Andrew (Andy) Silverman, MD, MHS

Education

  • Residency: Stanford Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (Pediatrics 2022, Child Neurology 2025)
  • MD: Yale School of Medicine (2020)
  • MHS: Yale School of Medicine (2020)
  • ScB: Brown University (2014)

 

Clinical & Research Interests

  • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Medical education

 

Publications

Silverman A, Cheronis C, Beres S. Teaching Video NeuroImage: Infantile Upbeat Nystagmus as an Isolated Presentation of CACNA1F-Related Retinal Dystrophy. Neurology. 2024 May 14;102(9):e209416. Epub 2024 Apr 5. PMID: 38579184.

Silverman A, Hilgenberg S, Shen S, Spelbrink EM, Klotz J. Impact of an Interactive, Animation-Based Electroencephalography Curriculum on Learner Confidence and Knowledge. Pediatric Neurology. 2023 Dec 7;151:96-103. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38141555.

Cheronis C, Silverman A, George PM. Eye Toward Stroke Prevention: Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Tandem Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion. Stroke. 2024 Mar 21. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38511307.

Silverman A, Miglis MG, Gallentine W. Benign myoclonus of sleep associated with K-complexes on electroencephalography. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Jan 1;20(1):183-184. PMID: 37772703; PMCID: PMC10758558.

Silverman A, Batten J, Berkman E, Fitzgerald H, Epstein B, Shearer E, Diekema D, Burgart A. Resuscitate but not Intubate? Partial Codes in Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2023 Jul 12:e2022058931. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058931. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37435669.

Silverman A, Dugue R, George PM. Clinical Problem Solving: A 38-year-Old Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Headache, Nausea, and Vomiting. The Neurohospitalist. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/19418744231182285.

Silverman A, Loube D, Lovall M, Cheronis C, Madill E, Karch C. Teaching NeuroImage: Cutaneous Lesions and Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis in Gastric Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma. Neurology. 2023 Jun 8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37290974.

Johnson A, Silverman A, Segal B, Beres S. Bilateral Marcus Gunn Jaw-Winking Syndrome in a Neonate with Congenital Neurosyphilis. J Pediatr. 2022 Sep 22:S0022-3476(22)00845-9.

Silverman A, Barsh GR, Jeng S. Episodic Ataxic Gait in a Healthy Toddler: An Exemplary Case of Recurrent Vertigo of Childhood. J Pediatr. 2022 Dec 19:S0022-3476(22)01133-7.

Silverman A, Beres S. Child Neurology: Horner Syndrome in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Infant. Neurology. 2022 Sep 21.

Petersen NH, Kodali S, Meng C, Fangong L, Nguyen CK, Peshwe K, Strander S, Silverman A, Kimmel A, Wang A, Anadani M, Almallouhi E, Spiotta A, Kim JT, Farooqui M, Zevallos C, Maier I, Psychogios M, Liman J, Riou-Comte N, Richard S, Benjamin G, Wolfe S, Brown P, Fargen K, Mistry E, Fakhri H, Mistry A, Wong KH, de Havenon A, Nascimento F, Kan P, Matouk C, Ortega-Gutierrez, Sheth KN. Blood Pressure Trajectory Groups and Outcome after Endovascular Thrombectomy - A Multicenter Study. Stroke. 2022 Apr;53(4):1216-1225.

Silverman A. Catamenial epilepsy. Neurology (E-Pearl). September 14, 2021.

Silverman A. Cerebral Autoregulation-Based Blood Pressure Management In The Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit: Towards Individualizing Care In Ischemic Stroke And Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. 2020. Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library: 3951.

Silverman A, Kodali S, Sheth KN, Petersen NH. Hemodynamics and hemorrhagic transformation after endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke. Frontiers in Neurology. 2020 July 17; 11:728.

Silverman A,* Selvadurai C,* Traner C, Narula R, Schindler J. Progressive tetraparesis in a 57-year-old man with congenital absence of an anterior spinal artery: a case of anterior spinal cord infarction. The Neurohospitalist. 2020 May 22. (*equally contributed)

Cord BJ, Kodali S, Strander S, Silverman A, Wang A, Chouairi F, Koo AB, Nguyen CK, Peshwe K, Kimmel A, Porto CM, Hebert RM, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN, Sansing LH, Schindler JL, Matouk CC, Petersen NH. Direct Carotid Puncture for Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Prohibitive Vascular Access. J Neurosurgery. 2020 Aug 14.

Al-Dasuqi K, Payabvash S, Torres-Flores GA, Strander S, Nguyen CK, Silverman A, Malhotra A, Johnson M, Matouk C, Schindler J, Sansing LH, Sheth K, Petersen NH. The Effects of Collateral Status on Infarct Distribution Following Endovascular Therapy in Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke. Stroke. 2020 Aug 12.

Silverman A, Petersen NH. Cerebral Autoregulation. StatPearls Review. Jan 2020. PMID: 31985976.

Subbaro BS, Silverman A, Eapen BC. Seizure Medications. StatPearls Review. Dec 2019. PMID: 29489165.

Silverman A, Selvadurai C, Picard J, Gluck L, Fisayo A, Makhani N, Benitez V. Clinical Reasoning: A 16-year-old female with ataxia, oscillopsia, and behavioral changes. Neurology. 2020; 94(16):713-717.

Silverman A,* Petersen NH,* Wang A, Strander S, Kodali S, et al. Fixed Compared to Autoregulation-Oriented Blood Pressure Thresholds after Mechanical Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2020; 51(3):914-921. (*equally contributed)

Silverman A. Parakinesia brachialis oscitans. Neurology (E-Pearl), December 30, 2019.

Petersen NH, Silverman A, Kimmel A, Sheth K. Response to Letter by Samuels et al. Regarding Article “Decreases in blood pressure during thrombectomy are associated with larger infarct volumes and worse functional outcome.” Stroke. 2019; 50(11):321-322.

Silverman A. Persistent connection. Neurology. 2019; 92:768-769.

Silverman A, Kodali S, Strander S, Gilmore E, Kimmel A, Wang A, Cord B, Falcone G, Hebert R, Matouk C, Sheth KN, Petersen NH. Deviation from personalized blood pressure targets is associated with worse outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke. 2019; 50(10):2729-37.

Silverman A,* Petersen NH,* Wang A, Strander S, Kodali S, Matouk C, Sheth KN. Exceeding Association of Personalized Blood Pressure Targets With Hemorrhagic Transformation and Functional Outcome After Endovascular Stroke Therapy. JAMA Neurology. 2019 Jul 29. (*equally contributed)

Petersen NH, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Wang A, Lopez G, Strander S, Kodali S, Silverman A, Zhen-Li B, Dandapat S, Sansing L, Schindler J, Falcone G, Gilmore E, Amin H, Cord B, Hebert R, Matouk C, Sheth K. Decreases in blood pressure during thrombectomy are associated with larger infarct volumes and worse functional outcome. Stroke. 2019; 50(7):1797-1804.

Silverman A, Taneja S, Benchetrit L, Makusha P, McNamara RL, Pine AB. Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with an Accessory Pathway. J Investig Med HICR. 2018; 6:1-4.

Silverman A, O’Meara T, Le L, Robertson K, Spudich S. Progressive gait difficulty and incontinence in a 40-year old man with HIV. Neurology. 2018; 91:1065-70.

LeBlanc BW, Lii TR, Silverman A, Alleyne RT, Saab CY. Cortical theta is increased while thalamocortical coherence is decreased in rat models of acute and chronic pain. PAIN. 2014; 155:773-782.

 

Posters/Presentations

Silverman A, Kothapalli N, Beres S. Neurolymphomatosis Manifesting as Oculomotor Palsy in a 65-Year-Old Female with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. Poster Presentation, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, Honolulu 2024.

Silverman A, Hilgenberg S, Shen S, Spelbrink EM, Klotz J. Impact of an Interactive, Animation-Based Electroencephalography Curriculum on Learner Confidence and Knowledge. Platform Presentation, American Academy of Neurology, Denver, 2024.

Silverman A, Wang A, Kodali S, Strander S, Kimmel A, Nguyen C, Peshwe K, Matouk C, Sheth KN, Marshall R, Tan CO, Petersen NH. Cerebral Autoregulation-guided Parameters for Predicting Midline Shift After Large-vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke. Uploaded Platform Presentation, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference 2020.

Silverman A, Kodali S, Strander S, Gilmore E, Kimmel A, Cord B, Hebert R, Sheth K, Matouk C, Petersen NH. Deviation from Dynamic Blood Pressure Targets Is Associated with Worse Functional Outcome After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Platform Presentation, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2019.

Silverman A, Wang A, Strander S, Kodali S, Sansing L, Schindler J, Hebert R, Gilmore E, Sheth K, Petersen NH. Blood Pressure Management Outside Individualized Limits of Autoregulation is Associated with Neurologic Deterioration and Worse Functional Outcomes in Patients with Large-Vessel Occlusion (LVO) Ischemic Stroke. Platform Presentation, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia 2019.

Silverman A, Wang A, Kodali S, Strander S, Cord B, Hebert R, Matouk C, Gilmore E, Sheth K, Petersen NH. Individualized blood pressure management after subarachnoid hemorrhage using real-time autoregulation monitoring: a pilot study using NIRS and ICP-derived limits of autoregulation. Platform Presentation, International Stroke Conference, Honolulu 2019.

Silverman A, Chan P, Paul R, Hellmuth J, Valcour V, Spudich S. Prominent motor abnormalities in Thai men and women with presumed subtype CRF01_AE HIV-1 infection improve with antiretroviral therapy. Poster Presentation, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Boston 2017.

Hess K, Taylor S, Zimmt M, Pederson L, Levy S, Silverman A. Enhancing the Learning Experience for Organic Chemistry Students at Brown University. Sheridan Center Poster for the 25th Anniversary Celebration, Providence, RI 2012.

 

Awards/Honors

  • 2023     Housestaff Teaching Award, Stanford Neurology Residency
  • 2022     American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Research Award
  • 2020     Cum laude with Honors Distinction, Yale School of Medicine
  • 2020     Peter Curran Prize Outstanding Thesis in Physiology, Yale School of Medicine
  • 2020     Marguerite Rush Lerner Award Outstanding Creative Writing, Yale School of Medicine
  • 2019     American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Scholarship
  • 2018     Founders Affiliate Award for Medical Student Research, American Heart Association
  • 2018     Lowe Endowment Fund Scholarship, Yale School of Medicine
  • 2014     Magna cum laude, Brown University
  • 2014     Department of Neuroscience Senior Prize, Brown University
  • 2014     Alfred H. Joslin Award for Campus Leadership, Brown University
  • 2012     Outstanding Teacher’s Assistant Award, Brown University
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Hobbies

  • Intramural soccer (grad school champions), tennis
  • Science fiction, comedy, poetry
  • Running with my wife and our dog, Ravioli
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