Overview
Dr. Eric Kossoff focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood seizures and epilepsy, particularly treatments other than medications such as diet and neurostimulation. He is one of the world experts on dietary treatment for epilepsy (ketogenic diet) and lectures around the world about this therapy. His specific interests include the ketogenic diet, the modified Atkins diet for children and adults, infantile spasms, benign rolandic epilepsy, the interaction of migraine headaches with epilepsy, and Sturge-Weber syndrome. Dr. Eric Kossoff is also very involved in teaching and is the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Residency Program. He is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a co-author of Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Disorders and the 7th edition of Ketogenic Diet Therapies. Dr. Kossoff sees patients in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (5th floor) in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. He sees patients at Green Spring Station on Wednesday afternoons. He also participates in telemedicine. Dr. Kossoff received his medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine in New York. He went on to complete a residency in pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed a second residency in child neurology and a fellowship in pediatric epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Dr. Kossoff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Endovascular Embolization, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 183 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 16 articles in the study of West Syndrome.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 115, Lutherville, MD 21093
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.
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Children's Hospital
William Gaillard is a Psychiatrist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Gaillard is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Liver Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Gaillard is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Carl E. Stafstrom is a pediatric neurologist, caring for children with epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, with residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Tufts New England Medical Center, as well as fellowships at Harvard for neurology research and Boston Children’s Hospital in clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography, and epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom previously served as Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at American Family Children’s Hospital at UW Madison. Dr. Stafstrom is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Endovascular Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Catherine Chu is the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, as well as the vice president of child neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. As a child neurologist, epileptologist and clinical neurophysiologist, Dr. Chu cares for children diagnosed with epilepsy and disorders of the nervous system (neurophysiology). She specializes in electroencephalogram (also known as EEG) analysis, seizure localization, surgical planning and neuromodulation for adult and pediatric patients with difficult to control epilepsy. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work identifying causes of and treatment options for cognitive dysfunction and seizures in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu’s team specializes in identifying and developing tools to detect and understand brain rhythms that support complex cognitive functions throughout development, including how these rhythms are disrupted by seizures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu earned her medical degree and a master’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard University. She completed an internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, and then a residency in neurology and child neurology at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing two fellowships at Massachusetts General, one in epilepsy and another in clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Chu earned a master’s degree in medical science, focused on clinical investigation, from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chu is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Epilepsy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Absence SeizureDr. Kossoff isDistinguished. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- EpilepsyDr. Kossoff isDistinguished. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Kossoff isDistinguished. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Kossoff isDistinguished. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- SeizuresDr. Kossoff isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Sturge-Weber SyndromeDr. Kossoff isDistinguished. Learn about Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
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- Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)Dr. Kossoff isAdvanced. Learn about Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).
- Myoclonic EpilepsyDr. Kossoff isAdvanced. Learn about Myoclonic Epilepsy.
- Spasmus NutansDr. Kossoff isAdvanced. Learn about Spasmus Nutans.
- Status EpilepticusDr. Kossoff isAdvanced. Learn about Status Epilepticus.
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- Aicardi SyndromeDr. Kossoff isExperienced. Learn about Aicardi Syndrome.
- Benign Rolandic EpilepsyDr. Kossoff isExperienced. Learn about Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.
- Brain TumorDr. Kossoff isExperienced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome
- Cortical DysplasiaDr. Kossoff isExperienced. Learn about Cortical Dysplasia.
- Developmental Expressive Language Disorder