Hamada Hamid Altalib

Hamada Hamid Altalib, DO, MPH, is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, with secondary appointments in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science. He serves as Chief of Neurology at VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Director of Yale Epilepsy Outcomes Research Program.

• Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry, Yale University
• Director, Yale Epilepsy Outcomes Research Program
• Chief of Neurology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
• National Director, VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence

His research spans four pillars: Epilepsy Outcomes (clinical trials, seizure action plans, quality improvement), Neuropsychiatry (depression-anxiety-epilepsy interactions, suicide risk in epilepsy, functional seizures), Neurology Health Informatics (electronic health record analysis, social network mapping of care coordination), and Global Mental Health (cultural/religious influences on neuropsychiatric care in Muslim communities).

Recent publications highlight his work on antiepileptic drug side effects, epilepsy-suicide links, functional seizure therapy outcomes, and AI-driven healthcare coordination mapping. His lab develops machine learning tools for PNES identification and leads VA national dashboard projects for neurological care.

• Fellow, American Epilepsy Society (2017)
• $7.88 million NIH grant for AI mental health research (2024)
• Board certified in Clinical Informatics (2023), Epilepsy, Neurology, and Psychiatry