Eric H. Kossoff
Experienced in Prader-Willi Syndrome
Experienced in Prader-Willi Syndrome
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, 
Baltimore, MD 

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prader-Willi 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 1 article in the study of Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurology, 2002
Specialties
Pediatrics
Neurology
Pediatric Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
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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