Dr. Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Browndyke is a research and clinical neuropsychologist whose transdisciplinary work bridges the behavioral sciences, neurosciences, radiology, anesthesiology, and surgery. Using advanced, multi-spectral neuroimaging techniques, pre-/perioperative biosampling, neuropsychological assessment, and machine-learning approaches, Dr. Browndyke and collaborators investigate the cognitive neuroscience of post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) and delirium. Recent discoveries include the importance of the brain’s default mode network integration at rest and during task performance in POCD expression [see JAGS, 65(1):6-12, and Human Brain Mapping, 39(2):985-1003] and the influence of “clinically silent” acute perioperative brain infarcts on delirium expression following cardiac surgery [see Ann Clin Transl Neurol.11(2):263-277]
Dr. Browndyke also serves as Director of the Neurocognition Core for the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network, a NHLBI-funded clinical trials leadership role involving the development and oversight of cognitive, neurological and patient-centered outcomes across major medical centers in the US, Canada and Germany. He is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry and dual-appointed to the Department of Surgery. Dr. Browndyke is a senior fellow of the Duke Center for Aging, member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, and affiliate of the Duke Center for Brain Imaging & Analysis.
