Amit Verma, MD

  • Houston Methodist neurologist
  • Neurophysiology section chief and epilepsy program director, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute
  • Associate professor of clinical neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Media Contact: Patti Muck , 832.667.5740

Amit Verma, MD

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Media Contact: Patti Muck , 832.667.5740

Areas of Expertise

  • Clinical neurophysiology
  • EEG
  • Epilepsy
  • Intraoperative monitoring
  • Seizures
  • Sleep disorders

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Monitoring, Sleep Medicine
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Government Medical College, Amritsar, India | 1992
INTERNSHIP
Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, New York
RESIDENCY
Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
FELLOWSHIP
Clinical Neurophysiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Publications

Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy
Peters, JM, Becker, DA, Verma, A & Sirven, J 2023, , Epilepsia, vol. 64, no. 11, pp. 3109-3110. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17764

Acute seizure therapies in people with epilepsy: Fact or fiction? A U.S. Perspective
Tatum, WO, Glauser, T, Peters, JM, Verma, A, Weatherspoon, S, Benbadis, S, Becker, DA, Puri, V, Smith, M, Misra, SN, Rabinowicz, AL & Carrazana, E 2023, , Epilepsy and Behavior Reports, vol. 23, 100612, pp. 100612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2023.100612

Multifocal transcranial stimulation in chronic ischemic stroke: A phase 1/2a randomized trial
Chiu, D, McCane, CD, Lee, J, John, B, Nguyen, L, Butler, K, Gadhia, R, Misra, V, Volpi, JJ, Verma, A & Helekar, SA 2020, , Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 29, no. 6, 104816, pp. 104816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104816

Fractional anisotropy asymmetry and the side of seizure origin for partial onset-temporal lobe epilepsy
Li, H, Xue, Z, Dulay, MF, Verma, A, Karmonik, C, Grossman, RG & Wong, ST 2014, , Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 481-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2014.06.009

A graph-theoretical analysis algorithm for quantifying the transition from sensory input to motor output by an emotional stimulus
Karmonik, C, Fung, SH, Dulay, MF, Verma, A & Grossman, RG 2013, . in 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013., 6609765, pp. 1374-1377, 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013, Osaka, Japan, 7/3/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609765

Current concepts in epilepsy surgery
Grossman, RG, Liu, CY & Verma, A 2012, , Neurosurgical focus, vol. 32, no. 3. https://doi.org/10.3171/2012.1.FOCUS1241

Outcome from therapeutic hypothermia and EEG
Kawai, M, Thapalia, U & Verma, A 2011, , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 483-488. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNP.0b013e318231bfef


Cost function evaluation for the registration of clinical DTI images onto the ICBM DTI81 white matter Atlas
Karmonik, C, Dulay, MF, Verma, A & Grossman, RG 2010, , Technology and Health Care, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 145-156. https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-2010-0578

Brain activation in complex partial seizures during switching from a the goal-directed task to a resting state: Comparison of fMRI maps to the default mode network
Karmonik, C, Dulay, M, Verma, A, Yen, C & Grossman, RG 2010, . in 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC10., 5627883, 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC10, pp. 5685-5688, 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC10, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8/31/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627883

Distinguishing left or right temporal lobe epilepsy from controls using fractional anisotropy asymmetry analysis
Li, H, Xue, Z, Dulay, MF, Verma, A, Wong, S, Karmonik, C, Grossman, R & Wong, ST 2010, . in Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality - 5th International Workshop, MIAR 2010, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6326 LNCS, pp. 219-227, 5th International Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, MIAR 2010, Beijing, China, 9/19/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15699-1_23

Changes in individual and group spatial and verbal learning characteristics after anterior temporal lobectomy
Dulay, MF, Levin, HS, York, MK, Li, X, Mizrahi, EM, Goldsmith, I, Verma, A, Goldman, A, Grossman, RG & Yoshor, D 2009, , Epilepsia, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 1385-1395. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01730.x

Predictors of individual visual memory decline after unilateral anterior temporal lobe resection
Dulay, MF, Levin, HS, York, MK, Mizrahi, EM, Verma, A, Goldsmith, I, Grossman, RG & Yoshor, D 2009, , Neurology, vol. 72, no. 21, pp. 1837-1842. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a71132


Memory, emotional and vocational impairments before and after anterior temporal lobectomy for complex partial seizures
Dulay, MF, York, MK, Soety, EM, Hamilton, WJ, Mizrahi, EM, Goldsmith, IL, Verma, A, Grossman, RG, Yoshor, D, Armstrong, DD & Levin, HS 2006, , Epilepsia, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 1922-1930. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00812.x

EEG of partial seizures
Verma, A & Radtke, R 2006, , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 333-339. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.wnp.0000228497.89734.7a


Continued use of zonisamide following development of renal calculi
Richards, KC, Smith, MC & Verma, A 2005, , Neurology, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 763-764. https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000152053.80831.58


Lateralized seizure termination: Relationship to outcome following anterior temporal lobectomy
Verma, A, Lewis, D, VanLandingham, KE, Husain, AM, Friedman, AH, Thompson, E & Radtke, RA 2001, , Epilepsy Research, vol. 47, no. 1-2, pp. 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-1211(01)00289-3

Languages

  • English