Clinical Research Faculty
Blumenfeld, Hal
Professor of Neurology, of Neurobiology and of Neurosurgery
Director, Yale Clinical Neuroscience Imaging Center (CNIC)
Research Interests:Impaired consciousness in epilepsy; Epilepsy neuroimaging and electrophysiology
Clinical Interests:Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery
Bronen, Richard
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Research Interests:Imaging of epilepsy, cortical dysplasias, temporal lobe anatomy, and anatomic variants
Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology, specifically imaging of brain, spine, ears, nose, and throat; Image guided procedures involving the head and neck and spine (eg, lumbar punctures, myelography, and biopsies); Areas of special focus include imaging of epilepsy, malformations of cortical development, and temporal bone.
Constable, R. Todd
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Neurosurgery
Research Interests:Development of MRI techniques to provide functional information; Quantitative information and high quality pictures of anatomy; Application of new methods to answer fundamental questions in basic science and medicine
Duncan, James
Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Bioimaging Sciences in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Computer vision; Image processing and medical imaging, with an emphasis on biomedical image analysis
Hetherington, Hoby
Professor (Adjunct) of Neurosurgery and Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:High field methods and hardware for magnetic resonance imaging; human brain; metabolism and dysfunction in epilepsy; magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
Levy, Susan
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology), in the Child Study Center and of Neurology
Mattson, Richard
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Neurology
Epilepsy Fellowship Director
Research Interests:Clinical pharmacology of Antiepileptic Drugs in clinical trials; pathophysiologic and pharmacologic studies using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Clinical Interests:Clinical Interests: Primary interest is in clinical diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in clinic and in the Epilepsy Inpatient Unit at YNHH in adults and children. Focus is particularly on difficult diagnosis or intractable epilepsy using pharmacologic methods and epilepsy surgery.
Pan, Jullie
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology
Research Interests:Metabolic physiology of brain; neurotransmission and brain function; development and implementation of imaging in humans at ultra-high field (7Tesla); metabolic pathophysiology of epilepsy; clinical epilepsy; epilepsy imaging; outcome studies
Clinical Interests:Epilepsy; Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Papademetris, Xenophon
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Automated biomedical image analysis and measurement; interactive 3D visualization of medical images and structures
Petroff, Ognen
Associate Professor of Neurology
Research Interests:Epilepsy & seizure disorders; cerebral metabolism; brain glutamate, GABA & glutamine metabolism; antiepileptic drug actions & brain metabolism; CNS physiology & neurochemistry; neuroprotection
Clinical Interests:Electroencephalography (EEG); audio-visual EEG monitoring; epilepsy; symptomatic seizures; non-convulsive seizures; neuroprotection, therapeutic hypothermia, hypoxic-ischemic-injury, hepatic encephalopathy
Spencer, Dennis
Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program
Director, Pituitary Tumor Program
Research Interests:Cerebral metabolic abnormalities that sustain epileptogenesis using MR spectroscopy, microdialysis, and human tissue studies
Clinical Interests:Epilepsy surgery; pituitary tumors; brain tumors; general neurosurgery; MR spectroscopy; microdialysis; human tissue studies
Testa, Francine
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and of Neurology
Research Interests:Seizures, epilepsy in childhood - risk factors, prognosis, long term sequelae
Clinical Interests:Pediatric Epilepsy, Neurophysiology, Seizures
Williamson, Anne
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Neurosurgery
Research Interests:Cellular physiology of human epilepsy and animal models, neurometabolism of brain tumors; Brain Slices; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Viral Vectors
Winstanley, Francis
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Research Interests:Neuroanatomical representation of language; electrical cortical stimulation mapping; intracarotid amobarbital procedure; fMRI of language and memory; Deep Brain Stimulation
Clinical Interests:temporal lobe epilepsy, aphasia, Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure (IAP)/ Wada test, cortical stimulation mapping of language, movement disorders and deep brain stimulation
Zaveri, Hitten
Associate Research Scientist in Neurology
Research Interests:Epilepsy; EEG; Intracranial EEG; Brain sensors; Brain implantable devices; Brain-machine interface; Time-series analysis; Biomedical Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Computer Engineering; Neurosurgery;
