Resident Scholarly Activity

Cangiano-Heath, A; Bazer, D; Blond, B; Spiegel, R. The Wandering Patient: Case studies of Peri-ictal Psychoses over a 6 month period: The call for a formal classification system? American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, December 2020.

Bazer, D and Kowalska, A. CNS lymphoma: the great mimicker: The 25th Annual Meeting of The Society for Neuro-Oncology (Virtual), November 2020.

Orwitz, M; Bazer, D; Wirkowski, E. Pitfalls In Management Of Malignant Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS): A Case Series: The 18th Annual Meeting for the Neuro-Critical Care Society (Virtual) September 2020.

Bazer, D; Cangiano-Heath, A; Todinca, M; Marchidann, A; Treidler, T. Porphyria: Not just Vampire Disease Undiagnosed abdominal pain in a young female may be a treatable neurological disorder. Peripheral Nerve Society Virtual Annual Meeting,  June 2020.

Singh, A; Robin, K; Bazer, D; Kowalska, A. Tongue Fasciculations Presenting as an Early Clinical Sign of Cobalamin Deficiency (5164) in Neurology, the American Academy of Neurology 72nd Annual Meeting, April 2020. 

Bazer, D; Feinberg, E; Gursoy, N. An Atypical Presentation of Multifocal Motor Neuropathy with Central Demyelination. Women in Medicine Research Day, Stony Brook University Hospital, March 2020.

Stefanowski, Usman Shehzad, Elzbieta Wirkowski, David Fiorella. A Case Series of Seven Patients with Recurrent Large-Vessel Strokes within 72 Hours of the Initial Event. (P1.3-050). Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement) P1.3-050 (Presented at AAN 2019)

Dharampreet Singh MD, Kelly Tisovic MD, Alice Rutatangwa DO, Cara Harth MD. Unique Presentation of Acquired Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis and GBS Overlap Syndrome following Tdap Vaccination. Presented at AAN 2018.

Usman Shehzad, Kamil Stefanowski, Ryan Jones, Alex Gauger, Lindsay Stemke, Lev Bangiyev, David Fiorella, Michael Guido. Timing of Anti-Coagulation after Acute Ischemic Stroke and its relationship to risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage (P1.3-003). Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement) P1.3-003. (Presented at AAN 2019)

Tahsin Khan, Emilio Garrido Sanabria, Hanna Czarkowska, Rebecca Spiegel. Refractory LGI-1 Limbic Encephalitis and Secondary Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Case Report (P2.2-029). Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement) P2.2-029. (Presented at AAN 2019)

Emilio Garrido Sanabria, Ryan  Jones, Alexander Ou, Olga Syritsyna, Kristin Sticco, Yupo Ma, Agnieszka1 Kowalska, Robert Peyster, Patricia Coyle. A case of primary CNS lymphoma associated with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: Is there a paraneoplastic link? (P1.2-078).  Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement), P1.2-078. (Presented at AAN 2019)

Emilio Garrido Sanabria, Iakov Rudenko, Michael Todinca, Dwayne Brown, Ryan Jones, Christopher Bellber, Roberta Seidman, Saima Siddiqui, Simona Treidler. Refractory Contactin-1-seropositive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with involvement of cranial nerves: A case report. (P2.2-107). Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement), P2.2-107. (Presented at AAN 2019)

Shannon Pollock, MD; Louis Manganas, MD, PhD; Mary Andriola, MD New York State CBD: Efficacy in a Long Island Cohort.

Joseph Adachi, BS; R. Garrido Sanabria, MD, PhD; Timothy Duong, PhD; Lev Bangiyev, DO; Benjamin N. Blond, MD; Rebecca Spiegel, MD; Louis Manganas, MD, PhD.  Independent Component Analysis, Inverse-Source Localization and Dipole Estimation in Epilepsy. 

Emilio R. Garrido-Sanabria, David Ouellette, Mohamed H. Elgendy, Lev Bangiyev, Tim Q. Duong, Louis Manganas, Rebecca Spiegel. Cortical Thickness Changes in MRI-Negative Epilepsy: A Morphometric MRI analysis.

Dharampreet Singh MD and Guy Schwartz MD. EEG findings in Parkinson disease patients with and without visual hallucinations: A retrospective case control study.  Presented at AAN 2018.

Bhumika J. Balgobin MD, Rajesh Gupta MD, Chuan Huang PhD, Vivekanand Tatineni, Robert Matthews MD, Dinko Franceschi MD,   Karl Spuhler BA, Tim Duong PhD, Christopher Christodoulou PhD, Guy Schwartz MD.  A CT-Based Diagnostic Index to differentiate between Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Parkinson’s disease: A potential application for DaT-SPECT/CT.  Presented at AAN 2018.

Bhumika J. Balgobin MD, Catherine Austin, Lev Bangiyev DO, Agnieszka Kowalska MD.  An Unusual Case of Histiocytosis of the Central Nervous System Involving the Leptomeninges.  Presented at AAN 2018.

Dazzle Dadra MD, Usman Shehzad MD, Dharampreet Singh MD, Archana Purushotham MD. Does random LDL accurately guide Statin-based management compared to fasting LDL in patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke or TIA?  Presented at: Annual European Stroke Organization Conference, Gothenberg, Sweden - May 2018

Leena E. Youssefian MD MS; Louis Manganas MD PhD. A Novel KCNQ2 Mutation and Child with Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures.

Derek Y. Yuan, MD, MS; Cynthia Cervoni PhD; Patricia Tsui PhD. The Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Simulator (SCS) In Reduction of Oral Opioid Use.

Usman Shehzad MD; Alexander Ou MD; Patricia Coyle MD, Agnieszka Kowalska, MD. Rare Presentation of Malignant Myxomatous Aneurysms with PRKAR1A

Mathew P; Krel R; Buddhdev B; Klein B; Ansari H; Joshi S; Spinner W. A Retrospective Analysis of Triptan and DHE Use for Basilar and Hemiplegic Migraine. Headache 2016. In press.

Cruz E, Kaur G, Krutoshinskaya Y, Andriola M, Manganas L.  A Case Report: A /Teenager with 18 p Syndrome and Epilepsy.  60th Annual AES meeting; December 2015; Philadelphia, PA.

Kaur G, Cameron L, Syritsyna O, Kowalska A.  A Case Report:  Neurosarcoidosis Presenting with Memory Impairment.  20th Annual Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day; November 19-22, 2015; San Antonio, TX.  

Kaur G, Cameron L, Kowalska A.  A case Report:  Rapid Recurrence of Cervical Schwannoma in a Pediatric Patient.  20th Annual Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Scientific Meeting; November 19-22, 2015; San Antonio, TX.  

Krel, R., Mirchandani, N., Wajnsztajn, F., Spinner, W., Stoebe, C. Case Series: Putting a Stop to Post-Traumatic Headaches with Onabotulinumtoxin A. 56th Annual Scientific Meeting; American Headache Society; June 26-29, 2014; Los Angeles, CA.

Krel R, Krutoshinskaya Y, Seidman R, Rosiello A, Kowalska A. A Case Report: Primary Glioblastoma of the Pineal. Neurology 2014; 82 (Meeting Abstracts): P7.272.

Nayyar A, Mirchandani N, Spiegel R. Value of Routine EEG in Autistic Patients w/ Stereotypic Behavioral Movements. Neurology 2014:82 (Meeting Abstracts): P1.348. AAN Annual Meeting abstract published online (2014):

Wajnsztajn, F, Krel, R, Kowalska, A.  Case Report: A Rare Case of Spinal GBM Poster presented at: 19th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology; November 13-16, 2014; Miami, FL.

Wajnsztajn, F, Mirchandani, N, Kowalska, A.  Treatment Response in Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis from Gliomatosis Cerebri Treated with Bevacizumab (Avastin); Annual Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day; November 13-16, 2014; Miami, FL.

Al-Mufti F, DuMonde M, Peyster R, Coyle P.  CLIPPERS: Rare Disease or Tip of the Iceberg?  A Case Report and Literature Review.  Neurology 2013;80 (Meeting Abstracts): P03.190.

Gupta N, Coyle P, Miller-Horn J. Diagnostic Yield of EEG Studies Ordered for Syncope by Non-Neurologists vs. Neurologists at a University Medical Center. Stony Brook 7th Annual Women in Medicine Research Day April 24 2013; Stony Brook, NY.

Gupta N, Coyle P, Miller-Horn J. Diagnostic Yield of EEG Studies Ordered for Syncope by Non-Neurologists vs. Neurologists at a University Medical Center. Poster presented at 65th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; March 16-23 2013; San Diego, CA.

Krel R, Mednick T, Spinner W. A Case Series: Incobotulinumtoxin A - A Novel Therapy for Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia. Poster presented at the International Headache Congress June 2013 Abstract published in: Cephalalgia June 2013 vol. 33 no. 8 suppl 1-309 p152.  

Sadasivan C, Brownstein J, Patel B, Dholakia R, Santore J, Al-Mufti F, Puig E, Rakian A, Fernandez-Prada KD, Elhammady MS, Farhat H, Fiorella DJ, Woo HH, Aziz-Sultan MA, Lieber BB.  In vitro Quantification of the Size Distribution of Intrasaccular Voids Left After Endovascular Coiling of Cerebral Aneurysms.  Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2013 Mar 1;4(1):63-74.

Al-Mufti F, DuMonde M, Peyster R, Coyle P.  CLIPPERS: Rare Disease or Tip of the Iceberg?  A Case Report and Literature Review.  Poster presented at New York State Neurological Society Meeting October 20, 2012; New York, NY.

Al-Mufti F, Gupta N, Harris D, Kim B, Medin K, Coyle P.  Central Nervous System Vasculitis (CNSV): A Tertiary Care Center’s Experience.  Neurology 2012:78(suppl 1): P07.016.

Medin K, Seidman R, Al-Mufti F, Kim B, Coyle P. Inflammatory  Variant of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy; In a Patient with Early Systemic Lupus Erythrematosus.  Presented at the 64th AAN Annual Meeting New Orleans 2012.

Dolgovin M, David S, Harth CE.  The Undulating Toe Flexion Sign. Neurol.Bull.3:2011

Kogan A, Mednick T, Dolgovin M. Loss of Taste as the Only Cranial Nerve Finding in Guillain-Barre Syndrome.  Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2011 Sep;13(1):56.

Pushchinska G, Patel P, Andriola M. Value of EEG Monitoring after Cardiac Arrest: a Pilot Study. Abstract index/poster, Annual American Epilepsy Society meeting, Baltimore,MD, Dec 2011

Venkatraman GK, Bauerschmidt A.  Two cases of Delayed-Onset Transient Global Amnesia After Saline-Contrast Transthoracic Echocardiography.  Neurologist. 2011 Nov;17(6):338-9.