Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD
Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD

Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD

Pediatric Neurology
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Specialties
Pediatric Neurology, more

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CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
US
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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
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About Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD

Jason B. Carmel, MD, PhD, is a child neurologist and motor system neuroscientist interested in central nervous system injury and repair. During his postdoctoral fellowship in Jack Martin's laboratory, Dr. Carmel developed expertise in corticospinal injury and response to activity-based treatments. Using a combination of anatomy, physiology (brain mapping), and behavior, he has been able to identify the brain circuits that adapt to developmental brain injury.


Dr. Carmel's laboratory uses activity-based therapies, including brain stimulation and intensive behavioral training to promote recovery of function, both in rodents and humans. In a rodent hemiparesis model, they have demonstrated that stimulation of spared motor circuits causes them to sprout at their terminations in the spinal cord, form functional connections with spinal motor circuits, and restore motor skill.


Dr. Carmel's expertise in animal models of human disease and clinical neurology will allow him to translate the gains in understanding that we hope to achieve in the proposed studies into improved treatments for children with cerebral palsy. This is Dr. Camel's goal as a physician-scientist: to direct a truly translational program in which we model activity-based repair strategies in young animals with early brain injury and then use those results to design better treatments for children at risk for cerebral palsy.


Board Certifications

  • Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
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Expertise

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Pediatric Movement Disorders

  • Pediatric Neurology

  • Research Studies

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Education

  • Internship: Nyack Hospital

  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • Residency: Neurological Institute Of New York

  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

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Titles & Positions

  • Executive Director & Research Director, Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center

  • Weinberg Family Associate Professor of Neurology (in Orthopedic Surgery)

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Education

  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Internship: Nyack Hospital
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: Neurological Institute Of New York

Titles & Positions

  • Executive Director & Research Director, Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center
  • Weinberg Family Associate Professor of Neurology (in Orthopedic Surgery)

Board Certifications

  • Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology