Clinical Info

Hospital Affiliation

UMDNJ - University Hospital, Newark

Insurance Participation: with Provider Number ( where applicable ) The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and insurance companies.

AmeriGroup	12/12/2005
CHN Solutions	11/23/2005
Devon Health Services/ULLICO	7/1/2005
Horizon BCBS Managed Care	2/16/2006
Horizon NJ Health	5/1/2006
Magnacare	1/12/2006
Medicaid
Medicare
MultiPlan	1/1/2013
Prime Health Services, Inc.	3/15/2011
Procura, Inc.	7/1/2005
Qual Care HMO	1/1/2006
Qual Care PPO	1/1/2006
Three Rivers Provider Network	8/1/2009
United Healthcare Community Plan (formerly AmeriChoice of NJ, Inc.)	2/7/2006

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Biography

Licensure & Certification

Medical Licensure
New Jersey

Certification
American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Physical Medicine an

Courses Taught

GSND5315Q   Nature, Science & NEJM

Current Research

My primary interest is in basic and clinically applied cognitive neuroscience. That is, the search to understand how the brain works and how this knowledge can be applied to treat disease. I was the first to show a benefit of mirror therapy for individuals with hemiparesis following stroke, and the use of mirror therapy for an orthopaedic condition. Working with students I have recently found and studied a number of visual illusions and effects to try to understand the "rules" the brain uses to construct perception and cognition from stimuli in the world. As well, I showed that using two mirrors set up in a hall of mirrors arrangement one can obtain the perception of standing outside oneself!

I am also interested in understanding the causes and treatments of pandemic human pathogens. With colleagues we were able to isolate from aged (91+ year old) survivors antibodies to the pandemic 1918 influenza virus which caused 50 million deaths. In the course of this study we also noticed that a small percentage of individuals born after 1918 had antibodies that reacted against the pandemic strain. This work was the first to form the basis of vaccine rationing for the 2009 H1N1 "swine" flu pandemic, as older individuals had some antibody protection against the 2009 flu which turned out to be in some ways related to the 1918 flu. This rationing in which individuals over 65 were last to be vaccinated (in contrast to recommendations to vaccinate this group as a priority for the "regular" seasonal flu of that year) was crucial as sufficient vaccine for all was not ready in the midst of the pandemic. I also participated in a study looking for factors that allow some individuals to control the HIV virus without medications. I continue microbe hunting for pandemic pathogens past, present and future.

I am also interested in the history of medicine and science, medicine in literature and neuroscience in art in particular how knowledge and understanding of the past can be helpful in treating disease today--"applied" history of science. I am interested in new uses for "old" approved medications, as well as the fugues and other aspects of the structure of the music of JS Bach.