"Functional Microdissection of Human Speech Cortex Circuitry: Perception and Production Mechanisms"

Edward Chang MD is Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Physiology at UCSF. Dr. Chang¿s clinical expertise is surgical therapies for intractable epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia, pain, and adult brain tumors. He specializes in advanced neurophysiologic brain mapping methods, including awake speech and motor mapping, to safely perform neurosurgical procedures in eloquent areas of the brain. He is the recipient of the NIH Director¿s New Innovator Award, Klingenstein Fellowship, and Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award from the American Epilepsy Society.