Volney Sheen
Volney L. Sheen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Education/Training
Institution and Location
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
BS 1990
Biomechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
MS 1990
Electrical Engineering
Harvard University, Div Med Sci, Boston, MA
PhD 1997
Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
MD 1997
Medicine
Harvard Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA M.Msc 2003 Medical
Sciences, Clinical Investigation
Positions and Honors
1985 Research Assistant and USDA Fellow, Dept of Agronomy/ Plant Pathology,
University of Kentucky (PI: Dr. Roger Anderson)
1986-90 Research Assistant, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University (PI: Dr. Lawrence Schramm)
1989 Visiting Scholar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University (PI: Dr. Eugene Bruce)
1994-97 National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard
University
1997-1998 Internship (Medicine), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard
Medical School (Director: Dennis Ausiello)
1998-2000 Resident in Neurology, Partners, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Directors: Drs.
Martin Samuels, Anne Young, and Michael Charness)
2001-2003 Instructor in Neurology, Fellow in Epilepsy, Beth Israel
Hospital, Harvard Medical School
2004 Assistant Professor in Neurology, Epilepsy Staff Neurologist
Awards and Honors:
1986 National Merit Scholar, Who's Who Among American Students Award
1990 Tau Beta Pi (Engineering), Alpha Epsilon Delta (Medical Honor
Society),General and Departmental Honors (Biomedical Engineering)
1990-1992 Oaklawn Scholarship in Technology and Medicine, Solace Mitchell
Scholarship
1992 Hartford Scholarship on Aging
1994-1995 Scottish Rites Fellowship for Schizophrenia Research
1994-1996 Josephine De Karman Research Fellowship
1994-1997 Epilepsy Foundation Research Fellowship
1994-1997 Leopold Schepp Foundation Fellowship
1995-1997 National Institute of Mental Health Research Service Award
2001 Charles A. Dana Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research
Fellowship recipient, Clinical Investigator Training Program Fellowship,
National Institute of Mental Health Mentored Clinical Scientist Development
Award
2003 Penry Epilepsy Fellowship
Memberships:
1997-present Massachusetts Medical Society, American Medical Association
1999-present American Academy of Neurology
2002 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology