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Dr. Nicholas D. Schiff, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience – Dr. Schiff is Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Associate Attending Neurologist at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is Director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuromodulation at Weill-Cornell where he conducts investigative studies of the pathophysiology of impaired consciousness, the neurophysiological mechanisms of arousal regulation, and the effects of deep brain electrical stimulation techniques on forebrain integration. A diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Schiff graduated with Departmental Honors and with Distinction from Stanford University and with Honors in Research from the Cornell University Medical College. He completed his residency in Neurology at the New York Hospital and served as the Administrative Chief Resident of the Neurology Department 1995-1996.
Dr. Schiff is an internationally recognized leader in the neurological subfield of disorders of consciousness and an established physician-scientist dedicated to translational research. His research program precisely bridges basic neuroscience and pre-commercial development of therapeutic devices and medical diagnostics. Dr. Schiff's work is recognized as highly original and aimed at important and difficult problems: identifying mechanisms of impaired cognitive function resulting from complex brain injuries and developing novel therapeutic strategies to treat acquired cognitive disabilities.
Dr. Schiff's research has been supported by grants from the NIH (NINDS, NIMH), private foundations (Charles A. Dana Foundation, James S. McDonnell Foundation) and industry (IntElect Medical, Inc). He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications that span original work in clinical neuroimaging of disorders of consciousness, the fundamental neurophysiology of cortical and thalamic neurons, and advanced signal processing of neurophysiological data. He is also a listed inventor on several U.S. and international patents. His long-range goals are to develop therapeutic strategies and improved diagnostics for the rational therapy of chronic cognitive disabilities resulting from brain injuries | 