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Stephen Waxman, MD, Neurology, New Haven, CT

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Neurology New Haven, CT

Founder and Director, Neuroscience and Regeneration Research Center at Yale

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  • Office

    40 Temple St
    Ste 6C
    New Haven, CT 06510
    Phone+1 203-785-4085
    Fax+1 203-737-1597

Education & Training

  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityM.A., 1986
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1973 - 1975
  • Mount Auburn Hospital
    Mount Auburn HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1972 - 1972
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1972
  • lbert Einstein College of Medicine
    lbert Einstein College of MedicinePh.D., 1970
  • Harvard College
    Harvard CollegeA.B., Cum Laude, 1967

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License Current
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1986 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Julius Axelrod Prize Society for Neuroscience, 2018
  • Paul B. Magnuson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2012
  • Ohio State University The Physiological Society (Premier Award of The Society), 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Paroxysmal extreme pain disorder M1627K mutation in human Nav1.7 renders DRG neurons hyperexcitable  
    Dib-Hajj, S.D., Estacion, M., Jarecki, B.W., Tyrrell, T., Fischer, T., Lawden, M., Cummins, T.R., and Waxman, S.G., Molec Pain, 1/1/2008
  • Erythromelalgia  
    Abuzetun, J., Hazin, R., Khan, F., Fischer, T.Z., Waxman, S.G., Medlink Neurology, 1/1/2008
  • Mutations of the Nav1.7 sodium channel underlie inherited erythromelalgia  
    Dib-Hajj, S.D., Rush, A.M., Cummins, T.R., Waxman, S.G., Drug Discovery Today/Disease Mechanisms, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

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Other

  • SCN9A-Related Inherited Erythromelalgia 
    Hisama FM, Dib-Hajj S.D, Waxman S.G., Gene Reviews [data base online at GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource, Univ. of Washin
    http://www.genetests.org
    1/1/2006

Press Mentions

  • Stephen Waxman Receives Julius Axelrod Prize
    Stephen Waxman Receives Julius Axelrod PrizeNovember 5th, 2018
  • The Search for a Chronic Pain Gene
    The Search for a Chronic Pain GeneMay 14th, 2018
  • New Strategies to Combat Opioid Addiction
    New Strategies to Combat Opioid AddictionMarch 23rd, 2018
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