Curriculum vitae of Sami Aboumatar, MD (PDF)
Education:
Doctor of Medicine, 1992
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1988
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Clinical Appointments
Neurologist, 2003-Present
Austin Epilepsy Care Center
Austin, Texas
Director of the Epilepsy Program, 1998
Kingston Hospital
Kingston, NY
Fellowship, Epilepsy, 1997-1998
New York University
New York, NY
Fellowship, Stoke, 1996-1997
Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, NY
Chief Resident, Neurology Residency Program, 1993-1996
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Internship, Internal Medicine, 1992-1993
Good Samaritan Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Licensure & Certification:
License - Texas
ECFMG Certificate
Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Honors and Awards
Chief resident, Department of Neurology, Univ. of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1995-1996
Nominated for TOP Scholar Fellows grant, 1997
Teaching Award, Neurology Department, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1996
Medical Center Resident Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1996
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Neurology
American Epilepsy Society
Academic Conferences
Invited speaker at the Texas Family Physician Meeting,
Advances in Epilepsy Care and Management, Austin, TX 4/2008
Invited speaker at Texas Cadriovascular Symposium,
Stroke Management Updates, Austin, Texas, 1/2006
Grand Round, Dept of Medicine, Seton Hospital, Austin, TX 2/2006
Speaker 3rd Annual update "Epilepsy Diagnosis & Management." Univ. of Texas
Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 8/2006
Visiting Speaker, Internal Medicine Dept, Vassar Brother Hospital, Poughkeepsie, NY 5/2003
Investigator in the KEEPER trial (Antiepileptic Drug Trial), 4/2000-2002
Epilepsy Fellowship; Clinical evaluation and management of patients with epilepsy.
Video-EEG monitoring, and invasive video-EEG monitoring/epilepsy surgery.7/1997 - 6/1998
Clinical stroke fellow, Mgmt of stroke patients, Peforming carotid and vertebral Duplex, Transcranial Doppler (TCD), and continuous monitoring of cerebral blood flow using TCD. I participated in clinical research and acute stroke trials. 7/1996 - 6/1997
Grand Round, Dept of Neurology, Univ of Cincinnati Medical Center 11/1995
Publications
Aboumatar S, Tseng CL, Paik MC, Desmond D. Predictors of Dependent Living Following Stroke: The Role of Cognitive Imparment. Presented at the American Neurological Association, San Diego, 9/1997
Desmond DW, Moroney JT, Paik MC, Sano M, Mohr JP, Aboumatar S, Tseng, CL. Frequency and clinical determinants of dementia after ischemic stroke. Neurology 2000, 54:1124-1131.
Desmond DW, Bagiella E, Aboumatar S, Moroney JT, Stern Y. Predictors of Mortality among Patients With Dementia Following Stroke. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting, Boston, 4/1997.
