Neurocritical Care Research Faculty
In the Division of Neurocritical Care, our faculty are innovators in the field of neurocritical care.
Clotilde Balucani, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: cerebrovascular diseases, acute stroke treatment, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, post-cardiac arrest syndrome, traumatic brain injury, status epilepticus, and coma
Methodological skills: clinical research, longitudinal data analysis, creation of prospective registries, and evaluation of cerebral hemodynamics via non-invasive imaging (i.e., transcranial Doppler)
Jennifer A. Frontera, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: COVID-19–related neurologic disease, neurocritical care, and stroke
Methodological skills: longitudinal cohort data and epidemiology
Ariane Lewis, MD
Director, Division of Neurocritical Care
Medical Unit Director, Kimmel Pavillion 16th floor
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Expertise: end-of life ethics, quality improvement in neurocritical care, and intracranial hemorrhage
Methodological skills: survey design and RedCap database design
Aaron S. Lord, MD
Chief of Neurology, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Medical Director, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Expertise: intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke-associated infections, ICU-associated infections, and secondary stroke prevention
Methodological skills: statistical analysis of longitudinal data, database design, and clinical trials management
Kara R. Melmed, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Expertise: intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, social determinants of health, use of deep learning and artificial intelligence for image analysis, and neurologic complications related to mechanical cardiac support devices
Methodological skills: statistical analysis of longitudinal data and management of large datasets
Rajanandini Muralidharan, MD
Director, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
Expertise: clinical expertise in neurocritical care, including disorders of consciousness, stroke, traumatic brain injury, infections of the central nervous system, and quality improvement
Methodological skills: database collection, statistical analysis of longitudinal data, and transcranial Doppler/neurovascular ultrasound
