Jay Harvey, D.O. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Joined UT Southwestern: 1994 and 2017

Clinical Interests: Dr. Harvey is a seasoned professional in the field of epileptology and focuses on refractory epilepsy, surgical intervention, neuromodulation, electroencephalography (EEG), and invasive EEG monitoring as a leading expert in epilepsy management.

Leadership: He is the Medical Director of the EEG and Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) at Parkland Hospital and Health Services.

Research: His research area centers on conducting clinical drug and device trials in epilepsy, contributing significantly to advancements in treatment modalities.

Clinical Interests: Dr. Harvey leads programs that drive innovation and excellence in patient care. With a passion for improving outcomes for individuals with epilepsy, Dr. Harvey combines clinical expertise with cutting-edge research to make a lasting impact in the treatment of epilepsy.

Background: He joined UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) initially in 1994. After a short tenure at UTSW, Dr. Harvey assisted in developing comprehensive level 4 epilepsy centers in north Dallas and participated in numerous clinical trials. He then returned to UTSW in 2017.

Education

Medical School: UNT Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (1988)
Internship: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital (1989), Transitional Year
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital (1992), Neurology
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1994), Epilepsy

Research Interest

Brain Mapping
Devices for epilepsy
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Surgical treatment of epilepsy

Publications

Real-Time Seizure Detection Using Behind-the-Ear Wearable System: Lehnen J, Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Aziz A, Nguyen PV, Harvey J, Alick-Lindstrom S, Doyle A, Podkorytova I, Perven G, Hays R, Zepeda R, Das R, Ding K Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2025 Feb 42 118-125
An Unobtrusive and Lightweight Ear-worn System for Continuous Epileptic Seizure Detection: Aziz A, Pham N, Vora N, Reynolds C, Lehnen J, Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Harvey J, Vu T, Ding K, Nguyen P ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare 2025 Jan 6
SEEG-Based Bilateral Seizure Network Analysis for Neurostimulation Treatment: Peng G, Nourani M, Harvey J IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2025 33 664-674
Stereo-electroencephalographic seizure localization in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis: A single center experience: Zhang B, Podkorytova I, Hays R, Perven G, Agostini M, Harvey J, Zepeda R, Alick-Lindstrom S, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Das R, Lega B, Ding K Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 2024 Jan 9 106-111
Type-Specific Seizure Network Analysis for RNS Target Selection in Multifocal Patients: Peng G, Nourani M, Harvey J 2024
Interictal Epileptiform Discharge Detection Using Time-Frequency Analysis and Transfer Learning: Munia MS, Hosseini MS, Nourani M, Harvey J 2024
A Platform-Agnostic Physiological Signal Compression Approach for Resource-Constrained Computational Headwear: Vora NR, Hajighasemi A, Reynolds CT, Radmehr A, Moharned M, Saurav JR, Aziz A, Veerla JP, Nasr MS, Lotspeich H, Guttikonda PS, Pham T, Darji A, Malidarreh PB, Shang HH, Harvey J, Ding K, Nguyen P, Luber JM 2024
SEEG-based epileptic seizure network modeling and analysis for pre-surgery evaluation: Peng G, Nourani M, Dave H, Harvey J Computers in Biology and Medicine 2023 Dec 167
Earables as Medical Devices: Opportunities and Challenges: Aziz A, Karkar R, Ding K, Harvey J, Nguyen P 2023 Oct 339-341
Interictal Epileptiform Discharge Detection Using Multi-Head Deep Convolutional Neural Network: Munia MS, Nourani M, Harvey J, Dave H 2023

Honors & Awards

Fellow, American Epilepsy Society
(2016)
Member, The Epilepsy Study Consortium
(2009)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology (1989)
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (1994)
American Epilepsy Society (1992)
Dallas County Medical Society (1994)
Texas Medical Association (1988)
Texas Neurological Society (1991)