Edilberto Amorim, MD
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Harvard Medical School – Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., WACC 8-35
Boston, MA 19104
Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., WACC 8-35
Boston, MA 19104
Office: 617-726-8639
Education:
MD
Escola Bahiana de Medicina, Salvador, Brazil, 2008.
MD
Escola Bahiana de Medicina, Salvador, Brazil, 2008.
Post-Graduate Training
Research Assistant – Medical ICU, Hospital Salvador, Salvador, Brazil, 2006-2006.
Research Assistant – Neuroimaging lab, University of Texas at Houston, UT Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders, Houston, TX, 2009-2009.
Intern; Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2010-2011.
Resident; Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2011-2014.
Clinical and Research Fellow; Neurocritical care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2014-2016.
Clinical and Research Fellow; Clinical Neurophysiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2016-present.
Research Assistant – Medical ICU, Hospital Salvador, Salvador, Brazil, 2006-2006.
Research Assistant – Neuroimaging lab, University of Texas at Houston, UT Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders, Houston, TX, 2009-2009.
Intern; Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2010-2011.
Resident; Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2011-2014.
Clinical and Research Fellow; Neurocritical care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2014-2016.
Clinical and Research Fellow; Clinical Neurophysiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2016-present.
Certifications
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates , 2009.
Basic Life Support Certification, 2010.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, 2010.
Pennsylvania Medical License (inactive), 2010.
Emergency Neurology Life Support Certification, 2013.
Massachusetts Medical License (active), 2014.
Permanent linkEducational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates , 2009.
Basic Life Support Certification, 2010.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, 2010.
Pennsylvania Medical License (inactive), 2010.
Emergency Neurology Life Support Certification, 2013.
Massachusetts Medical License (active), 2014.
Selected Publications
Kim JA, Moura LMVR, Williamson CA, Amorim E, Zafar SF, Biswal S, Westover MB.: Seizures and quantitative EEG. (Book Chapters) In: Seizures in Critical Care. Claassen J (ed.); Springer, New Jersey, NJ 2016.Amorim E, Ghassemi MM, Lee JW, Westover MB. : Dynamic quantitative EEG signatures predict outcome in cardiac arrest. (Poster Presentation at a Professional Meeting) Neurocritical Care Society, 2016 – National Harbor, MD, USA. 2016.
Amorim E, Williamson CA, Moura LMVR, Shafi M, Gaspard N, Rosenthal ES, Guanci MM, Rajajee V, Westover MB.: A spectrogram-based classification system for seizure identification: a pilot study. (Poster Presentation at a Professional Meeting) American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, 2016 – Orlando, FL, USA. 2016.
Amorim E, Williamson CA, Moura LMVR, Shafi M, Gaspard N, Rosenthal ES, Guanci MM, Rajajee V, Westover MB.: A spectrogram-based classification system for seizure identification: a pilot study. (Poster Presentation at a Professional Meeting) American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, 2016 – Orlando, FL, USA. 2016.
Amorim E, McDade EM.: Rapidly-progressive catatonia responsive to zolpidem in a patient with ovarian teratoma-associated paraneoplastic encephalitis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2016.
Ghassemi MM, Amorim E, Pati SB, Mark RG, Brown EN, Purdon PL, Westover MB. : An Enhanced cerebral recovery index for coma prognostication following cardiac arrest. Conference proceedings: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2015.
Ghassemi MM, Amorim E, Pati SB, Mark RG, Brown EN, Purdon PL, Westover MB. : An Enhanced Cerebral Recovery Index For Coma Prognostication Following Cardiac Arrest. (Poster Presentation at a Professional Meeting) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2015 – Milan, Italy. 2015.
Amorim E, Williamson CA, Moura LMVR, Shafi M, Gaspard N, Rosenthal ES, Guanci MM, Rajajee V, Westover MB.: Performance of spectrogram-based seizure screening of adult EEGs by nurses and neurophysiologists. (Poster Presentation at a Professional Meeting) Neurocritical Care Society, 2015 – Scottsdale, AZ, USA. 2015.
Amorim E, Rittenberger JC, Baldwin MB, Callaway CW, Popescu P.: Malignant EEG patterns in cardiac arrest patients treated with targeted temperature management who survive to hospital discharge. Resuscitation 2015.
Amorim E, Rittenberger JC, Zheng JJ, Baldwin MB, Popescu P.: Isolated suppression-burst pattern on continuous EEG is not associated with poor neurologic outcome following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. (Poster Presentation at a Professional Meeting) Neurocritical Care Society, 2014 – Seattle, WA, USA 2014.