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Neurology
Chad Carlson, MD, FAAN, FAES

Chad Carlson, MD, FAAN, FAES

Interim Chair; Professor

Locations

  • Department of Neurology
  • 8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
    Milwaukee, WI 53226

Contact Information

Education

MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 2000
Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2000-2001
Residency, Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2001-2004
Chief Resident, Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2003-2004
Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY, 2004-2005
Fellowship, Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY, 2005-2006
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Biography

Dr. Chad Carlson is a professor of neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin who specializes in the treatment of patients with epilepsy. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BA in German Literature and subsequently earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2000. His internship was completed at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign in 2001. He did his Neurology residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and then pursued two years of fellowship training in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at New York University.

Dr. Carlson's research interests include improved clinical classification of epilepsy surgery candidates, enhanced methods of detecting and removing the seizure onset zone in patients with treatment resistant epilepsy including quantitative approaches to electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography, and multi-model approaches to the functional mapping of language. He served Program Director for the Neurology Residency and the Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Fellowships and he has additional research interests in improving methods of engaging and educating future Neurologists using technology and active learning approaches. He currently serves as the Interim Chair for the Department of Neurology.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Drug Resistant Epilepsy
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Education, Professional
  • Educational Measurement
  • Epilepsy
  • Games, Experimental
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Seizures
  • Simulation Training

Research Experience

  • Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
  • Data Collection
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Partial
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy, Generalized
  • Internship and Residency
  • Language
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetoencephalography
  • Seizures

Clinical Expertise

  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy
  • Magnetoencephalography
  • Seizures

Leadership Positions

  • Associate Program Director - Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
  • Associate Program Director - Epilepsy Fellowship
  • Co-Director - Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
  • Program Director - Neurology Residency
  • Vice Chair - Education

Educational Expertise

  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy
  • Internship and Residency
  • Neurology
  • Neurophysiology

Publications

Publications of Chad Carlson MD from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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