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David Fischer, MD

@dbfisch.bsky.social
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Consciousness doctor, neurointensivist and director of the RECOVER Program, dedicated to consciousness recovery after brain injury at the University of Pennsylvania. www.med.upenn.edu/recover-program

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David Fischer, MD @dbfisch.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Covert consciousness, where unresponsive patients willfully modulate brain activity to command, is gaining attention. But these assessments are fundamentally limited. What if we could just... read their minds instead? 🧵 about our paper in @greenjournal.bsky.social www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
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Reconstructing Covert Consciousness | Neurology
Determining the level of consciousness in patients with brain injury—and more fundamentally, establishing what they can experience—is ethically and clinically impactful. Patient behaviors may unreliab...
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David Fischer, MD @dbfisch.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I'm looking for a research specialist with experience in fMRI analysis to help with a project studying covert consciousness in unresponsive patients, in collaboration with @gkaguirre.bsky.social. Please message me or email me at David.Fischer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu if interested!
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