Board Certified Behavioral Neurologist Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1568

Michigan

Education

1978-82, B.A. in Biology, University in Missouri
1983-87, M.D., university in Pennsylvania

Residency Training

1987-88, Intern, Internal Medicine, medical center in Pennsylvania
1988-91, Resident, Neurology, school of medicine in Massachusetts

Fellowship Training

1991-1993, Fellow, Neurology and Radiology, general hospital in Massachusetts

Faculty Appointments

1996-2001, university health center in Connecticut
12/01-present, school of medicine in Michigan

Hospital or Other Professional Appointments

1998-2001, laboratories in Connecticut
12/01-present, medical center in Michigan

Honors and Awards

University Honors, Washington University
Senior Honors Program, Hahnemann University
Letter of Commendation in Psychiatry, Hahnemann University
McDonnell Summer Inst. in Cognitive Neuroscience (competitive)
Detroit’s Best Doctors-Hour Magazine
Member Metropolitan Professional Honor Society

Licensure And Board Certification

Medical Licensure, Pennsylvania (training), Massachusetts (full), Connecticut (full), Michigan (active)

Board Certification, National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Societies Membership

American Academy of Neurology
The Society for Neuroscience
Society of Behavioral Neurology
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Linguistics Society of America

Service

Patient Care

Staff attending at Harper Hospital, Detroit Receiving Hospital
General Neurology ambulatory clinic
Behavioral Neurology consultation in- and outpatient
Preoperative functional mapping of eloquent cortex with fMRI in medically refractory epileptics and brain lesion patients

Committees

Chair Magnetic Resonance Research Review Committee

Professional Consultation

Consultant to Vertis Neurosciences, Inc: clinical research program on restoring function in hemi paretic stroke using electrical stimulation of cortex

Expert testimony and/or medical record review in multiple legal cases involving neurological injury or impairment

Journal/Editorial Activity

Available upon request

Teaching

2002-present, 4-6 weeks per year Clinical teaching rounds for residents, students, rotators, observers on Neurology inpatient service, (4-8 residents and rotators)

2002-present, 4 –8 weeks per year Clinical teaching rounds for residents, students in Neurology outpatient service (4-8 residents and students)

2002-present, Lectures in cognitive/behavioral neurology to residents, students (5-20 residents and students)

2002-present, Lectures in functional neuroimaging to residents, students (8-20)

1997-2001, Neuroanatomy Case Conference for Year I students (10-20 students)

1997-2001, Lectured on ‘Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease’, ‘Stupor and Coma’ in Year II students ‘Mechanisms of Disease’ course

2000-2001, organized and directed a one-week mandatory course in clinical neurology for Year III students
 
1997-2000, Organized and directed a monthly conference ‘Brain and Behavior’ for neurology and psychiatry residents, faculty

1997-2000, Co-organized weekly lecture/conference of Program in Functional Neuroimaging

1997-2001, Lectured to residents on topics in behavioral neurology, functional neuroimaging

1997, Lab instructor for Neuroanatomy Course for Year I medical students

Grant Support

Available upon request

Ongoing Research Projects

Induction and mapping of neuroplasticity using rTMS and fMRI in chronic aphasia caused by ischemic stroke

Enhancing brain surgery outcome by decreasing postoperative neurological morbidity with fMRI mapping of eloquent cortex

Efficacy of electrical stimulation of motor cortex in hemiparetic stroke

Improving diagnosis and prognosis of traumatic brain injury using a multivariate approach with several MRI and clinical predictors

MRI of spinal cord injury and rehabilitation

Publications

Available upon request

Invited Lectures or Presentations

Available upon request