Functional Architecture of Speech Motor Cortex

Presented By: Edward Chang, MD

Speaker Biography: Edward Chang, M.D. is the Bowes Biomedical Investigator and Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Chang's clinical expertise is surgical therapies for epilepsy, pain, and brain tumors. He specializes in advanced neurophysiologic brain mapping methods, including awake speech and motor mapping, to safely perform neurosurgical procedures in eloquent areas of the brain. His research focuses on the discovery of cortical mechanisms of high-order neurological function in humans. Dr. Chang's laboratory has demonstrated the detailed functional organization of the human speech cortex. His clinical research focuses on outcomes related to epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation. Dr. Chang is Co-Director of the Center for Neural Engineering & Prostheses at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. He is principal investigator of the DARPA SUBNETS project to develop advanced therapies for neuropsychiatric conditions. Dr. Chang is the 2015 Blavatnik National Laureate in Life Sciences, recipient of the NIH Director's New Innovator Award, and a HHMI Faculty Scholar.

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