RachelBrandstadterMD

Neurology • Philadelphia, PA

Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

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3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis, 2016 - 2018
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalChief Residency, Neurology, 2015 - 2016
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Neurology, 2013 - 2016
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2012
Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science, Cum Laude, 2004 - 2008

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2019 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2019
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Disparities by Race in Pregnancy Care and Clinical Outcomes in Women With Multiple Sclerosis: A Diverse Multicenter Cohort
Anne Marie Radzik, Lilyana Amezcua, Annika Anderson, Serena Gilmore, Sophie Ahmad, Rachel Brandstadter, Michelle T Fabian, Edith L Graham, Sophia Hodgkinson, Lindsay H...> ;Neurology. 2024 Feb 27
1 citations
Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy in postpartum women with neurological conditions.
Annika Anderson, William Rowles, Shane Poole, Ayushi Balan, Carolyn Bevan, Rachel Brandstadter, Andrea I Ciplea, Joanna Cooper, Michelle Fabian, Thomas W Hale, Dina Ja...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Pattern of thalamic nuclei atrophy in early relapse-onset multiple sclerosis.
Sarah Levy, Joshua Sandry, Erin S Beck, Rachel Brandstadter, Ilana Katz Sand, James F Sumowski> ;Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2022 Nov 1
14 citations
Dietary factors and MRI metrics in early Multiple Sclerosis
I.B. Katz Sand, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Yian Gu, Rachel Brandstadter, Claire S Riley, Korhan Buyukturkoglu, Victoria M Leavitt, Stephen Krieger, Aaron Miller, Fred D. L...> ;Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2021 May 19
6 citations
Sleep disturbance and memory dysfunction in early multiple sclerosis
James F. Sumowski, Sam Horng, Rachel Brandstadter, Stephen Krieger, Victoria M. Leavitt, Ilana Katz Sand, Michelle Fabian, Sylvia Klineova, Robin A. Graney, Claire S R...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2021 May 5
34 citations
The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) is sensitive but non-specific in MS: Lexical access speed, memory, and information processing speed independently contribute to...
Joshua Sandry, Daniel V. Simonet, Rachel Brandstadter, Stephen Krieger, Ilana Katz Sand, Robin A. Graney, Alexandra V. Buchanan, Sophia Lall, James F. Sumowski> ;Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2021 Apr 11
9 citations
Depression and cognitive function in early multiple sclerosis: Multitasking is more sensitive than traditional assessments:
Lisa Glukhovsky, Daniel Kurz, Rachel Brandstadter, Victoria M. Leavitt, Stephen Krieger, Michelle Fabian, Ilana Katz Sand, Sylvia Klineova, Claire S Riley, Fred D. Lub...> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2021 Jul 1
1 citations
Training in Neurology: Diagnostic Accuracy Among Neurology Residents: The "Close the Loop" Project
Emily M. Schorr, Rachel Brandstadter, Peter Jin, Christine Stahl, Stephen Krieger> ;Neurology. 2021 Mar 30
32 citations
Word-finding difficulty is a prevalent disease-related deficit in early multiple sclerosis:
Rachel Brandstadter, Michelle Fabian, Victoria M Leavitt, Stephen Krieger, Anusha K. Yeshokumar, Ilana Katz Sand, Sylvia Klineova, Claire S Riley, Christina Lewis, Gab...> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2020 Nov 1
31 citations
Dissociable cognitive patterns related to depression and anxiety in multiple sclerosis.
Victoria M Leavitt, Rachel Brandstadter, Michelle Fabian, Ilana Katz Sand, Sylvia Klineova, Stephen Krieger, Christina Lewis, Fred D. Lublin, Aaron E. Miller, Gabriell...> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2020 Sep 1
17 citations
Psychological resilience is linked to motor strength and gait endurance in early multiple sclerosis.
Sylvia Klineova, Rachel Brandstadter, Michelle Fabian, Ilana Katz Sand, Stephen Krieger, Victoria M. Leavitt, Christina Lewis, Claire S Riley, Fred D. Lublin, Aaron E....> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2020 Aug 1
72 citations
COVID-19 and MS disease-modifying therapies.
Joseph R. Berger, Rachel Brandstadter, Amit Bar-Or> ;Neurology(R) Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 2020 Jul 1
5 citations
Hippocampal volume is more related to patient-reported memory than objective memory performance in early multiple sclerosis
Lisa Glukhovsky, Rachel Brandstadter, Victoria M Leavitt, Stephen Krieger, Korhan Buyukturkoglu, Michelle Fabian, Ilana Katz Sand, Sylvia Klineova, Claire S Riley, Fre...> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2021 Apr 1
24 citations
Detection of subtle gait disturbance and future fall risk in early multiple sclerosis
Rachel Brandstadter, Oluwasheyi Ayeni, Stephen Krieger, Noam Y. Harel, Miguel X. Escalon, Ilana Katz Sand, Victoria M. Leavitt, Michelle Fabian, Korhan Buyukturkoglu, ...> ;Neurology. 2020 Mar 31
3 citations
TAPAS: A Thresholding Approach for Probability Map Automatic Segmentation in Multiple Sclerosis.
Alessandra M. Valcarcel, John Muschelli, Dzung L. Pham, Melissa Lynne Martin, Paul A. Yushkevich, Rachel Brandstadter, Kristina R. Patterson, Matthew K. Schindler, Pet...> ;Neuroimage. Clinical. 2020 Jan 1
21 citations
Beyond rehabilitation: A prevention model of reserve and brain maintenance in multiple sclerosis
Rachel Brandstadter, Ilana Katz Sand, James F. Sumowski> ;Multiple Sclerosis. 2019 Aug 30
1 citations
Author response: Clinical Reasoning: A 54-year-old woman with confusion and visual disturbances.
Kyle C. Rossi, Rachel Brandstadter, Madeline C. Fields, Susan Shin> ;Neurology. 2019 Jun 11
16 citations
Fumarates target the metabolic-epigenetic interplay of brain-homing T cells in multiple sclerosis
Achilles Ntranos, Vasilis Ntranos, Valentina Bonnefil, Jia Liu, Seunghee Kim-Schulze, Ye He, Yunjiao Zhu, Rachel Brandstadter, Corey T. Watson, Andrew J. Sharp, Ilana ...> ;Brain. 2019 Mar 1
65 citations
Disease-modifying therapies alter gut microbial composition in MS.
Ilana Katz Sand, Yunjiao Zhu, Achilles Ntranos, Jose C. Clemente, Egle Cekanaviciute, Rachel Brandstadter, Elizabeth Crabtree-Hartman, Sneha Singh, Yadira Bencosme, Ju...> ;Neurology(R) Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 2019 Jan 1
2 citations
Clinical Reasoning: A 54-year-old woman with confusion and visual disturbances.
Kyle C. Rossi, Rachel Brandstadter, Madeline C. Fields, Jennifer Leong, Susan Shin> ;Neurology. 2018 Aug 21
3 citations
Education Research: Resident education through adult learning in neurology: Implementation and impact.
Hazem Shoirah, Achilles Ntranos, Rachel Brandstadter, Yangbo Liu, Elisha Medina, Jamie Kwan, Stephen Krieger> ;Neurology. 2018 Jul 31
47 citations
The use of natalizumab for multiple sclerosis.
Rachel Brandstadter, Ilana Katz Sand> ;Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 2017 Jun 28
6 citations
Primary Neurolymphomatosis Presenting With Polyradiculoneuropathy Affecting One Lower Limb.
Rachel Brandstadter, Joshua Brody, Susan Morgello, Rajeev Motiwala, Susan Shin, Fred D. Lublin, Lan Zhou> ;Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 2015 Jan 1
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