{"id":62509,"date":"2018-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/07\/18\/new-faculty-spolight-proleta-datta-m-d-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:51:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:51:04","slug":"new-faculty-spolight-proleta-datta-m-d-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/07\/18\/new-faculty-spolight-proleta-datta-m-d-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"New faculty spolight: Proleta Datta, M.D., Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Proleta Datta, M.D., Ph.D.\n<li><B>Hometown:<\/b> Bangalore, India\n<li><b>Title and department at UNMC:<\/b> Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Neurology<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research\/professional interests:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medically refractory epilepsy\n<li>Neurostimulation devices\n<li>Telemedicine and global health<\/ul>\n<p><b>How I fell in love with neurology\/epilepsy:<\/b><br \/>\nI was an avid reader growing up and was inspired in equal parts by scientific advancement and imaginative science fiction. 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