DenisTan KerimBalabanMD

Instructor at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

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Office
15 Parkman St
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-7565

Fax+1 617-724-8095

I am a board-certified neurologist at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with interests in neuroimmunology and neuroinfectious disease.

BiogenTranslational Neuroscience, 2022 - 2024
Massachusetts General HospitalAdvanced General Autoimmune Neurology, 2021 - 2022
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2018 - 2021
Brigham and Women's HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2018
University of Florida College of MedicineClass of 2017
Washington University in St. LouisBS, Biomedical engineering, summa cum laude, 2009 - 2013

Principal Clinical Experience Resident Teaching Award in Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital, 2019
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society 2012
Alpha Eta Mu Beta, National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society 2012

PubMed

10 citations
A multi-center case series of sarcoid optic neuropathy.
Lauren M. Webb, John J. Chen, Allen J. Aksamit, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Bart K Chwalisz
Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2021-01-15
11 citations
The phenomenon of clasmatodendrosis.
Denis Balaban, Edison Miyawaki, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Matthew Torre
Heliyon. 2021-07-01
98 citations
Identification of Racial Inequities in Access to Specialized Inpatient Heart Failure Care at an Academic Medical Center.
Lauren A. Eberly, Aaron Richterman, Anne G. Beckett, Bram Wispelwey, Regan H. Marsh
Circulation. Heart Failure. 2019-10-29

Books/Book Chapters

Pocket Neurology
Chapter: Neuroimmunology
Balaban D, Manzano G, Matiello MEditors: Brandon Westover.Wolters KluwerEdition 3,
Pocket Neurology
Chapter: Lesion Localization in Clinical Neurology
Balaban D, Bowley MEditors: Brandon Westover.Wolters KluwerEdition 3,

Abstracts/Posters

Acknowledging Personal Bias and Teaching Cultural Competence in Medical School through Interactive Methods
Collado J, Sayedul Huq M, Balaban D, Asumu HE, Cena A, Advances in Medical Education, Jacksonville, FL, 6/8/2016
Self-Rated Health as a Predictor of Emergency Department Recidivism and Functional Decline Among Geriatric Patients
Chang S, Balaban D, Passo R, Carpenter CR, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2012
Association of Falls with Sarcopenia and Frailty in Older Adults Presenting to the ED
Balaban D, Carpenter CR, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Great Plains Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, 2011

Lectures

Rasmussen Encephalitis
Jamaica Plain Veterans Association Medical Center - 3/4/2020
Optic Neuritis
Brigham and Women’s-Massachusetts General Hospitals - 8/9/2019
Bench to Bedside: 6 Week Old Male with Fever
Gainesville, Florida - 4/15/2016