RafeedAlkawadriMD

Neurology • Pittsburgh, PA

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Associate Professor Neurology

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Office
3471 Fifth Avenue Suite 811
Kaufmann Medical Building Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone+1 216-650-0257

Summary

Dr. Rafeed Alkawadri is a neurologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Yale-New Haven Hospital and UPMC Presbyterian. He received his medical degree from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in epilepsy and neurophysiology and is experienced in frontal lobe epilepsy, electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, epilepsy, and electroencephalogram.

Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes

Interview with Rafeed Alkawadri, MD, author of Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes

Scientists restore some functions in a pig's brain hours after death - Neuroscie

Summary: Yale researchers successfully restored cellular activity and circulation to a pig's brain, four hours after its death. The research challenges the assu

New technique fine-tunes treatment for severe epilepsy cases

One of three epilepsy patients experience no relief from drugs and are candidates for surgery. An advance by researchers at Yale and the Cleveland Clinic will e

Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2010 - 2012
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 2006 - 2010
Damascus University Faculty of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
CT State Medical License 2012 - 2019
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Yale Clinical Center for Investigation Young Investigator 2017
American Epilepsy Society 2016
American Clinical Neurophyisology Society 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

145 citations
Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem
Zvonimir Vrselja, Stefano G. Daniele, John Silbereis, Francesca Talpo, Yury M. Morozov
Nature. 2019-04-17
19 citations
EEG Findings in Coronavirus Disease.
Madison Pilato, Alexandra Urban, Rafeed Alkawadri, Niravkumar Barot, James F. Castellano
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020-07-01
87 citations
The spatial and signal characteristics of physiologic high frequency oscillations.
Rafeed Alkawadri, Nicolas Gaspard, Irina I. Goncharova, Dennis D. Spencer, Jason L. Gerrard
Epilepsia. 2014-12-01

Journal Articles

Cingulate Epilepsy Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical Outcomes
Rafeed Alkawadri, MD; Norman K. So; Paul C. Van Ness; Andreas V. Alexopoulos, JAMA Neurology
The spatial and signal characteristics of physiologic high frequency oscillations
Rafeed Alkawadri Nicolas Gaspard Irina I. Goncharova Dennis D. Spencer Jason L. Gerrard Hitten Zaveri Robert B. Duckrow Hal Blumenfeld Lawrence J. Hirsch, Epilepsia

Press Mentions

New Technique Fine-Tunes Treatment for Severe Epilepsy CasesJune 19th, 2018
Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong?November 23rd, 2020
Cingulate Epilepsy: Report of 3 Electroclinical Subtypes With Surgical OutcomesNovember 23rd, 2020