Daniel K. Levy

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Daniel

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Levy

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Matthew Levitus

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Matthew

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Levitus

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Alan D. Legatt

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Alan

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Legatt

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<p>Dr. Legatt's clinical activities include intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring, EEG-CCTV monitoring for epilepsy, and clinical EEG and evoked potential studies. His research interests include the analysis of EEG monitoring data, the subcomponent structure and generators of evoked potentials, new methods for analysis of evoked potential studies, evoked potential changes in patients with epilepsy, and techniques for intraoperative monitoring of the nervous system.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Haut SR, Shinnar S, Legatt AD, O'Dell C, Moshe SL. The association between seizure clustering and status epilepticus in patients with intractable complex partial seizures. Epilepsia, 1999;40:1832-1834.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Kader A. Topography of the initial cortical component of the median nerve somatosensory evoked potential: relationship to central sulcus anatomy. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2000;17:321-325.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Lado FA, Legatt AD, LaSala PA, Shinnar S. Alteration of the cortical motor map in a patient with intractable focal seizures. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 2002;72:811-814.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Emerson RG. Motor evoked potential monitoring - It's about time (editorial). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>J Clin Neurophysiol, 2002;19:383-386.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Mechanisms of intraoperative brainstem auditory evoked potential changes. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2002;19:396-408.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Current practice of motor evoked potential monitoring: Results of a survey. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2002;19:454-460.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Ellen R. Grass Lecture: Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring. Amer J Electroneurodiagnostic Technol, 2004;44:222-243. Legatt AD.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Pathways of Hearing and Balance. In: Van De Water T, Staecker H (Eds.), Basic Science Review for Otolaryngology. Thieme, New York, 2006:350-360.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Lefebvre PP, Legatt AD. Assessment of Central Auditory Function. In: Van De Water T, Staecker H (Eds.), Basic Science Review for Otolaryngology. Thieme, New York, 2006:361-367.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. BAEPs in Surgery. In: Nuwer, M (Ed.) Intraoperative Monitoring of Neural Function. Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, Volume 8; Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008:334-349.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Cherian K, Weidenheim K, Legatt A, Shifteh K, Abbott IR, Moshe <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>SL. Extensive apoptosis in a case of intractable infantile status epilepticus. Epilepsy Research, 2009;85:305-310.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Nuwer MR, Emerson RG, Galloway G, Legatt AD, Lopez J, Minahan R, Yamada T, Goodin DS, Armon C, Chaudhry V, Gronseth GS, Harden CL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Evidence-based guideline update: Intraoperative spinal monitoring with somatosensory and transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Neurology, 2012; 78:585-589.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Fried SJ, Smith DM, Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Median nerve somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during carotid surgery: Does reference choice matter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>J Clin Neurophysiol, 2014;31:55-57.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs). In: Aminoff M, Daroff R (Eds.),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Science, San Diego, 2014, volume 1, pp. 505-508.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Intraoperative Neurophysiology: Interactive Case Studies, (digital learning program on DVD-ROM), Demos Medical, New York, 2015.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Brainstem auditory evoked potentials. In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Husain AM (Ed.), A Practical Approach to Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring, 2nd Edition. Demos Medical, New York, 2015:46-54.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD. Electrophysiologic auditory tests. In: Celesia GG, Hickock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>G (Eds.), The Human Auditory System: Fundamental Organization And Clinical Disorders. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 3rd Series, Volume 129. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2015:289-311.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Nuwer MR, Emerson RG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Intraoperative monitoring of central neurophysiology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Schomer DL, Lopes da Silva, FH (Eds.) Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications, and Related Fields, 7th Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2018:833-866.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, Legatt AD. Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Schomer DL, Lopes da Silva, FH (Eds.) Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications, and Related Fields, 7th Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2018:723-738.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD, Emerson RG, Epstein CM, MacDonald DB, Deletis V, Bravo RJ, L&oacute;pez JR. ACNS Guideline: Transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potential monitoring. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2016;33:42-50.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt;">Legatt AD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Electrophysiology of cranial nerve testing: Auditory nerve. J Clin Neurophysiol, 2018;35:25-38.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><!--[endif]--></p>

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Javier A. Laurini

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Javier

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Laurini

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;">Dr. Laurini's clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the breast, gynecologic tract and bone and soft tissues.</span>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;">Dr. Laurini's research focus follows his clinical interests in breast and gynecologic pathology.</span>

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<p>Javier Ariel Laurini, MD, is Associate Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Laurini's clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the breast, gynecologic tract and bone and soft tissues.</p>

<p>After earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1995 from the University Of Salvador, School Of Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Laurini completed a residency in anatomic pathology in 1999 at the Center of Medical Education and Clinical Investigations (CEMIC) in Buenos Aires. Following this, he completed a three-month internship in hematopathology service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Laurini became Administrative Chief Resident in the department of pathology at CEMIC for one year before completing a surgical pathology fellowship at British Hospital in Buenos Aires in 2002. He then became a visiting clinician in the Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester before undergoing a combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, which he completed in 2010. Dr. Laurini then finished a fellowship in surgical pathology at the Mayo Clinic in 2011 before completing another fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2012.</p>

<p>Dr. Laurini's research focus follows his clinical interests in breast and gynecologic pathology. His work has been published in numerous original communications and peer-reviewed journals, articles and abstracts.</p>

<p>Dr. Laurini is board certified in Hematology and Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Board Of Pathology. He is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, and a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. He is also part of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. Dr. Laurini has won multiple faculty teaching awards from the University of South Alabama and Wake Forest School of Medicine. In 2022 he won the Attending Teaching Award from Einstein.</p>

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Kathryn F. Kirchoff-Torres

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Kathryn

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Kirchoff-Torres

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<p>Dr. Kirchoff-Torres joined the neurology faculty in 2010 after completing her training in neurology and vascular neurology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.&nbsp; She is board certified in neurology and vascular neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in Neurovascular Interpretation of carotid and transcranial ultrasound by the American Society of Neuroimaging.&nbsp; He interests include acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, vascular malformations of the central nervous system, cerebrovascular disorders of pregnancy, hypercoagulable disorders and stroke education.&nbsp; She is an attending neurologist at Montefiore Medical Center and sees outpatients at the Stern Stroke Center.</p>

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Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; clinical interests are in emergency care and acute management of cerebrovascular disorders, including ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular malformations, as well as the treatment of post-stroke patients to prevent recurrent stroke.

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Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; particular research interests are in hematological disorders and cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy-related cerebrovascular disease, cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid revascularization and cardioembolic stroke. Her research has been published in reviewed publications, and she has produced many abstracts and posters.

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<p>Baffour FI, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Einstein FH, Karakash S, Miller TS. Bilateral internal carotid artery dissection in the postpartum period.Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology 2012 Feb;119(Part 2):489-492.</p>
<p>Zach V, Zhovtis S, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Weinberger JM. Common carotid artery dissection: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Stroke &amp; Cerebrovascular Diseases 2012 Jan;21(1):52-60.</p>
<p>Goulart JM, Yoo JY, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Delman BN, Tuhrim S. Ischemic stroke in an adult with Glycogen Storage Disease Type I. J Clin Neurosci 2010 Nov;17(11):1467-9.</p>
<p>Katz M, Lesko J, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Zach V, Levine SR. Cerebrovascular disease and pregnancy. Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review 2010; 21:2 114&ndash;162.</p>
<p><strong>Kirchoff-Torres K</strong>, Levine SR. Antiphospholipid antibodies: pinning risk on a moving target. Lancet Neurology 2009;8(11):971-3.</p>
<p><strong>Kirchoff KF.</strong> Travelogue. Contexts: A Forum for Medical Humanities. 2001;9(4):5-7.</p>

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<p>Kathryn F. Kirchoff-Torres, MD, is Attending Neurologist at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; clinical interests are in emergency care and acute management of cerebrovascular disorders, including ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular malformations, as well as the treatment of post-stroke patients to prevent recurrent stroke.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from the University of Rochester in 1999, Dr. Kirchoff-Torres attended SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine in 2004. She pursued her postgraduate training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completing an internship in internal medicine in 2005, a residency in neurology in 2008, a clinical fellowship in vascular neurology in 2009 and a clinical and postdoctoral fellowship in vascular neurology in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; particular research interests are in hematological disorders and cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy-related cerebrovascular disease, cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid revascularization and cardioembolic stroke. Her research has been published in reviewed publications, and she has produced many abstracts and posters. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for several publications, including the <em>American Journal of Neuroradiology</em>, the <em>Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery &amp; Psychiatry</em> and the <em>Journal of Experimental Stroke &amp; Translational Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Kirchoff-Torres has been listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors for several years. She is board certified in neurology and vascular neurology.</p>

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Jinu Kim

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Neuroanesthesia, pediatric neuroanesthesia, pediatric scoliosis anesthesia, interventional neuroradiology

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Intraoperative thrombolysis during spine surgery, anesthesia for pituitary surgery, intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials

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<p>Jinu Kim, MD, is Chief, Neuroanesthesia and Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Kim&rsquo;s clinical focus is in neuroanesthesia, pediatric neuroanesthesia, pediatric scoliosis anesthesia and interventional neuroradiology.</p><p>In 1993, Dr. Kim received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College. He went to State University of New York Downstate Medical Center for his medical education, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1997. He began his postdoctoral training at New York University Hospital, completing his internship and general surgery residency in 2000. He later pursued his anesthesiology residency at Brookdale Hospital, completing it in 2007. He followed this with a neuroanesthesia fellowship at Roosevelt Hospital.</p><p>Dr. Kim&rsquo;s research focuses on intraoperative thrombolysis during spine surgery, anesthesia for pituitary surgery and intraoperative monitoring of motor-evoked potentials. He has published his research in peer-reviewed journals and books and has presented his work at national conferences.</p><p>Dr. Kim is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, and is a member of several professional organizations including the Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, the International Anesthesia Research Society and the American Society of Anesthesiology.</p>

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Anna Kezerashvili

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Anna

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Theodore N. Keltz

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Dr. Keltz is interested in the full breadth of clinical cardiology in adolescents and adults, from risk factor assessment and treatment, to the care of symptoms and diseases. He brings a special expertise in the integration of bedside care with noninvasive imaging.

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<p>Dr. Keltz received his BS with honors in Biology, magna cum laude, and his MD in the accelerated 6 year Biomedical Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College of Union University. He was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical school honor society, in the autumn of his junior year in medical school.</p><p>Dr. Keltz did an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Mt Sinai Hospital and a fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Montefiore Medical Center. He then joined the late Drs. Julian Frieden, Jerome Cooper, and. Bernard Gitler in cardiology practice in New Rochelle. The practice became Westchester Heart Specialists and included Dr. Michael Johnson and Dr. Donald Miller. He cared for patients at New Rochelle Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and Columbia University Medical Center. In 2012 Westchester Heart Specialists became a part of Montefiore Medical Center.</p><p>Dr. Keltz was awarded the the Elmer Schacht Award for Microbiology in medical school and the Montefiore Medical Center House Staff Award for Excellence in Teaching and Patient Care in 1987.</p><p>Dr. Keltz is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology, and Adult Echocardiography.</p><p>Dr. Keltz served on the Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Westchester-Putnam Region from 1995-2007 and as president from 2000-2006.</p><p>Dr. Keltz is currently the President of the Medical Board of Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital.</p>

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Peter K. Keller

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Peter

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Christine Hung

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Christine

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Hung

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