Robert L Beach, MD, PhD, FAAN, FACNS, 315 464-4243

Robert L Beach, MD, PhD, FAAN, FACNS
Appointed 06/01/99
807 Jacobsen Hall
175 Elizabeth Blackwell Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-4243

Current Appointments

Hospital Campus

  • Downtown

Clinical Section Affiliations

  • Neurology: Epilepsy

Research Programs and Affiliations

  • Neurology

Clinic/Unit

Web Resources

Education & Fellowships

  • Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center, 1992, Epilepsy Neurophysiology
  • Residency: UCLA Medical Center, 1991, Neurology
  • Internship: Yale University School of Medicine, 1988, Internal Medicine
  • MD: University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1987
  • PhD: University of Connecticut, 1977, Neurobiology
  • MS: University of Connecticut, 1972, Analytic Chemistry
  • BS: University of Connecticut, 1971, Chemistry

Previous Appointments

  • University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1992–1999
  • UCLA Medical Center, 1987–1992

Clinical Interests

  • I direct our Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, the EEG and EMU Labs and the EEG/Epilepsy Fellowship. My clinical interests include epilepsy, seizures, antiepileptic therapies (medical, surgical and experimental); functional neuromaging; differential diagnosis of spells.

Research Interests

  • Epilepsy; Seizures; Epilepsy Surgery; Antiepileptic therapies (medical, surgical and experimental); Functional imaging; Zone state performance; Neuroprotection; Neuromodulation; Neuronal transplantation; Brain stimulation

Specialties & Certification

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Diseases & Conditions Treated

  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy, Severe
  • Seizures

Treats

  • Adults and Children

Treatments/Services

  • Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Long Term Epilepsy Monitoring
  • Seizure Focus Investigation

Associations/Memberships

  • American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Fellow
  • Epilepsy Foundation, Advisor
  • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Fellow
  • American Epilepsy Society (AES), Fellow
  • American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology

Current Hospital Privileges

  • Upstate University Hospital
  • Crouse Hospital
  • VA Medical Center

Web Resources

Publications

Link to PubMed (Opens new window. Close the PubMed window to return to this page.)

Research Abstract

Clinical Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/findadoc/beachr
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/beachr