Roy Hamilton (physician)

Roy Hamilton (born May 14, 1973) is an Associate Professor in the departments of Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Pennsylvania (Penn).[1][2] He is the Director of Penn's Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation (LCNS),[1][2] and launched the Brain Stimulation, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation Center (brainSTIM) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.[2]

Roy Hamilton
Born (1973-05-14) May 14, 1973
Alma materHarvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Known forNeurology, Cognitive and behavioral neurology, Noninvasive brain stimulation, Neuromodulation
AwardsAmerican Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation Norman Geschwind Prize, 2015 Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award, Kurt J. Isselbacher Humanitarian Award, University of Pennsylvania 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Award
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania

Background

Hamilton obtained his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Harvard University in 1995, and obtained his MD and a Master's Degree in Health Sciences Technology from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2001.[3] He completed residency training in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, and pursued a fellowship in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at the same institution.[3] He was appointed to the faculty of Penn's Department of Neurology in 2009.[3]

Hamilton is a board certified neurologist and practicing clinician at the Penn Memory Center.,[4]

Research interests and work

Hamilton has explored a variety of topics, including plastic changes that occur in the brains of blind individuals,[5][6][7][8] mechanisms of neural recovery in patients who have suffered from strokes,[9][10][11][12] and neuromodulation as a potential tool for enhancing human cognition[13][14][15][16]

The central focus of his research revolves around using noninvasive electrical and magnetic brain stimulation to explore the characteristics and limits of functional plasticity in the intact and injured human brain.[4]

As director of Penn's Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation,[1][2] Hamilton leads a team of scientists and clinicians to employ a combination of behavioral measures, advanced neuroimaging, and brain stimulation to investigate the neural basis of cognition, develop and implement therapies for neurological disorders, and to reveal critical behaviorally relevant circuit and network properties of the human brain.[17][18][19][20]

Professional service and honors

Hamilton worked in various leadership roles in the University of Pennsylvania's Educational Pipeline Program from 2003-2012, which serves as an educational and mentorship program for disadvantaged high school students in West Philadelphia.[21] Since 2012, he has served as the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.[22]

In 2017, he was appointed as the inaugural Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania.[23] Since 2019, Hamilton has served as one of two inaugural Associate Editors for Equity Diversity and Inclusion for the four academic journals published by the AAN: Neurology, Neurology Clinical Practice, Neurology Genetics, and Neurology Immunology and Neuroinflammation.[24][25]

He was the recipient of the American Academy of Neurology Foundation's Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology,[26][27] He serves on the editorial boards of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience[28], Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology[29], and Neurobiology of Language[30].

brainSTIM Center

Hamilton launched the Brain Science, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation Center (brainSTIM) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.[2] Made up of a team of neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and engineers, the center has a cross-disciplinary approach which uses neuromodulation to investigate, remediate, and enhance human brain function.

References
  1. "Roy H. Hamilton MD, MS".
  2. "Roy Hoshi Hamilton | Faculty | Department of Neurology | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  3. "Roy Hoshi Hamilton - Faculty Biosketch". www.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. "Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS". Penn Memory Center. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  5. Hamilton, R.; Keenan, J. P.; Catala, M.; Pascual-Leone, A. (2000-02-07). "Alexia for Braille following bilateral occipital stroke in an early blind woman". NeuroReport. 11 (2): 237–240. doi:10.1097/00001756-200002070-00003. ISSN 0959-4965. PMID 10674462. S2CID 15902012.
  6. Van Boven, R.W., Hamilton, R.H., Kauffman, T., Keenan, J.P., Pascual-Leone, A. (2000). Tactile spatial resolution in blind braille readers. Neurology 54(12): 2230-6
  7. Hamilton, R.H., Pascual-Leone, A., Schlaug, G. (2004). Absolute pitch in blind musicians. Neuroreport 15(5): 803-6.
  8. Merabet, L.B., Hamilton, R., Schlaug, G., Swisher, J.D., Kiriakopoulos, E.T., Pitskel, N.B., Kauffman, T., Pascual-Leone, A. (2008). Rapid and reversible recruitment of early visual cortex for touch. PLoS One 3(8): 1-12.
  9. Turkeltaub, P.E., Coslett, H.B., Thomas, A.L., Faseyitan, O., Benson, J., Norise, C., Hamilton, R. (2012). The right hemisphere is not unitary in its role in aphasia recovery. Cortex, 48(9): 1179-86. PMID 21794852.
  10. Medina, J., Norise, C., Faseyitan, O., Coslett, H.B., Turkeltaub, P.E., Hamilton, R.H. (2012). Finding the right words: transcranial magnetic stimulation improves discourse productivity in non-fluent aphasia after stroke. Aphasiology 26(9): 1153-1168.
  11. Lee, Y.S., Zreik, J.T., Hamilton, R.H. (2017). Patterns of neural activity predict picture-naming performance of a patient with chronic aphasia. Neuropsychologia. 94:52-60.
  12. Harvey, D.Y., Podell, J., Turkeltaub, P.E., Faseyitan, O., Coslett, H.B., Hamilton, R.H. (2017). Functional Reorganization of Right Prefrontal Cortex Underlies Sustained Naming Improvements in Chronic Aphasia via Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Cogn Behav Neurol. 30(4):133-144.
  13. Chrysikou, E.G., Hamilton, R.H., Coslett, H.B., Datta, A., Bikson, M., Thompson-Schill, S.L. Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex facilitates cognitive flexibility in tool use. Cognitive Neuroscience 2013, 4(2): 81-89. PMID 23894253.
  14. Gill, J., Shah-Basak, P.P., Hamilton, R. (2014). It's the thought that counts: examining the task-dependent effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on executive function. Brain Stimulation, pii: S1935-861X(14)00347-7. PMID 25465291.
  15. Rosen, D.S., Erickson, B., Kim, Y.E., Mirman, D., Hamilton, R.H., Kounios, J. (2016). Anodal tDCS to right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex facilitates performance for novice jazz improvisers but hinders experts. Front Hum Neurosci 10:579.
  16. Wurzman, R., Hamilton, R.H., Pascual-Leone, A., Fox, M.D. (2016). An open letter concerning do-it-yourself users of transcranial direct current stimulation. Ann Neurol. 80:1-4.
  17. Chrysikou EG, Hamilton R.H. (2011). Noninvasive brain stimulation in the treatment of aphasia: exploring interhemispheric relationships and their implications for neurorehabilitation. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 29:375-94
  18. Medina, J., Beauvais, J., Datta, A., Bikson, M., Coslett, H.B., Hamilton, R.H. (2013). Transcranial direct current stimulation accelerates allocentric target detection. Brain Stimul. 6:433-9.
  19. Norise, C., Hamilton, R.H. (2017). Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Post-stroke and Neurodegenerative Aphasia: Parallels, Differences, and Lessons Learned. Front Hum Neurosci. 10:675.
  20. Medaglia, J.D., Harvey, D.Y., White, N., Kelkar, A., Zimmerman, J., Bassett, D.S., Hamilton, R.H. (2018). Network Controllability in the Inferior Frontal Gyrus Relates to Controlled Language Variability and Susceptibility to TMS. J Neurosci. 38 :6399-6410
  21. "About the Program | Educational Pipeline Program | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu.
  22. "Home | Diversity & Inclusion | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu.
  23. "Leading on diversity and inclusion".
  24. Hamilton RH, Hinson HE. (2019). Introducing the Associate Editors for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Aligning editorial leadership with core values in Neurology®. Neurology. 93:651-652.
  25. "Editors & Editorial Board | Neurology". n.neurology.org.
  26. "Penn Medicine Neurologists to Receive Honors at American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting – PR News". Penn Medicine. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  27. "Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence: 2015 Recipients | Office of the Dean | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  28. "IOS Press". Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  29. "Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology" (PDF). Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.
  30. "Neurobiology of Language". Neurobiology of Language – via MIT Press Journals.
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