COMPREHENSIVE EPILEPSY CENTER
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Carl W. Bazil, Director
Columbia University Sleep Disorders Center
Investigational drug trials; clinical pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs; sleep and epilepsy relationships; role of melatonin; outcomes of epilepsy surgery.
Derek J Chong, MD MSc
Molecular causes of drug-resistance in epilepsy. Nuclear Imaging in epilepsy. Clinical trials in epilepsy. Cellular injury from seizures. Predictors of good outcome following epilepsy surgery.
Ronald Emerson
Translational epilepsy & electrophysiology research & neuroinformatics: Role of neuronal networks in epilepsy; Human neuronal ensemble recording related to epilepsy and behavior; physiologic basis of electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography(MEG); Electrophysiology related to developmental disability & autism in Tuberous Sclerosis (TS). Pathophysiology of seizures in TS, West Syndrome and Rolandic Epilepsy
Marla J. Hamberger
Pre and postoperative language and memory in epilepsy; new approaches to assess word finding; cortical stimulation language mapping, naming studies using fMRI; language and memory during intracarotid amobarbital testing.
Lawrence J. Hirsch
Outcomes of epilepsy surgery. Continuous EEG monitoring in NICU patients. Clinical phenomenology and clinical-electrographic correlation studies of non-convulsive status epilepticus. Seizure semiology and localization. Clinical-pathological correlations.
Steven C. Karceski
New approaches to the surgical treatment of extratemporal localization-related epilepsies. Treatment options and decision making. Comparative value of different antiepileptic drug regimens.
Alison Pack
Studies of the effects of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs on bone metabolism.
Neuroendocrine and reproductive aspects of epilepsy; human sexuality; women's issues related to epilepsy.
Catherine Schevon
Electrophysiology of epileptogenic brain and application in seizure localization and prediction; physiological basis of electroencephalography (EEG); clinical utility of magnetoencephalography (MEG); electrophysiology-based techniques for functional mapping.
Hyunmi Choi; Anil Mendiratta; Stanley Resor
Clinical epilepsy; video-EEG monitoring; seizure semiology; epilepsy surgery; use of new antiepileptic drugs.
W. Allen Hauser
Neuroepidemiology of seizures and epilepsy with specific interests in identifying and quantitating risk factors for seizure occurrence, the prognosis of seizures and epilepsy, and the consequences of head trauma.
Ruth Ottman
Family and genetic studies of epilepsy and ALS dementia. Identification of gene defects in relation to seizure/epilepsy phenotypes and seizure susceptibility.
Dale Hesdorffer
Neuroepidemiology of seizure disorders and consequences of severe head injury. Association between MRI-detected brain abnormalities and development among children with febrile seizures, prognosis for status epilepticus, and risk factors for newly diagnosed epilepsy. Impact of the acute management of severe brain injury on outcome (in collaboration with the Brain Trauma Foundation).
Melodie Winawer
Family and genetic studies of epilepsy; problems in phenotype definition; linkage analysis and delineation of human epilepsy susceptibility genes.
Guy M. McKhann, II
Role of astrocytes in epilepsy; glia-neuron interactions.
Aging, Memory & Dementia