Overview
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Epilepsy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 128 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 37 articles in the study of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
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601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy.
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
Shavonne Massey is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Massey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Absence Seizure, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Endovascular Embolization, and Gastrostomy.
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- Elite
- Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- EpilepsyDr. Chu isElite. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Chu isElite. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- SeizuresDr. Chu isElite. Learn about Seizures.
- Distinguished
- Absence SeizureDr. Chu isDistinguished. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Angelman SyndromeDr. Chu isDistinguished. Learn about Angelman Syndrome.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Chu isDistinguished. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Spasmus NutansDr. Chu isDistinguished. Learn about Spasmus Nutans.
- West SyndromeDr. Chu isDistinguished. Learn about West Syndrome.
- Advanced
- Periventricular HeterotopiaDr. Chu isAdvanced. Learn about Periventricular Heterotopia.
- Status EpilepticusDr. Chu isAdvanced. Learn about Status Epilepticus.
- Experienced
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Chu isExperienced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Cortical DysplasiaDr. Chu isExperienced. Learn about Cortical Dysplasia.
- EncephalitisDr. Chu isExperienced. Learn about Encephalitis.
- Herpes Simplex EncephalitisDr. Chu isExperienced. Learn about Herpes Simplex Encephalitis.
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn
- MELAS SyndromeDr. Chu isExperienced. Learn about MELAS Syndrome.