Todd E. Feinberg

Todd E. Feinberg, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Yarmon Neurobehavior and Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.

Internationally recognized as a leading authority on how the neurobiology of the brain creates the individual's sense of identity, Dr Feinberg has been featured on Dateline NBC, The Leonard Lopate Show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, The Learning Channel, and numerous appearances on local New York television. His work on disturbances of the brain was highlighted in the 2006 National Book Award winner, The Echo Maker by Richard Powers, a novel about a patient who develops Capgras syndrome, which Feinberg has researched extensively.

Dr. Feinberg lectures frequently and has delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neuropsychologyand given speeches on the neurobiology of the self for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Institutes of Health,and other venues. He was among a handful of leading scientists featured in the Newark Star Ledger prize winning series The Seekers, and he has published articles on the neurobiology of the self for the Dana Forum on Brain Science and Daedalus, the journal of American Academy of Arts & Sciences. His work on the neurobiology of the self was featured in a February 2006 special issue of Science News "Finding the Inner Me: neural roots of identity."