Professor of Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine & Psychology
Director, Neurorehabilitation Program, Department of Neurology
Emory University
Medical Director, Atlanta VAMC Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence

Phone: 404.727.1366
Fax: 404.712.8576

Loyola College, Madras, India 1972-1973
University of Madras at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India M.B.B.S. (equivalent to M.D.) 1973-1978
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Ph.D. 1983-1987

Previous Academic and Professional Appointments
1983-1986 Laboratory Demonstrator and Tutor in Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

1983-1986 Tutor in Neuroscience, Newman College, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

1994-9 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

1998-9 Joint Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GAl

1999-2006 Associate Professor of Neurology with tenure, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

1972 Dr. B. Ramamurthi Gold Medal, Best graduating student, Don Bosco Matriculation School, Madras, India

1973 National Science Talent Scholar, India

1974 Prize in Biology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

1977 Dr. P. Kutumbiah Prize in Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

1977 Capt. Jaising Jadhav Prize in Pediatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

1977 Florence Nichols Prize in Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

1977 Dr. J.C. David Gold Medal in Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

1979 Mrs. M. David Gold Medal, Best graduating medical student, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

1979 Indian Council of Medical Research Fellow

1981-1983 Fellow of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

1984-1987 Sir MacFarlane Burnet Biomedical Research Scholar, Victoria, Australia

1987 Sir Grafton Elliot-Smith Award, Australian Neuroscience Society, for best critical essay by a graduate student

1994 Fellow, McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience

2000 Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who

2001 Albert E. Levy Faculty Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, Emory University

2001 Elected to the American Neurological Association

Active

R01 Research Grant, NEI (PI: K. Sathian) 4/1/05 – 3/31/10
Title: Cross-modal interactions in vision and touch.

K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award, NEI(PI: K. Sathian) 4/1/06 – 3/31/11
Title: Perceptual plasticity-based neurorehabilitation.

NSF Research Grant(PI: K. Sathian) 9/15/05 – 8/31/08
Title: Multisensory form processing in extrastriate visual cortex.

Veterans Adminstration Rehabilitation Research and Development Program Center Grant
(PI: R. Schuchard; Co-PI, K. Sathian) 10/1/2002 – 9/30/2007 (Note: Co-PI since 7/10/05)
Title: Atlanta VA Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation of Aging Veterans with Vision Loss.

Previous

R29 Research Grant, NINDS (PI: K. Sathian) 5/1/95 – 4/30/01
Title: Neural plasticity in tactile texture perception.

P01 Research Grant, NINDS (Program Director: K. Sathian) 12/1/98 – 11/30/05
PPG Title: Functional mapping of normal and Parkinsonian basal ganglia.
Project Title: Sensory processing in Parkinson’s disease (PI: K. Sathian)                 

R01 Research Grant, NEI (PI: K. Sathian) 2/1/99 – 1/31/05
Title: Cross-modal interactions in vision and touch.
(Has been competitively renewed)                                  

Multi-Center Research Grant, NCMRR (PI: S.Wolf) 5.1.00 – 3.31.05
Title: Extremity Constraint Induced Therapy Evaluation (EXCITE) Trial.                  

Multi-Center Research Grant, NCMRR
(Emory PIs: K. Sathian, Andrew Butler; Grant PI, G. Wittenberg) 5/1/02 – 4/30/06
Title: Motor map plasticity in constraint therapy for stroke

Research Grant, Orton Dyslexia Society (PI: K. Sathian) 5/1/95-10/31/96
Title: Capabilities for tactile texture and form perception in individuals with developmental dyslexia.

Research Grant,EmoryUniversity Research Committee (PI: K. Sathian) 9/1/96-8/31/97
Title: The neural basis of visual popout.

Research Grant,Emory-Georgia Tech Biomedical Technology Research Center
(PIs: K. Sathian & T.J. Simon) 7/1/96 - 6/30/97
Title: The neurobiological basis of human visual attention.

Research Grant,Emory-Georgia Tech Biomedical Technology Research Center
(PIs: K. Sathian & T.J. Simon) 7/1/97 - 6/30/98
Title: Psychophysical and functional neuro-imaging studies of attentional capture.

Research Grant, American Parkinson’s Disease Association (PI: K. Sathian) 9/1/97-8/31/98
Title: Psychophysical and functional imaging studies of impaired tactile perception in Parkinson’s disease.

Research Grant,Emory-Georgia Tech Biomedical Technology Research Center
(PIs : K. Sathian, E.T. Davis) 7/1/99 - 6/30/00
Title: Visual search and its neural basis.