Dr. Arman Fesharaki Zadeh

Biography

Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh is a behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatrist at Yale Medicine, specializing in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). His dedication to understanding the complexities of traumatic brain injuries is informed by his experiences during his psychiatry residency at a veteran's hospital, where he observed that certain patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) responded poorly to maximum dose treatments, leading to the discovery that these patients often had unresolved traumatic brain injuries. Dr. Fesharaki-Zadeh completed his behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine in 2017 and has since focused his research on developing animal models for studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He is actively involved in investigating potential mechanisms leading to CTE, including tau accumulation in specific brain regions. In addition to his research, he teaches psychiatry and neurology at Yale School of Medicine and conducts patient assessments at the Yale memory outpatient clinic. Establishing a trusting patient-physician relationship is vital to his practice as he addresses sensitive symptoms that impact patients' daily lives. His diverse training background combines clinical adult psychiatry with basic neuroscience research, providing him with a unique perspective on patient care and treatment.

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