Dr. Southerland is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia. He completed Neurology Residency and Vascular Neurology fellowship at the University of Virginia, where he also obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Research. He is the past recipient of an early career award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association National Clinical Research Program to study gene expression in incident cervical artery dissection. His clinical and research efforts focus on cervical artery dissection and fibromuscular dysplasia, and he is an active member of the CADISP-Plus Consortium and US FMD Registry.