Vivek Prabhakaran , MD , PhD - Department of Radiology ...

CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD
ADDRESS: Department of Radiology
School of Medicine and Public Health
600 Highland Avenue, mail code 3252
Madison, WI 53792
e-mail vprabhakaran@uwhealth.org
EDUCATION:
HealthEmotions Research Institute (HERI)
6001 Research Park Boulevard
Room 1334
Madison, WI 53719
phone 608-265-5269
1990-1995 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Biomedical Engineering (HPME - combined BS/MD)
1995-2001 Stanford Medical School
Stanford, CA
MD/PhD, Neuroscience
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
2001-2002 Internship
Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital
2002-2004 Neurology Residency
Johns Hopkins Hospital
2004-2006 Radiology Residency
Johns Hopkins Hospital
2006-2008 Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship
Johns Hopkins Hospital
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
2008-present Assistant Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008-present Director of Functional Neuroimaging
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
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Maryland
Wisconsin
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
07/01/2008 American Board of Radiology
07/01/2008 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
HONORS & AWARDS:
1990-1993 Illinois Merit Scholar
Northwestern University
1990-1993 William J. Cook Scholar
Northwestern University
1990-1993 Robert C. Byrd Scholar
Northwestern University
1993 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society
Northwestern University
1993 Barry M. Goldwater Finalist
Northwestern University
1993 National Institutes of Health Summer Research Fellowship
1994 Medical Student Research Award
Northwestern University
1995 Honorable Mention, Department of Defense Scholarship
1995 Beckmann Scholar
Stanford University
1995-1997 Graduate Medical Fellowship
Stanford University
1995-1997 National Institutes of Health Training Fellowship
Stanford University
1997-2000 NRSA Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship
2008-2009 American Society of Neuroradiology NERF Scholar Award
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
• American Chemical Senses Society
• Human Brain Mapping
• Cognitive Science Society
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Society for Neuroscience
• Radiological Society of North America
• American Academy of Neurology
• American College of Radiology
• American Society of Neuroradiology
• American Society of Functional Neuroradiology
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SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION (Ad Hoc Reviewer):
• Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences
• Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Neuropsychologia
• Cognitive Brain Research
• Cerebral Cortex
• Cognitive Neuropsychology
• Cognitive Science
• Neuroimage
RESEARCH INTERESTS / GRANTS / MONETARY AWARDS:
Neural Network Modeling
1. Modeling of implicit memory processes using different neural networks: back-propagation,
autoassociator models, Botzmann/Hopfield network, Kohonen network, adaptive resonance
theory (ART) models. Model was trained using a frequency-encoded word-set. Model was
tested on tasks of stem-completion, fragment-completion, and perceptual identification.
Lab: Northwestern University Psychology
Director: Professor John Gabrieli
Duration: December 1990 – January 1992
2. Prediction of protein 3-D structure using back-propagation algorithm. Used amino-acid
sequences with known Phi, Psi, angles as a dataset to train back-propagation network.
Model was given novel sequences to predict.
Lab: Northwestern University Biomedical Engineering
Director: Professor Goldstick
Duration: Winter Quarter 1993
Neuroscience / Molecular Biology
1. F1-gap43gene – subcloning, restriction digest, running agarose gels, and other molecular
biology techniques
Lab: Northwestern University Neuroscience
Director: Professor Aryah Routenberg
Duration: Spring Quarter 1992, Summer 1992
2. Drosophila gene – CID – sequencing DNA
Lab: Northwestern University Molecular Biology
Director: Professor Robert Holmgren
Duration: Winter Quarter 1992
3. NMDA e2 receptor – sequencing DNA
Lab: Northwestern University Neuroscience
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Director: Professor Andres Buonano
Duration: Summer 1993
Neuroscience / fMRI / Stroke Imaging
1. Performing fMRI experiments on conscious (un-anesthetized) rabbits. Capturing effects of
PCP and non-competitive NMDA antagonists on conscious rabbits utilizing fMRI.
Lab: Northwestern University CMS & Center for MR Research, Evanston
Director: Professor John Disterhoft & Professor Alice Wyrwicz
Duration: June 1994 – June 1995
2. Cognitive neuroscience studies of working memory, reasoning, explicit and implicit
learning, categorization, visuospatial processing, and high-level cognition using functional
magnetic resonance imaging. Olfactory and Pheromonal systems. Patient
studies/functional imaging methodologies/statistical techniques.
Doctoral Thesis: Characterizing the role of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in working
memory and in high-level cognition.
Lab: Stanford University Neuroscience
Director: Professor John Gabrieli
Thesis Committee: Professors John Gabrieli, Edith Sullivan, Barbara Tversky,
Bill Newsome, and Gary Glover
Duration: September 1995 – June 2001
3. Characterizing the neural substrates involved in cognitive processes in stroke patients
utilizing fMRI/CASL and DWI/PWI imaging and the physiologic changes that have
occurred after a stroke using MRI sequences measuring oxygen-extraction, cerebral blood
volume, cerebral blood flow, and vascular reactivity
Lab: Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neurology
Director: Professor Argye Hillis
Duration: June 2003 – present
GRANTS / RESEARCH SUPPORT:
1. Title: Neural Basis for Lexical Processes in Hyperacute Stroke
Role: Collaborator (PI: Dr. Hillis)
Sponsor: NIH/NIDCD RO1, DC 5375
Date: July 2024 – June 2007
Goal: To identify areas of hypoperfusion and infract associated with impairment of specific
cognitive functions underlying language tasks in hyperacute stroke
2. Title: Neural Basis of Unilateral Spatial Neglect
Role: Collaborator (PI: Dr. Hillis)
Sponsor: NIH/NINDS RO1, NS 047691
Date: July 2004 – June 2008
Goal: To identify areas of hypoperfusion and infarct associated with different types of
hemispatial neglect in hyperacute stroke
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3. Title: Characterizing Neural Substrates of Stroke Recovery in patients with chronic
hypoperfusion utilizing fMRI and Stroke Imaging
Role: PI: Dr. Vivek Prabhakaran
Sponsor: American Society of Neuroradiology, NERF Scholar Award
Date: July 2008 – June 2009
Funding: $60,000
PUBLICATIONS:
Published
1. Prabhakaran V, Smith JAL, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE. Neural substrates of
fluid reasoning: an fMRI study of neocortical activation during performance of the Raven’s
Progressive matrices Test. Cognit Psychol 1997;33(1):43-63.
o First fMRI paper on reasoning featured in Science, Scientific American, German
Magazine – Focus
o Expert vs. novice differences in drawing of portraits featured in Science, Nature,
Neuroscience, BBC, Sci-Tech, Video Production
o The painter’s eye movements: National Portrait Gallery of Art, London 99
2. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan EV, Gabrieli JD. A method
for functional magnetic resonance imaging of olfaction. J Neurosci Methods 1997;78(1-
2):115-23.
3. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Hartley CA, Desmond JE, Zhao Z, Glover GH, Gabrieli JD,
Sullivan EV. Odorant-induced and sniff-induced activation in the cerebellum of the human.
J Neurosci 1998;18(21):8990-9001.
4. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Booed RL, Sullivan EV, Gabrieli JD.
Sniffing and smelling: separate subsystems in the human olfactory cortex. Nature
1998;392(6673):282-6.
o Olfaction research featured in NPR, BBC, and ABC News
5. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Hartley CA, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan EV, Gabrieli JD.
Blind smell: brain activation induced by an undetected air-borne chemical. Brain
1999;122(Pt2):209-17.
6. Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JD. Load-dependent roles
of frontal brain regions in the maintenance of working memory. Neuroimage 199;9(2):216-
26.
7. Poldrack RA, Prabhakaran V, Seger CA, Gabrieli JD. Striatal activation during
acquisition of a cognitive skill. Neuropsychology 1999;13(4):564-74.
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8. Prabhakaran V, Narayanan K, Zhao Z, Gabrieli JD. Integration of diverse information in
working memory within the frontal lobe. Nat Neurosci 2000;3(1):85-90.
o Working memory (integration) research featured in The Economist
9. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Zhao Z, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan EV, Gabrieli JD.
Time course of odorant-induced activation in the human primary olfactory cortex.
10. Seger CA, Poldrack RA, Prabhakaran V, Zhao M, Glover GH, Gabrieli JD. Hemispheric
asymmetries and individual differences in visual concept learning as measured by
functional MRI. Neuropsychologia 2000;38(9):1316-24.
11. Seger CA, Prabhakaran V, Poldrack RA, Gabrieli JDE. Neural activity differs between
explicit and implicit learning of artificial grammar strings: an fMRI study. Psychobiology
2000;28(3):283-92.
12. Prabhakaran V, Rypma B, Garbrieli JD. Neural substrates of mathematical reasoning: a
functional magnetic resonance imaging study of neocortical activation during performance
of the necessary arithmetic operations tests. Neuropsychology 2001;15(1):115-27.
13. Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Gabrieli JD. Age differences in prefrontal
cortical activity in working memory. Psychol Aging 2001;16(3):371-84.
14. Christoff K, Prabhakaran V, Dorfman J, Zhao Z, Kroger JK, Holyoak KJ, Gabrieli JD.
Rostrolateral prefrontal cortex involvement in relational integration during reasoning.
Neuroimage 2001;14(5):1136-49.
15. Narayanan NS, Prabhakaran V, Bunge SA, Christoff K, Fine EM, Gabrieli JD. The role
of the prefrontal cortex in the maintenance of verbal working memory: an event-related
fMRI analysis. Neuropsychology 2005;19(2):223-32.
16. Rypma B, Berger JS, Prabhakaran V, Bly BM, Kimberg DY, Biswal BB, D’Esposito M.
Neural correlates of cognitive efficiency. Neuroimage 2006;33(3):969-79. Epub 2006 Sep
27.
17. Philipose LE, Alphs H, Prabhakaran V, Hillis AE. Testing conclusions from functional
imaging of working memory with data from acute stroke. Behav Neurol 2007;18(1):37-43.
18. Prabhakaran V, Raman SP, Grunwald MR, Mahadevia A, Hussain N, Lu H, Van Zijil PC,
Hillis AE. Behav Neurol 2007;18(1):45-52.
19. Prabhakaran V, Rypma B. P-FIT and the neuroscience of intelligence: how well does P
fit? The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2007;30(3):166-7.
20. Koenig MA, Puttgen HA, Prabhakaran V, Reich D, Stevens RD. B-type natriuretic
peptide as a marker for heart failure in patients with acute stroke. Intensive Care Med
2007;33(9):1587-93. Epub 2007 May 31.
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Submitted / In-Progress Papers
1. Prabhakaran V, Rypma B, Narayanan K, Gabrieli JDE. The neural basis of relationships
between working memory capacity and speed.
2. Rypma B, Prabhakaran V. an efficiency principle of functional brain organization.
Invited Review for special Intelligence issue (in press).
PRESENTATIONS / ABSTRACTS
Presentations
1. Prabhakaran V, Sobel N, Desmond J, Glover GH, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Hedonic
value of odors is reflected in the level of activation in the amygdala. Third HBM
Conference. 1997.
2. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. A
functional dissociation between primary and secondary olfactory cortex in humans. Third
HBM Conference. 1997.
3. Prabhakaran V, Sobel N, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE.
Comparison of brain activation following stimulation with odors and vomeropherins.
AchemS XIX. 1997.
4. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Sniffdriven
activation in the piriform cortex of humans. AchemS XIX. 1997.
5. Seger CA, Prabhakaran V, Poldrack RA, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE.
Implicit and explicit knowledge in artificial grammar learning: an fMRI study. Cognitive
Science Society. 1997.
5. Stone MV, Prabhakaran V, Seger CA, Gabrieli JDE, Glover GH. Studying privileged
access with functional MRI. Cognitive Science Society. 1997.
7. Prabhakaran V, Seger CA, Poldrack RA, Desmond JE, Gabrieli JDE. Neural correlates of
categorization: an fMRI study of probabilistic classification using the weather prediction
task. Cognitive Science Society. 1997.
8. Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Smithy JAL, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE. Neural
correlates of reasoning – an fMRI study of word-problem solving. Cognitive Science
Society. 1997.
9. Prabhakaran V, Rypma B, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE. Role of frontalstriatal-thalamic
circuits in working memory: an fMRI study. Society of Neuroscience.
1997.
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10. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Separate
cerebellar components subserve sniffing and smelling. Society of Neuroscience. 1997.
11. Rypma B, Gabrieli JDE, Prabhakaran V, Prull MW, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Beeman M.
Age-related changes in cerebral activity during a working memory task. Society of
Neuroscience. 1997.
12. Gabrieli JDE, Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Wagner AD, Desmond JE, Gabrieli JDE.
Common right prefrontal processes involved in episodic retrieval, working memory, and
reasoning. Society of Neuroscience. 1997.
13. Poldrack RA, Prabhakaran V, Seger CA, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE.
Learning to classify probabilistically: changes in cortical activity revealed by functional
MRI. Society of Neuroscience. 1997.
14. Smith JAL, Prabhakaran V, Rypma B, Gabrieli JDE, Desmond JE, Glover GH. Neural
activity associated with mathematical reasoning using fMRI. Society of Neuroscience.
1997.
15. Seger CA, Poldrack RA, Prabhakaran V, Gabrieli JDE. An fMRI study of visual concept I
learning. Psychonomic Society 1997.
16. Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Smith J, Desmond J, Gabrieli JDE. Neural correlates of
mathematical reasoning. Psychonomic Society 1997.
17. Gabrieli JDE, Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Wagner AD, Desmond JE. Common right
prefrontal processes involved in episodic retrieval, working memory, and reasoning.
Psychonomic Society 1997.
18. Solso R, Prabhakaran V, Kang E, Huk A, Desmond J, Gabrieli JDE. Expert versus novice
differences in drawing art: an fMRI study. Psychonomics 1998.
19. Prabhakaran V, Bar-Ziv I, Francis WS, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE. An fMRI
study of cognitive similarity processing. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. 1998.
20. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond J, Glover G, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. A cerebellar
role in olfaction. AchemS 1998.
21. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond J, Glover G, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Odorants
increase variance but not the amplitude of fMRI activation in the ventral temporal lobe of
the human. AchemS 1999.
22. Prabhakaran V, Raman SP, Grunwald MR, Mahadevia A, Werner JK, Philipose LE,
Hussain N, Alphs HH, Sun P, Lu H, Barker PB, Wityk RJ, Rypma B, Hillis AE. Neural
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substrates involved in cognition for stroke patients and control subjects. Cognitive
Neuroscience. San Francisco, CA. April 2004.
23. Prabhakaran V, Raman SP, Grunwald MR, Mahadevia A, Werner JK, Philipose LE,
Hussain N, Alphs HH, sun P, Lu H, Rypma B, Van Zijl PCM, Hillis AE. Localization of
cognitive processes using stroke patients and fMRI. Cognitive Science. Chicago, IL.
September 2004.
24. Philipose LE, Alphs HH, Grunwald MR, Raman SP, Mahadevia A, Prabhakaran V, Hillis
AE. Validating fMRI results using acute stroke patients. Auditory Brain Imaging
Conference. December 2004.
Abstracts
1. Prabhakaran V, Smith JAL, Desmond J, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE. Neural substrates of
reasoning – an fMRI study of Raven’s Progressive Matrices Test. Society of Neuroscience
abstract #384.7. 1996.
2. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Desmond J, Glover GH, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. A method for
generating olfactory stimuli for fMRI. Society of Neuroscience abstract #106.8. 1996.
3. Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Debell MA, Gabrieli JDE, Zabinski MF, Desmond JE, Glover
GH. Functional MRI of mental rotation and object identification process. Society of
Neuroscience abstract #289.9. 1996.
4. Smith JAL, Rypma B, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE. A
functional MRI study of working memory central executive. Society of Neuroscience
abstract #731.5. 1996.
5. Zhao Z, Desmond JE, Bunge S, Prabhakaran V, Gabrieli JDE. The effect of
hemodynamic response function on single trial fMRI analysis. Society of Neuroscience
abstract. 1998.
6. Francis WS, Bar-Ziv I, Prabhakaran V, Gabrieli JDE, Desmond JE, Seger CA. An fMRI
study of semantic word matching. Society of Neuroscience abstract. 1998.
7. Bunge SA, Zhao Z, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli JDE.
Decomposing working memory: a single trial fMRI analysis. Society of Neuroscience
abstract. 1998.
8. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Hartley CA, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Sullivan EV, Gabrieli
JDE. Brain activation induced by an air-borne chemical – without awareness. Society of
Neuroscience abstract. 1998.
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9. Narayanan K, Prabhakaran V, Zhao Z, Bunge SA, Desmond JE, Glover GH, Gabrieli
JDE, Hazeltine RE. An fMRI study of working memory utilizing a single trial parametric
design. Society of Neuroscience abstract. 1998.
10. Prabhakaran V, Fine EM, Desmond JE, Gabrieli JDE. Binding of spatial and non-spatial
items in working memory: an fMRI study. Society of Neuroscience abstract. 1998.
11. Hadjiilieva K, Prabhakaran V, Dorfman J, Kruger J, Dirksen C, Zhao Z, Holyoak KJ,
Gabrieli JDE. Relational processing during reasoning: an event-related fMRI study.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society abstract, pp. 60, 2B. 1999.
12. Christoff K, Prabhakaran V, Dorfman J, Kroger JK, Dirksen C, Zhao Z, Holyoak KJ,
Gabrieli JDE. Relational processing during reasoning and working memory tasks: an
event-related fMRI study. Neuroscience abstracts. 1999.
13. Narayanan NK, Prabhakaran V, Bunge SA, Wilson RS, Gabrieli JDE. Manipulation of
load and delay in an fMRI study of verbal working memory. Society of Neuroscience
abstract. 2000.
14. Prabhakaran V, Narayanan NK, Zhao Z, Gabrieli JDE. A single trial fMRI study of
verbal working memory. Society of Neuroscience abstract. 2000.
15. Prabhakaran V, Narayanan NK, Zhao Z, Gabrielie JDE. Working memory maintenance
capacity and its influence on memory retrieval: an fMRI study. Society of Neuroscience
abstract. 2001.
16. Philipose LE, Alphs HH, Grunwald MR, Raman SP, Mahadevia A, Prabhakaran V, Hillis
AE. Validating fMRI results using acute stroke patients. Sfn abstracts. San Diego, CA.
November 2004.
17. Prabhakaran V, Raman S, Grunwald M, Mahadevia A, Hussain N, Philipose L, Werner J,
Alphs H, Sun P, Lu H, Biswal B, Rypma B, Vanzijl P. Sfn abstracts. San Diego, CA.
November 2004.
Posters
1. Seger CA, Prabhakaran V, Poldrack RA, Gabrieli JDE. Judgement processes in artificial
grammar learning: an fMRI study. Poster presented at the 37 th annual Meeting of the
Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL. 1996.
2. Rypma B, Gabrieli JDE, Prabhakaran V, Desmond JE. fMRI of working memory and
aging. Poster presented at the 37 th annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago,
IL. 1996.
3. Hillis AE, Prabhakaran V, Sun P, Lu H, Van Zikil P. fMRI BOLD effect in response to
word generation in regions of baseline hypoperfusion (but no infarct) among patients with
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large vessel arterial stenosis. Poster presented at American Heart Association meeting.
2004.
4. Philipose LE, Alphs HH, Prabhakaran V, Hillis AE. Validating imaging results using
acute stroke patients. Ehrlich Award Winner Young Investigator’s Day Poster. April 2005.
INVITED ADDRESSES / COLLOQUIA / GUEST LECTURES:
National / International
1. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Advances in brain imaging of
olfaction. Symposium at the Annual meeting of American Chemical Senses Society. 1999.
2. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Key-note talk at Japanese Association
for Taste and Smell. 2000.
3. Biological mechanisms underlying general intelligence (“g”). International
Neuropsychological Society Symposium. St. Louis, MO. February 2005
4. Cognitive mapping of the human brain using fMRI and stroke imaging. Cambridge,
England. 2008.
5. Advanced neuroradiological applications in high-field imaging. AOCR Conference. Seoul,
South Korea. 2008.
State / Regional
1. Prabhakaran V, Rypma B, Gabrieli JDE. Neural correlates of reasoning – an fMRI study
of word-problem solving. Cognitive Science Society. 1997.
2. Prabhakaran V, Gabrieli JDE. Reasoning and working memory. NASA-Ames Research
Colloquia. 1998.
3. Sobel N, Prabhakaran V, Sullivan E, Gabrieli JDE. Multi sensory processing.
Symposium at Human Brain Mapping meeting. 2000.
4. Neural substrates of reasoning – WM. Hopkins-UPenn Neuroscience Retreat, held in
Delaware. November 2002.
5. Where “intelligence” is in the brain. International Society of Intelligence Research
Symposium. University of California-Irvine. December 2003.
Medical School / Hospital / Departmental
1. Facial palsy. Department of Neurology Grand Rounds. Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
2002
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2. Seizures in setting of hypoxic-ischemic insult. Department of Neurology Grand Rounds.
Johns Hopkins Medical Center. 2003.
3. West Nile virus encephalitis. Department of Neurology Grand Rounds. Johns Hopkins
Medical Center. 2003.
4. Cognitive mapping of the human brain using fMRI and stroke imaging. Johns Hopkins
Hospital Neuroradiology Lecture Series. 2007.
PROFESSIONAL / VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:
1992-1993 Editor / Financial Manager / Board Member / Scientific Writer
NU Chronicle
1993-1994 Health Assessment Clinic Coordinator
YMCA residents/homeless
1993-1995 Role Model / Youth Leader
Cabrini Green Saturday Youth Program
1994-1999 Interviewer / Host to prospective medical and graduate students
1995-1996 Organizer – Stanford fMRI discussion group
1995-1997 Director of Medical Operations
Electronic Medical CARD (Internet-based healthcare startup aimed at providing
easy access of medical information of patients to emergency rooms, hospitals,
HMOs, etc.)
1995-current Supervisor of Research Assistants
o Teaching of fMRI design, methods, analyses of cognitive experiments
o Writing of abstracts, research papers, honors theses, essays
o Giving poster/talk presentations at conferences/seminars
o Advising towards medical/graduate schools
(RAs have won multiple competitive research grants and awards)
2002-2004 Social and computer services coordinator for neurology residents
2005-present Network of Clinical Advisors
2006-2007 Radiology Moonlighting – Advanced Radiology (contrast monitoring)
2007 Radiology Moonlighting – Good Samaritan Hospital
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