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Emily J. Gilmore, MD, FNCS, FACNS

Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery
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Clinical Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Neurology

Co-director, Critical Care EEG Program, Neurology

Director, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Neurology

Co-director, Neuorotrauma, Neurology & Neurosurgery

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Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery

Clinical Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Neurology; Co-director, Critical Care EEG Program, Neurology; Director, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Neurology; Co-director, Neuorotrauma, Neurology & Neurosurgery

Biography

Emily J. Gilmore, MD has been a member of the Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine and a neurointensivist and critical care EEG attending at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut since 2012.

Dr. Gilmore completed her neurology residency and 3-year combined fellowship at Columbia University where she fostered a clinical and research interest in neuromonitoring. She was one of the first neurointensivists to become board certified in critical care EEG monitoring and was recruited to Yale to help build a state-of-the art Neuro-ICU where technology could be deployed to deliver cutting edge care for patients with acute brain injury.

Marrying her clinical and research interests was natural; she was an early recipient of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) Clinical Scholars program and the American Brain Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship. She currently serves as the site-PI for several national neurotrauma trials and was recently awarded her first RO1 with colleagues from MGH and UTSW to link the relationship between biomarkers of secondary brain injury, treatment, and outcomes in patients with severe TBI. Her overarching research interests center on understanding and translating physiologic biomarkers obtained from invasive and noninvasive multimodal brain monitoring to individualize care that will improve outcomes for patients with acute brain injury.

Administratively, in addition to her role as Director of the Neuro-ICU and Director of Neuromonitoring, Dr. Gilmore is the co-Director of Neurotrauma. With colleagues in Neurosurgery, she is building a comprehensive multidisciplinary program that addresses the continuum of care needs, from the acute setting though rehabilitation and recovery, for patients with TBI. Additionally, she co-directs the Critical Care EEG program fellowship and program with Dr. Lawrence Hirsch, serves as the past-chair of the Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium (CCEMRC) and sits on the scientific advisory board for the NORSE institute.

Last Updated on October 21, 2025.

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Education & Training

Fellow
Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University (2012)
Fellow
Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University (2010)
Resident
Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University (2009)
Chief Resident
Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University (2009)
Intern
Yale Primary Care Program (2006)
MD
University of New Mexico (2005)
BS
Vassar College (1998)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Brain Injuries; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Critical Care; Delirium; Education; Electroencephalography; Neurosciences; Status Epilepticus; Stroke; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Treatment Outcome

Research at a Glance

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Publications

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

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    Board Member

    04/20/2022National AwardAmerican Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
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    Fellow

    10/31/2020National AwardNeurocritical Care Society
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    A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award

    04/01/2020National AwardAmerican Academy of Neurology
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    Fellow

    02/01/2019National AwardAmerican Clinical Neurophysiology Society

Clinical Care

Overview

Emily Gilmore, MD, is a critical care neurologist at Yale Medicine with subspecialty training in critical care EEG (brain wave) monitoring. She has a particular interest in patients with traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

During medical school, Dr. Gilmore developed an interest in end-of-life and palliative care through her work with hospice and caring for children with devastating neurologic disorders. The combination of these experiences eventually led her to the field of critical care neurology, which drew upon all her interests. “I found the combination of helping to save a patient’s life using advanced technology and also the privilege of assisting families in that critical time of transition a really satisfying aspect of doing critical care neurology,” she says.

Dr. Gilmore helps her patients by reassuring them or their loved ones that her team is going to do everything they can to get them through a life changing event. “The patients and their families are the most rewarding and inspiring parts of my job,” says Dr. Gilmore. “Seeing peoples’ resilience and how their families support them through that and help us in the decision-making process is really powerful.”

In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Gilmore is an associate professor in the divisions of neuro-critical care and emergency neurology as well as epilepsy at the Yale School of Medicine. She is involved in studies assessing new treatments for refractory status epilepticus as well as biomarkers of epileptogenesis (the process in which the brain develops epilepsy) in severe traumatic brain injury. Dr Gilmore hopes her research on brain wave activity and how it is affected by neurologic injury will help improve functional and cognitive outcomes for survivors of acute brain injury.

Clinical Specialties

Neurology; Neurocritical Care; Epilepsy & Seizures

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