Sara B. Pillay, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor
Locations
- Neurology
Contact Information
Biography
Sara Pillay, PhD, is an associate professor of neurology. She specializes in understanding language reorganization after stroke in patients with aphasia using neuropsychological data, neuroimaging, and electrical stimulation techniques. In addition, she has interest in developing and testing language paradigms for use during intraoperative electrical stimulation mapping and electrocorticography. Her work has been presented at several national and international conferences, and published in peer-reviewed professional journals. She is currently a co-investigator in the Language Imaging Laboratory and a member of the Southeastern Wisconsin Stroke Rehabilitation Center.
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Research Experience
- Aphasia
- Brain Mapping
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phonetics
- Semantics
- Stroke
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Clinical Expertise
- Aphasia
- Brain Mapping
- Electrocorticography
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Neuropsychological Tests
Methodologies and Techniques
- Aphasia
- Brain Mapping
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phonetics
- Semantics
- Speech
- Speech Perception
- Stroke
Leadership Positions
- Co-Director, Intensive Program for Aphasia Therapy
MCW Program / Core Facilities
- Clinical Translational Science
- Graduate School
- Neurology/Neuropsychology
Publications
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Lesion and lesion network localization of dysnomia after epilepsy surgery.
(Mhanna A, Bruss J, Griffis JC, Sullivan AW, Kawasaki H, Binder J, Pillay SB, Howard MA 3rd, Tranel D, Boes AD.) Brain. 2024 Oct 18 PMID: 39423309 10/18/2024
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(Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Pillay S.) Neurologic Clinics. November 2024;42(4):849-861 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196037957 11/01/2024
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Informational Masking in Aging and Brain-lesioned Individuals.
(Farahbod H, Rogalsky C, Keator LM, Cai J, Pillay SB, Turner K, LaCroix A, Fridriksson J, Binder JR, Middlebrooks JC, Hickok G, Saberi K.) J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2023 Feb;24(1):67-79 PMID: 36471207 PMCID: PMC9971540 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143305212 12/06/2022
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Cognitive decline and quality of life after resective epilepsy surgery.
(Janecek JK, Brett BL, Pillay S, Murphy H, Binder JR, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109005 PMID: 36516616 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143982821 12/15/2022
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(Pillay SB, Gross WL, Janecek JK, Binder JR, Oleksy AJ, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109004 PMID: 36473300 PMCID: PMC9885384 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143541324 12/07/2022
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Semantic network activation facilitates oral word reading in chronic aphasia.
(Pillay SB, Gross WL, Heffernan J, Book DS, Binder JR.) Brain Lang. 2022 Oct;233:105164 PMID: 35933744 PMCID: PMC9948519 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135407900 08/08/2022
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The Neuroanatomy of Speech Processing: A Large-scale Lesion Study.
(Rogalsky C, Basilakos A, Rorden C, Pillay S, LaCroix AN, Keator L, Mickelsen S, Anderson SW, Love T, Fridriksson J, Binder J, Hickok G.) J Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Jul 01;34(8):1355-1375 PMID: 35640102 PMCID: PMC9274306 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133445404 06/01/2022
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Temporal lobe regions essential for preserved picture naming after left temporal epilepsy surgery.
(Binder JR, Tong JQ, Pillay SB, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Busch RM, Allen L, Gross WL, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Lowe MJ, Langfitt JT, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Swanson SJ, fMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study.) Epilepsia. 2020 Sep;61(9):1939-1948 PMID: 32780878 PMCID: PMC7722029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089258019 08/12/2020
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Neural networks supporting audiovisual integration for speech: A large-scale lesion study.
(Hickok G, Rogalsky C, Matchin W, Basilakos A, Cai J, Pillay S, Ferrill M, Mickelsen S, Anderson SW, Love T, Binder J, Fridriksson J.) Cortex. 2018 Jun;103:360-371 PMID: 29705718 PMCID: PMC6223621 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85046169918 05/01/2018
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The Neural Basis of Successful Word Reading in Aphasia.
(Pillay SB, Gross WL, Graves WW, Humphries C, Book DS, Binder JR.) J Cogn Neurosci. 2018 Apr;30(4):514-525 PMID: 29211656 PMCID: PMC9926535 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85042764522 12/07/2017
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Lesion localization of speech comprehension deficits in chronic aphasia.
(Pillay SB, Binder JR, Humphries C, Gross WL, Book DS.) Neurology. 2017 Mar 07;88(10):970-975 PMID: 28179469 PMCID: PMC5333516 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85014816931 02/10/2017
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(Binder JR, Pillay SB, Humphries CJ, Gross WL, Graves WW, Book DS.) Brain. 2016 May;139(Pt 5):1517-26 PMID: 26966139 PMCID: PMC5006249 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84966648862 03/12/2016