Distinguished in Epilepsy

Dr. Jay A. Salpekar

Psychiatry | Neurology | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD 
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Distinguished in Epilepsy
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD 
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Jay Salpekar, M.D. is Director of the Neuropsychiatry in Epilepsy Program at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and on the full time faculty of Johns Hopkins University Medical School. He received B.A. and M.D. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and continued at Barnes Hospital for internship and residency training in general psychiatry. He then completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale University Child Study Center. Dr. Salpekar is widely published in the field of pediatric neuropsychiatry. He is a reviewer for scientific journals, grant review panels, and serves on the editorial board for Epilepsy and Behavior. He is active in the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and was recently honored with Fellow status in the American Neuropsychiatric Association.

Dr. Salpekar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Spasmus Nutans.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 59 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 47 articles in the study of Epilepsy.

Residency
Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, Psychiatry, 1996
Specialties
Psychiatry
Neurology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in DC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Fellowships
Yale New Haven Health, Child Psychiatry, 1998
Hospital Affiliations
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Languages Spoken
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Locations

Kennedy Krieger Institute
Floor 2, Baltimore, MD 21205
Call: 443-923-7727

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


59 Total Publications

The Frith Prescribing Guidelines for People With Intellectual Disability, 4th Edition.
The Frith Prescribing Guidelines for People With Intellectual Disability, 4th Edition.
Journal: The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Published: October 03, 2025
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