NJ Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center

Phillip D. Kramer, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae

Address:

JFK Medical Center
65 James St.
Edison, NJ 08818
Phone: 732-321-2551
Fax: 732-632-1584
Email: pkramer@dizzy.med.jhu.edu

Education:

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut
Doctor of Medicine, 1985 - 1989

Chapman College, California
BA Computer Science, 1980-1982

Syracuse University, New York
BS Aerospace Engineering, 1974-1977

Professional History:

Department of Neuroscience
New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center
Seton Hall University
Associate Professor of Neurology 1998-Present

Departments of Neurology and Otolaryngology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Instructor of Neurology 1995 - 1997
Assistant Professor of Neurology 1997- 1998

Otoneurology Fellow
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
1993-1995

Neurology Resident
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester
1990-1993
Internal Medicine Intern
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
1989 - 1990

Research Assistant for Division of Neurosurgery
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
1986 - 1989
Designed experiments, software, and electrical hardware allowing me to build a computer automated test apparatus.

Analytical Systems Engineer
Hamilton Standard, Farmington, Connecticut
1984 - 1985
Designed systems and software for the testing of a parallel processor based aircraft digital flight control system.

Solar Engineer, Software Designer
KEM Associates Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
1977 - 1979, 1983 - 1984
Created computer programs and procedures for the design of solar heating systems.

Pilot, Squadron Computer Officer, (Captain)
USAF
1978 - 1983
1) Pilot T-37, T-38, B-52D/G (2000 hours)
2) Developed computerized B-52 performance data.

Board Certification:

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1998), certificate number 45597.

Computer Languages:

APL, Basic, FORTRAN, HTML, Javascript, MATLAB, REX, Pascal, Visual Basic, VRML, Z80 assembly

Honors and Awards:

NIDCD Clinical Investigator Development Award - 1995 - 2001.
Primary investigator, NIDCD 5 K08 DC00111
NIDCD Research Training Center in Hearing and Balance, - 1993 - 1995.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIDCD 1 P60 DC00979.
Air Force Commendation Medal - for software design B52 performance data - 1983.
Graduated Syracuse University cum laude - 1977.
Tau Beta Pi - Elected 1977.
AFROTC four year college scholarship 1973-1977.

Abstracts and Presentations not otherwise published:

1. RH Simon, R Annulli, P Kramer (1986): Spectral Analysis of Sinusoidal Heat Stimulation. Poster Presentation. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. September.

2. MH McGrath, F Lau, RH Simon, P Kramer (1987): Skin Graft Adherence with an Adhesive Protein Isolated from the Common Blue Mussel. Abstracts of American Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.

3. P Kramer, RH Simon, R Annulli (1987): An Apparatus for the Investigation of Nociceptive Pathways. Poster Presentation. Student Research Day, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut. Farmington, Connecticut.

4. P Kramer, RH Simon: (1987) Evaluation of Nociceptive Pathways through Very Low Frequency Sinusoidal Heat Stimulation. Presentation without abstract. Research Society of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. London, Ontario, Canada. May .

5. JE Arle, RH Simon, PD Kramer (1989): Chaos, Dimension, and Evoked Potentials. Presentation with abstract. United States - United Kingdom Neurosurgery Research Society Meeting. London, England.

6. DS Zee, PD Kramer, M Shelhamer, C Tiliket (1994) Adaptive control of the phase of the vestibuloocular reflex. In: Fuchs AF, Brandt T, Büttner U, Zee DS (eds.) Contemporary ocular motor and vestibular research: a tribute to David A. Robinson.

7. PD Kramer, M Shelhamer, DA Robinson, DS Zee: Crosstalk in Human VOR Gain and Phase Plasticity: How and Why? Presentation with abstract. Binocular Oculomotor Coordination and Plasticity Meeting in Santorini. October, 1994.

8. M Shelhamer, B Ravina, PD Kramer: Adaptation of the Gain of the Angular Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex when Retinal Slip is Zero. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts (1995), 21:518.

9. DS Zee, M Shelhamer, PD Kramer, DC Roberts: Adaptation of the Phase of the Linear VOR at Low Frequency. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts (1995), 21:519.

Publications:

1. S Shelhamer, C Tiliket, D Roberts, PD Kramer, DS Zee: (1994) Short-term vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) Adaptation in Humans. II Error Signals. Exp. Brain Res. 100:328-336.

2. PD Kramer, M Shelhamer, DS Zee: (1995) Short-term adaptation of the phase of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in normal human subjects. Exp. Brain Res. 106:318-326

3. L Recht, P Kramer, WJ Schwartz: (1995) Morning Report in the computer era: tradition meets technology. Medical Teacher, 17:3:327-334.

4. D Straumann, DS Zee, D Solomon and PD Kramer: (1996) Validity of Listing's Law during fixation, saccades, smooth pursuit eye movements and blinks. Exp Brain Res 112:135-146.

5. PD Kramer, DC Roberts, M Shelhamer, DS Zee: (1998) A Versatile Stereoscopic Visual Display for Vestibular and Oculomotor Research, in publication Journal of Vestibular Research.8:363-379.

6. PD Kramer, M Shelhamer, CY Peng, DS Zee: (1998) Context specific adaptation of the phase of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in normal subjects. Exp. Brain Res., 120:184-192.

7. PD Kramer, M Shelhamer, DS Zee: (1998) Short-term vestibuloocular (VOR) adaptation: influence of context, in publication Otolaryngol, Head and Neck Surgery. 119:60-4

8. VE Das, P Oruganti, PD Kramer, RJ Leigh, (2000). Experimental tests of a neural-network model for ocular oscillations caused by disease of central myelin. Exp Brain Res, 133, 189-97.

9. S Hegemann, M Shelhamer, PD Kramer, DS Zee (in press) Adaptation of the Phase of the Human Linear Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (LVOR) and Effects on the Oculomotor Neural Integrator. J Vest Res.

10. EM Frohman, J Fleckenstein, MK Racke, K Hawker, TC. Frohman, PD Kramer, (in press) Ocular contrapulsion in multiple sclerosis: Clinical features and patho-physiological mechanisms. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.

11. EM Frohman, H Zhang, PD Kramer, J Fleckenstein, K Hawker, MK Racke, TC Frohman, (in press) MRI characteristics of the MLF in MS patients with chronic internuclear ophthalmoparesis. Neurology

12. EM Frohman, TC Frohman, H Zhang, K Hawker, MK Racke, W Frawley, PD Kramer, (in preparation) Oculographic diagnostic criteria for INO in MS:Use of the versional dysconjugacy index Z-Score.

13. EM Frohman, PD Kramer, H Zhang, RB Dewey, KS Hawker, MK Racke, and BA Frohman, (in preperation) Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo in Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Techniques.

14. M. Gizzi, PD Kramer, R Clark, M Rosenberg, (in preparation). Effects Of Phenergan On Visual Pursuit, Vestibular and Optokinetic Nystagmus in Normal Human Subjects.

15. PD Kramer, (in preparation) A Computer Based Simulation of Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo.

Chapters:

1. DS Zee, PD Kramer, M Shelhamer, C Tiliket: (1994) Adaptive control of the phase of the vestibuloocular reflex. In: Fuchs AF, Brandt T, Büttner U, Zee DS (eds.) Contemporary Ocular Motor and Vestibular Research: A Tribute to David A. Robinson, Thieme, Stuttgart, pp. 52-59.

2. DS Zee, PD Kramer, and M Shelhamer: (1996) Short-term vestibuloocular (VOR) adaptation: contextual cues, adjustment of phase and the role of the neural integrator. In Collard M, Jeannerod M and Christen Y, Le Cortex Vestibulaire, Editions Irvinn, Paris, pp.65-72.

3. PD Kramer: (1997) The Vascular Supply of the Vestibular System. In ENG Report. ICS Medical Corporation. Feb.

4. PD Kramer, S Sission: (1999), Vertigo, Motion Sickness, Near Syncope, Syncope, and Dysequilibrium. In RL Baker, JR Burton, and PD Zieve (eds) Principles of Ambulatory Medicine (5th edition Dizziness), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Chap 81.

5. PD Kramer: (In publication). Vertigo and Dysequilibrium, In R. T. Johnson (ed) Current Therapy in Neurologic Disease., Decker Inc.