Malcolm Yeh, MD
Associate Professor
Sleep Disorders Center
Electroencephalography/Evoked Potential (EEG) Laboratory
Iowa Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (ICEP)
Address
Office location: 0181 RCP
Phone: 319-356-7235
Fax: 319-384-6269
E-mail: malcolm-yeh@uiowa.edu
Clinical Interests
Specialty: Neurology and Sleep Disorders
Neurophysiology
Sleep disorders medicine
Central sleep apnea
Research Interest
- Sleep and somatosensory evoked potentials
- Sleep stages as it relates to objective clinical measures
- Clinical trials in ambulatory polysomnography
- Origins of evoked far field potentials
- Pattern recognition in digitally recorded signals
- Dipole source localization in electroencephalography
Education
BA (Biochemistry) University of California, Berkeley
MD, University of California, Davis
Internship (Internal Medicine), Tucson Hospital
Residency
Residency (Internal Medicine), Tucson
Residency (Neurology) Colorado University Health Sciences Center
Fellowship
Fellowship (Electrophysiology) University of Iowa College of Medicine
Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Added qualifications, Subspecialty, of Sleep Medicine
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Professional Affiliations
- American College of Physicians
- American Academy of Neurology
- Clinical Neurophysiology Society
- Iowa Neurologic Association
- Patient database development for both the UI Hospitals and Clinics and VA sleep disorders centers
- Far field potentials and their origins
- Development of digital recording standards for recording and reproduction of biological signals.
Lectures
- M. Edip Gurol, MD1, Toshio Moritani, MD, Phd2, Jinsuh Kim, MD and Malcolm H. Yeh, MD. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML). American Neurological Association 131st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL October 8-11, 2006.
- Malcolm Yeh. Pitfalls of digital recordings in electroencephalograms (EEG) and a brief survey of current research in EEG signal processing. Presented to the University of Iowa Electrical Engineering Department, Iowa City, IA April 23, 1998.
- Kawamura T, Yeh M, Inoue K, Yamada T. Topographic voltage and spatial-temporal analyses of rolandic spikes. Presented at American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Annual Meeting, Beverly Hills, CA September 11-15, 1997.
- Dyken ME, Somers VK, Davis B, Yamada T, Granner M, Yeh M. Presumed viral encephalopathy associated with transient obstructive sleep apnea and consequent asystole. Presented at American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Annual Meeting, Beverly Hills, CA September 11-15, 1997.
Publications
Laurie M McCormick, Thoru Yamada, Malcolm Yeh, Michael C. Brumm and Robert W Thatcher. Antipsychotic effect of electroconvulsive therapy is related to normalization of subgenual cingulate theta activity in psychotic depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research Volume 43, Issue 5, February 2009, Pages 553-560.
Shiga Y, Yamada T, Ofuji A, Fujita Y, Kawamura T, Inoue K, Hada Y, Yamazaki H, Cheng MH, Malcolm Yeh. Effects of stimulus intensity on latency and conduction time of short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials. Clinical Electroencephalography. 32(2):75-81,2001.
Yamada T, Shiga U, Kawamura T, Inoue K, Ofuji A, Hada Y, Cheng M, Malcolm Yeh, Ross M. The palmomental reflex elicitation by electrical stimulation of the median nerve. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol Suppl 49:77-80, 1999.
Fujita Y, Yamada T, Inoue K, Sato A, Katayama M, Ofuji A, Fujita H, Malcolm Yeh. Origin of the "N10" stationary-field potential after median nerve stimulation. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 16(1):69-76, 1999 Jan.
Araki A, Yamada T, Ito T, Urashibara N, Kohira R, Hsu S, Malcolm Yeh. Dissociation between upper and lower neck N13 potentials following paired median nerve stimuli. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 104(1):68-73, 1997 Jan.
Dyken ME, Yamada T, Lin-Dyken DC, Seaba P, Malcolm Yeh. Diagnosing narcolepsy through the simultaneous clinical and electrophysiologic analysis of cataplexy. Arch Neurology 53(5):456-460, 1996.
Yamada T., Matsubara M., Shiraishi G., Malcolm Yeh. Topographic analysis of somatosensory evoked potentials following stimulation of tibial, sural and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 100:33-42, 1996.
Noguchi Y, Yamada T., Malcolm Yeh., Matsubara M., Kokubun Y., Kawada J., Shiraishi G., Kajimoto S. Dissociated changes of frontal and parietal somatosensory evoked potentials in sleep. Neurology 45:154-160, 1995.
Dyken ME, Yamada T, Lin-Dyken DC, Seaba P, Malcolm Yeh. Split-screen, video-polysomnographic analysis: A potential method of unequivocally diagnosing narcolepsy in patients with frequent cataplectic events. Neurology 45(A433)(suppl 4), 1995.
Fujii M., Yamada T., Aihara M., Kokubun Y, Noguchi Y., Matsubara M., Malcolm Yeh. The effect of stimulus rates upon median, ulnar and radial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 92:518-526, 1994.
M. Yeh. Digital EEG. Chapter 4. pages 54-63. Practical Guide for Clinical Neurophysiologic Testing : EEG. Yamada, T; Elizabeth Meng, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 530 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA. 2010.
M. Yeh. Visual Evoked Potentials. Chapter 7. EEG Technologist handbook of EEG. Yamada, T, Lippincott. Retracted. 2008.
M. Yeh, J. Kimura, and T. Yamada. Chapter 19: Magnetic Stimulation. In Peripheral Nerve Diseases. Kimura, J (eds), Elsevier. 2006.
M. Yeh, T. Yamada, J. Kimura. Chapter 20: Applications of SSEP recordings in the evaluation of the peripheral nervous system. In Peripheral Nerve Diseases. Kimura, J (eds), Elsevier. 2006.
Yamada T, Yeh M, Kimura J. Fundamental Principles of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs). In Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic of North America. 2004 Feb; 15(1):19-42.