Undergraduate Institution: Oakwood University
Graduate School: University of Cincinnati
Medical School: Ohio University
PGY-1: Riverside Methodist Hospital
Isaiah was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. He studied biology at the HBCU Oakwood University. While in college, he fostered his neuroscience interest with research fellowships at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Mayo Clinic studying hippocampal neurons in neurodevelopmental disorders. After college he began the Neuroscience Graduate Program and completed his Ph.D., becoming the first African American to earn a Neuroscience Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. He is the first in his family to become a physician, as well as to earn a Ph.D. His dissertation established the first direct link that abnormal hippocampal granule cells can cause epilepsy. Isaiah's passion for people with neurological health challenges subsequently led him to study Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University. While in medical school, Isaiah mentored minority students and is passionate about mentorship and diversity in medicine. Because of his interest in neuroscience research, minority health, and mentorship in academia, he believes Emory Neurology is no better fit to train him to become a clinically excellent and socially conscious Neurologist. Above all else, Isaiah dedicates every spare second to his wife LaToya and two daughters 6-year-old Laila Miri and 3-year-old Ilyssa Linda.