WaelFaroukAsaadMDPhD

Epilepsy Surgery, Neurotrauma, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery & Neuroscience, Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Director of Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery, and Associate Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program, Brown University Alpert Medical School

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Office
593 Eddy St
Fl 6
Providence, RI 02903
Phone+1 401-793-9166

Fax+1 401-444-2788

Summary

Board certified in neurosurgery, specializing in functional and epilepsy neurosurgery, as well as psychiatric neurosurgery.

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2003 - 2010
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2003 - 2004
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2003
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Systems Neuroscience, 1996 - 2001
Amherst CollegeB.A., Neuroscience & English, 1989 - 1993

Certifications & Licensure

RI State Medical License 2011 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2008 - 2013
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

"Brite Lites" Award Hasbro Children's Hospital, 2021
Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award Brown University Alpert Medical School, 2017, 2020
Young Clinician Investigator Award American Association of Neurologic Surgeons / NREF, 2012
Lindsley Prize Society for Neuroscience, 2001
Walle Nauta Award for Graduate Teaching M.I.T., 2000
James Olds Neuroscience Prize Amherst College, 1993
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Clinical Trials

ADvance II Study: DBS-f in Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease Start of enrollment: 2019 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of BIIB093 in Participants With Brain Contusion Start of enrollment: 2019 Oct 06
Terminated
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

67 citations
High-performance execution of psychophysical tasks with complex visual stimuli in MATLAB.
Wael F. Asaad, Navaneethan Santhanam, Steven McClellan, David J. Freedman
Journal of Neurophysiology. 2013-01-01
100 citations
Performance of ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Google Bard on a Neurosurgery Oral Boards Preparation Question Bank.
Rohaid Ali, Oliver Y Tang, Ian D Connolly, Jared S Fridley, John H Shin
Neurosurgery. 2023-11-01
2 citations
Letter: The Urgency of Neurosurgical Leadership in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.
Oliver Y Tang, Rohaid Ali, Ian D Connolly, Jared S Fridley, Patricia L Zadnik Sullivan
Neurosurgery. 2023-09-01

Journal Articles

Factors Associated with the Progression of Conservatively Managed Acute Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage
Cody Doberstein, Andrew Y Powers, Wael F Asaad, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

Brown Neurosurgery Department Tests Artificial Intelligence Models on Written, Oral Neurosurgery Board Exam QuestionsApril 25th, 2023
Hasbro Children’s Hospital Names 2020 ‘Brite Lite’ RecipientsJune 2nd, 2021
How the Cortex Assigns Credit for CausalityJuly 5th, 2017
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Grant Support

Neuronal Mechanisms of Credit Assignment in the Prefrontal CortexNIH2018–2023
COBRE InvestigatorNIH2013–2018
Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development AwardDoris Duke Charitable Foundation2014–2017
Young Clinician Investigator AwardAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons / NREF2011–2013
Tosteson FellowshipMassachusetts Biomedical Research Corporation2006–2008
McDonnell-Pew Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cognitive NeuroscienceMcDonnell-Pew Foundation2001–2003