Overview
Dr. Adam Hartman is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He focuses on treating children with epilepsy, with an emphasis on those whose seizures have not been adequately controlled with medication. He evaluates and manages patients in his clinic who may be candidates for epilepsy surgery, including those with Rasmussen syndrome, brain malformations, and perinatal strokes. Patients who may not be surgery candidates due to inborn errors of metabolism (particularly mitochondrial disorders) also are a special interest for Dr. Hartman. Dr. Hartman is currently a Physician at NINDS/NIH, serving as a Program Director in the Division of Clinical Research. Previously, Dr. Hartman was the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Neurology Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also was the Co-Director of the Neurology Intensive Care Nursery and an Attending Physician on the Pediatric Neurology Inpatient Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Hartman’s prior laboratory work was funded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH), Technology Development Corporation (State of Maryland), a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Award, the Pakula Family, and the Becker Family. Dr. Hartman received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. After completing his residency in Pediatrics in the National Capital Uniformed Services Pediatric Residency Program (National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center), he served as a general pediatrician in the US Navy for five years (the last as division head of general pediatrics at Naval Medical Center San Diego). He completed his residency in pediatric neurology and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/pediatric epilepsy, both at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Hartman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Hemimegalencephaly, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Increased Head Circumference.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 65 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Spasmus Nutans.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
11085 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 210, Columbia, MD 21044
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Hartman has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
1 Clinical Trials
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 Spasmus Nutans. 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 Spasmus Nutans. 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 Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Epilepsy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- HemimegalencephalyDr. Hartman isDistinguished. Learn about Hemimegalencephaly.
- SeizuresDr. Hartman isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Advanced
- EpilepsyDr. Hartman isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Hartman isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- GangliosidosisDr. Hartman isAdvanced. Learn about Gangliosidosis.
- GM1 GangliosidosisDr. Hartman isAdvanced. Learn about GM1 Gangliosidosis.
- Increased Head CircumferenceDr. Hartman isAdvanced. Learn about Increased Head Circumference.
- Spasmus NutansDr. Hartman isAdvanced. Learn about Spasmus Nutans.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Hartman isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Cortical DysplasiaDr. Hartman isExperienced. Learn about Cortical Dysplasia.
- EncephalitisDr. Hartman isExperienced. Learn about Encephalitis.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Hartman isExperienced. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Movement DisordersDr. Hartman isExperienced. Learn about Movement Disorders.
- Rasmussen EncephalitisDr. Hartman isExperienced. Learn about Rasmussen Encephalitis.