William Gross

William Gross, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His research focuses on understanding neural mechanisms of language processing and developing translational applications for clinical neurosurgery. He directs the Medical Student Anesthesiology Clerkship and leads projects using fMRI, MEG, and electrocorticography to map language networks in epilepsy patients. Key areas include predicting post-surgical language outcomes, decoding conceptual knowledge from brain activity, and studying right hemisphere contributions to narrative comprehension.

Education details are not explicitly provided in the text, but his clinical expertise spans anesthesiology with a focus on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. His methodological expertise includes advanced neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, MEG) and electrophysiological methods (electrocorticography, EEG).

Research highlights include:

• Mapping language areas pre-surgery to optimize neurosurgical planning
• Exploring real-time language network dynamics during awake craniotomies
• Machine learning models for brain activity decoding

Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary work across neuroscience, neurology, and anesthesiology, with a focus on epilepsy, aphasia recovery, and anesthetic effects on brain function. No specific grants or awards are listed, but his collaborative studies involve multi-center initiatives like the FATES study.

Labs/teams: Involved in collaborative neuroimaging and clinical research teams at the Medical College of Wisconsin, though specific lab names are not mentioned in the provided text.