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Maxwell BoakyeAcademic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Assistant Professor - Med Center Line
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Curriculum Vitae Doc
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Stanford School of Medicine Faculty Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
2007
Stanford Center of Excellence Faculty Fellowship Award
Stanford University School of Medicine
2005
Young Clinician Investigator Award
AANS/NREF
2004
Outstanding Research Prize
Cornell Medical College
1995
Continued Fellowship Support Award,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1994 - 1995
7 honors and awards: view full list
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Director
Outcomes research Lab
2007
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Director
Neural Plasticity Lab
2007
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Medical Student Applicant Interviewer
Stanford Medical Center
2007
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Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
MD
Cornell University
Medicine
1995
BA
Rutgers University
Mathematics and Physics
1989
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:
Neural Plasticity Lab
Research Interests
We utilize functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods in combination with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) to monitor plasticity in both motor and sensory cortices during the recovery process in patients with central nervous injury. The laboratory is interested in developing improved fmri sensorimotor activation tasks, characterizing the patterns and significance of CNS injury-induced cortical plasticity, evaluation of therapies such as cortical stimulation, constrait-induced therapy and other novel rehabilitation strategies for patients with CNS injuries. Current projects include investigating the differential plasticity of motor and sensory cortex in patients with spinal cord injury. Future projects include comparison of plasticity in spinal cord injury patients to that in patients with phantom limb pain.One goal of the lab is to evaluate of cortical mapping technologies in monitoring the response to therapy.
Publications
- Boakye M, Patil CG, Santarelli J, Ho C, Tian W, Lad SP "Laminectomy and fusion after spinal cord injury: national inpatient complications and outcomes." J Neurotrauma 2008; 25: 3: 173-83 More »
- Patil CG, Santarelli J, Lad SP, Ho C, Tian W, Boakye M "Inpatient complications, mortality, and discharge disposition after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis: a national perspective." Spine J 2008; More »
- Li G, Patil CG, Lad SP, Ho C, Tian W, Boakye M "Effects of age and comorbidities on complication rates and adverse outcomes after lumbar laminectomy in elderly patients." Spine 2008; 33: 11: 1250-5 More »
- Boakye M, Patil CG, Santarelli J, Ho C, Tian W, Lad SP "Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: complications and outcomes after spinal fusion." Neurosurgery 2008; 62: 2: 455-62 More »
- Hou LC, Hsu AR, Veeravagu A, Boakye M "Spinal gout in a renal transplant patient: a case report and literature review." Surg Neurol 2007; 67: 1: 65-73 More »
15 publications: view full list
