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Epilepsy Research Epilepsy Research Faculty

Epilepsy Research Faculty

NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center comprises faculty who are leaders in the field of epilepsy research.

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Orrin Devinsky, MD

Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
Expertise: epilepsy, neurogenetics, molecular biology therapies, cannabidiol, and electrophysiology
Methodological skills: epilepsy genetics, gene therapies, treatment-resistant epilepsy, clinical trials, generalized epilepsy, neuropsychiatry

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Patricia C. Dugan, MD, FAES

Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Adult Epilepsy
Expertise: epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, EEG and electrocorticography, cortical stimulation
Methodological skills: EEG, electrocorticography, cortical stimulation and functional mapping

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Christopher Elder, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, generalized epilepsy, epilepsy in the elderly, cerebellum
Methodological skills: epidemiology, EEG, clinical neurophysiology

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Adeen Flinker, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: speech and language electrophysiology
Methodological skills: signal processing, machine learning, electrocorticography, electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, nonparametric statistical analysis

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Jacqueline A. French, MD

Co-Director, Epilepsy Clinical Trials
Chief Medical Officer, Epilepsy Foundation
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy clinical trials and outcomes research
Methodological skills: clinical trial methodology

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Daniel Friedman, MD

Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy and EEG
Methodological skills: epidemiology, EEG, and human neurophysiology

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Laura Ann Gould, MSc, MA, PT

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Expertise: Sudden unexplained death in children, febrile seizures
Methodologic Skills: Design and implementation of observational studies of sudden death in the young

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Biyu J. He, PhD

Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Physiology, and Radiology
Expertise: perceptual, cognitive, and computational neuroscience
Methodological skills: multimodal human brain imaging, including 3T/7T fMRI, EEG/MEG, and intracranial electrophysiology

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Beth A. Leeman-Markowski, MD, MA, MMSc

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy and cognitive disorders
Methodological skills: EEG, cognitive assessments, eye tracking, clinical trials

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Anli A. Liu, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, memory, and neuromodulation
Methodological skills: EEG signal analysis, statistics, and eye tracking

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Andrew J. Michalak, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, EEG, and epilepsy surgery
Methodological skills: neural signal processing, machine learning, and epidemiology

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Dana Price, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director, Angelman Clinic at NYU
Director, NYU CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
Expertise: genetic epilepsy, pediatric neurology
Methodological skills: neurophysiology, genetic epilepsy, managing refractory epilepsy, Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies

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Claude Steriade, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, neuroinflammation, and autoimmune neurology
Methodological skills: neuroimaging, clinical trials, microbiome, and predictive modeling