Dr. Tobias B Kulik
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Dr. Kulik is a triple board-certified neurologist subspecialty trained in Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care. He practices as a staff neurologist at Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City — a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Level I Trauma Center — and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He completed neurology residency and chief residency at the University of Rochester and fellowships in Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care at the Washington University Consortium in Saint Louis. He is licensed in more than twenty states.
His clinical and medico-legal work centers on acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, large-vessel occlusion, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury and concussion, hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and post-cardiac arrest neuroprognostication, neurocritical care, disorders of consciousness, brain death determination, and acute immune-mediated neurological disease including Guillain-Barré syndrome. He is a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (ABIME) and applies the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (5th and 6th editions) in impairment ratings.
He has served as Site Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on more than a dozen multicenter clinical trials in stroke and neurocritical care, including the NIH/NINDS-sponsored SATURN, Sleep SMART, MOST, and CHARM trials, and as a co-investigator on the POINT (NEJM, 2018) and ARCADIA studies. He is senior author of the INTREPID randomized trial of fever prevention in acute vascular brain injury (JAMA, 2024), and has authored more than thirty peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, neurocritical care prognostication, and stroke systems of care.
Through CorteXion LLC, Dr. Kulik provides medico-legal consultation for plaintiff and defense counsel nationwide on standard of care, causation, and impairment. His reports aim to give attorneys the medicine before the opinion: a careful reconstruction of the record, a transparent application of the relevant standard, and a position that holds up in deposition.
- Emergency Medicine
- Independent Medical Examinations
- Medical Malpractice
- Neurology
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Education
Doctor of Medicine — Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (2005)
Pre-clinical Medical Curriculum — Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz
Research Fellow in Neuropharmacology — Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich
Postgraduate Training
Internship in Internal Medicine — University of Rochester Medical Center
Residency in Neurology — University of Rochester Medical Center
Chief Resident in Neurology (PGY-4) — University of Rochester Medical Center
Fellowship in Vascular Neurology — Washington University / BJH / SLCH Consortium, Saint Louis
Fellowship in Neurocritical Care — Washington University / BJH / SLCH Consortium, Saint Louis
Board Certifications
Diplomate in Neurology — American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2014)
Diplomate in Vascular Neurology — American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2016)
Diplomate in Neurocritical Care — United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (2017)
Diplomate in Neurocritical Care — American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2022)
Professional Certifications
Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME) — American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (2025)
Certified ImPACT Consultant — ImPACT Applications
Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) — Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Brain Death Certification — Neurocritical Care Society
Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS)
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification
NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) Certification
AHA Telehealth Stroke Certified Professional
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Medical Licensure
Active in 20+ U.S. states (full list available on request) - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Fellow, American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)
Member, American Academy of Neurology — Sports Neurology and Concussion Section
Member, American Heart Association / American Stroke Association
Member, Neurocritical Care Society
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
Member, American College of Legal Medicine
Member, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Member, The Association of Physician Leaders
Member, International Brain Injury Association
Member, International Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation
Member, Brain Injury Association of Missouri
Board Member, Kansas City Neuroscience Society
Academic and Hospital Appointments
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine
Staff Neurologist, Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute (Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level I Trauma Center)
Founder & Principal Consultant, CorteXion LLC
Prior Leadership (University of New Mexico, 2017–2024)
Section Chief — Stroke, Inpatient Neurology, and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology
Vice Chair for Hospital Affairs and Quality, Department of Neurology
Medical Director, Neuroscience ICU
Director of Quality, UNM Stroke Center
Quality and Safety Officer, Department of Neurology
Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Academic teaching appointments
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine (2024–present) — bedside and didactic instruction of medical students, neurology residents, and neurocritical care fellows.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico (2017–2024) — clinical teaching across stroke, neurocritical care, and inpatient neurology services; recipient of the UNM Teaching Award in five consecutive years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and the UNM Departmental Professionalism Award (2022).
Resident Faculty Teaching Award, University of Missouri–Kansas City (2025).
Resident Faculty Teaching Award Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City (2026).
Fellowship and program leadership
Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, University of New Mexico (2018–2024)
Program Director, Pre-Residency Fellowship, University of New Mexico (2018–2024)
Selected invited lectures and grand rounds
Stroke 2026: Faster Drugs, Wider Windows, Harder Questions — Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, February 2026
Updates in Stroke — UMKC Neurology Residents, August 2025
Stroke Mimics — Bi-State Stroke Symposium, Lee's Summit, MO, July 2025
Updates in Stroke for Internists — UMKC, June 2024
Update in SAH Management — Neurocritical Care Conference, UNM, January 2023
Predictors of Extubation Failure in the Neuroscience ICU — UNM Neuroscience Grand Rounds, October 2022
Project ECHO: Neurologic Prognostication After Cardiac Arrest — Albuquerque, April 2022
Stroke Mimics — New Mexico Systems of Care Conference, September 2021
Update in Traumatic Brain Injury — UNM Critical Care Fellow Conference, March 2021
Update in Acute Stroke Care — UNM Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, May 2019
Strategies for the Prevention of Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage — UNM Neuroscience Grand Rounds, August 2018
The Clinical Brain Death Exam — UNM, July 2018
Hot Topics in Medical Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage — UNM Neuroscience Grand Rounds, July 2017
New Developments in Medical Management of Spontaneous ICH — Washington University Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, November 2016
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials for Early Detection of Symptomatic Mass Effect with Acute Posterior Fossa Stroke — Neurocritical Care Society Research Conference, Houston, May 2016
(More than 35 additional invited lectures, presentations, and conference talks on stroke, neurocritical care, brain death, intracerebral hemorrhage, and neurophysiology.)
Subject matter taught and presented
Acute ischemic stroke and thrombolysis · large-vessel occlusion and mechanical thrombectomy · intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage · vasospasm prevention after aSAH · traumatic brain injury and concussion · hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and post-cardiac arrest neuroprognostication · neurocritical care and ICU prognostication · disorders of consciousness · brain death determination · stroke mimics and ED diagnostic timing · Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute immune-mediated neurological disease · stroke systems of care and telestroke · medico-legal analysis of standard of care and causation in neurology. - Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 32
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: TBI, Concussion, Stroke, Brain hemorrhage, Guillain Barre-Syndrome, AIDP, Anoxic brain injury
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 45
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 55
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 4
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: March 2026
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 1
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 3
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: 500$
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: 500$
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: 850$
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