Hamada Hamid Altalib, DO, MPH, FAES
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Hamada Hamid Altalib, DO, MPH, is professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Bioinformatics & Data Science. He is the chief of Neurology at the Connecticut VA Healthcare System. His clinical areas of expertise include epilepsy, neuropsychiatry, traumatic brain injury, and behavioral neurology. Dr. Altalib helped establish a VA neurobehavioral clinic for veterans who suffer from emotional distress and/or behavioral problems associated with neurological conditions. He believes in caring for each patient’s individual emotional and physical needs while focusing treatment on eliminating seizures.
“Disorders that affect the brain have a huge impact on quality of life. Epilepsy is a field in which we have good treatments that can profoundly improve a person’s quality of life,” Dr. Altalib says. “Our care provides a one-stop shop for veterans with epilepsy.”
An associate professor of neurology and of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Altalib focuses his research on exploring psychiatric comorbidity of neurological disease. “Our work has shown the important connection between mood, anxiety and seizure control, and how proper treatment can make a huge, positive impact,” he says.
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Epilepsy in Children and Teens
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Clinical Informatics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Preventive Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2023
Epilepsy
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2017
Neurology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2009
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2009
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- 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).