Sarah A. Kelley
Experienced in Cortical Dysplasia

Dr. Sarah A. Kelley

Neurology | Pediatrics | Pediatric Neurology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, 
Baltimore, MD 

Experienced in Cortical Dysplasia
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

Dr. Sarah Kelley focuses on treating children with epilepsy with an emphasis on those who continue to have seizures after trying multiple medications. Dr. Kelley is the director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit where she oversees the evaluation and management of children with difficult to control or difficult to diagnose epilepsy. She evaluates and manages patients who may be candidates for epilepsy surgery. Dr. Kelley has additional expertise in the treatment of children with electrical status epilepticus of sleep (ESES). Dr. Kelley is also very involved with teaching and education and in addition to attending in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit is one of the Attending Physicians on the Pediatric Neurology Inpatient Service. Dr. Kelley received her medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo Medical School in New York. She then went on to complete her pediatrics residency training followed by her Child Neurology training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She then completed her fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/pediatric epilepsy at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Kelley sees patients with seizures/epilepsy on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday and Thursday mornings in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. Telemedicine visits with Dr. Kelley are available in some circumstances.

Dr. Kelley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. Her top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Endovascular Embolization.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 18 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Cortical Dysplasia.

Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurology, 2011
Specialties
Neurology
Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology
Licenses
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Neurology in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurology, 2013
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 5, Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-4259

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Kelley 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.

Epilepsy

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.


18 Total Publications

Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: The Current Landscape and Emerging Opportunities in DEE-SWAS.
Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: The Current Landscape and Emerging Opportunities in DEE-SWAS.
Journal: Epilepsy currents
Published: June 12, 2025
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      • Seizures
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      • West Syndrome
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      • Absence Seizure
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      • Beta-Ketothiolase Deficiency
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      • Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome
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      • Cortical Dysplasia
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      • Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET)
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