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Sara B. Pillay, PhD

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.

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

Ϲ Program / Core Facilities

  • Clinical Translational Science
  • Graduate School
  • Neurology/Neuropsychology

Publications

  • (Farahbod H, Rogalsky C, Keator LM, Cai J, Pillay SB, LaCroix AN, Fridriksson J, Binder JR, Venezia JH, Saberi K, Hickok G.) J Cogn Neurosci. 2025 Nov 01;37(11):2190-2202 PMID: 39998896 02/25/2025

  • (Pillay S, Maruska B, Butts AM, Saber M, Gross WL.) World Neurosurg. 2025 Aug 22;202:124400 PMID: 40850667 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105016524672 08/25/2025

  • (Binder JR, Freiberg A, Heffernan J, Giraldo-Chica M, Book DS, Pillay SB.) Brain. 2025 Apr 03;148(4):1421-1434 PMID: 39789712 PMCID: PMC12168130 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003923504 01/10/2025

  • (Mhanna A, Bruss J, Griffis JC, Sullivan AW, Kawasaki H, Binder JR, Pillay SB, Howard MA 3rd, Tranel D, Boes AD.) Brain. 2025 Mar 06;148(3):776-787 PMID: 39423309 PMCID: PMC11884675 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000714877 10/18/2024

  • (Gross WL, Swanson SJ, Helfand AI, Pillay SB, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Carlson CE, Conant LL, Busch RM, Lowe M, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Binder JR, FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery FATES Study.) Neuroimage Clin. 2025;46:103804 PMID: 40424645 PMCID: PMC12156247 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105005941125 05/27/2025

  • (Granadillo ED, Fellmeth M, Youssofzadeh V, Heffernan J, Shah-Basak PP, Pillay SB, Ustine C, Kraegel P, Schold S, Mueller KD, Ikonomidou C, Okonkwo O, Raghavan M, Binder JR.) Front Psychol. 2025;16:1492447 PMID: 40070907 PMCID: PMC11893574 03/12/2025

  • (Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Pillay S.) Neurologic Clinics. November 2024;42(4):849-861 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196037957 11/01/2024

  • (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

  • (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

  • (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

  • (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

  • (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