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Rafeed Alkawadri, MD, Neurology, Pittsburgh, PA, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

RafeedAlkawadriMD

Neurology • Pittsburgh, PA

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Associate Professor Neurology

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Summary

  • Dr. Rafeed Alkawadri is a neurologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Yale-New Haven Hospital and UPMC Presbyterian. He received his medical degree from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in epilepsy and neurophysiology and is experienced in frontal lobe epilepsy, electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, epilepsy, and electroencephalogram.

    • Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes

    Interview with Rafeed Alkawadri, MD, author of Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes

    Scientists restore some functions in a pig's brain hours after death - Neuroscie

    Summary: Yale researchers successfully restored cellular activity and circulation to a pig's brain, four hours after its death. The research challenges the assu

    New technique fine-tunes treatment for severe epilepsy cases

    One of three epilepsy patients experience no relief from drugs and are candidates for surgery. An advance by researchers at Yale and the Cleveland Clinic will e

Education & Training

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2010 - 2012
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 2006 - 2010
  • Damascus University Faculty of Medicine
    Damascus University Faculty of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2012 - 2019
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Yale Clinical Center for Investigation Young Investigator 2017
  • American Epilepsy Society 2016
  • American Clinical Neurophyisology Society 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Cingulate Epilepsy Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes  
    Rafeed Alkawadri, MD; Norman K. So; Paul C. Van Ness; Andreas V. Alexopoulos, JAMA Neurology
  • The spatial and signal characteristics of physiologic high frequency oscillations  
    Rafeed Alkawadri Nicolas Gaspard Irina I. Goncharova Dennis D. Spencer Jason L. Gerrard Hitten Zaveri Robert B. Duckrow Hal Blumenfeld Lawrence J. Hirsch, Epilepsia

Press Mentions

  • New Technique Fine-Tunes Treatment for Severe Epilepsy Cases
    New Technique Fine-Tunes Treatment for Severe Epilepsy CasesJune 19th, 2018
  • Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong?
    Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong?November 23rd, 2020
  • Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes
    Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical OutcomesNovember 23rd, 2020

Grant Support

  • Connectivity IndexSwebiliusPresent
  • Brain MappingAESPresent
  • Brain MappingK - NIHPresent

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

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