Overview
Maxim Hammer is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hammer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasticity. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Epilepsy, Thrombectomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 20 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1050 Bower Hill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15243
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
UPMC Neurological Institute - Mercy
George Wittenberg, MD, PhD is a neurologist and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of California School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Wittenberg’s clinical interests include stroke rehabilitation, rehabilitation robotics, brain mechanisms of arm control, and motor deficits after stroke. His research interests include using transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional imaging to understand motor cortical reorganization following stroke and designing and testing new methods for neurorehabilitation. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, the Neural Control of Movement Society, the International Society of Motor Control, the American Neurological Association, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. View the full list of Dr. Wittenberg’s publications on PubMed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Wittenberg%2C+GF. Dr. Wittenberg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasticity. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Spasticity, Hemiplegia, and Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood.
Excela Health Physician Practices, Inc
Mary Kovacik-Eicher is a Neurologist in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kovacik-Eicher is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasticity. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Spasticity, Epilepsy, and Drug Induced Dyskinesia.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Shumaila Sultan is a Neurologist in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Sultan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasticity. Her top areas of expertise are Myasthenia Gravis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3. Dr. Sultan is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Distinguished
- StrokeDr. Hammer isDistinguished. Learn about Stroke.
- Advanced
- EpilepsyDr. Hammer isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Hammer isAdvanced. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- MigraineDr. Hammer isAdvanced. Learn about Migraine.
- SeizuresDr. Hammer isAdvanced. Learn about Seizures.
- ThrombectomyDr. Hammer isAdvanced. Learn about Thrombectomy.
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)Dr. Hammer isAdvanced. Learn about Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
- Experienced
- Alzheimer's DiseaseDr. Hammer isExperienced. Learn about Alzheimer's Disease.
- ApoplexyDr. Hammer isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Bell's PalsyDr. Hammer isExperienced. Learn about Bell's Palsy.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Hammer isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Carotid Artery SurgeryDr. Hammer isExperienced. Learn about Carotid Artery Surgery.
- Cavernous Sinus ThrombosisDr. Hammer isExperienced. Learn about Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis.
