Assistant Professor
Department: Neurology
Division: Epileptology
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245 N 15th Street
Philadelphia PA, 19102
Phone: 215-762-7090
Fax: 215-762-3161
E-mail: jyoti.pillai@drexelmed.edu
Education
1986: M.B.B.S. Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai, India.
1991: M.D. Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai, India.
1996: MRCP (UK) Royal College of Physicians of London.
2003: Neurology Residency, DUCoM, Phila., PA
2005: Epilepsy Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital, Phila., PA
Publications & Presentations:
1. UTILITY OF EEG IN ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA. Pillai JA, Jacobson MJ, Lippa CF. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, to be held from December 6 – 11, 2002 in Seattle, WA. Research quoted in article on epilepsy, by Dr. Andrew Wilner, in CNS News, 2003.
2. CORRELATION OF COPPER LEVELS AND EEG ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH MENKE’S DISEASE. Valencia I, Miller-Horn JW, Pillai JA, Hobdell EF, Khurana DS, Grover WD, Melvin JJ. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, 2002.
3. A case of generalized onset intractable seizures treated successfully by corpus callosotomy. Presented at the 12th National EpiFellows Foundation Scientific Forum in December 2004.
4. AURAS PREDICT POSTOPERATIVE SEIZURE CONTROL AFTER ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY. Pillai JA, Comer C, Nei M, Zangaladze A, Sharan A, Sperling M. Poster presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 2005.
5. A BETTER METHOD OF ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING CORTEX FOR FUNCTIONAL BRAIN MAPPING. Zangaladze A, Pillai JA, Raghunathan U, Wyeth EG, Wyeth DH, Sperling MRPoster presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 2005.
6. Is vagus nerve stimulation effective after failed epilepsy surgery? Pillai JA, Nei M, Zangaladze A, Sharan A, Comer C, and Sperling M. Abstract presented at the American Epilepsy Society/American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Joint Annual Meeting held in December 2005.
7. A Case-Control Study Comparing New Onset Epilepsy in Patients Younger and Older Than 65 Years. Vitaliy Koss, Peyman Andalib, Sigmund Jenssen, and Jyoti Pillai. Abstract presented at the American Epilepsy Society Meeting held in December 2006.
8. Does Voluntary Seizure Control Exist? Sigmund Jenssen, Eve Khlyavich, and Jyoti Pillai. Abstract presented at the American Epilepsy Society Meeting held in December 2006.
9. Does Ethnicity Play a Role in Decrease in Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Chronic Epilepsy? Jyoti A. Pillai, Ijaz Malik, Kamil J. Detyniecki, and Sigmund Jenssen. Abstract presented at the American Epilepsy Society Meeting held in December 2006.
10. INTERICTAL EEG AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY. Jyoti Pillai and Michael Sperling. Review article. Epilepsia 47 (Suppl 1): 14-22, 2006 |