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520e. 70th Street, Starr 661New York, NY 10021
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Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Rush University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1993
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1995 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Clinical Trials
- Exploratory Study of Melatonin Induced Sleep Regularization in Severe Brain Injury Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
- Changes in Glutamatergic Neurotransmission of Severe TBI Patients Start of enrollment: 2020 Sep 23
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Neurophysiological correlates of delayed recovery of consciousness in a critically ill patient with COVID-19 with repeated cardiac arrest.Seyed A Safavynia, Akshay Shanker, Jessica Wang, Jacky M Choi, Diany P Calderon
British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2026-06-17 - Determinants of Delayed Recovery of Consciousness After Analgosedation Discontinuation in the ICU: Insights From Patients With COVID-19 Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure.Seyed A Safavynia, Megan E Barra, Caroline Der Nigoghossian, Daniel Shinnick, Greer Waldrop
Critical Care Medicine. 2026-06-15 - New insights and predictability from in vivo recordings of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in disorders of consciousness.Francesco Riganello, Maria D Cortese, Martina Vatrano, Lucia F Lucca, Maria E Pugliese
Clinical Autonomic Research. 2026-04-01
Press Mentions
Opinion: The Terrifying Realization That an Unresponsive Patient Is ‘Still in There’January 13th, 2025- People in Comas May Be Conscious and ThinkingAugust 20th, 2024
- Brain Scans of Some Unresponsive Hospital Patients Show Detectable ActivityAugust 18th, 2024
Grant Support
- Mechanisms Of Recovery Following Severe Brain InjuryEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2008–2012
- Central Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation ModelsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2009–2011
- Neurophysiologic Studies Of Neurological Disorders Of ConsciousnessNational Center For Research Resources2005–2007
- Intralaminar Thalamic Influences On Visual AwarenessNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000–2004
- Multidisciplinary Assessment Of Severe Brain InjuryNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2002–2003
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