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Neurocritical Care Research Faculty
In the Division of Neurocritical Care, our faculty are innovators in the field of neurocritical care.
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Clotilde Balucani, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: cerebrovascular diseases, acute stroke treatment, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, post-cardiac arrest syndrome, traumatic brain injury, status epilepticus, and coma
Methodological skills: clinical research, longitudinal data analysis, creation of prospective registries, and evaluation of cerebral hemodynamics via non-invasive imaging (i.e., transcranial Doppler)
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Jennifer A. Frontera, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: COVID-19–related neurologic disease, neurocritical care, and stroke
Methodological skills: longitudinal cohort data and epidemiology
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Ariane Lewis, MD
Director, Division of Neurocritical Care
Medical Unit Director, Kimmel Pavillion 16th floor
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Expertise: end-of life ethics, quality improvement in neurocritical care, and intracranial hemorrhage
Methodological skills: survey design and RedCap database design
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Aaron S. Lord, MD
Chief of Neurology, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Medical Director, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Expertise: intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke-associated infections, ICU-associated infections, and secondary stroke prevention
Methodological skills: statistical analysis of longitudinal data, database design, and clinical trials management
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Kara R. Melmed, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Expertise: intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, social determinants of health, use of deep learning and artificial intelligence for image analysis, and neurologic complications related to mechanical cardiac support devices
Methodological skills: statistical analysis of longitudinal data and management of large datasets
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Rajanandini Muralidharan, MD
Director, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
Expertise: clinical expertise in neurocritical care, including disorders of consciousness, stroke, traumatic brain injury, infections of the central nervous system, and quality improvement
Methodological skills: database collection, statistical analysis of longitudinal data, and transcranial Doppler/neurovascular ultrasound