Brian Litt Explained

Brian Litt
Birth Date:	8 March 1960
Citizenship:	American
Fields:	Neuroengineering, Computational Neuroscience, and Medicine
Workplaces:	University of Pennsylvania
Alma Mater:	Harvard University (AB) Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Awards:	NIH Director's Pioneer Award, (2020)

Brian Litt is a Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Bioengineering at the Perelman School of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania. He is the former director of the Penn Epilepsy Center, and is director of the Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics.^{[1] [2]}

He earned an A.B.(1982) in engineering and applied science from Harvard and an M.D. degree (1986) from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine His residency in neurology was at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1988–1991.^[3]

Litt's research team focuses on epilepsy but also conducts research in functional neurosurgery, network and computational neuroscience, movement disorders, intra-operative and ICU monitoring, machine learning, high-speed data, and other related areas. ^{[4] [5]}

He holds several patents and has co-founded medical device companies.

Most cited papers

• Kim DH, Viventi J, Amsden JJ, Xiao J, Vigeland L, Kim YS, Blanco JA, Panilaitis B, Frechette ES, Contreras D, Kaplan DL. [etc/] Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics. Nature materials. 2010 Jun;9(6):511-7. According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 1364 times.^[6]
• Viventi J, Kim DH, Vigeland L, Frechette ES, Blanco JA, Kim YS, Avrin AE, Tiruvadi VR, Hwang SW, Vanleer AC, Wulsin DF. [etc] Flexible, foldable, actively multiplexed, high-density electrode array for mapping brain activity in vivo. Nature neuroscience. 2011 Dec;14(12):1599. According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 935 times.
• Litt B, Echauz J. Prediction of epileptic seizures. The Lancet Neurology. 2002 May 1;1(1):22-30. According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 474 times.
• Kerrigan JF, Litt B, Fisher RS, Cranstoun S, French JA, Blum DE, Dichter M, Shetter A, Baltuch G, Jaggi J, Krone S. Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2004 Apr;45(4):346-54. . According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 433 times.

Awards and recognition

• 2020: NIH Director's Pioneer Award^[7]
• 2015: American Epilepsy Society's Research Recognition Award for Clinical Science^[8]
• 2013: Brain Research Foundation's Scientific Innovations Award^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Penn Medicine Providers .
2. Web site: Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics.
3. Web site: Brian Litt . 2023-09-14 . IEEE.
4. Web site: 2022-07-01 . Brian Litt . 2023-09-14 . National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke . en.
5. Web site: Brian Litt . 2023-09-14 . Brain editorial board.
6. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=brian+Litt&btnG=#d=gs_cit&u=%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinfo%3AvJ3C1CgRO9QJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26output%3Dcite%26scirp%3D0%26hl%3Den
7. Web site: 2020 Pioneer Award Recipients . 12 October 2020.
8. Web site: American Epilepsy Society Awards Penn's Brian Litt, M.D., its 2015 Research Recognition Award for Clinical Science . American Epilepsy Society . 12 October 2020.
9. Brain Research Foundation 2013 Scientific Innovations Awards To Dr. Jean Hebert and Dr. Brian Litt . Cision PR Newswire . 12 October 2020.