Reshma Narula, MD

Dr. Reshma Narula is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine, where she serves as the Program Director for the Yale Neurovascular Fellowship Program and the Departmental Director for Collaborative Excellence. She specializes in the care of patients with cerebrovascular disease and completed both her neurology residency and vascular neurology fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Dr. Narula has a strong passion for medical education. She completed the medical education track during her residency and went on to pursue a medical education fellowship through the Yale School of Medicine during her faculty tenure. Drawing on this expertise, she has significantly expanded the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program, now one of the largest in the country. Her dedication to teaching has been recognized with numerous honors, including the AAN A.B. Baker Teaching Recognition Award (2024) and the Neurology Attending of the Year Award (2021).

Her academic interests include the evaluation and management of cryptogenic strokes—strokes of unknown origin—and she previously served as the site primary investigator for ARCADIA, a NIH StrokeNet trial. In 2025, she received the Wendy U. & Thomas C. Naratil Pioneer Award through Women’s Health Research at Yale, supporting her research into two underdiagnosed vascular disorders that disproportionately affect women: reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) and coronary vasospasm.

Dr. Narula is also an elected member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and is a strong advocate for patient-centered care and interdisciplinary collaboration in clinical practice, education, and research.