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Jason Gerrard, MD, Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT

JasonL.GerrardMDPhD

Neurosurgery • New Haven, CT

Epilepsy Surgery, Neurotrauma, Pain, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Neuroscience; Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery / Yale School of Medicine

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Overview of Dr. Gerrard

An Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Neuroscience, I have served as the Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine since 2012. I specialize in surgical treatment for movement disorders, spasticity and pain. I am also a member of the Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and an internationally recognized expert in epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation. Additionally, I served Yale-New Haven Hospital as the Director of Neurotrauma 2013-2020 and continue to serve on the Trauma Committee. I also direct a wide range of clinical, translational and basic science research as head of the Neural Systems, Memory and Epilepsy Laboratory. Our research, which is funded by the NIH and several private foundations, studies the neural and network mechanisms of epilepsy and movement disorders, the cognitive and memory effects of these disorders and the development of novel treatment options with an emphasis on new neuromodulation approaches and brain-computer interfaces. Our translational efforts range from the studying the mechanisms of consciousness, sensory and motor processing and cognitive and behavior testing with intracranial electrode recordings.

Education & Training

  • Yale-New Haven Hospital
    Yale-New Haven HospitalFellowship, Epilepsy surgery, 2011 - 2012
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2004 - 2010
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Functional Neurosurgery, 2008 - 2009
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2004 - 2005
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
    University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonClass of 2004
  • University of Arizona
    University of ArizonaPh.D., Neuroscience, 2002
  • University of Arizona
    University of ArizonaBS, Biochemistry, Honors, 1990 - 1995
  • University of Arizona
    University of ArizonaB.S., Major: Biochemistry; Minor: Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1995

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2012 - 2022
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2009 - 2014
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • YCCI Scholar Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
  • Scholarship Committee Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2014-2015
  • Vanguard Leadership in Neurosurgery Fellow Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2018
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia in patients with multiple sclerosis: a multicenter study  
    Z. Xu, D. Mathieu, F. Heroux, M. Abbassy, G. Barnett, A.M. Mohammadi, H. Kano, J. Caruso, H-H Shih, I.S. Grills, K. Lee, S. Krishnan, A.M. Kaufmann, J. Lee, J. Pierce,..., Neurosurgery, 1/23/2018
  • Seizure susceptibility and infraslow modulatory activity in the intracranial EEG  
    R.B. Joshi, R.B. Duckrow, I.I. Goncharova, J.L. Gerrard, D.D. Spencer, L.J. Hirsch, D.W. Godwin, H.P. Zaveri, Epilepsia, 1/6/2018
  • The roles of surgery and technology in understand focal epilepsy and its comorbidities  
    D.D. Spencer, J.L. Gerrard, H. Zaveri, Lancet Neurology, 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Deep Brain Stimulation: Techniques and Practice. 
    Chapter: Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor. 
    J. Yowtak, A. Gummadavelli, D. Cooke, J.L. GerrardEditors: W.S. Anderson.Thieme, New York, NY2018
  • Intraoperative Neurophysiology: A comprehensive guide to monitoring and mapping 
    Chapter: Electrocorticography. 
    Page 95 - 130M.V. Simon, J.L. Gerrard, E.N. EskandarEditors: M.V. Simon.Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY2009
  • Sleep and Brain Plasticity 
    Chapter: Off-line reprocessing of recent memory and its role in memory consolidation: A progress report. 
    Page 225 - 246B.L. McNaughton, C.A. Barnes, F.P. Battaglia, M.R. Bower, S.L. Cowen, A.D. Ekstrom, J.L. Gerrard, K.L. Hoffman, F.P. Houston, Y. Karten, P. Lipa, C.M.A. Pennartz and G...Editors: P. Maquet, C. Smith and R. Stickgold.Oxford University Press, Oxford, England2003

Abstracts/Posters

  • Dual-Site pontine and thalamic neurostimulation to improve ictal and postictal arousal: assessment of its effect with a behavioral task.
    M. Galardi, J. Xu, E. Musonza, J. Pok, J. Osteen, T. Liao, A. Kundishora, A. Gummadavelli, L. Feng, C. McCafferty, J. Gerrard, M. Laubach, H. Blumenfeld, American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1/1/2016
  • Intracranial markers of loss of consciousness in fronal lobe seizures.
    R. Gebre, M. Dhakar, E. Grover, I. Quraishi, E. Sternberg, I. George, A. Sivaraju, J. Bonito, H. Zaveri, L. Gober, S. Ahammad, S. Ghoshal, P. Faroque, L. Hirsch, D. Sp..., American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1/1/2016
  • Human ventral striatum neurons encode reward expectation.
    S.A. Sheth, C. Camargo, J. Gale, M.K. Mian, S.R. Patel, J.L. Gerrard, D. Dougherty, E.N. Eskandar, 78th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2010
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Lectures

  • Concepts in Closed Loop Stimulation and Novel, Patient-Customized Targeting Strategies, Neuromodulation for Advanced Implantable Therapies: A Hands-On Cadaver Course f... 
    Las Vegas, NV - 1/17/2019
  • Neural Networks in Epilepsy: The Evolving Role of Surgery and Technology in Epilepsy Treatment. 
    George Washington University, Washington, DC - 1/13/2018
  • Targeting Neural Networks for the Treatment of Epilepsy. 
    Philadelphia, PA - 1/3/2018
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Other

  • Dissertation: Reactivation of hippocampal ensemble activity patterns in the aging rat: Insights into memory consolidation within the aged brain 
    Gerrard JL
    University of Arizona - 1/1/2002

Press Mentions

  • April Is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
    April Is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness MonthApril 2nd, 2018
  • Medtech Sells 3 ROSA Brain Systems in US, China — 4 Points Featured
    Medtech Sells 3 ROSA Brain Systems in US, China — 4 Points FeaturedMarch 14th, 2016

Professional Memberships

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