Expert Details
Neurotechnology, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neurological and Neurosurgical Medical Devices
ID: 730929
Pennsylvania, USA
At this organization he oversaw regulatory testing and data compilation for the company's first Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application. Dr. helped design the selection criteria, safety and efficacy end points for the pilot clinical trial. He helped develop the device algorithm and worked closely with the first patient implanted. Dr's findings were published in Nature. Following his work at this organization, Dr. was an Assistant Professor at Brown, where he worked with the Nurmikko Laboratory on testing a fully-implantable multi-channel neural recording system. He then resumed clinical training, first in internal medicine at Brown. Dr. completed a Residency in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, and received the Zeritsky Reward for outstanding research. He received a training grant from the NIH and completed a year as a Post-Doctoral Scientist and Clinical Fellow in Cognitive Neurology. Dr. joined the faculty of Employer's Department of Neurology in July 2011. Dr. clinical practice focuses on the evaluation and treatment of disorders of cognition, ranging from teenagers with concussions to older adults with neurodegenerative conditions. Dr. has expertise in cognitive neurology and clinical neurophysiology including intracranial recordings for epilepsy and intraoperative monitoring for neurosurgical and cardiovascular procedures. His current research focuses on cognitive electrophysiology, electrical and cell-based direct brain-computer interfaces.
Dr. recently provided consulting as a Key Opinion Leader to a biotech startup company group exploring neuromedical applications of an implantable technology.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2005 | Degree: M.D. | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University |
Year: 2003 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Neuroscience | Institution: Brown University |
Year: 1996 | Degree: Sc.B. | Subject: Neuroscience | Institution: Brown University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Neurology |
Responsibilities:Expert is a neurologist-neuroscientist. His clinical practice focuses on patients with cognitive disorders across a broad age range: from children with concussions to elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease. His research focuses on human intracranial electrophysiology and the design of direct brain-computer interfaces to restore cognition and other abilities in children and adults with neurological disease and injury. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2002 to 2005 | Employer: Cyberkinetics | Title: Co-Founder/Program Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was a co-founder of Cyberkinetics, a neurotechnology startup company commercializing an implantable medical device designed to restore movement to patients paralyzed by spinal cord injury, brainstem stroke, Lou Gehrig's disease and muscular dystrophy. As a program manager he was responsible for working with regulatory, engineering and clinical colleagues in designing the clinical trial, preparing the IDE submission and gathering safety and efficacy data with trial participants. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2005 to 2006 | Employer: Brown University | Title: Assistant Professor in Research | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert assisted the laboratory of Arto Nurmikko in the preparation of grants and the exploration of medical applications for fiber optic and medical device technologies. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Society for Neuroscience, American Academy of Neurology |
Licenses / Certifications |
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Board Certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Pennsylvania medical license |
Professional Appointments |
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Assistant Professor |
Awards / Recognition |
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1996 Fulbright Scholarship, United States Department of State, for research at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 2001 Neural Prosthetic Workshop Student Travel Award; 2003 Named one of the Top Young Innovators of 2003 by MIT Technology Review; 2010 Samuel Zeritsky Award for Excellence in Research, University of Pennsylvania |
Medical / Professional |
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2006-07 Intern in Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI; 2007-10 Resident in Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2010-11 Fellow in Cognitive Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2010-11 Post-doctoral Fellow in Cognitive Electrophysiology, Laboratory of Michael Kahana, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Expert has published six peer-reviewed articles (two in the journal Nature), four reviews including book chapters, is a co-inventor on one issued patent and a co-inventor on 15 other pending patents. |
Additional Experience
Training / Seminars |
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Multiple |
Marketing Experience |
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As a physician, neuroscientist, and entrepreneur, Expert brings a unique perspective on the neurotechnology medical device industry and to adult and pediatric neurological and neurosurgical evaluation and treatment in general. In addition to his own research, Expert keeps close track of innovation in multiple basic neuroscience domains, emerging products and patents from both established and startup neurological device companies. As a physician he has recruited patients for both pharmacologic and diagnostic clinical trials and is familiar with the both the pre-market recruitment process and the evolution of evidence-based guidelines incorporating new therapies. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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* neurological device clinical trial design * familiarity with evidence-based pharmacologic AND non-pharmacologic treatments for neurocognitive disorders including devices, over-the-counter compounds, and other techniques * proficient in Matlab and LabView * familiar with intracranial macro- and micro-electrical recording techniques and signal processing and statistical analyses of recorded data * skilled public speaker (finalist in Philadelphia Shakespeare recitation competition) and educator * fluent in Spanish |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | Expert is a fluent speaker of Spanish; likewise he can read and write in this language. |
Fields of Expertise
biomedical engineering, brain concussion, brain injury, clinical neurophysiology, clinical trial design, medical electrode, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neurology, neurophysiology, neurorehabilitation, neuroscience, neuropsychology, clinical neuropsychology, neuropsychopharmacology, neuropsychiatry, neuroimaging, posttraumatic headache, memory, mental impairment, cerebral palsy, vocational rehabilitation, memory rehabilitation, medical device software, medical device marketing, spinal cord injury, neuropsychology assessment, entrepreneurship, nerve stimulator, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, neuropathology, neuroradiography, psychiatry, experimentation, medical expert system, investigational medical device exemption regulation, robot arm, 510(k) document, medical device product development, neuropharmacology, medical diagnostics, medical fiber optics, feedback, electronic medical device design, Food and Drug Administration, electronic medical device, nervous system, neurochemistry, cognitive process, nervous system disease, medical device, FDA medical device regulation, implantable device, Good Laboratory Practice