MarcoMatthiasHeftiMD

Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Neuropathology Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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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

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 citations
Tau 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

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