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Recent Publications & Presentations

Peer Reviewed Publications

Balkaya, I. Y., Fernandez, J. A., Gerguis, W., Kaner, M. T., Lamagna, M., Lekshminarayanan, A., Meng, H., Mohar, SMM, Randev, S., Sanchez, I., Brahmbhatt, S., Islam, M., Frankenthaler, M¶., Diamond, P. T., Altschuler, E. L. (2020) When physical medicine and rehabilitation became medicine-life in the time of Coronavirus Disease of 2019. Am J Phys Med Rehabil., 99, 480-481.

Tam, E., Kaner, M. T.Magracia, C. M., Thompson, H.Altschuler, E. L. (2020) Subtle dysmetria after a hemorrhage in the basal ganglia and lentiform nucleus. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 99, e70.

Randev, S., Goldstein, L., Morgenstern, K., Lekshminarayanan, A., Altschuler, E. L. (2020) Clinical Conundrum: Severe oropharyngeal dysphagia. Dysphagia 2020 Mar 4. doi: 10.1007/s00455-020-10101-6. Online ahead of print.

Kaner, M. T., Hon, E.He, T., Patira, R. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020) Rehabilitation after complete hemisensory loss: Report of two cases. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 99, 86-90.

Randev, S., Quiroga, O.Islam, M. & Altschuler, E. L. (2019) "1.5 Dissociation" of Somatoparaphrenia for the upper limb and neglect for the lower limb following a thalamic stroke presenting as flaccid hemiparesis: rehabilitation applications and neuroscience implications. Experimental Brain Research., 237, 585-586

Choi, J., Randev, S.Brahmbhatt, S. & Altschuler, E. L. (2019) Visual Vignette: Isolated lesion of the fourth digit extensor muscle belly fascicle. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 98, e64-e65.

Randev, S., Quiroga, O.Islam, M. & Altschuler, E. L. (2018) "1.5 Dissociation" of Somatoparaphrenia for the upper limb and neglect for the lower limb following a thalamic stroke presenting as flaccid hemiparesis: rehabilitation applications and neuroscience implications. Experimental Brain Research. 

Altschuler, E. L. (2018) Animal assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Lessons from "Case Reports" in media stories. Military Medicine, 183, 11-13.

Han, X., Nguyen, B. & Altschuler, E. L. (2018) Presumed acute leukemia presenting as acute spinal cord injury. Am J Phys Med Rehabil., 97, e9-e10.

Mohar, M., Hartman, K., Long, B., Lee, P., Didita, A., & Altschuler, E. L. (2018). Rehabilitation course and specification of dysmetria of a patient with ataxia, dysmetria and hemiparesis following a stroke in the corona radiata: a case presentation.  PM&R. 10, 974-978.

Li, S., Hartman, K., Surapanini, K., & Altschuler, E. L. (2017). Rehabilitation of the pontine ataxia-dysmetria syndrome. PM&R, 9, 636-638.

Hodde, M., Rowe, K., Surapanini, K., Terengo, P. & Altschuler, E. L. (2017). Management of Severe Hemiballismus: Treatment Challenges in the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting: A Case Presentation PM&R, 9, 732-735.

Altschuler, E. L. & Williams, R. C. (2017). Ultrasound visualization of a test for non-physiologic deficits. PM&R, 9, 736-737.

Altschuler, E. L., Huang, A. E., Kim, H. J., Battaglini, L., Roncato, S. (2017) An unexplained three-dimensional percept emerging from a bundle of lines. Atten Percept Psychophys., 79, 2108-2116.

Hartman, K., Peluzzo, A., Shadani, S., Chellquist, I., Weprin, S., Hunt, H., Smith-Benjamin, S. & Altschuler, E. L. (2017). Devising a method to study if Wernicke's aphasia patients are aware that they do not comprehend language or speak it understandably.  J Undergrad Neurosci Educ., 16, E5-E12.

Hauzenberger, J. R., Hipszer, B. R., Loeum, C., McCue, P. A., DeStefano, M., Torjman, M. C., Kaner, M. T., Dinesen, A. R., Chervoneva, I., Pieber, T. R., Joseph, J. I. (2017). Detailed Analysis of Insulin Absorption Variability and the Tissue Response to Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Catheter Implantation in Swine. Diabetes Technol. Ther. (In Press, doi:10.1089/dia.2017.0175).

Mohar, S. M., Saeed, S., Ramcharan, A. & Depaz, H. (2017). Small bowel obstruction due to mesenteric abscess caused by Mycobacterium avium complex in an HIV patient: a case report and literature review. J Surg Case Rep. (7): rjx129.

Song, J., Ascherman, B., Eudailey, K. W., Mohar, M., Argenziano, M., Takayama, H., et al. (2017). Long-term failure of Amplatzer plugs in the treatment of aortic pathology. J Card Surg. 2017;32(7):426-9.

Patira, R., Ciniglia, L., Calvert, T. & Altschuler, E. L. (2017) Pure apraxia of speech due to infarct in premotor cortex. Neurol Neurochir Pol., 51, 519-524. 

Correspondence

Altschuler, E. L. (2020) Scientists whose ideas came on the move. Nature, 580, 590.

Altschuler, E. L., Kaner, M. T. & Mohar, S. M. (2019). Ousting a condition’s odious moniker. Nature, 574, 36.

Altschuler, E. L. (2017). Post-traumatic stress disorder. NEJM, 377, 1795-1796. 

Altschuler, E. L.  (2017). Crime fiction: Sherlock Holmes — a family likeness? Nature, 551, 33.

Books and Book Chapters

Lee, B., Choi, J., Lopez, F. (2018). Ankle Sprain. In S. Kahn, R. Xu (Ed.) Musculoskeletal Sports and Spine Disorders: A Complete Guide. New York, NY: Springer pp. 287-289.

Lee, B., Choi, J., Lopez, F. (2018). Bunion. In S. Kahn, R. Xu (Ed.) Musculoskeletal Sports and Spine Disorders: A Complete Guide, New York, NY: Springer pp. 323-325.

Altschuler, E. L. (2017). A Great Literature Guide to the DSM-5 (Preface by VS Ramachandran) Oxford: Oxford University Press.

National Meetings / Presentations

Balkaya, I., Qin, A. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2020, March). Transcortical motor apraxia of speech. Late Breaking Abstracts poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Balkaya, I., Qin, A. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2020, March). Transcortical motor apraxia of speech. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Balkaya, I., Qin, A. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2020, March). Broca’s area as an initiator of speech in a patient with left frontotemporoparietal partial lobectomy. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Erazo, K. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March). Hair cutter’s palsy—a new occupational focal dystonia: A Case Report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Erazo, K., Astudillo, B. S. & Islam, M. (2020, March). Clinical presentation of dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Fernandez, J., Rooney, B. & Brahmbhatt, S. (2020, March) Abdominal Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (AACNES) as a cause of atypical chronic abdominal pain: a case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Fernandez, J., Sanchez, I. & Islam, M. (2020, March) Clinical presentation of severe left carpal tunnel syndrome in a 5-year-old female with mild symptoms: a case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Kaner, M., Fandel, J., Wann, K., Kakish, R., Chiechi, M. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March)Successful return to work after complete isolated hand paralysis following stroke: A case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Lekshminarayanan, A. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March). Suspected Candida Auris infection in a patient on acute inpatient rehabilitation: precautions, pitfalls and promise. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Lekshminarayanan, A., Gerguis, W., Bacopulos, A. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March). Time course of proximal to distal physiologic and functional recovery from severe critical illness polyneuropathy-- a rehabilitation unit experience. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Meng, H., Lekshminarayanan, A. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March). Favorable rehabilitation course of a patient with status post resection fungal brain mass. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Mohar, S. M. M., Alejandro, R., Kahle, K.Altschuler, E. L. & Wei, X. (2020, March). Classic presentation with Foville’s syndrome after resection of pontine tumor. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Mohar, S. M. M., Alejandro, R. & Wei, X.  (2020, March). NMDA-R Ab negative Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia syndrome in a patient with Ovarian Teratoma. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Randev, S., Gerguis, W. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March). Evaluation of adequate ambulation, transfers, and functional outcome after total surgical excision of unilateral gluteus maximus and medius in treatment of high grade sarcoma gluteal mass post-operatively: A Case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Sanchez, I., Fernandez, J. & Islam, M. (2020, March) Clinical presentation of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Tam, E., Hon, E. & Altschuler, E. L. (2020, March). Pulmonary embolism diagnosed during follow-up imaging after acute inpatient rehabilitation admission screening chest x-ray in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Yaritzy, M., Astudillo, B. S. & Islam, M. (2020, March). Clinical presentation of atypical presentation of Charcot Tooth Marie (CMT): A case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL.

Yaritzy, M., Astudillo, B. S. & Islam, M. (2020, March) Clinical presentation of alternating hemiplegia of childhood: A case report. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (joint meeting with the 14th International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) World Congress—ISPRM 2020), Orlando, FL

Calvert, T., Patira, R., Ciniglia, L. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2017, October). Lesion localization and rehabilitation of apraxia of speech: A case report.  Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Denver, CO.

Altschuler, E. L., Ferro, N., Khan, S. F., Surapenini, K.  (2017, November). Correcting Penfield’s motor homunculus.  Poster session (061.10) presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neurosciences, Washington, DC.

Brahmbhatt, S., Pham, C., Sampathkumar, H. & Altschuler, E. L. (2018, February). Ultrasound guided carpal tunnel injection in a patient with a vascular fistula.  Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Choi, J., Randev, S., Kast, R. E., & Altschuler, E. L.  (2018, February). Low dose lorazepam for hyperkinetic tremors in a patient with Parkinson's disease and anxiety. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Kaner, M. T., Pelaez, N. & Altschuler, E. L. (2018, February) First report of successful ambulation and functional rehabilitation in a patient with complete hemi-sensory loss secondary to stroke and neuroscience implications. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Mohar, M., Hartman, K., Long, B., Lee, P., Didita, A., & Altschuler, E. L.  (2018, February). Non-cerebellar ataxia-dysmetria syndromes: Case presentation of a patient with a stroke in the corona radiata. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Pham, C., Sampathkumar, H. & Altschuler, E. L. (2018, February). The natural history of functional recovery from severe pubic and sacroiliac joint diastases. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Calvert, T. & Altschuler, E. L. (2018, February). Penfield homunculus like weakness in a patient with a subcortical stroke: a Case report. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Pham, C., Kaner, T., Kaganowicz, P., Ambris, H. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2018, October). Evolution of iliopsoas inflammation to sacroiliac joint erosion. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Orlando, FL.

Randev, S., Quiroga, O., Islam, M. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2018, October). Rehabilitation and neuroscience implications of somatoparaphrenia for the upper limb and neglect for the lower limb following a thalamic stroke presenting as flaccid hemiparesis: A Case Report.  Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Orlando, FL.

Kakish, R., & Altschuler, E. L.  (2019, February). Silly putty generated and directed exercises as adjuvant for mirror therapy.  Poster session presented at the annual Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Kaner, M., Hon, E., He, T. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2019, February). Recurvatum as primary functional gait disorder in a patient with complete proprioceptive loss following stroke: assessment and management Poster session presented at the annual Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Choi, J., Brahmbhatt, S. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2019, February). Isolated lesion of the fourth digit extensor muscle belly fascicle. Poster session presented at the annual Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Kaner, M., Brahmbhatt, S. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2019, February). Rehabilitation course of ataxia and dysmetria secondary to a lesion in the centum semiovale.  Poster session presented at the annual Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tam, E., Sabban, S., Hon, E. & Islam, M.  (2019, February). Atypical presentation of nutritional rickets with muscular weakness Poster session presented at the annual Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Lamagna, M. & Altschuler, E. L.  (2019, November). Benefit of mirror visual feedback for ambulation in a patient with complete hemi-sensory loss following stroke: A case report. Poster session presented at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX.

LEGEND

Bold                NYMC Rehabilitation Medicine faculty

Bold Italics     NYMC/Metropolitan PM&R Residents

Italics              NYC-H&H / Metropolitan Therapists

○                              NYMC Medical Students

†                              Department of Radiology, Metropolitan Hospital Center

‡                              Yale University-Department of Neurosurgery

¶                      Metropolitan Hospital, Department of Palliative Care