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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. 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 12 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Status Epilepticus.
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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.
3 Clinical Trials
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 Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy.
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 Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Peter Kaplan is Professor of Neurology and serves as the Director of Epilepsy and EEG at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He focuses on epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology and nonconvulsive status epilepticus. He has written extensively about these subjects as well as about eclampsia and neurologic disease in women. Dr. Peter Kaplan received his medical training from St. Bartholomews Medical School, University of London. He then obtained membership to the Royal College of Physicians in England. He completed his residency in neurology at Duke University Medical Center. He completed fellowships in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at the same institution. Dr. Kaplan currently sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Dr. Kaplan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, and Awake Craniotomy.
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.
- Advanced
- 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