Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Phone: (412) 692-5093
e-mail: sclabassirj@upmc.edu

Specialized Areas of Interest

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring

Biography

Robert J. Sclabassi, MD, PhD, is a member of the Neuroscience Program, the Training Faculty in Neuroscience, and the medical staffs of UPMC Presbyterian, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Montefiore, Eye & Ear Hospital and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. He holds joint appointments in the School of Medicine, School of Engineering and Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Sclabassi completed his undergraduate education at Loyola University of Los Angeles; he then earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering and an engineer’s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Southern California. After receiving a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1971, he spent a year as a postdoctoral scholar studying basic and clinical neurophysiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1981, he earned an MD degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Sclabassi has published more than 151 articles in refereed journals, 172 conference proceedings, 163 abstracts and 52 book chapters.

Dr. Sclabassi's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Board Certifications

Licensed Professional Engineer, California
Medical License, Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine
Medical License, Missouri State Board of Registration For the Healing Arts
New Mexico Medical Board Telemedicine License
American Board of Neurophysiology Monitoring, Diplomate

Hospital Privileges

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Passavant
UPMC Presbyterian
UPMC St. Margaret’s
UPMC Shadyside
Veteran’s Hospital

Professional Organization Membership

American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (Founding Fellow)
American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (Founding Fellow)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Senior Member)
International Neural Network Society
Neuroscience Society
New York Academy of Science
Sigma Xi

Editorial Service

• Editorial Boards:

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (Advisory Board)

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Critical Care Medicine
IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering, Transaction on Signal Processing
NeuroImage
Neuroscience
National Science Foundation
National Institution of Health
Veteran’s Administration
Whitaker Foundation
National Science Foundation