Susannah Cornes, MD

Title(s)Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Phone415-353-2437
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    Yale University, New Haven, CTBS1997Biology
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAM.D.2003 Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA2007Neurology Residency
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA2010Epilepsy Fellowship
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA2016Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF2022Medical Educators Service Award
    American Academy of Medical Colleges2019Leadership Education and Development Certificate
    University of California, San Francisco2017Rowe Endowed Chair for Teaching in Neurology
    University of California, San Francisco2016Academy of Medical Educators Membership
    Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF2012Excellence in Teaching Award
    Neurology Residents, UCSF2010Outstanding Teaching and Curriculum Development Award

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    Dr. Susannah Cornes is a Professor of Clinical Neurology specializing in Epilepsy and divides her time between caring for adults with epilepsy, conducting clinical and educational research, and teaching trainees at a variety of levels. In research, Cornes has studied the surgical treatment of epilepsy related to congenital and acquired brain abnormalities (such as polymicrogyria and temporal encephaloceles). She served as a principal investigator for the Stress Management Intervention for Living with Epilepsy (SMILE) trial, a large multicenter trial for adults with epilepsy, and participates in the Epilepsy Genetics Initiative and the post-approval study for Deep Brain Stimulation. She is also a leader in medical education and the principal investigator for a study leading to the development of the “NeuroExam Tutor,” a mobile platform to teach neurologic examination skills.

    Cornes is passionate about training the next generation of health care providers and is a member of the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. From 2017 to 2022, she served as the Rowe Endowed Chair for Teaching in Neurology and, from 2019 to 2021, as curriculum director and governance chair for the first phase of the UCSF Bridges Curriculum. She co-directs the UCSF School of Medicine's foundational doctoring course and is the recipient of teaching awards from the Department of Neurology, the Academy of Medical Educators and has published in a variety of areas related to medical education.

    Cornes earned her medical degree and completed a residency in neurology, serving as chief resident, at UCSF. When completing her epilepsy fellowship at UCSF, she was honored with an award for her teaching. She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Academy of Neurology and Directors of Clinical Skills Education (a consortium of medical educators), as well as an active participant in the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California.

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    1. Identifying Strategies for the Use of Gender and Sex Language in Clinical One-Liners. LGBT Health. 2024 Aug-Sep; 11(6):484-494. Zussman JW, Ma JY, Bindman JG, Cornes S, Davis JA, Brondfield S. PMID: 38301142.
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    2. Things We Do for No Reason™: Indiscriminate use of behavioral alerts. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jul; 19(7):619-622. Kopp Z, Kryzhanovskaya I, Cornes S. PMID: 38073083.
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    3. When students' words hurt: 12 tips for helping faculty receive and respond constructively to student evaluations of teaching. Med Educ Online. 2023 Dec; 28(1):2154768. Cornes S, Torre D, Fulton TB, Oza S, Teherani A, Chen HC. PMID: 36474429; PMCID: PMC9733684.
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    4. Pre-clerkship Teaching and Learning in the Virtual Learning Environment: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Med Sci Educ. 2022 Dec; 32(6):1313-1317. Sewell JL, Joshi M, Thanh C, Apollon C, Austin E, Burke C, Cornes S, Davis JA, Hermiston M. PMID: 36439405; PMCID: PMC9676858.
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    5. Maximally Affirming Gender/Sex in Clinical Communications (MAGICC) Study. Acad Med. 2022 Nov 01; 97(11S):S183. Zussman JW, Ma JY, Bindman JG, Cornes S, Davis JA, Brondfield S. PMID: 36287712.
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    6. The Clinical Microsystems Clerkship at University of California, San Francisco: Integrating Clinical Skills and Health Systems Improvement for Early Medical Students. Acad Med. 2023 01 01; 98(1):57-61. Chang A, Pierluissi E, Cornes S, Ishizaki A, Teherani A, Davis JA, Hauer KE, Lucey CR. PMID: 36222538; PMCID: PMC9780045.
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    7. Assessing Medical Student Readiness to Navigate Language Barriers in Telehealth: Cross-sectional Survey Study. JMIR Med Educ. 2022 Aug 11; 8(3):e36096. Yin L, Ng F, Rutherford-Rojas M, Williams M, Cornes S, Fernandez A, Garcia ME, Khoong EC. PMID: 35969421; PMCID: PMC9412902.
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    8. Foundational Telemedicine Workshop for First-Year Medical Students Developed During a Pandemic. MedEdPORTAL. 2021; 17:11171. Cornes S, Gelfand JM, Calton B. PMID: 34337148; PMCID: PMC8282677.
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    9. Analysis of morphological characteristics of IDH-mutant/wildtype brain tumors using whole-lesion phenotype analysis. Neurooncol Adv. 2021 Jan-Dec; 3(1):vdab088. Snyder JM, Huang RY, Bai H, Rao VR, Cornes S, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Gutman D, Fasano R, Van Meir EG, Brat D, Eschbacher J, Quackenbush J, Wen PY, Lee JW. PMID: 34409295; PMCID: PMC8367280.
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    10. Seizure self-prediction in a randomized controlled trial of stress management. Neurology. 2019 11 26; 93(22):e2021-e2031. Privitera M, Haut SR, Lipton RB, McGinley JS, Cornes S. PMID: 31645468.
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    11. Current state of educational compensation in academic neurology: Results of a US national survey. Neurology. 2019 07 02; 93(1):30-34. Weber D, Sarva H, Weaver J, Wang F, Chou J, Cornes S, Nickels K, Safdieh JE, Poncelet A, Stern BJ. PMID: 31101740.
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    12. Behavioral interventions as a treatment for epilepsy: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Neurology. 2018 03 13; 90(11):e963-e970. Haut SR, Lipton RB, Cornes S, Dwivedi AK, Wasson R, Cotton S, Strawn JR, Privitera M. PMID: 29444968.
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    13. Staff Response Times in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit: A Study of Diurnal/Nocturnal Variability. Neurodiagn J. 2017; 57(4):269-275. Witek N, Cornes S, Hegde M. PMID: 29236612.
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    14. Major and minor complications in extraoperative electrocorticography: A review of a national database. Epilepsy Res. 2016 May; 122:26-9. Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Cornes S, Chang EF. PMID: 26921853; PMCID: PMC5274526.
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    15. Epilepsy with temporal encephalocele: Characteristics of electrocorticography and surgical outcome. Epilepsia. 2016 Feb; 57(2):e33-8. Panov F, Li Y, Chang EF, Knowlton R, Cornes SB. PMID: 26682848.
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    16. Surgical management of medically refractory epilepsy in patients with polymicrogyria. Epilepsia. 2016 Jan; 57(1):151-61. Wang DD, Knox R, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Barkovich AJ, Tihan T, Auguste KI, Knowlton RC, Cornes SB, Chang EF. PMID: 26647903; PMCID: PMC5237579.
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    17. Electroencephalography of Seizure-Like Movements During General Anesthesia with Propofol: Seizures or Nonepileptic Events? A A Case Rep. 2015 Dec 01; 5(11):195-8. Li Y, Flood P, Cornes S. PMID: 26588032.
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    18. Reversible suppression of electrocerebral activity. Neurohospitalist. 2013 Oct; 3(4):229-30. Broestl L, Cornes S, Dubal DB. PMID: 24198906; PMCID: PMC3810832.
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    19. Seizures and epileptiform activity in the early stages of Alzheimer disease. JAMA Neurol. 2013 Sep 01; 70(9):1158-66. Vossel KA, Beagle AJ, Rabinovici GD, Shu H, Lee SE, Naasan G, Hegde M, Cornes SB, Henry ML, Nelson AB, Seeley WW, Geschwind MD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Shih T, Kirsch HE, Garcia PA, Miller BL, Mucke L. PMID: 23835471; PMCID: PMC4013391.
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    20. Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice. Genetics of Epilepsy. 2012; pp727-735.. Cilio R and Cornes S. .
    21. Evaluation of the patient with spells. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2011 Oct; 17(5 Neurologic Consultation in the Hospital):984-1009. Cornes SB, Shih T. PMID: 22809978.
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    22. Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy. Pharmacology of abnormal electrical neurotransmission in the central nervous system. 2011. Cornes S, Griffin E, Lowenstein D.
    23. Electroconvulsive therapy for refractory status epilepticus: a case series. Neurocrit Care. 2010 Apr; 12(2):204-10. Kamel H, Cornes SB, Hegde M, Hall SE, Josephson SA. PMID: 19809802.
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    24. A case of enteroviral meningoencephalitis presenting as rapidly progressive dementia. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Jul; 4(7):399-403. Valcour V, Haman A, Cornes S, Lawall C, Parsa AT, Glaser C, Yagi S, Tihan T, Bhatnagar J, Geschwind M, Vanderbilt Continuing Medical Education online. PMID: 18477991; PMCID: PMC2637149.
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    25. Polarized targeting of peripheral membrane proteins in neurons. J Biol Chem. 2001 Nov 30; 276(48):44984-92. El-Husseini Ael-D, Craven SE, Brock SC, Bredt DS. PMID: 11546762.
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    26. A comparison of the patterns of migration and the destinations of homotopically transplanted neonatal subventricular zone cells and heterotopically transplanted telencephalic ventricular zone cells. Dev Biol. 1996 Feb 01; 173(2):459-74. Zigova T, Betarbet R, Soteres BJ, Brock S, Bakay RA, Luskin MB. PMID: 8606005.
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