Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh, MD, PhD, BMath
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of NeurologyCards
About
Titles
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology
Medical Director, Dementia and Behavioral Neurology, Neurology
Biography
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).
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorPrimaryNeurology
Assistant ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- PhD
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Neuroscience (2018)
- UCNS Board Certified in Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry
- Yale University School of Medicine (2017)
- ABPN Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center (2016)
- MD
- Ross School of Medicine (2009)
- BMath
- University of British Columbia, Mathematics
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh, MD, is a behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatrist at Yale Medicine. He specializes in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and various types of dementia, such as Fronto-Temporal Dementia (FTD).
Dr. Fesharaki-Zadeh grew up in Canada as the son of a surgeon. His father’s passion for medicine inspired him to go to medical school. He decided to focus on traumatic brain injury and other neurodegenerative diseases after his experiences as a psychiatry resident at a veteran’s hospital in Brooklyn. There, he noticed a subgroup of PTSD patients who did not respond to treatments even though they were on a maximum dose of medications. He discovered that many of these PTSD patients had also suffered from traumatic brain injuries, which complicated their conditions. In 2017, he completed a fellowship in behavioral neurology/ neuropsychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.
Currently, the majority of Dr. Fesharaki-Zadeh’s time is spent conducting research using animal models to understand traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
In addition to conducting research, Dr. Fesharaki-Zadeh also sees patients at Yale memory outpatient clinic . As a physician, his first priority is establishing trust with a patient. “A lot of the symptoms are personal, affecting their day-to-day lives, and for the patients to be able to trust their physician is of paramount importance,” he says.
To establish that positive relationship, Dr. Fesharaki-Zadeh will start his appointments off with open-ended questions about what prompted them to see a physician, what has changed in their lives, and where they are in their life. He will also test patients’ short- and long-term memories in order to understand the severity of their conditions.
In addition to seeing patients and conducting research, Dr. Fesharaki-Zadeh teaches psychiatry and neurology at Yale School of Medicine.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Alzheimer's Disease
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Board Certifications
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2016
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Links & Media
Media
- The pictures compares the dentate gyrus area of the hippocampus of a control animal subject vs an animal undergone a TBI injury. Please note the increased tau accumulation in the injured case.
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