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Clara Raquel Epstein, MD
President/CEO
Clara Raquel Epstein, MD is a Neurosurgeon with
Subspecialty Fellowship Training in Stroke &
Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stereotactic Radiosurgery
& Neurosurgical Oncology. Dr. Epstein is also actively
involved in National & International Organized Medicine
and in Development of Novel Technologies as Applied to
Neurosurgery including Neuro-robotics, Neuro-endoscopy,
Stereotaxis & Neuro-imaging, and Neuroinformatics.
As
a result of Dr. Epstein's unique expertise in
neurosurgery, medicine, and computer
technology, she has been nominated as a member to
several committees, editorial boards and honored at various
peer reviewed venues. In 2004, Dr. Epstein was presented
with the Third Annual Ohio State University Medical Center's
Research Award and Traveling Scholarship for her
collaborative research entitled "Correlation of
Microvascularity within Human Gliomas Identified at
8-Tesla, Ultra High Resolution MRI and Histopathology
Using Frameless Stereotactic Guided Biopsies". This
project applied state of the art neuroinformatics
integrated with 3D animated reconstruction and
simulation of triangulated frameless stereotactic guided
Glioma brain biopsies.
Dr. Epstein demonstrated the application and
triangulation of 8-Tesla Neuroimaging and 1.5-Tesla
Neuroimaging for frameless stereotactic biopsies of hypervascular
regions of Gliomas and correlation with frozen and
permanent pathological specimens, enhancing accurate
diagnosis and staging in patients.
Dr. Epstein spearheaded the
Computer Assisted Surgery Laboratory Web Re-development
project, the CAS Laboratory Redesign, and development of
the Interdisciplinary Curriculum while working on her
Ph.D. at Wayne State University. Her collaborative work
contributed to acquisition of the Michigan Life Science
Corridor Award Funding, "Integration of
Bioengineering & Biocomputing to Advance Michigan
Computer-Assisted Surgery Research". The amount
awarded was $3,377,560 to Wayne State University and
Lucia Zamorano, MD in May 2003.
While pursuing her Ph.D.,
Dr. Epstein was also the recipient of the National
Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship (NSF-IGERT) Scholarship at Wayne
State University, College of Engineering and Division of
Computer Assisted Surgery (Detroit, MI) in the amount of
$33,297. Dr. Epstein's novel research project was
entitled “Web-based Teaching Tools with Wireless
Access for Computer Assisted Neurosurgery and
Radiosurgery”. Her research
advisors for this project were Lucia Zamorano, MD and
Vipin Chaudhary, PhD. (2002-2003).
Dr. Epstein has been involved in Medical Web
Development, Medical & Neuroinformatics, Medical Software Development and Hardware Integration since 1989. Dr. Epstein has
numerous World Wide Web Publications to her
credit (see her
current CV for more details). In addition to her
national & international accomplishments in providing internet and
medical informatics expertise,
she has participated in providing a web
presence for Mount Sinai NYU Health Sciences
Organization. Dr. Epstein also facilitated providing remote
access for the Clinical Program for Cerebrovascular
Disorders and Neurosurgery staff and faculty at
Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York to, not only Neuro-imaging
studies available (MRI, CT Scans, etc.), but also to
critical patient data. This enables the faculty
and staff while
traveling to medical conferences, ability to secure access to crucial patient data which utilizes
state of the art technology and the Web.
Dr. Epstein's
collaborative work, entitled "Multi-Lingual IMR-E
(Intelligent Medical Records Entry) Software
Development" was presented at the Midwest Medical
Student Research Forum at the University of Nebraska
College of Medicine and Creighton University School of
Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, held February 12-13, 1993.
This was supported by American Medical Association
Education & Research Foundation. Her work was also
subsequently the focus of a full day workshop presented
at HELINA 93, the First International Working Conference
on Health Informatics at the Obafemi Awolowo University
in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Africa. This event was co-sponsored
by the World Health Organization and held April 26-28,
1993. During this time Dr. Epstein worked closely
with the MIS team, David Trace, MD and Frank Naeymi-Rad, PhD. For
more information about Dr. Epstein you
can visit
her personal site.
This site contains her
Curriculum Vitae, Credentials and examples of her
Academic Research, Presentations and Publications.
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