesity and the metabolic syndrome, AM Gonzalez-Gil, M Peschard-Franco, EC Castillo, et al., Diabetol Metab Syndr, 2019, 11, 63, 10.1186/s13098-019-0458-2, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-019-0458-2
• Association between Irisin, hs-CRP, and Metabolic Status in Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, L. Elizondo-Montemayor, A.M. Gonzalez-Gil, O. Tamez-Rivera, C. Toledo-Salinas, M. Peschard-Franco, et al., Mediators Inflamm, 2019, 2019, 1-13, 10.1155/2019/6737318, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6737318
• Relationship of Circulating Irisin with Body Composition, Physical Activity, and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders in the Pediatric Population, L. Elizondo-Montemayor, G. Mendoza-Lara, G. Gutierrez-DelBosque, M. Peschard-Franco, B. Nieblas, G. Garcia-Rivas, Int J Mol Sci, 2018, 19, 12, 3727, 10.3390/ijms19123727, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19123727
• Bilateral Thalamic Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Occlusion of the Artery of Percheron, MA Garcia-Grimshaw, M Peschard-Franco, FA Gutierrez-Manjarrez, Cureus, 2018, 10, 5, e2676, 10.7759/cureus.2676, https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2676

• Best Case Presentation Award, A 60-year-old man with spinal cysticercosis, OMI Seminar in Salzburg with Dr. Trinka, 10/01/24
• First Place in the Neurochallenge for Neurology Residents, Organized by the Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the ILAE at the CAMELICE congress, 07/01/24
• Best Case Presentation Award, Profound hyponatremia as a presenting feature of Sjogren’s encephalitis, OMI MEX Weill Cornell Seminar in Neurology, Mexico City, 11/01/23

• OMI Seminar directed by Dr. Eugen Trinka, Salzburg, 10/01/24
• Poster Presentation: Epileptic seizures in adults with acute-phase neuroinfection at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico: a tertiary-level study, Latin American Epilepsy Congress, 06/01/24
• OMI MEX Weill Cornell Seminar in Neurology, Mexico City, 11/01/23
• XLVII Annual Meeting of the Mexican Academy of Neurology, Mérida, Mexico, 11/01/23
• 1st Mexican Congress of Neuro-Rheumatology, INNN, 2023
• ABC Symposium on Parkinson's Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach, American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City, 2023
• International Parkinson's Disease Day Symposium, INNN, 2023
• Neuroscience Mexico course: Neuroinfectiology and Immune Response of the CNS, Speaker, 2021
• Angels Academy, Mexico City, 2020
• ITESM 49th Research and Development Congress, Monterrey, Mexico, 2019