Carlayne E. Jackson MD

Carlayne E. Jackson, MD, FAAN, is currently professor Neurology - All Rights Reserved of neurology and otolaryngology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA). She also serves as chief medical officer of UT Medicine and as assistant dean of ambulatory services for the School of Medicine. Jackson is a graduate of Texas A&M University, where she received a bachelors of science degree in chemical engineering. She obtained her medical degree at UTHSCSA where she subsequently completed her neurology residency training and clinical neurophysiology fellowship. Jackson serves as medical director for the South Texas ALSA Center of Excellence and the MDA ALS Research Center. She is a member of the Western ALS Study Group, Northeast ALS Research Group, the Muscle Study Group, and the National ALS Research Group, and has participated in over 50 multi-center clinical trials in the areas of ALS, muscular dystrophy, and myasthenia gravis.