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Department of Biomedical Engineering 

The 2020 Jake Zabara Lectureship in NeuroCybernetic Modulation

The nervous system is not a light switch- VNS, Neuromodulation and Neuroplasticity

Brian H. Kopell, MD, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience, Director of the Center for Neuromodulation, Mount Sinai

Biography

Dr. Brian Kopell is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience and the Director of the Center for Neuromodulation at the Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Kopell has pioneered the use of neuromodulation technologies including Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Kopell will give the first annual Jake Zabara Lectureship in NeuroCybernetic Modulation on the history, current clinical impact, and future development of VNS.

With opening remarks by Dr. Jake Zabara. Dr. Zabara is the inventor of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) therapy, commercialized for the treatment of Epilepsy and Depression by LivaNova (formally Cyberonics).