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James Young, MD, Neurology, New York, NY

JamesJacobYoungMDPhD

Neurology New York, NY

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Chief Resident

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  • Office

    1468 Madison Ave
    Annenberg Building 2ND floor Epilepsy Center
    New York, NY 10029
    Phone+1 212-241-2627

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2016 - 2017
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Neurology, 2013 - 2016
  • Hackensack University Medical Center/Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
    Hackensack University Medical Center/Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2012
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityMS, Biology, 2002 - 2003
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityM.S., Biological Sciences, 2002 - 2003
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityBS, Biology, 1998 - 2002
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityB.S., Biological Sciences, 1998 - 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2018 - 2021
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Chief Resident Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Neurology
  • Leon Levy Fellow in Neuroscience Leon Levy Foundation, 2016
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD National Institutes of Mental Health, 2009

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Partial lesion of the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway in rats impairs egocentric learning but not spatial learning or behavioral flexibility  
    Seip-Cammack KM, Young JJ, Young ME, Shapiro ML, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1/1/2017
  • The orbitofrontal cortex and response selection  
    Young JJ, Shapiro ML, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1/1/2011
  • Dynamic Coding of Goal-Directed Paths by Orbital Prefrontal Cortex  
    Young JJ, Shapiro ML, Journal of Neuroscience, 1/1/2011
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Identification of Epileptogenic Foci on the Basis of Interictal Connectivity
    Young JJ, Friedman J, Rudebeck P, Fields MC, Marcuse LV, Yoo JY, Panov F, Ghatan S, Baxter MG, American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1/1/2016
  • Oscillatory Activity Identifies Task and Epilepsy Networks in Patients Performing An Object-in-Place Scene Memory Task
    Young JJ, Rudebeck P, Fields MC, Marcuse LV, Yoo JY, Panov F, Ghatan S, Baxter MG, American Neurology Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2016
  • Intracranial oscillatory activity in patients performing an object-in-place scene memory task
    Young JJ, Fazl A, Marcuse LV, Fields MC, Baxter MG, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2015
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Grant Support

  • Mount Sinai Neurology Resident-Researcher Training Program (R25)NINDS2015–Present
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhDNIMH2009–2012

Research History

  • Graduate StudentPI: Matthew L. Shapiro, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. New York, NY • Investigating the role of orbitofrontal and prelimbic-infralimbic cortices in behavioral flexibility in the rat • Performed temporary inactivation and neurophysiological recordings in the brains of awake behaving animals2006 - 2010
  • Graduate StudentPI: Joseph Buxbaum, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. New York, NY • Investigating the link between abnormalities in oligodendrocyte development and schizophrenia • Performed primary culture of oligodendrocytes and tissue culture to study Neuregulin-1 signaling2005 - 2006
  • Research AssistantPI: Yanmin Yang, MD PhD, Stanford University. Palo Alto, CA • Helped to characterize ALS2, a gene linked to familial cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis • Performed yeast two-hybrids, immunocytochemistry, cloning and construct creation2001 - 2003

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