Helena Knotkova, PhD
Director of Research
Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Helena Knotkova, PhD is the Director of Research, Institute of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of New York, Research Division, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, and Assistant Professor of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Dr. Knotkova has received her degrees in psychology (Doctor of Philosophy, 1987) and biological sciences (PhD, 1994). Her background and training have enabled Dr. Knotkova to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of patho-physiological mechanisms of pain, and has facilitated her research and implementation of novel treatment strategies in pain management, including tDCS. In addition to being a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain since 1995, and American Pain Society since 2000, Dr. Knotkova also serves as a Section Editor (Neuroscience) for the Journal of Pain Management (JPM), a member of the Editorial Board of Advances in Pain Management, and Open Pain Journal. Dr. Knotkova also served as a Guest Editor of the Special Issue of JPM on Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Pain (2009). She is the first author and co-author of numerous peer reviewed publications, chapters, and presentations at international meetings. |
Recent Publications (selected):
Helena Knotkova, Ricardo A Cruciani and Joav Merrick: Brian stimulation in the treatment of chronic pain. Editorial. J Pain Manag, Special issue on “Brain stimulation for treatment of pain”, 2009, 2(3): in press.
Helena Knotkova, Peter Homel and Ricardo A Cruciani: Cathodal tDCS over the somatosensory cortex relieved chronic neuropathic pain in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS/RSD). J Pain Manag, Special issue on “Brain stimulation for treatment of pain”, 2009, 2(3): in press.
Ricardo A Cruciani, Santiago Esteban, Una Sibirceva and Helena Knotkova: Non-invasive brain stimulation therapy for the management of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). J Pain Manag, Special issue on “Brain stimulation for treatment of pain”, 2009, 2(3): in press.
Arun Sundaram, Veronika Stock, Ricardo A Cruciani and Helena Knotkova: Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in protocols involving human subjects. J Pain Manag, Special issue on “Brain stimulation for treatment of pain”, 2009, 2(3): in press.
Knotkova H, Cruciani RA: Non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the treatment of neuropathic pain. In: Arpad Szallaszi (ed): Methods in Molecular Biology: Pain and Anesthesia. 2009, In press.
Knotkova H, Feldman D, Dvorkin E, Cruciani RA: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): A novel strategy to alleviate neuropathic pain. J Pain Manag, 2008, 1(3), 271-275.
Knotkova H, Dmochowska J, Sibirceva U, Flor H, Cruciani RA: Cortical Reorganization in the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Journal of Pain Management. 2008, 1(3):290-293.
Flor H, Diers M, Knotkova H, Cruciani RA: Brain changes related to chronic pain: implications for pain extinction training. Advances in Pain Management, 2007, 1(3):91-96.