Dr Batista Neurology

[Catherin Bergan]

AlyssaBautista, MD is an assistant professor of neurology at CUMC in the Department of Neurology, Division of Critical Care and Hospitalist Neurology, and an assistant attending neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Hospital. As a clinician, Dr. Bautista is focused on the inpatient care of acute neurological disorders and emergencies, with a specialization in the field of stroke and vascular neurology. Her clinical and research interests include treatment strategies in stroke prevention, epidemiology of stroke, cardioembolic stroke, and outcomes in stroke care.

Dr. Bautista earned her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. She pursued her internship in internal medicine at New York Medical College/Metropolitan Hospital Center, followed by neurology residency at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital. She further completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology at the University of California, San Diego. During her training, Dr. Bautista received Most Outstanding Prelim Intern and Lisl Y. Huffaker Award for Compassion in Medicine.

Dr. Bautista is board-certified in neurology. She is a committee member of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, as well as a member of the World Stroke Organization and the American Academy of Neurology.

Jocelyn Bautista, MD, is board-certified in Adult Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy. She is an Associate Professor of Neurology with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine. Her specialty interests include adult epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, familial epilepsy, evidenced-based medicine, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and quality of care in epilepsy. She served as the Quality Improvement Officer for the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute from 2007 to 2016.

She graduated from University of Illinois, completed medical school at Washington University School of Medicine and internship and neurology residency training at Yale University School of Medicine. Following residency training, Dr. Bautista completed a two-year clinical fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at Cleveland Clinic.

Upon completing her epilepsy fellowship, she received an American Academy of Neurology clinical research training fellowship award to begin her own study of familial epilepsy and to pursue training in genetic epidemiology at Case Western Reserve University. This work resulted in a Nature Genetics paper identifying a gene responsible for a familial syndrome of generalized epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesia. In 2005, she received an National Institutes of Health-mentored patient-oriented research career development award (K23) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to pursue further training and research in the complex genetics of human epilepsies. She has participated in multicenter international research consortiums and has ongoing research collaborations with the Lerner Research Institute. She also serves on the Neurology Standing Committee at the National Quality Forum which endorses metrics for use in national quality improvement initiatives.

adult and geriatric epilepsy, adult epilepsy, clinical drug trials, clinical neurophysiology, EEG, Epilepsy, genetics, genetics of epilepsy, invasive EEG monitoring for pre-surgical evaluations, Seizure disorder treatment and surgery in brain malformations, seizure manifestations, vagus nerve stimulation, Video EEG

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What is your favorite activity outside of the classroom?

My favorite activity outside of the classroom is hiking or backpacking. I love hiking around New England, although would love to backpack across other parts of the country and world.

Why did you decide to pursue research in brain science?

After taking my first neuroscience class at Brown, I fell in love with the intricacies of neural systems and circuitry. Neuroscience fell at the perfect intersection between my interests in biology and psychology, and furthered my curiosity in the connection between the mind and body. I decided to pursue research in brain science because I was eager to learn more about this incredibly complex and enigmatic organ, as well as the methodologies for which breakthroughs in neuroscience come about.

Can you tell us a little about your project and what you found?

My UTRA project in the Desrochers lab investigates how motor sequences facilitate the execution of abstract task sequences. Executing sequences of tasks in order to accomplish an overarching goal (e.g. making soup) is an integral part of daily life. These tasks have both motor components (like cutting vegetables with a knife) and abstract planning (such as cooking soup). Though previous research has shown that the presence of an embedded motor sequence facilitates the execution of abstract task sequences, this project began to determine whether motor and abstract sequences are represented by an integrated or parallel model in the brain. Preliminary data from this project showed that adding a motor component to an abstract sequence facilitates task execution. It also demonstrated that even once a motor component is removed from an abstract sequence, task execution may still be facilitated, as opposed to abstract sequences that were never executed with a motor component at all. This suggests that motor and abstract sequences may be represented by a parallel model.

What is your most memorable experience from your training in brain science?

My most memorable experience from working in the Desrochers lab is getting to collaborate with Professor Desrochers and all of my lab mates. From bouncing ideas and feedback about our ongoing projects off each other, to sharing exciting scientific literature in the field, I love being in an environment where undergrads, grad students, and post docs can all work together to excel our understanding of the brain.

What have you learned from this experience that you are applying to other aspects of your Brown degree?

The experience of conducting research through the UTRA grant has helped me develop valuable skills in project design, data collection and analysis, and presentation of scientific results. Furthermore, I can now apply my understanding of how the brain processes and executes abstract tasks to the neuroscience and pre-med classes I am taking as part of my Brown degree. As I am specifically interested in mental health, studying higher order cognitive control will give me a greater understanding of how brain health affects behavior.

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