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Benjamin Tolchin, MD, Neurology, New Haven, CT

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Neurology • New Haven, CT

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Director, Yale New Haven Health System Center for Clinical Ethics

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Summary

  • Dr. Tolchin is the Director of the Yale New Haven Health System Center for Clinical Ethics, and Associate Professor of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine. His research focus is on the impact of crisis standards of care and triage protocols on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities. In addition, Dr. Tolchin has a clinical and research focus on functional neurological disorders and epilepsy. He investigates the use of motivational interviewing, smartphone apps, and other novel behavioral and technological interventions to improve treatment adherence and outcomes for patients.

    Dr. Tolchin completed medical school at Harvard University, neurology residency at Columbia University Medical Center, and fellowships in medical ethics, clinical neurophysiology, and epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His research has been recognized with Young Investigator Awards from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the American Epilepsy Society, the Rebecca Goldberg Kaufman Honor from the American Epilepsy Society (AES), the Emerging Leaders Fellowship from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the OHER Award for Yale Research Excellence, and the Epilepsia Clinical Science Prize from the International League Against Epilepsy. Dr. Tolchin is President of the New England Epilepsy Society, and a Fellow of the AAN and of the AES. He serves on the AAN's Guidelines Subcommittee and Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee.

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Epilepsy, 2016 - 2017
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Neurology, 2011 - 2014
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2010
  • Pace School of Education
    Pace School of EducationMS, 2003
  • Harvard College
    Harvard CollegeAB, Philosophy, Magna Cum laude, 2001

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2017 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2014 - 2018
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum Advisor American Academy of Neurology, 2017
  • Emerging Leader American Academy of Neurology, 2017
  • Statement Maker Fellow Yale University, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Editorial: Naming things: Its importance in youth with epilepsy  
    Hermann B, Tolchin B, Neurology, 1/1/2019
  • Medical ethics education for neurology residents: where do we go from here?  
    Traner CB, Tolchin DW, Tolchin B, Seminars in Neurology, 1/1/2018
  • Altered responsiveness in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and its implication to underlying psychopathology  
    Baslet G, Tolchin B, Dworetzky BA, Seizure, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Status Epilepticus: A Clinical Perspective 
    Chapter: Nonepileptic psychogenic status 
    Tolchin B, Dworetzky BAEditors: Drislane F, Kaplan P.Oxford University Press, New YorkEdition 2nd,2017
  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: toward the integration of care 
    Chapter: Readiness to start treatment and obstacles to adherence 
    Tolchin B, Baslet GEditors: Dworetzky BA, Baslet G.Oxford University Press, New York2017

Lectures

  • Indeterminate admission to the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) 
    1/1/2018
  • Seizures and seizure-like events 
    1/1/2018
  • Expanding Meaningful Volunteer Opportunities for AAN members 
    Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2018
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Press Mentions

  • YNHHS Researchers Find Racial Disparities in One Mechanism of Assessing Organ Failure
    YNHHS Researchers Find Racial Disparities in One Mechanism of Assessing Organ FailureSeptember 29th, 2021
  • ‘SOFA’ Triage Protocol Disadvantages Black COVID Patients
    ‘SOFA’ Triage Protocol Disadvantages Black COVID PatientsSeptember 28th, 2021
  • In COVID Crisis, Triage Standards May Worsen Racial Disparities in Treatment
    In COVID Crisis, Triage Standards May Worsen Racial Disparities in TreatmentSeptember 22nd, 2021
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