Academic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Neurology
Additional Title:
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Location:
Neurology Care Center
Phone (Primary):
(410) 328-4323
Education and Training
- University of Toronto, BSc, Human Biology
- Poznan University of Medical Sciences, MD
- University of Connecticut, Internship
- University of Connecticut, Neurology Residency
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship
- Baylor College of Medicine, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Fellowship
Biosketch
- Biernot received her undergraduate degree in Human Biology from the University of Toronto, followed by a medical degree from Poznan University of Medical Sciences. She completed her Neurology residency training at the University of Connecticut, and subsequently finished a Neuromuscular Medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. She then completed a fellowship in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia at Baylor University before joining the faculty at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria. She was in practice for 7 years, specializing in memory, cognitive and behavioral disorders. She has extensive experience in telemedicine, having established a tele-dementia clinic in 2017. She joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2020. Her clinical focus is cognitive and behavioral disorders. Her clinical interests include cognitive impairment, dementia and disorders ranging from Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies and other cognitive disorders related to Parkinsonism, Frontotemoporal dementia to Autism spectrum disorder in adults.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Memory loss, Cognitive decline, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Fronto-temporal dementia.
Highlighted Publications
Tarolli CG, Biernot JB, Creigh PD, Moukheiber E, Salas RME, Dorsey R, Cohen AB,
Practicing in a Pandemic: A Clinician’s Guide to Remote Neurological Care. Neurol Clin Pract May 2020