Department of Neurology

Department of Neurology
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David M. Raizen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology in Medicine
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology
Department: Neurology

Contact information
Center for Sleep
TRL 2nd Floor
125 S. 31st Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-746-4809
Fax: 215-746-4814
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education
BA (Biochemistry)
University of Texas at Austin, 1989.
PhD (Neuroscience)
University of Texas Southwestern, 1997.
MD (Medicine)
University of Texas Southwestern, 1997.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998-1999.
Fellow in Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002-2004.
Resident in Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1999-2002.
Certifications
American Board of Sleep Medicine, 2005.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2003.
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Description of Research Expertise

C. elegans behavioral genetics: Genetic egulation of sleep-like states

Description of Clinical Expertise

Sleep disorders: In particular disorders of sleep regulation and restless leg syndrome.

Selected Publications

David M. Raizen, John E. Zimmerman, Matthew H. Maycock, Uyen D. Ta, Young-jai You, Meera V. Sundaram & Allan I. Pack: Lethargus is a Caenorhabditis elegans sleep-like state. Nature 451, January 2008.

Raizen DM, Mason TB, Pack AI.: Genetic basis for sleep regulation and sleep disorders. Seminars in Neurology 26(5): 467-483, November 2006.

Raizen, D. M., Cullison, K. M., Pack, A. I, and Sundaram, M. V.: A novel gain-of-function mutant of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase egl-4 affects multiple physiological processes in C. elegans. Genetics 173(1): 177-187, May 2006.

Zimmerman, J. E., Raizen, D. M., Shockley, K., Churchill, G. A., and Pack, A. I.: Temporal changes in gene expression with sleep and wake in the Drosophila brain. Physiological Genomics 27(3): 337-350, September 2006.

Raizen, D. M., Brooks-Kayal, A., Steinkrauss, L., Tennekoon, G. I., Stanley, C. A., and Kelly, A.: Central nervous system hyperexcitability associated with glutamate dehydrogenasae gain of function mutations. Journal of Pediatrics 146(3): 388-394, March 2005.

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