KapilGururanganMD(He/Him)

Neurology • Chicago, IL

Epilepsy, Hospital/Neurohospitalist, Neurophysiology

Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Office
259 E Erie St
Ste 1900
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-695-7950

Fax+1 312-695-5747

Summary

Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and clinical and scientific advisor to Ceribell Inc.

Author of publications on novel medical device solutions to facilitate faster detection and treatment of nonconvulsive seizures in critically ill patients. Completed fellowships in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at UCLA. Recipient of NINDS-funded R25 training grant and former chief resident in neurology at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Graduate from UC Berkeley (BA/BS) and Stanford University (MD).

The Mount Sinai Hospital Neurology Residency: Dr. Kapil Gururangan

Dr. Gururangan, PGY-4 resident, talks about his experience in the Mount Sinai Hospital Neurology Residency program and how it's shaping him as a neurologist.

Brain stethoscope listens for silent seizures | Stanford News

By converting brain waves into sound, even non-specialists can detect “silent seizures” – epileptic seizures without the convulsions most of us expect.

Detecting Silent Seizures By Their Sound

Video abstract of our study describing the use of sonified EEG to detect seizures published in Epilepsia (2018). Produced by researchsquare.com

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Epilepsy, 2023 - 2024
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2022 - 2023
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalChief Residency, Neurology, 2021 - 2022
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Neurology, 2019 - 2022
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Santa Clara)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2019
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2018, MD, Scholarly Concentration in Clinical Research and Neuroscience, Behavior, & Cognition
University of California, BerkeleyBA/BS, Molecular & Cell Biology and Business Administration, Honors in Neurobiology, 2009 - 2013

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2024 - Present
CA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2024 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
American Heart AssociationACLS/BLS

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Resident Reviewer of the Year Journal of Student-Run Clinics, 2020
Distinguished Poster Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, 2019
Grant Recipient Stanford Medical Scholars Research Program, 2015-2016, 2018
Principal Investigator Stanford Medical Education Innovation Fund, 2016-2017
I.L. Chaikoff Memorial Award in Neurobiology University of California, Berkeley, 2013
Honorable Mention UC Berkeley Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for Undergraduate Research, 2012
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Clinical Trials

Does Use of Rapid Response EEG Impact Clinical Decision Making Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 30
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

When the Crown has Thorns - Epileptic Spike-Wave Discharges over the Vertex.
Elisa Corona, Kapil Gururangan
The Neurodiagnostic Journal. 2024-12-01
Time is brain: detection of nonconvulsive seizures and status epilepticus during acute stroke evaluation using point-of-care electroencephalography.
Kapil Gururangan, Richard Kozak, Parshaw J Dorriz
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2024-11-15
Neuropsychiatric complications of coronavirus disease 2019: Mount Sinai Health System cohort study.
Kapil Gururangan, Veronica J Peschansky, Grace Van Hyfte, Parul Agarwal, Leah J Blank
Journal of Neurology. 2024-07-01

Journal Articles

Implementation of an Evidence-Based Health Equity Curriculum for Reducing Implicit Bias at a Student-Run Free Clinic
Gururangan K, Hooda C, Osterberg L, Journal of Student-Run Clinics, 8/27/2021
Review 2: "The utility of established prognostic scores in COVID-19 hospital admissions: a multi-centre prospective evaluation of CURB-65, NEWS2, and qSOFA"
Gururangan K, Rapid Reviews COVID-19, 8/24/2020
Review 2: "Neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19: a nationwide registry"
Gururangan K, Rapid Reviews COVID-19, 8/10/2020
Patient Perceptions of Laboratory Follow-Up Services At San Francisco Bay Area Free Clinics: A Multi-Site Evaluation
Gururangan K, Shin JHS, Shi Y, Ye PP, Vaca SD, Gopisetty D, Leon DS, Jeyden J, Lin S, Journal of Student-Run Clinics, 1/10/2019
RIME and Reason: A Medical Student Perspective of Clinical Training in Student-Run Free Clinics
Gururangan K, Lin S, Journal of Student-Run Clinics, 1/24/2018
Savant Syndrome: Growth of Empathy and Creativity
Gururangan K, Berkeley Scientific Journal, 1/1/2012
Pharmaceutical Companies and Patient Care - The Mixed Effects Model
Gururangan K, Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for Undergraduate Research, UC Berkeley Library, 1/1/2012
Acquired Savantism: The Genesis of Accidental Genius
Gururangan K, Berkeley Scientific Journal, 1/1/2011
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Abstracts/Posters

Analysis of Brief Potentially Ictal Rhythmic Discharges (BIRDs) and Seizures in Epilepsy Patients with Responsive Neurostimulation undergoing Scalp Electroencephalography
Lemus HN, Gururangan K, Jetté N, Fields MC, Bolden D, Yoo JY, 2021 American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX [Virtual], 2/2021
“Hub and Spoke” TeleEEG Model Utilizing Ceribell Rapid Response EEG System in a Community Hospital
Gururangan K, Madill E, Krishnamohan P, 74th American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 12/7/2020
Diagnostic Utility of Reduced Electroencephalography for Seizure Detection: A Systematic Review
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Popat R, 72nd American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 4/27/2020
Diagnostic And Predictive Value Of Electroencephalography With Ten Electrodes
Westover MB, Gururangan K, Markert MS, Blond BN, Lai S, Benard S, Bickel S, Hirsch LJ, Parvizi J, 73rd American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 12/8/2019
A Systematic Review of Reduced Electrode EEG for Seizure Detection
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Popat RA, 72nd American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 12/3/2018
Parasagittal seizures are rare in adult patients and they can be detected in lateral EEG channels
Parvizi J, Gururangan K, 72nd American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 12/1/2018
Culture-negative endocarditis as a potential mimic of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Gururangan K, Knueppel RC, American College of Physicians Northern California Chapter Meeting, Santa Clara, CA, 11/3/2018
Individuals without EEG training can detect subclinical seizures and seizure-like activity by listening to sonified EEG
Parvizi J, Gururangan K, Razavi B, Chafe C, 71st American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 12/3/2017
The Brain Stethoscope: Instant Seizure Detection by Sonification of EEG in the ICU
Hobbs K, Mlynash M, Gururangan K, Legault C, Krishnamohan P, 71st American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 12/2/2017
Utility of Reduced Montage EEG in Detecting Seizures or Seizure-Like Activity
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Parvizi J, 71st American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 12/2/2017
EEG With Fewer Electrodes Is More Specific For Detecting Seizures and Seizure-Like Activity
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Parvizi J, 142nd American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 10/15/2017
Instant Seizure Detection by EEG Sonification
Hobbs K, Mlynash M, Gururangan K, Legault C, Krishnamohan P, 15th Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa Village, HI, 10/13/2017
Detecting seizure and seizure-like activity by the sound of it
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Chafe C, Parvizi J, 15th Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa Village, HI, 10/13/2017
Patient Perceptions of Laboratory Follow-Up Services At San Francisco Bay Area Free Clinics: A Multi-Site Evaluation
Gururangan K, Gopisetty D, Shi Y, Shin J, Leyden J, Leon DS, Vaca SD, Lin S, Society for Student-Run Free Clinics Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1/30/2016
Eight Channel EEG Provides Equivalent Diagnostic Utility to Full Montage EEG in Detecting Pathological Rhythmic Periodic Activity
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Parvizi J, 69th American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 12/7/2015
Utility of Electroencephalography at a U.S. Tertiary Care Medical Center
Gururangan K, Razavi B, Parvizi J, 31st International Epilepsy Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 9/7/2015
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Lectures

Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Encephalitis, Dementia, Neuroleptic and Serotonergic Toxicity
Mount Sinai Hospital Psychiatry Residency Noon Conference (New York, NY) - 7/21/2021
Overview of Neuroanatomy and the Neurological Exam
Mount Sinai Hospital Psychiatry Residency Noon Conference (New York, NY) - 7/19/2021
Brain Tumor-Related Epilepsy: Comparing seizure outcomes after lesionectomy and tailored epilepsy surgery
Mount Sinai Epilepsy Research Rounds (New York, NY) - 4/7/2021
Modeling the Economics Value of Rapid Response EEG in the Inpatient Hospital Setting
Mount Sinai ICU-EEG Fellows Conference (New York, NY) - 4/7/2021
Psychological Correlates of Cortisol Release in Response to Social Evaluative Threat
University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) - 5/15/2013
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Press Mentions

Stanford Researchers Listen for Silent Seizures with "Brain Stethoscope" That Turns Brain Waves into SoundMarch 20th, 2018
Ralph Lauren honors NYC frontline workers at the 2020 US OpenJanuary 24th, 2021

Grant Support

Fellowship in NeuroscienceLeon Levy Foundation2021–2022
R25 Research Education GrantNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2021–2022
Medical Scholars Research ProgramStanford University School of Medicine2015–2018
Tuition Revenue Sharing Medical Education Innovation GrantStanford University School of Medicine2016–2017

Committees

Chief Resident, Mount Sinai Hospital Neurology QA/QI Committee 2021 - Present
Chief Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Neurology Grand Rounds Committee 2021 - Present
Chief Resident, Mount Sinai Hospital Neurology Residency Research Committee 2020 - Present

Research History

Research AssistantLaboratory of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology - Stanford University PI: Josef Parvizi MD PhD2014 - 2016
Research AssistantHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute - University of California, Berkeley PI: Robert Knight MD, Mark D'Esposito MD2011 - 2014
Lab ManagerWalter A. Haas School of Business - University of California, Berkeley PI: Cameron Anderson PhD Undergraduate Research Assistant from August 2010 to May 20122012 - 2013
Research AssistantInstitute of International Studies - University of California, Berkeley PI: Pradeep Chhibber PhD2010 - 2012