Hamada Hamid Altalib
DO, MPH, FAES
Associate Professor of Neurology and of Psychiatry; Track Director, Health Informatics, Executive MPH
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Research Summary
As a neuropsychiatrist and epilepsy specialist with a background in epidemiology, Dr. Altalib conducts research on the epilepsy outcomes as well as the relationship between seizure control and mental health. In his role as the Director of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Connecticut Epilepsy Center of Excellence, he developed a program that provides holistic care for Veterans with seizures, including psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and co-morbid mental health issues. Dr. Altalib leads an interdisciplinary team of providers and partners with the VA National Epilepsy Centers of Excellence, analyzing national level data to standardized processes and improve organization of services. Dr. Altalib draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine barriers and facilitators to serving Veterans with neurological conditions. In Dr. Altalib's role as the Director if Yale Epilepsy Outcomes Research, he oversees clinical trials of novel anti-seizure medications, cohort studies to better understand the course of epilepsy, and quality improvement projects to enhance neurological care.
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Research Interests
Brain Injuries; Epilepsy; Medical Informatics; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Psychiatry and Psychology
Public Health Interests
Clinical Trials; Global Health; Health Care Quality, Efficiency; Mental Health
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Coordination of Epilepsy Care
Social network analysis provides a method to measure coordination of health care. Each circle represents a health care provide (blue-epilepsy specialist, green-neurosurgeon, yellow-primary care, red-mental health). The larger the circle the larger volume of patients cared for. Each connection (line) represents a shared patient. Mapping provider networks may inform how to more effectively cover for lost providers, outreach to non-specialists, measure coordination of care across specific specialties (such as between neurology and mental health or neurosurgery).
Selected Publications
- Understanding headache classification coding within the veterans health administration using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in fiscal years 2014–2017Fodeh S, Fenton B, Wang R, Skanderson M, Altalib H, Kuruvilla D, Schindler E, Haskell S, Brandt C, Sico J. Understanding headache classification coding within the veterans health administration using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in fiscal years 2014–2017. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0279163. PMID: 36598881, PMCID: PMC9812322, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279163.
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal EpilepsyKanner A, Saporta A, Kim D, Barry J, Altalib H, Omotola H, Jette N, O'Brien T, Nadkarni S, Winawer M, Sperling M, French J, Abou-Khalil B, Alldredge B, Bebin M, Cascino G, Cole A, Cook M, Detyniecki K, Devinsky O, Dlugos D, Faught E, Ficker D, Fields M, Gidal B, Gelfand M, Glynn S, Halford J, Haut S, Hegde M, Holmes M, Kalviainen R, Kang J, Klein P, Knowlton R, Krishnamurthy K, Kuzniecky R, Kwan P, Lowenstein D, Marcuse L, Meador K, Mintzer S, Pardoe H, Park K, Penovich P, Singh R, Somerville E, Szabo C, Szaflarski J, Thio K, Trinka E, Burneo J, Project A. Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy. Neurology 2022, 100: e1123-e1134. PMID: 36539302, PMCID: PMC10074468, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201671.
- The Military Injuries: Understanding Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Study: Understanding Relationships among Lifetime Traumatic Brain Injury History, Epilepsy, and Quality of LifePugh MJ, Kennedy E, Gugger JJ, Mayo J, Tate D, Swan A, Kean J, Altalib H, Gowda S, Towne A, Hinds S, Van Cott A, Lopez MR, Jaramillo CA, Eapen BC, McCafferty RR, Salinsky M, Cramer J, McMillan KK, Kalvesmaki A, Diaz-Arrastia R, Amuan M, Henion A, Padilla S, McCafferty M, Elizondo B, Wells M. The Military Injuries: Understanding Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Study: Understanding Relationships among Lifetime Traumatic Brain Injury History, Epilepsy, and Quality of Life. Journal Of Neurotrauma 2021, 38: 2841-2850. PMID: 34353118, PMCID: PMC8820288, DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0015.
- Chief Editor IntroductionAltalib H. Chief Editor Introduction. Journal Of Muslim Mental Health 2019, 13 DOI: 10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0013.200.
- Managing Functional Neurological Disorders: Protocol of a Cohort Study on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures StudyAltalib HH, Galluzzo D, Argraves S, Goulet J, Bornovski Y, Cheung KH, Jackson-Shaheed E, Tolchin B, Fenton BT, Pugh MJ. Managing Functional Neurological Disorders: Protocol of a Cohort Study on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Study. Neuropsychiatric Disease And Treatment 2019, 15: 3557-3568. PMID: 31920316, PMCID: PMC6939176, DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s234852.
- Chief Editor's IntroductionAltalib H. Chief Editor's Introduction. Journal Of Muslim Mental Health 2018, 12 DOI: 10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0012.100.
- Suicide Risk on TwitterFodeh S, Boudreaux E, Wang R, Silva D, Bossarte R, Goulet J, Brandt C, Altalib H. Suicide Risk on Twitter. International Journal Of Applied Research In Bioinformatics 2018, 8: 1-17. DOI: 10.4018/ijkdb.2018070101.
- Chief Editor's IntroductionAltalib H. Chief Editor's Introduction. Journal Of Muslim Mental Health 2018, 11 DOI: 10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0011.200.
- Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysisAltalib HH, Fenton BT, Cheung KH, Pugh MJV, Bates J, Valente TW, Kerns RD, Brandt CA. Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis. Epilepsy & Behavior 2017, 73: 31-35. PMID: 28605631, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.026.
- Incidence of Mental Health Diagnoses in Veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn, 2001-2014.Ramsey C, Dziura J, Justice AC, Altalib HH, Bathulapalli H, Burg M, Decker S, Driscoll M, Goulet J, Haskell S, Kulas J, Wang KH, Mattocks K, Brandt C. Incidence of Mental Health Diagnoses in Veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn, 2001-2014. American Journal Of Public Health 2016, 107: 329-335. PMID: 27997229, PMCID: PMC5227942, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303574.
- Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures — a national study of provider documentationAltalib HH, Elzamzamy K, Pugh MJ, Gonzalez JB, Cheung KH, Fenton BT, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, LaFrance WC. Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures — a national study of provider documentation. Epilepsy & Behavior 2016, 64: 4-8. PMID: 27723497, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.08.032.
- Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004–2012Altalib H, Fenton B, Sico J, Goulet J, Bathulapalli H, Mohammad A, Kulas J, Driscoll M, Dziura J, Mattocks K, Kerns R, Brandt C, Haskell S. Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004–2012. Cephalalgia 2016, 37: 3-10. PMID: 26950804, DOI: 10.1177/0333102416631959.
- Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans.Altalib H, Cavazos J, Pugh M, Hussain A, Kelly-Foxworth P, Tran T, Krumholz A, LaFrance W, Lopez M, Rutecki P, Van Cott A. Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans. Federal Practitioner 2016, 33: 26-32. PMID: 30930614, PMCID: PMC6430519.
- The prevalence of epilepsy and association with traumatic brain injury in veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.Pugh MJ, Orman JA, Jaramillo CA, Salinsky MC, Eapen BC, Towne AR, Amuan ME, Roman G, McNamee SD, Kent TA, McMillan KK, Hamid H, Grafman JH. The prevalence of epilepsy and association with traumatic brain injury in veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The Journal Of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2015, 30: 29-37. PMID: 24695268, DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000045.
- Providers' perspectives on treating psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: frustration and hope.McMillan KK, Pugh MJ, Hamid H, Salinsky M, Pugh J, Noël PH, Finley EP, Leykum LK, Lanham HJ, LaFrance WC. Providers' perspectives on treating psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: frustration and hope. Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B 2014, 37: 276-81. PMID: 25128685, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.07.001.
- Mood, anxiety, and incomplete seizure control affect quality of life after epilepsy surgeryHamid H, Blackmon K, Cong X, Dziura J, Atlas LY, Vickrey BG, Berg AT, Bazil CW, Langfitt JT, Walczak TS, Sperling MR, Shinnar S, Devinsky O. Mood, anxiety, and incomplete seizure control affect quality of life after epilepsy surgery. Neurology 2014, 82: 887-894. PMID: 24489129, PMCID: PMC3959755, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000183.
- Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy researchHamid H, Fodeh SJ, Lizama AG, Czlapinski R, Pugh MJ, LaFrance WC, Brandt CA. Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research. Epilepsy & Behavior 2013, 29: 578-580. PMID: 24135384, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.025.
- Neuropsychiatric symptoms, seizure severity, employment, and quality of life of Jordanians with epilepsy.Hamid H, Kasasbeh AS, Suleiman MJ, Cong X, Liu H, Mohiuddin S, Bahou YG. Neuropsychiatric symptoms, seizure severity, employment, and quality of life of Jordanians with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B 2013, 27: 272-5. PMID: 23452703, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.01.013.
- Long-term association between seizure outcome and depression after resective epilepsy surgeryHamid H, Liu H, Cong X, Devinsky O, Berg AT, Vickrey BG, Sperling MR, Shinnar S, Langfitt JT, Walczak TS, Barr WB, Dziura J, Bazil CW, Spencer SS. Long-term association between seizure outcome and depression after resective epilepsy surgery. Neurology 2011, 77: 1972-1976. PMID: 22094480, PMCID: PMC3235357, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31823a0c90.
- Suicide outcomes after resective epilepsy surgery.Hamid H, Devinsky O, Vickrey BG, Berg AT, Bazil CW, Langfitt JT, Walczak TS, Sperling MR, Shinnar S, Spencer SS. Suicide outcomes after resective epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B 2011, 20: 462-4. PMID: 21334984, PMCID: PMC3697757, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.12.031.
- Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activityEnglot DJ, Yang L, Hamid H, Danielson N, Bai X, Marfeo A, Yu L, Gordon A, Purcaro MJ, Motelow JE, Agarwal R, Ellens DJ, Golomb JD, Shamy MC, Zhang H, Carlson C, Doyle W, Devinsky O, Vives K, Spencer DD, Spencer SS, Schevon C, Zaveri HP, Blumenfeld H. Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity. Brain 2010, 133: 3764-3777. PMID: 21081551, PMCID: PMC2995886, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq316.
- A prospective study of loss of consciousness in epilepsy using virtual reality driving simulation and other video gamesYang L, Morland TB, Schmits K, Rawson E, Narasimhan P, Motelow JE, Purcaro MJ, Peng K, Raouf S, DeSalvo MN, Oh T, Wilkerson J, Bod J, Srinivasan A, Kurashvili P, Anaya J, Manza P, Danielson N, Ransom CB, Huh L, Elrich S, Padin-Rosado J, Naidu Y, Detyniecki K, Hamid H, Farooque P, Astur R, Xiao B, Duckrow RB, Blumenfeld H. A prospective study of loss of consciousness in epilepsy using virtual reality driving simulation and other video games. Epilepsy & Behavior 2010, 18: 238-246. PMID: 20537593, PMCID: PMC2914099, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.011.
- Ethical perspectives in neurology: ethical considerations in sudden unexplained death in epilepsy.Hamid H, Nass R. Ethical perspectives in neurology: ethical considerations in sudden unexplained death in epilepsy. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2010, 16: 242-5. PMID: 22810324, DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000368242.72480.07.
- Evaluating the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems by comparing mental health policies in four countries.Hamid H, Abanilla K, Bauta B, Huang KY. Evaluating the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems by comparing mental health policies in four countries. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2008, 86: 467-73. PMID: 18568276, PMCID: PMC2647453, DOI: 10.2471/blt.07.042788.
- Developing Iraq's mental health policy.Hamid HI, Everett A. Developing Iraq's mental health policy. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) 2007, 58: 1355-7. PMID: 17914016, DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.10.1355.
- A primary care study of the correlates of depressive symptoms among Jordanian women.Hamid H, Abu-Hijleh NS, Sharif SL, Raqab ZM, Mas'ad D, Abbas A. A primary care study of the correlates of depressive symptoms among Jordanian women. Transcultural Psychiatry 2004, 41: 487-96. PMID: 15709647, DOI: 10.1177/1363461504047931.
- Ischemic stroke in Jordan 2000 to 2002: a two-year, hospital-based study.Bahou Y, Hamid H, Raqab MZ. Ischemic stroke in Jordan 2000 to 2002: a two-year, hospital-based study. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases : The Official Journal Of National Stroke Association 2004, 13: 81-4. PMID: 17903954, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2004.02.004.
Clinical Trials
| Conditions | Study Title |
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| Diseases of the Nervous System; Mental Health & Behavioral Research | Human Epilepsy Project 3: Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy |