Ajal Dave MD

Education

Wayne State University, BS – Chemistry, 2006-2009
Wayne State University School of Medicine, MD, 2010-2014
Internship & Residency, Neurology Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2014-2018

Biography

Dr. Dave graduated from Wayne State University in 2009 and attended the Wayne State University School of Medicine on a 4 year Army Health Professions Scholarship. Upon completion of his medical degree in 2014, he was directly commissioned as a Captain in the United States Army and finished his internship and residency in Neurology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

He was assigned to Tripler Army Medical Center in 2018 where he served as neurology clinic chief from 2019 to 2021. He is currently a staff neurologist and neurology product line chair at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. Dr. Dave’s clinical interests include traumatic brain injury and post traumatic headache.

Representative Bibliography

Caruso, James P., et al. "pH, Lactate, and Hypoxia: Reciprocity in Regulating High-Affinity Monocarboxylate Transporter Expression in Glioblastoma." Neoplasia 19.2 (2017): 121-134.

Dave, Ajal, and Jason Hawley. "Fragile X–tremor/ataxia syndrome: five areas of new development." Future Neurology 12.4 (2017): 249-260

Dave, Ajal, Kendra Cagniart, and Matthew D. Holtkamp. "A Case for Telestroke in Military Medicine: A Retrospective Analysis of Stroke Cost and Outcomes in US Military Health-Care System." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (2018).

Dave, Ajal M., Jay C. Erickson, and Brett J. Theeler. "Post-traumatic Headache." Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Cham, 2020. 159-180.

Dave, Ajal, et al. "Practice Current: How do you diagnose and treat post-concussive headache?." Neurology: Clinical Practice 9.3 (2019): 263-270.