Expert Details
Physiology, Neuroscience, Epilepsy, Neurophysiology, Seizure, EEG, Neurology, Evoked Potentials, EEG
ID: 724731
New York, USA
Expert has extensive experience in basic science, translational, and clinical research. He is board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.
Expert has published over 50 scientific papers, abstracts, and book chapters, and is the author of two popular books used by medial students and residents in neurology training. He has consulted for numerous companies and firms.
Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of Adult Epilepsy and Intraoperative Neurophysiology at Stony Brook University, New York.
He has consulted for more than two dozen firms and companies including major biotechnology companies, private equity firms, pharmaceutical companies, consulting groups, and law firms.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1993 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Biological Sciences | Institution: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO |
| Year: 1998 | Degree: M.D. | Subject: Honors in Physiology and Neuroscience | Institution: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2007 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director of Clinical Neurophysiology | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Staff Physician/Clinical Neurophysiologist | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Scientist | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Associate Scientist · Guest Scientist |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2007 | Employer: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Director of adult epilepsy program; Director of intraoperative neurophysiology |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2004 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director/Co-Founder | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:·Developed and ran epilepsy and adult neurology clinic. Responsible for adult neurology and seizure consultations for 404 inpatients. ·Director of EEG laboratory·Co-founder and co-director of spasticity treatment program. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2002 | Employer: HARVARD UNIVERSITY Boston, MA | Title: Undisclosed | Department: Harvard Medical School |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Nutritionsuperstores.com 1999 - 2003 ·Member of Scientific Advisory Board; Medcompare.com 2003 - 2006 ·Technical consultation and webpage design · Contributing editor; Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island 2004 - ·Professional Advisory Board Member; Stony Brook University 2005 - 2006 ·Faculty Senator; Research & Reviews in ElectroChemistry 2007 ·Editorial Board Member; Aerospace Medical Association 1996 -- 1999 Aerospace Medical Student and Resident Organization (Past Secretary) 1996 -- 2000 Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry 2000 --2002 American Academy of Neurology 2000 -- Remote Area Medical 2003 -- American Association for the Advancement of Science 2004 -- American Epilepsy Society 2005 – American Clinical Neurophysiology Society 2007 -- |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Licensed in: California 2002 - 2006 New York 2004 – Pennsylvania 2007 – Michigan 2007 --; Neurology – Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2003 - Clinical Neurophysiology – Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2005 -; |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Officer of Harvard Medical School; UNIVERSITY OF ROME (La Sapienza) Italy October 2004 ·Visiting Professor of Neurology; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY Upton, NY August 2004 -- ·Associate Scientist · Guest Scientist |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Dean’s List all semesters 1990 - 1994; New York State Regents College Scholarship (4yr merit based) 1990 - 1994; Alpha Epsilon Delta, National Premedical Honor Society (Past Chapter President) 1992 - 1994; Golden Key National Honor Society 1992 - ; Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society 1992 - ;Phi Beta Kappa 1993 - ; Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1993 - 1994; New York University School of Medicine Honors Research Program 1994 - 1998; Charles F. Wolf, M.D. Full-tuition, merit based medical school scholarship (4yr) 1994 - 1998; XV International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology poster award for scientific quality 2001; American Neurological Association Resident Scholar 2001; American Medical Association Physicians Recognition Award 2002; American Epilepsy Society – Ortho-McNeil TOPSCHOLAR Award 2002; Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 4 - 7th editions 2002 - 2007; Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 7th edition 2003 - 2004; Marquis Who’s Who in America 58th edition 2003 - 2004; Western Clinical Neurophysiology Society Epilepsy Fellow Award 2003; GSK/American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Epilepsy and Electrophysiology Scholar 2003; Biography included in 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century 2004; Western Clinical Neurophysiology Society Edward E. Shev Award 2004; Marquis Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders 1st edition 2006; Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island Certificate of Appreciation 2006; Mount Desert Island Biological Lab Blum-Halsey Fellowship 2006; RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International Summer Fellowship 1993; Department of Energy Science and Engineering Research Semester Fellowship 1994; Department of Energy Summer Employment Research Program 1994 - 1995; National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health Summer Institute in Japan Program 1996; NASA Medical Student Training Program 1997; National Institutes of Health Medical Student Honor’s Program Grant 1996 - 1998; National Epifellows Foundation Research Grant 2002 - 2003; Cyberonics Corporation Basic Science Research Grant 2004 - 2006; Stony Brook University GCRC Research Awards 2005 - 2006; Mount Desert Island Biological Lab New Investigator Award 2006 |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| (over 50 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, patents; author/co-author of 2 books); X-ray microplanar beams for targeted and selective cell and tissue ablation and tissue alteration (pending); Radiosurgery with X-ray Microbeams Produced by Orthovoltage X-ray Tubes (pending); Abalone settlement bioassay for anti-seizure substance screening (pending) |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has experience with medical-legal matters pertaining to neurology, especially epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, intraoperative monitoring, and electroencephalography. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Use of Nicolet, NCI, and Astromed Video-EEG systems for digital analysis and interpretation; Use of Nicolet, Cadwell, Axon systems for Intraoperative monitoring; Digital analysis of rat swimming and righting motion using Peak5 and Peak Motus 4 programs; Supercomputing applications course at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, credited through the 1993 University of California at Berkeley, using Cray X-MP supercomputer and Sun workstations. |
Fields of Expertise
aerospace physiology, aerospace physiology-related development, aerospace physiology-related research, anticonvulsant drug, antidepressant drug, antipsychotic drug, auditory neurophysiology, benzodiazepine, biomedicine, brain, brain development, clinical medicine, clinical research, clinical study, drug, drug delivery, generic drug, hypnotic, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, prescription drug, programmable drug delivery, telemedicine, aerospace medicine, clinical neurophysiology, evoked potential, anencephaly, seizure, pain medication, hypnosis, adult psychiatry, translational medicine, investigational drug procedures, bioethics, alternative medicine, illegal drug, nasal spray, antiarthritis drug, cardiovascular diagnostics, clinical trial design, kinesiology, antiparasitic agent, antagonistic drug, agonistic drug, alpha 2 pharmacology, antitumor drug, parenteral drug delivery, opiate, clinical research management, clinical protocol, drug development, pharmaceutics, clinical engineering, drug dosage form development, new drug, auditory physiology, prolonged-action drug, controlled-release drug delivery, drug regulation, pharmaceutical drug, clinical pharmacology, insect neuroscience, human environmental physiology, anesthetic drug, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, over-the-counter drug, oral drug delivery, nasal drug delivery, investigational drug, human physiology, cardiovascular disease, abused drug