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Hamada Hamid Altalib

DO, MPH, FAES
Associate Professor of Neurology and of Psychiatry; Track Director, Health Informatics, Online Executive MPH Program

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Hamada Hamid Altalib, DO, MPH, FAES

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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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity.Englot 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 : A Journal Of Neurology 2010, 133: 3764-77. 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 games.Yang 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 : E&B 2010, 18: 238-46. PMID: 20537593, PMCID: PMC2914099, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.011.
  • Long-term association between seizure outcome and depression after resective epilepsy surgery.Hamid 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: 1972-6. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures - a national study of provider documentation.Altalib 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 : E&B 2016, 64: 4-8. PMID: 27723497, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.08.032.
  • 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 2017, 107: 329-335. PMID: 27997229, PMCID: PMC5227942, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303574.
  • Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis.Altalib 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 : E&B 2017, 73: 31-35. PMID: 28605631, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.026.
  • Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004-2012.Altalib HH, Fenton BT, Sico J, Goulet JL, 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 : An International Journal Of Headache 2017, 37: 3-10. PMID: 26950804, DOI: 10.1177/0333102416631959.
  • Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans.Altalib H, Cavazos J, Pugh MJ, Hussain A, Kelly-Foxworth P, Tran T, Krumholz A, LaFrance WC, Lopez MR, Rutecki P, Van Cott A. Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans. Federal Practitioner : For The Health Care Professionals Of The VA, DoD, And PHS 2016, 33: 26-32. PMID: 30930614, PMCID: PMC6430519.
  • 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.
  • Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research.Hamid 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 : E&B 2013, 29: 578-80. 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.
  • Managing Functional Neurological Disorders: Protocol of a Cohort Study on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Study.Altalib 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.
  • Mood, anxiety, and incomplete seizure control affect quality of life after epilepsy surgery.Hamid 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: 887-94. PMID: 24489129, PMCID: PMC3959755, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000183.

Clinical Trials

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Diseases of the Nervous SystemA Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Focal Onset Seizures
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