Edilberto Amorim De Cerqueira Filho, MD

Asst Prof of Clin Neurology
Neurology

Dr. Edilberto Amorim is the Director of the ZSFG Electrophysiology (EEG) Service, a physician on our Neurocritical Care Team in the ZSFG Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with expertise in neurological intensive care, telemedicine, and multimodal brain monitoring with EEG. He completed fellowship training in neurocritical care and epilepsy at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School), followed by a postdoctoral training fellowship in neuroscience and machine learning at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CSAIL: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT).

Dr. Amorim's research focuses on the advanced neuromonitoring for patients in the ICU, developing machine learning techniques where computers study the patterns in EEG and imaging data to better predict outcomes for our most critically ill patients. He is looking particularly at stroke, traumatic brain injury, coma, epilepsy, sleep disorders, and other critical illnesses. Dr. Amorim has an exciting research program at UCSF.

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Publications: 

Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society.

Neurocritical care

Hirsch KG, Abella BS, Amorim E, Bader MK, Barletta JF, Berg K, Callaway CW, Friberg H, Gilmore EJ, Greer DM, Kern KB, Livesay S, May TL, Neumar RW, Nolan JP, Oddo M, Peberdy MA, Poloyac SM, Seder D, Taccone FS, Uzendu A, Walsh B, Zimmerman JL, Geocadin RG, American Heart Association, Neurocritical Care Society

Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society.

Circulation

Hirsch KG, Abella BS, Amorim E, Bader MK, Barletta JF, Berg K, Callaway CW, Friberg H, Gilmore EJ, Greer DM, Kern KB, Livesay S, May TL, Neumar RW, Nolan JP, Oddo M, Peberdy MA, Poloyac SM, Seder D, Taccone FS, Uzendu A, Walsh B, Zimmerman JL, Geocadin RG, American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society

Mortality and Timing of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Two-Center Retrospective Pediatric Cohort Study.

Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

Vassar R, Mehta N, Epps L, Jiang F, Amorim E, Wietstock S

Practice Standards for the Use of Multimodality Neuromonitoring: A Delphi Consensus Process.

Critical care medicine

Foreman B, Kapinos G, Wainwright MS, Ngwenya LB, O'Phelan KH, LaRovere KL, Kirschen MP, Appavu B, Lazaridis C, Alkhachroum A, Maciel CB, Amorim E, Chang JJ, Gilmore EJ, Rosenthal ES, Park S

Correction: Expert-augmented automated machine learning optimizes hemodynamic predictors of spinal cord injury outcome.

PloS one

Chou A, Torres-Espin A, Kyritsis N, Huie JR, Khatry S, Funk J, Hay J, Lofgreen A, Shah R, McCann C, Pascual LU, Amorim E, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Pan JZ, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Whetstone WD, Ferguson AR, TRACK-SCI Investigators

The International Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium Electroencephalography Database.

Critical care medicine

Amorim E, Zheng WL, Ghassemi MM, Aghaeeaval M, Kandhare P, Karukonda V, Lee JW, Herman ST, Sivaraju A, Gaspard N, Hofmeijer J, van Putten MJAM, Sameni R, Reyna MA, Clifford GD, Westover MB

A quantitative EEG index for the recognition of arterial ischemic stroke in children.

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

Caffarelli M, Karukonda V, Aghaeeaval M, McQuillen PS, Numis AL, Mackay MT, Press CA, Wintermark M, Fox CK, Amorim E, SIPS Investigators

Increased task-relevant fMRI responsiveness in comatose cardiac arrest patients is associated with improved neurologic outcomes.

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Dhakal K, Rosenthal ES, Kulpanowski AM, Dodelson JA, Wang Z, Cudemus-Deseda G, Villien M, Edlow BL, Presciutti AM, Januzzi JL, Ning M, Taylor Kimberly W, Amorim E, Brandon Westover M, Copen WA, Schaefer PW, Giacino JT, Greer DM, Wu O

The International Cardiac Arrest Research (I-CARE) Consortium Electroencephalography Database.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Amorim E, Zheng WL, Ghassemi MM, Aghaeeaval M, Kandhare P, Karukonda V, Lee JW, Herman ST, Sivaraju A, Gaspard N, Hofmeijer J, van Putten MJAM, Sameni R, Reyna MA, Clifford GD, Westover MB

Neurophysiology State Dynamics Underlying Acute Neurologic Recovery After Cardiac Arrest.

Neurology

Amorim E, Zheng WL, Jing J, Ghassemi MM, Lee JW, Wu O, Herman ST, Pang T, Sivaraju A, Gaspard N, Hirsch L, Ruijter BJ, Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC, Hofmeijer J, van Putten MJAM, Westover MB

Post-cardiac arrest Sedation Promotes Electroencephalographic Slow-wave Activity and Improves Survival in a Mouse Model of Cardiac Arrest.

Anesthesiology

Ikeda T, Amorim E, Miyazaki Y, Kato R, Marutani E, Silverman MG, Malhotra R, Solt K, Ichinose F

Reply to "Continuous EEG in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: Clinical need in multidisciplinary collaboration and standardized monitoring".

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

Amorim E, Westover MB

Neurocritical Care Performance Measures Derived from Electronic Health Record Data are Feasible and Reveal Site-Specific Variation: A CHoRUS Pilot Project.

Neurocritical care

Ack SE, Loiseau SY, Sharma G, Goldstein JN, Lissak IA, Duffy SM, Amorim E, Vespa P, Moorman JR, Hu X, Clermont G, Park S, Kamaleswaran R, Foreman BP, Rosenthal ES

Geometric and Morphologic Features of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Associated with Methamphetamine Use.

World neurosurgery

Caton MT, Vitt J, Smith ER, Cooke D, Meisel K, Ko N, Amorim E

High incidence of epileptiform activity in adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

Amorim E, Firme MS, Zheng WL, Shelton KT, Akeju O, Cudemus G, Yuval R, Westover MB

Predicting Neurological Outcome from Electroencephalogram Dynamics in Comatose Patients after Cardiac Arrest with Deep Learning.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering

Zheng WL, Amorim E, Jing J, Wu O, Ghassemi M, Lee JW, Sivaraju A, Pang T, Herman ST, Gaspard N, Ruijter BJ, Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC, Hofmeijer J, Van Putten M, Westover B

Expert-augmented automated machine learning optimizes hemodynamic predictors of spinal cord injury outcome.

PloS one

Chou A, Torres-Espin A, Kyritsis N, Huie JR, Khatry S, Funk J, Hay J, Lofgreen A, Shah R, McCann C, Pascual LU, Amorim E, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Pan JZ, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Whetstone WD, Ferguson AR, TRACK-SCI Investigators

Perceptions of Critical Care Shortages, Resource Use, and Provider Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of 1,985 Health Care Providers in Brazil.

Chest

Lobo SM, Creutzfeldt CJ, Maia IS, Town JA, Amorim E, Kross EK, Çoruh B, Patel PV, Jannotta GE, Lewis A, Greer DM, Curtis JR, Sharma M, Wahlster S

Severe Cerebral Edema in Substance-Related Cardiac Arrest Patients.

Resuscitation

Kulpanowski AM, Copen WA, Hancock B, Rosenthal ES, Schoenfeld D, Dodelson JA, Edlow BL, Taylor Kimberly W, Amorim E, Brandon Westover M, Ming Ning M, Schaefer PW, Malhotra R, Giacino JT, Greer DM, Wu O

Regional Distribution of Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest: Clinical and Electrographic Correlates.

Neurology

Snider SB, Fischer D, McKeown ME, Cohen AL, Schaper FLWVJ, Amorim E, Fox MD, Scirica B, Bevers MB, Lee JW

Predicting Neurological Outcome in Comatose Patients after Cardiac Arrest with Multiscale Deep Neural Networks.

Resuscitation

Zheng WL, Amorim E, Jing J, Ge W, Hong S, Wu O, Ghassemi M, Woo Lee J, Sivaraju A, Pang T, Herman ST, Gaspard N, Ruijter BJ, Sun J, Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC, Hofmeijer J, J A M van Putten M, Brandon Westover M

A Global Survey of the Effect of COVID-19 on Critical Care Training.

ATS scholar

Wahlster S, Sharma M, Çoruh B, Town JA, Lewis A, Lobo SM, Maia IS, Hartog C, Patel PV, Kross EK, Amorim E, Greer DM, Curtis JR, Creutzfeldt CJ

Proceedings from the Neurotherapeutics Symposium on Neurological Emergencies: Shaping the Future of Neurocritical Care.

Neurocritical care

Simpkins AN, Busl KM, Amorim E, Barnett-Tapia C, Cervenka MC, Dhakar MB, Etherton MR, Fung C, Griggs R, Holloway RG, Kelly AG, Khan IR, Lizarraga KJ, Madagan HG, Onweni CL, Mestre H, Rabinstein AA, Rubinos C, Dionisio-Santos DA, Youn TS, Merck LH, Maciel CB, Neurotherapeutics Symposium 2019

A Theoretical Paradigm for Evaluating Risk-Benefit of Status Epilepticus Treatment.

Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society

Amorim E, McGraw CM, Westover MB

Cost-effectiveness analysis of multimodal prognostication in cardiac arrest with EEG monitoring.

Neurology

Amorim E, Mo SS, Palacios S, Ghassemi MM, Weng WH, Cash SS, Bianchi MT, Westover MB

A standardized nomenclature for spectrogram EEG patterns: Inter-rater agreement and correspondence with common intensive care unit EEG patterns.

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

Zafar SF, Amorim E, Williamsom CA, Jing J, Gilmore EJ, Haider HA, Swisher C, Struck A, Rosenthal ES, Ng M, Schmitt S, Lee JW, Brandon Westover M

MRI-EEG correlation for outcome prediction in postanoxic myoclonus: A multicenter study.

Neurology

Beuchat I, Sivaraju A, Amorim E, Gilmore EJ, Dunet V, Rossetti AO, Westover MB, Hsu L, Scirica BM, Silva D, Tang K, Lee JW

A Matter of Timing: EEG Monitoring for Neurological Prognostication After Cardiac Arrest in the Era of Targeted Temperature Management. Minerva Anestesiologica

A Matter of Timing: EEG Monitoring for Neurological Prognostication After Cardiac Arrest in the Era of Targeted Temperature Management. Minerva Anestesiologica

Quantitative Electroencephalogram Trends Predict Recovery in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.

Critical care medicine

Ghassemi MM, Amorim E, Alhanai T, Lee JW, Herman ST, Sivaraju A, Gaspard N, Hirsch LJ, Scirica BM, Biswal S, Moura Junior V, Cash SS, Brown EN, Mark RG, Westover MB

Quantitative EEG reactivity and machine learning for prognostication in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

Amorim E, van der Stoel M, Nagaraj SB, Ghassemi MM, Jing J, O'Reilly UM, Scirica BM, Lee JW, Cash SS, Westover MB

Smaller left anterior cingulate cortex in non-bipolar relatives of patients with bipolar disorder.

Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)

Sanches M, Amorim E, Mwangi B, Zunta-Soares GB, Soares JC

Estimating the False Positive Rate of Absent Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Cardiac Arrest Prognostication.

Critical care medicine

Amorim E, Ghassemi MM, Lee JW, Greer DM, Kaplan PW, Cole AJ, Cash SS, Bianchi MT, Westover MB

EEG Reactivity Evaluation Practices for Adult and Pediatric Hypoxic-Ischemic Coma Prognostication in North America.

Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society

Amorim E, Gilmore EJ, Abend NS, Hahn CD, Gaspard N, Herman ST, Hirsch LJ, Lee JW, Cash SS, Westover MB

Performance of Spectrogram-Based Seizure Identification of Adult EEGs by Critical Care Nurses and Neurophysiologists.

Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society

Amorim E, Williamson CA, Moura LMVR, Shafi MM, Gaspard N, Rosenthal ES, Guanci MM, Rajajee V, Westover MB

Continuous EEG monitoring enhances multimodal outcome prediction in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

Resuscitation

Amorim E, Rittenberger JC, Zheng JJ, Westover MB, Baldwin ME, Callaway CW, Popescu A

Rapidly-progressive catatonia responsive to zolpidem in a patient with ovarian teratoma-associated paraneoplastic encephalitis.

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

Amorim E, McDade EM

An enhanced cerebral recovery index for coma prognostication following cardiac arrest.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference

Ghassemi MM, Amorim E, Pati SB, Mark RG, Brown EN, Purdon PL, Westover MB

Outcomes after endovascular treatment for anterior circulation stroke presenting as wake-up strokes are not different than those with witnessed onset beyond 8 hours.

Journal of neurointerventional surgery

Aghaebrahim A, Leiva-Salinas C, Jadhav AP, Jankowitz B, Zaidi S, Jumaa M, Urra X, Amorim E, Zhu G, Giurgiutiu DV, Horev A, Reddy V, Hammer M, Wechsler L, Wintermark M, Jovin T

Impact of telemedicine implementation in thrombolytic use for acute ischemic stroke: the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center telestroke network experience.

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association

Amorim E, Shih MM, Koehler SA, Massaro LL, Zaidi SF, Jumaa MA, Reddy VK, Hammer MD, Jovin TG, Wechsler LR

Spine trauma due to diving: main features and short-term neurological outcome.

Spinal cord

Amorim EC, Vetter H, Mascarenhas LB, Gomes EG, Carvalho JB, Gomes JF