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Dr. Svetlana Blitshteyn is the Director and Founder of Dysautonomia Clinic, where she provides consultations for patients with autonomic disorders, such as POTS, neurocardiogenic syncope, small fiber neuropathy and others . She is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Blitshteyn completed her neurology training at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine. She received her Medical Doctor degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and American Autonomic Society and serves on the Medical Advisory Board for Dysautonomia International, Dysautonomia Information Network and The Ehlers-Danlos Society non-profits. Dr. Blitshteyn has been an invited speaker at the national and international conferences, including at the World Health Organization. Dr. Blitshteyn has been the Principle Investigator on a number of important research studies concerning POTS and autoimmunity, POTS and pregnancy, POTS and vitamin deficiencies and others. She co-authored a popular patient handbook called “POTS - Together We Stand; Riding the Waves of Dysautonomia” and has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including US News and World Report, Medscape, Neurology Today, New Scientist and others. She is the recipient of the Patient’s Choice Award 2019 from Dysautonomia Support Network, Business First 40 under 40 Award, Mayo Clinic Neurology Research Award, the American Headache Society US Human Health Award, the American Academy of Neurology Student Prize and others.