Tannaz Iranpour Boroujeni

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Tannaz

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Iranpour Boroujeni

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Jonathan M. Gursky

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Jonathan

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Dr. Gursky focuses on the various needs of epilepsy patients including issues related to medication management and driving.

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Dr. Gursky's research focuses on seizure triggers in addition to seizure prediction and analysis. He is involved in various clinical trials investigating new potential therapies for epilepsy. 

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<p>Jonathan M. Gursky, MD, is an Attending Physician at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of adults and adolescents with epilepsy and seizure disorders.</p><p>After earning his Bachelor of Science at Cornell University in 2010, Dr. Gursky attended the New York University School of Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2014. He began his postgraduate training in 2014 with a year-long internship in internal medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He continued his training at this institution and completed a residency in neurology in 2018, becoming Chief Resident in his final year. In 2019, Dr. Gursky completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Montefiore.</p><p>Expanding on his clinical focus, Dr. Gursky&rsquo;s research examines the interactions between epilepsy with various neurological and general medical disorders. His findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals and articles and have been shared at national lectures and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Gursky holds additional clinical interests in the effects of epilepsy on mental and behavioral health.</p><p>Dr. Gursky is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the American Epilepsy Society and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. </p>

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Elissa B. Gross

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Gross

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<p>Elissa B. Gross, DO, MPH, is an attending physician at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on the care of children admitted to the general pediatrics service as well as co-management of patients on the surgical subspecialty services.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Arts at Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women in 1998, Dr. Gross attended Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, earning her Doctor of Osteopathy in 2002. For her postgraduate training, she completed her pediatric residency in 2005 at Children&rsquo;s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, then pursued a pediatric academic fellowship and her Master of Public Health at University of Minnesota, completing both in 2008.</p><p>Dr. Gross&rsquo; research focuses include asthma and breastfeeding and how being hospitalized impacts children and families. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, abstracts, poster presentations and invited presentations. She also has served as a reviewer for Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Journal of Asthma and Pediatrics.</p><p>Dr. Gross is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Hospital Medicine.</p>

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Lauren Gluck

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Lauren

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Gluck

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<p>After receiving her medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Dr. Gluck completed her medicine internship and neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center and then her neuroimmunology fellowship at Yale University. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system.</p>

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Diagnosis and treatment of adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and other inflammatory diseases that affect the central nervous system

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Clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis

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<p>Lauren Gluck, MD, is the Director of the Montefiore Multiple Sclerosis Center and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on neuroimmunological diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord, including adult and adolescent multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis and autoimmune encephalitis.</p><p>In 2010, Dr. Gluck received her Bachelor of Science in biology and community health at Tufts University. She went on to University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2014. She completed her medicine internship and neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in 2018, followed by a clinical fellowship in neuroimmunology at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2019.</p><p>Dr. Gluck&rsquo;s research focus is on the clinical outcomes of multiple sclerosis as well as medical education. She has presented her work at several national and international meetings and has published original communications in many reviewed journals.</p><p>Dr. Gluck has received many recognitions, including the American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology in 2014, and becoming a Consortium of MS Centers Mentorship Forum Scholar in 2018. She is board certified in neurology and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Neurology and the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies.</p>

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Karen R. Ballaban-Gil

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Ballaban-Gil

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<p>Dr. Karen Ballaban-Gil is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, the Director of the Child Neurology Residency Training Program and Director of Outpatient Child Neurology Services at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Union College and Cum Laude from Albany Medical College, in the 6 year combined B.S- M.D. program. Dr. Ballaban-Gil trained in general pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and trained in child neurology and clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received board certifications in pediatrics, neurology with special competence in child neurology , clinical neurophysiology and in epilepsy.</p>
<p><br />Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities. Her research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism, and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. In addition, she runs the Ketogenic Diet program for the management of intractable epilepsy at the Montefiore Medical Center - Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders, and the Ketogenic Diet.</p>
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<p>Karen Ballaban-Gil, MD, is Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center and Deputy Director, Division of Child Neurology at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, and Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science at Union College in 1984, Dr. Ballaban-Gil earned her Doctor of Medicine in 1986 at the Albany Medical College. She began her postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, completing two years as an intern and assistant resident in pediatrics before coming to Einstein, where she completed a residency in child neurology, followed by a fellowship in epilepsy and electrophysiology in 1991.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil&rsquo;s research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders and the Ketogenic Diet. She has shared her work through national and international meetings, and has been a peer reviewer for a variety of medical journals, including <em>Epilepsia</em> and <em>Cephalgia</em>.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology and with Certification in Epilepsy.</p>

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Cache M. Giacalone

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Giacalone

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Howard Geyer

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<p>Dr. Howard Geyer is Director, Division of Movement Disorders, Montefiore, and Assistant Professor, Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.&nbsp;He received his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.&nbsp;He was chief resident in Neurology at Montefiore, where he also completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology.&nbsp;He completed an additional fellowship in Movement Disorders at Beth Israel Medical Center.&nbsp;Dr. Geyer regularly lectures and contributes to book chapters and journal articles on a variety of neurologic topics.</p>

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Benjamin T. Galen

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<p>Dr. Galen graduated from Brown University with honors in the biological sciences and earned an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine. &nbsp;He trained in internal medicine at Yale University where he was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and was the class speaker at residency graduation. &nbsp;He joined Montefiore and Einstein in 2013 as a teaching attending in Hospital Medicine</p>
<p>Dr. Galen is an Associate Program Director in The Einstein/Montefiore Internal Medicine Residency Program, the Director of Firm 3 and the Director of ultrasound and procedure training. &nbsp;In 2015 Dr. Galen received the Sharon R. Silbiger Faculty Teaching Award from the Einstein residents. &nbsp;He has led hundreds of resident teaching conferences and has worked to formalize curricula for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and bedside procedures, such as lumbar puncture and paracentesis. &nbsp;Dr. Galen has taught in the EPHEM, Microbiology, and PDC classes at Einstein. &nbsp;He has led translational research on recurrent meningitis, collaborting with members of Betsy Herold's laboratory. He has co-authored over 20 original research studies. &nbsp;Dr. Galen is passionate about medical case reports and he has mentored residents and junior faculty in the process of publishing cases in a variety of venues. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Galen is the editor-in-chief of <em>POCUS Journal (</em><a href="https://pocusjournal.com/">https://pocusjournal.com/)</a>, the world's leading peer-reviewed, open-access publication for point-of-care ultrasound. &nbsp;He teaches POCUS nationally at a variety of workshops and conferences.&nbsp;</p>

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<li>Shankar, N., Kuo, L., Krugliak Cleveland, N., Galen, B., Samel, N. S., Perez-Sanchez, A., Nathanson, R., Coss, E., Echavarria, J., Rubin, D. T., &amp; Soni, N. J. (2025). Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. <em>Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol</em>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.040&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.040</a></li&gt;
<li>Cool, J. A., Galen, B. T., &amp; Dancel, R. (2025). Point-counterpoint: Should hospitalists perform their own bedside procedures? <em>J Hosp Med</em>,<em> 20</em>(1), 89-93. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13545&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13545</a></li&gt;
<li>Schechter, M. S., Baron, S. W., Gohari, A., Southern, W. N., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2024). Midline Catheter-Associated Thrombosis (MCAT): Does Tip Location in the Axillary Vein Increase Risk? <em>J Infus Nurs</em>,<em> 47</em>(6), 363-368. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/nan.0000000000000558&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1097/nan.0000000000000558</a></li&gt;
<li>Singh, J., Oliver-Krasinski, J., Tauras, J., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2023). Systemic Amyloidosis: Is It ATTR or AL? <em>Am J Med</em>,<em> 136</em>(7), 652-654. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.03.009&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.03.009</a></li&gt;
<li>Johri, A. M., Glass, C., Hill, B., Jensen, T., Puentes, W., Olusanya, O., Capizzano, J. N., Dancel, R., Reierson, K., Reisinger, N., Liblik, K., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2023). The Evolution of Cardiovascular Ultrasound: A Review of Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Across Specialties. <em>Am J Med</em>,<em> 136</em>(7), 621-628. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.020&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.020</a></li&gt;
<li>Eman, G., Synn, S., Galen, B., Shah, R., Nauka, P., Hope, A. A., Congdon, S., &amp; Islam, M. (2023). Thoracic Ultrasound in COVID-19: Use of Lung and Diaphragm Ultrasound in Evaluating Dyspnea in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome from COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Post-ICU Clinic. <em>Lung</em>,<em> 201</em>(2), 149-157. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00614-w&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-023-00614-w</a></li&gt;
<li>Nauka, P. C., LeFrancois, D., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2022). An Introductory Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns in Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis. <em>Pocus j</em>,<em> 7</em>(2), 185-186. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i2.15937&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v7i2.15937</a></li&gt;
<li>Varrias, D., Palaiodimos, L., Balasubramanian, P., Barrera, C. A., Nauka, P., Melainis, A. A., Zamora, C., Zavras, P., Napolitano, M., Gulani, P., Ntaios, G., Faillace, R. T., &amp; Galen, B. (2021). The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. <em>J Clin Med</em>,<em> 10</em>(17). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173903</a></li&gt;
<li>Shah, R., Zhang, L., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2021). A 73-Year-Old Woman With Pulseless Electrical Activity Arrest. <em>Chest</em>,<em> 160</em>(6), e665-e667. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.075&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.075</a></li&gt;
<li>Koleilat, I., Galen, B., Choinski, K., Hatch, A. N., Jones, D. B., Billett, H., Indes, J., &amp; Lipsitz, E. (2021). Clinical characteristics of acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis diagnosed by duplex in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019. <em>J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord</em>,<em> 9</em>(1), 36-46. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.012&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.012</a></li&gt;
<li>Nauka, P. C., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2020). The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cancer (FASC) Examination. <em>Pocus j</em>,<em> 5</em>(2), 42-45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428</a></li&gt;
<li>Merkin, R., Kruger, A., Bhardwaj, G., Kajita, G. R., Shapiro, L., &amp; Galen, B. T. (2020). Internal Medicine Resident Work Absence During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Large Academic Medical Center in New York City. <em>J Grad Med Educ</em>,<em> 12</em>(6), 682-685. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-20-00657.1&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-20-00657.1</a></li&gt;
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Danielle M. Fernandes

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<p>Dr. Danielle Fernandes is an assistant professor of pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Prior to joining Einstein, she served as the Site Director for the pediatrics clerkship at New York Medical College/Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. She joined the Einstein faculty in 2019 and in 2022, she became Course Director for the Bioethics course for medical students. She also co-facilitates bioethics, humanism and professionalism sessions for the pediatric residents at CHAM. She is interested in curriculum development and keeping our curriculum up to date with the ethical issues around us. Dr. Fernandes is a graduate of Cornell University and received her medical degree from Columbia University. She completed her residency training at New York Presbyterian at Columbia. Dr. Fernandes is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and member of the AAP Section on Bioethics subgroup.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 13pt;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chao, JY, Sugarman A, Kimura A,&nbsp;Flamer S, Jing TT,&nbsp;<strong>Fernandes DM</strong>, Khine H, Shinnar S, Lo Y, Cabana MD.&nbsp; &ldquo;Factors Associated with Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.&ldquo;&nbsp;<em>Clinical Pediatrics</em>, in press.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM,&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oliveira CR, Guerguis S et al. &ldquo;Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Clinical Syndromes and Predictors of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children and Youth.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Pediatrics</em>, 2020,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.016"><span style="color: black;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.016</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Hametz PA. 50 Years Ago in the Journal of Pediatrics: Efficiency in the Pediatric Hospital Setting.&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Pediatrics</em>. 2020;220:100.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.001&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.001</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LaRosa JM,&nbsp;<strong>Fernandes DM</strong>, Morris MC. The Impact of Parental Presence on Trainee Education During PICU Rounds: A Brief Report.&nbsp;<em>Hospital Pediatrics.</em>&nbsp;2019; 9(5):389-392.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2018-0216&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1542/hpeds.2018-0216</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Pantangi V, Azam M, Salomao M, Iuga AC, Lefkowitch JH, Gill J, Morotti R, Lavine JE, Mencin AA. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in New York City</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Journal of Pediatrics. </span></em><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2018; 200: 174-180. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.047&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black;">10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.047</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fernandes DM</span></strong><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Roland AR, Morris MC. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parental Opinions Regarding Waiver of Consent for Prospective Observational Research. <em>Pragmatic and Observational Research</em></span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2017; 8: 1-8. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2147%2FPOR.S126509&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">10.2147/POR.S126509</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Danielle M. Fernandes, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Fernandes is a pediatric hospitalist committed to providing patient-focused and family-centered care to children admitted to the pediatric hospital medicine service.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in human biology, health and society from Cornell University in 2010, Dr. Fernandes earned her Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University in 2014. Following this, she completed her pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University in 2017. Given her interest in bioethics, Dr. Fernandes later earned a certificate in bioethics at Montefiore Einstein in 2023.</p><p>Dr. Fernandes co-facilitates bioethics, humanism and professionalism sessions for the pediatric residents at The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. Her research is focused on curriculum development and medical education. She also teaches Bioethics to medical students at the medical school. Dr. Fernandes has served as Interim Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency program and has focused on efforts to improve social determinants of health screening in the inpatient hospital setting. Her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Fernandes is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.</p>

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Emad N. Eskandar

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Emad

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Eskandar

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1972576239

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15647

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<p><strong>Clinical Interests: Epilepsy, Trigeminal neuralgia, Parkinson Disease, and Brain tumors</strong>.<br /> Dr. Eskandar specializes in the surgical diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in both children and adults.&nbsp;&nbsp; He is a world-leader in this field, and has over 15 years of experience in utilizing the most current techniques. &nbsp;These techniques include keyhole surgery (minimal incision), stereotactic electro-encephalography (SEEG), minimally invasive foramen-ovale electrodes, vagal nerve stimulation, responsive neuro-stimulation (RNS or Neuropace), and laser ablation of epileptic areas. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>In addition, Dr. Eskandar is an expert in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, an extremely painful condition affecting the face.&nbsp;&nbsp; He has vast experience in all the major therapeutic treatment modalities including micro-vascular decompression, percutaneous rhizotomy, and radiosurgery.&nbsp; He can provide comprehensive medical and surgical care for this debilitating condition.</p>
<p>Dr. Eskandar has vast experience in using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, and severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp; He employs different methods for surgery including awake-surgery with micro-electrode recordings, frameless surgery, and surgery under anesthesia using real-time imaging.</p>
<p>Finally, Dr. Eskandar treats all types of brain tumors including meningiomas, gliomas, low grade tumors, and metastatic brain tumors.&nbsp; He specializes in the use of advanced brain-imaging and brain-mapping techniques to minimize the risk of injury and to maximize tumor resection.&nbsp; Dr. Eskandar is a pioneer in brain mapping and has published many seminal papers on this topic.</p>
<p><strong>Research Interests</strong>: <br /> Dr. Eskandar also heads an active basic research laboratory investigating the Basal Ganglia, a group of centrally located nuclei in the brain.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Basal Ganglia play a central role in theories of learning, motivation, depression and drug addiction.&nbsp; His group uses microelectrode and electrochemical recordings to evaluate the role of the basal ganglia in both primates and humans performing complex behavioral tasks.&nbsp; The group also uses electrical stimulation to directly modulate neuronal activity during complex behaviors. This is a unique approach in that ideas from the laboratory can quickly be tested in the clinical arena and vice-versa.&nbsp; In addition, his group is actively working to develop the next generation of brain stimulators that will be MRI safe, use more intelligent technological interfaces and employ the latest innovations in miniaturization and battery technology.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Eskandar lab has made numerous important scientific contributions.&nbsp; For example, one recent study, published in <em>Nature</em>, found that a part of the brain called the Cingulate Cortex plays an important role in adapting to varying degrees of cognitive difficulty.&nbsp; Another recent paper in <em>Nature Neuroscience,</em> found that delivering micro-stimulation in one part of the basal ganglia, the caudate nucleus, significantly increases the rate of learning beyond baseline rates.&nbsp; These findings suggest that the caudate plays a critical role in learning, and that learning can be enhanced to promote recovery after traumatic brain injury or stroke.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Background:<br /> </strong>Dr. Eskandar received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from the University of Nebraska. He earned a medical degree at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a master of business administration degree at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a neurological surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, and a neurophysiology fellow at Harvard Medical School.&nbsp;He previously, held the Charles Anthony Pappas endowed chair of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School where he also served as Professor of Neurosciences.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Eskandar is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons. He is the current President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.</p>

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<p>Emad N. Eskandar, MD, specializes in the surgical diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in both children and adults. He is a world leader in this field, with more than 15 years of experience in utilizing the most current techniques. These techniques include keyhole surgery (minimal incision), stereotactic electro-encephalography (SEEG), minimally invasive foramen-ovale electrodes, vagal nerve stimulation, responsive neuro-stimulation (RNS or NeuroPace) and laser ablation of epileptic areas.</p><p>In addition, Dr. Eskandar is an expert in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, an extremely painful condition affecting the face. He has vast experience in all the major therapeutic treatment modalities, including micro-vascular decompression, percutaneous rhizotomy and radiosurgery. He can provide comprehensive medical and surgical care for this debilitating condition.</p><p>Dr. Eskandar also has long-standing expertise in using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson disease, dystonia, essential tremor and severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dr. Eskandar employs all current available techniques, including awake-surgery with micro-electrode recordings, frameless surgery and surgery under anesthesia using real-time imaging.</p><p>Finally, Dr. Eskandar treats all types of brain tumors, including meningiomas, gliomas, low-grade tumors and metastatic brain tumors. He specializes in the use of advanced brain-imaging and brain-mapping techniques to minimize the risk of injury and to maximize tumor resection. Dr. Eskandar is an expert in brain mapping and has published many seminal papers on this technique.</p>

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<p>Dr. Eskandar heads an active basic research laboratory investigating the Basal Ganglia, a group of centrally located nuclei in the brain. The Basal Ganglia play a central role in theories of learning, motivation, depression and drug addiction. His group uses microelectrode and electrochemical recordings to evaluate the role of the basal ganglia in both primates and humans performing complex behavioral tasks. The group also uses electrical stimulation to directly modulate neuronal activity during complex behaviors. This is a unique approach in that ideas from the laboratory can quickly be tested in the clinical arena and vice-versa. In addition, his group is actively working to develop the next generation of brain stimulators that will be MRI safe, use more intelligent technological interfaces and employ the latest innovations in miniaturization and battery technology.</p>

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<p><strong>Selected Publications from over 200</strong></p>
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<li>Martinez-Rubio C, Paulk AC, McDonald EJ, Widge AS, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Multimodal Encoding of Novelty, Reward, and Learning in the Primate Nucleus Basalis of Meynert. <strong>J Neurosci.</strong> 2018 Feb 21;38(8):1942-1958<strong>. </strong></li>
<li>Herrington TM, Briscoe J, <strong>Eskandar E</strong>. Structural and Functional Network Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease. <strong>Radiology</strong>. 2017 Dec;285(3):725-727.</li>
<li>Asaad WF, Lauro PM, Perge JA, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Prefrontal Neurons Encode a Solution to the Credit-Assignment Problem. <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2017 Jul 19;37(29):6995-7007.</li>
<li>Herrington TM, Cheng JJ, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation. <strong>J </strong><strong>Neurophysiol</strong>. 2016 Jan 1;115(1):19-38.</li>
<li>Katnani HA, Patel SR, Kwon CS, Abdel-Aziz S, Gale JT, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Temporally Coordinated Deep Brain Stimulation in the Dorsal and Ventral Striatum Synergistically Enhances Associative Learning. <strong>Sci Rep</strong>. 2016 Jan 4;6:18806.</li>
<li>Ishizawa Y, Ahmed OJ, Patel SR, Gale JT, Sierra-Mercado D, <strong>Brown EN</strong>, <strong>Eskandar&nbsp; EN</strong>. Dynamics of Propofol-Induced Loss of Consciousness Across Primate Neocortex.&nbsp; <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2016 Jul 20;36(29):7718-26.</li>
<li>Patel SR, Sheth SA, Martinez-Rubio C, Mian MK, Asaad WF, Gerrard JL, Kwon CS,&nbsp; Dougherty DD, Flaherty AW, Greenberg BD, Gale JT, Williams ZM, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Studying task-related activity of individual neurons in the human brain. <strong>Nature Protocols</strong>. 2013 Apr 18;8(5):949-957.</li>
<li>Sheth S, Mian M, Patel S, Asaad W, Williams Z, Dougherty D, Bush G, <strong>Eskandar E</strong>.&nbsp; Human Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Neurons Mediate Behavioral Adaptation.&nbsp; <strong>Nature. </strong>2012 Aug 9;488(7410):218-21<strong>.</strong></li>
<li>Patel S, Sheth S, Mian M, Gale J, Dougherty D, Greenberg B, <strong>Eskandar E</strong>.&nbsp; Single neuronal responses during a financial decision-making task in the human nucleus accumbens.&nbsp; <strong>J Neuroscience</strong>, 2012 May 23;32(21):7311-5. PubMed PMID:22623676.</li>
<li>Mian MK, Sheth SA, Patel SR, Spiliopoulos K, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>, Williams ZM. Encoding of Rules by Neurons in the Human Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex. <strong>Cereb Cortex.</strong> 2012 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23172774.</li>
<li>Sheth SA, Abuelem T, Gale JT, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Basal ganglia neurons dynamically facilitate exploration during associative learning. <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2011. Mar 30;31(13):4878-85.</li>
<li>Asaad W<strong>, Eskandar, E. </strong>&nbsp;Encoding of both Positive and Negative Reward Prediction Errors by Neurons of the Primate Lateral Prefrontal Cortex and Caudate Nucleus.&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;J. Neurosci. </strong>2011 Dec 7;31(49):17772-87<strong>. </strong></li>
<li>Truccolo W, Donoghue JA, Hochberg LR, <strong>Eskandar EN,</strong> Madsen JR, Anderson WS, <strong>Brown EN,</strong> Halgren E, Cash SS. Single-neuron dynamics in human focal epilepsy. <strong>Nat Neurosci</strong>. 2011 May;14(5):635-41.</li>
<li>Kramer MA, Eden UT, Kolaczyk ED, Zepeda R, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>, <strong>Cash SS</strong>. Coalescence and fragmentation of cortical networks during focal seizures. <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2010 Jul 28;30(30):10076-85.</li>
<li>Williams ZM<strong>, Eskandar EN</strong>. Selective enhancement of associative learning by microstimulation of the anterior caudate.&nbsp; <strong>Nature Neurosci</strong>. 2006. 9(4):562-8.</li>
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Biography

<p>Dr. Eskandar is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and a prominent neurosurgical leader. He is an expert in the management of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), brain tumors, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia and Parkinson Disease.</p><p>Dr. Eskandar received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from the University of Nebraska. He earned a medical degree at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a master of business administration degree at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a neurological surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, and a neurophysiology fellow at Harvard Medical School.</p><p>Previously, he was the Charles Anthony Pappas endowed chair of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School where he also served as Professor of Neurosciences. He was a Neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also held several positions including Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgery Residency, Director of Movement Disorders Surgery Service and Director of Epilepsy Surgery Service.</p><p>Dr. Eskandar is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons. He is the current President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.</p>

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