LilitMnatsakanyanMDFACNS

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Associate Professor, Neurology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. Program Director Neurology Residency. Director Intraoperative Neuromonitoring program

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Office
101 The City Dr S
# Pavilion
Orange, CA 92868
Phone+1 714-506-0381

Fax+1 714-456-6908

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2009 - 2011
University of ChicagoResidency, Neurology, 2006 - 2009
Griffin HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2006
Yerevan State Medical UniversityClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2006 - 2009
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Faculty Teaching Award University of California Irvine Neurology, 2017-2018
Orange County Physician of Excellence OCMA, 2017-2018
Southern California Super Doctors 2013, 2015, 2018

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Awake ripples enhance emotional memory encoding in the human brain.
Haoxin Zhang, Ivan Skelin, Shiting Ma, Michelle Paff, Lilit Mnatsakanyan
Nature Communications. 2024-01-03
5 citations
Theta mediated dynamics of human hippocampal-neocortical learning systems in memory formation and retrieval.
Sandra Gattas, Myra Sarai Larson, Lilit Mnatsakanyan, Indranil Sen-Gupta, Sumeet Vadera
Nature Communications. 2023-12-21
Epilepsy and Anti-Seizure Medications: Secret Agents for Endocrine Disruption.
Mona Sazgar, Lilit Mnatsakanyan, Alison M Pack, Cynthia L Harden
Epilepsy Currents. 2023-12-06

Journal Articles

Hippocampal CA1 Gamma Power Predicts the Precision of Spatial Memory Judgments
Sumeet Vadera, Lilit Mnatsakanyan, Jack J Lin, Jie Zheng, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Case Report Language Recovery After Epilepsy Surgery of the Broca's Area
Jack J Lin, Mona Sazgar, Jie Zheng, Sumeet Vadera, Lilit Mnatsakanyan, ScienceDirect