Overview
Pediatric epileptologist Babitha Haridas specializes in diagnosis and treatment of children with epilepsy, with a focus on those who have refractory epilepsy — patients who continue to have seizures despite taking multiple medications. Dr. Haridas seeks alternate modalities of treatment including ketogenic diet therapy, neurostimulation, and epilepsy surgery. Dr. Haridas obtained her medical degree from the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. She completed residency training in pediatrics and pediatric neurology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, then completed an epilepsy fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Haridas has received numerous accolades in medical education, and she is the director of the pediatric epilepsy fellowship program at Johns Hopkins. Her research interests include refractory epilepsy syndromes such as Lennox Gastaut syndrome, status epilepticus, and electrical status epilepticus in sleep. Dr. Haridas sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center in Baltimore. She also sees patients in Maryland via telemedicine on Wednesday afternoons.
Dr. Haridas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Absence Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Gastrostomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 12 articles in the study of Status Epilepticus.
Insurance
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Haridas 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.
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 Status Epilepticus. 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
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 Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Endovascular Embolization, and Gastrostomy.
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 Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Endovascular Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Areas of Expertise
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- EpilepsyDr. Haridas isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Haridas isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- GastrostomyDr. Haridas isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Haridas isExperienced. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)Dr. Haridas isExperienced. Learn about Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).
- Rett SyndromeDr. Haridas isExperienced. Learn about Rett Syndrome.
- SeizuresDr. Haridas isExperienced. Learn about Seizures.