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Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Neuropathology, 2015 - 2017
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2013 - 2017- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2010
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
IA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2019
MA State Medical License 2010 - 2018
PA State Medical License 2015 - 2018
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic- American Board of Pathology Neuropathology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Neurohistopathological findings of the brain parenchyma after long-term deep brain stimulation: Case series and systematic literature review.Juan Vivanco-Suarez, Timothy Woodiwiss, Kimberly L Fiock, Marco M Hefti, Ergun Y Uc
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2025-04-01 - Repetitive head impacts induce neuronal loss and neuroinflammation in young athletes.Morgane L M D Butler, Nida Pervaiz, Kerry Breen, Samantha Calderazzo, Petra Ypsilantis
Biorxiv. 2025-02-10 - 5 citationsTau pathology in the dorsal raphe may be a prodromal indicator of Alzheimer's disease.Samantha R Pierson, Kimberly L Fiock, Ruixiang Wang, Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian, Jessica Reinhardt
Molecular Psychiatry. 2025-02-01
Journal Articles
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Early Childhood: General Observations in a Series of 151 Cases.Hefti, M.M., Kinney, H.C., Cryan, J.B., Haas, E.A., Chadwick, A.E., Crandall, L.A., Trachtenberg, F.L., Armstrong, D.D., Grafe, M., Krous, H.F.., Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 2015
- Hippocampal Malformation Associated with Sudden Death in Early Childhood: A Neuropathologic Study.Hefti, M.M., Cryan, J.B., Haas, E.A., Chadwick, A.E., Crandall, L.A., Trachtenberg, F.L., Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 2015
Grant Support
- A non-canonical role for tau in early human brain developmentUNIVERSITY OF IOWA2024–2029
- Bennet C. Endres Fellow in Sudden Unexpected Death in PediatricsC.J. Foundation for SIDS2014–2015
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