Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh
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Dr. Fesharaki is currently a neuropsychiatrist, as well as a basic neuroscience researcher focusing on Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. He has a diverse training background, which include a mixture of clinical adult psychiatry, clinical behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry and bench neuroscience skills. This combination of aforementioned skills has in turn given him a unique vantage point to have the opportunity to apply what he continues to learn in the laboratory to enrich his clinical treatment. His current research focus is to develop a robust animal model of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), as well as investigation of potential treatment modalities. He is also involved in a collaborative research study investigating synaptic density alterations in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD).
Education & Training
- PhDSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Neuroscience (2018)
- UCNS Board Certified in Behavioral Neurology/NeuropsychiatryYale University School of Medicine (2017)
- ABPN Board Certified in Adult PsychiatrySUNY Downstate Medical Center (2016)
- MDRoss School of Medicine (2009)
- BMathUniversity of British Columbia, Mathematics
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Editor’s Pick 2021 by Professor Bruce Miller | Frontiers in Neurology Journal | 2021 |
American Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry Honors Scholarship Award | American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) | 2015 |