Expert Details
Epilepsy, Neurology, Neurosurgery
ID: 730950
Pennsylvania, USA
His clinical and research interests include: presurgical evaluation of seizure patients, devices for epilepsy, invasive monitoring, electrocorticography, psychiatric co-morbidities in epilepsy and magnetoencephalography.
Expert worked as a consultant to the NeuroPace(TM) Corporation.
He also has worked with Cyberonics, Inc. and received a Consulting honorarium.
He regularly works as a legal consultant and expert witness through his own consulting business.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2008 | Degree: Fellowship | Subject: Epilepsy, neurophysiology | Institution: Stanford |
| Year: 2006 | Degree: Residency | Subject: Neurology | Institution: Columbia University, Neurological Institute of New York |
| Year: 2002 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Columbia University, College of P&S |
| Year: 1994 | Degree: BA | Subject: Psychology | Institution: Columbia University, Columbia College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2013 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Assistant Professor of Neurology | Department: Department of Neurology & Comprehensive Epilepsy Center |
Responsibilities:Care for epilepsy patients, inpatient and outpatient, read EEG, LTM, EMU, ICU-EEG studies, electrocorticography, bedside and O.R. functional mapping for epilepsy and tumor patients.o Magnetoencephalography. (read MEG studies for epileptiform activity, source modelling, SSEPs, language tasks, motor mapping and visuo-spatial tasks) Our catchment area includes all of Wisconsin, Illinois, and parts of Michigan and Iowa. • Medical Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Froedtert Hospital • Faculty affairs committee, MCW, representative for the dept. of neurology AY • Associate Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, AY • Associate Director, Neurology Residency Program, AY |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2013 | Employer: (Undisclosed) | Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology | Department: Department of Neurology & Penn Epilepsy Center |
Responsibilities:Assistant Professor of Clinical NeurologyDirector, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Medical Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program Director, EEG Laboratory Physician Leader, Unit Based Clinic Leadership Team (CEQI), Dept. of Neurology (with Neurosurgery), 2009-2012. Coordinated all aspects of patient safety, risk reduction, transitions in care and oversight under medical system Chief Medical Officer, PJ Brennan MD. Wharton School, Penn Medicine Leadership Forum 2 Faculty, Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Founder & director, support group for patients with non-epileptic attacks (PNEE) Director, resident rotation in EEG Mentor for undergraduate, medical student, and resident research in epilepsy (PORC). |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: (Undisclosed) | Title: Instructor | Department: (Undisclosed) |
Responsibilities:Instructor, department of NeurologyInstructor, department of Neurology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital T.A. for 2nd year medical student neuroscience course. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Epilepsy Society Americal Clinical Neurophysiology Society PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY COMMITTEES: Oral Examiner for ABRET, (American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists, Inc.) American Epilepsy Society, CME Review Committee National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), representative for the-- level 4-- Penn Epilepsy Center Grant Reviewer: Fondation Pour la Recherche Médicale, Research Projects Related to Epilepsy |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| LICENSURE: Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin Board Certifications: Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, neurology American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, subspecialty certification in clinical neurophysiology American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, subspecialty certification in clinical epilepsy American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, added competency in epilepsy monitoring |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Pennsylvania PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Academy of Neurology (2004-present), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (2006-2014) American Epilepsy Society (2006-present) Association for Patient Oriented Research (2000-2011) Philadelphia Neurological Society (2010-2011) American Medical Association (2000-2011) Wisconsin Neurological Society (2013-2014) |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| NIH medical student summer research fellowship Helen M. Sciarra Prize in Neurology, (outstanding clinical care as a medical student), Columbia, P&S American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Travel Award, November TopScholar Epilepsy Fellow Travel Grant for AES meeting, December Epilepsy Foundation of America, Research & Training Fellowship for Clinicians, “Disruption of sleep architecture related to high-frequency stimulation of the anterior thalamus.” National EpiFellow Foundation, Travel Grant, Presenter, AES meeting |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has published regularly in his field. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert witness and legal consultant in neurology. PAID LEGAL CONSULTING: • Independent legal consultant & expert witness. 2008-2013. • Independent legal consultant & expert witness, 2015-current. PAID SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING /TEACHING: NeuroPaceTM Corporation, Mountain View, CA NeuroPace, (symposium) NeuroPace, speaker at community event Cyberonics, Inc. Consulting honorarium Ceribell, DeCheng Capitol, Palo Alto, CA. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Worked as consultant for neurology organization in California. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Quality control physician for neuroscience floor at a major university hospital. |
Fields of Expertise
epilepsy, neuromodulation, clinical neurophysiology, split-brain procedure, hemispherectomy, partial epilepsies, neuroimaging, Landau Kleffner syndrome, infantile spasm, neurodiagnostics, neurodiagnosis, barbiturate, photogenic epilepsy, electroencephalography, electroencephalograph, phenytoin, epileptic seizure, electroencephalogram, electroencephalogram equipment, central nervous system, nervous system, nervous system disease, monitoring, encephalopathy, diagnostics, clinical medicine, brain surgery, brain, anticonvulsant drug