Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Child Neurology Residency Program, Medical Director, Ketogenic Diet Program

Neurology

Eric Kossoff works in the field of Neurology. He went to Eastern Virginia Medical School. He received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Eric Kossoff has written publications. He has 99 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Peripherally inserted central venous catheter fracture and embolization to the lung.' He accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Diet Redux: Outcomes from Reattempting Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy.
• Use of dietary therapies amongst patients with GLUT1 deficiency Syndrome.
• Delivery of Epilepsy care to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Exploring the relationship between preferences for high fat foods and efficacy of the ketogenic and modified Atkins diets among children with seizure Disorders.
• Nonpharmacologic care for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Ketogenic diets and vagus Nerve stimulation.
• Transition for patients with Epilepsy due to metabolic and mitochondrial disorders.
• Dietary and Medication Adjustments to Improve Seizure Control in Patients Treated With the Ketogenic Diet.
• Migraine and Epilepsy in the pediatric population.
• Inclusion and exclusion criteria for Epilepsy clinical trials-Recommendations from the April 30, 2011 NINDS workshop.
• De novo mutations in epileptic encephalopathies.
• The evolution of dietary therapy for neurologic Disorders.
• Rett syndrome and Epilepsy: an update for child neurologists.
• Use of Dietary Therapy for Status Epilepticus.
• Intermittent fasting: A "new" historical strategy for controlling seizures?
• Transitioning pediatric patients receiving ketogenic diets for Epilepsy into adulthood.
• New treatment options for lennox-gastaut Syndrome.
• Efficacy of dietary therapy for juvenile myoclonic Epilepsy.
• Self-reported treatment patterns in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome and Migraines.
• A prospective study of the modified Atkins diet for intractable Epilepsy in adults.
• A pilot study transitioning children onto levetiracetam monotherapy to improve language dysfunction associated with benign rolandic Epilepsy.
• Lack of influence of body mass index on the efficacy of the ketogenic diet.
• When do seizures usually improve with the ketogenic diet?
• Cortical auditory dysfunction in benign rolandic Epilepsy.
• A case-control evaluation of the ketogenic diet versus ACTH for new-onset infantile spasms.
• Management and risk factors for dyslipidemia with the ketogenic diet.
• A blinded, crossover study of the efficacy of the ketogenic diet.
• Implantation of a responsive neurostimulator device in patients with refractory Epilepsy.
• Secondary intracranial causes for Headaches in children.
• The modified Atkins diet: a potential treatment for developing countries.
• Optimal clinical management of children receiving the ketogenic diet: recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group.
• Aicardi syndrome mimicking intrauterine Hydrocephalus.
• International consensus statement on clinical implementation of the ketogenic diet: agreement, flexibility, and controversy.
• The modified Atkins diet.
• Hemispherectomy sustained before adulthood does not cause persistent hemispatial neglect.
• Ketogenic diets: evidence for short- and long-term efficacy.
• The ketogenic diet: it''s about ''time''.
• Hemiparesis is a clinical correlate of general adaptive dysfunction in children and adolescents with Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
• An infantile-onset, severe, yet sporadic seizure pattern is common in Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
• The influence of concurrent anticonvulsants on the efficacy of the ketogenic diet.
• High-dose oral prednisolone for infantile spasms: an effective and less expensive alternative to ACTH.
• Ketogenic diets: an update for child neurologists.
• Use of quantitative EEG in infants with port-wine birthmark to assess for Sturge-Weber brain involvement.
• Empiric use of potassium citrate reduces kidney-stone incidence with the ketogenic diet.
• Hemispherectomy-associated complications from the Kids'' Inpatient Database.
• Long-term outcomes of children treated with the ketogenic diet in the past.
• Infantile spasms treated with the ketogenic diet: prospective single-center experience in 104 consecutive infants.
• The ketogenic diet: an appropriate first-line therapy?
• Migraine and Epilepsy.
• Neuropsychological features and risk factors in children with Sturge-Weber Syndrome: four case reports.
• Do patients with absence Epilepsy respond to ketogenic diets?
• The intraCerebral administration of phenytoin using controlled-release polymers reduces experimental seizures in rats.
• Efficacy of the ketogenic diet for infantile spasms.
• Neonatal hypocalcemic seizures: case report and literature review.
• Outcomes of 32 hemispherectomies for Sturge-Weber Syndrome worldwide.
• Encephalofacial angiomatosis sparing the occipital lobe and without facial nevus: on the spectrum of Sturge-Weber Syndrome variants?
• The ketogenic diet: adolescents can do it, too.
• Landau-Kleffner Syndrome responsive to levetiracetam.
• Doose syndrome (myoclonic-astatic Epilepsy): 40 years of progress.
• Prospective study of the modified atkins diet in combination with a ketogenic liquid supplement during the initial month.
• A pilot study of the modified Atkins diet for Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
• Ketosis and the ketogenic diet, 2010: advances in treating Epilepsy and other disorders.
• Will seizure control improve by switching from the modified Atkins diet to the traditional ketogenic diet?
• Survey of Aspirin Use in Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
• Dietary therapies for Epilepsy: Future research.
• Dietary treatments for Epilepsy: management guidelines for the general practitioner.
• The Ketogenic Diet for Medically and Surgically Refractory Status Epilepticus in the Neurocritical Care Unit.
• Is there an ideal way to discontinue the ketogenic diet?
• The fat is in the fire: ketogenic diet for refractory status epilepticus.
• Cognitive and EEG fluctuation in benign childhood Epilepsy with central-temporal spikes: a case series.
• AERRPS, DESC, NORSE, FIRES: multi-labeling or distinct epileptic entities?
• Neonatal seizures due to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: should we care?
• Nonpharmacological approaches: diet and neurostimulation.
• Intractable childhood Epilepsy: choosing between the treatments.
• Dietary treatment of Epilepsy: rebirth of an ancient treatment.
• Temporal lobectomies in children: more than just for seizure control?
• Kidney stones, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and the ketogenic diet.
• The postoperative course and management of 106 hemidecortications.
• Hemispherectomy for intractable unihemispheric Epilepsy etiology vs outcome.
• Practice parameter: evaluation of the child with global developmental delay.
• Amelioration of spinal myoclonus with levetiracetam.
• Candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit: trends during fifteen years and clinical features of 111 cases.
• Peripherally inserted central venous catheter fracture and embolization to the lung.
• Early clinical experience enhances third-year pediatrics clerkship performance.
• Tourette Syndrome: clinical characteristics and current management strategies.
• Recurrent hypoglycemic hemiparesis and aphasia in an adolescent patient.
• L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria presenting as Migraine.
• Levetiracetam psychosis in children with Epilepsy.
• Use of the modified Atkins diet for adolescents with chronic daily Headache.
• Index of suspicion. Case 3. Otitic Hydrocephalus.
• Efficacy of the Atkins diet as therapy for intractable Epilepsy.
• Improvement in alertness and behavior in children treated with combination topiramate and vagus Nerve stimulation.
• More fat and fewer seizures: dietary therapies for Epilepsy.
• The impact of early versus late anticonvulsant reduction after ketogenic diet initiation.
• Benefits of an all-liquid ketogenic diet.
• Effect of an external responsive neurostimulator on seizures and electrographic discharges during subdural electrode monitoring.
• Worldwide use of the ketogenic diet.
• Experience in the use of the ketogenic diet as early therapy.
• Can you predict an immediate, complete, and sustained response to the ketogenic diet?

Schools

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• State University of New York At Buffalo

• Chldns Hospital Of Kings Daus Ea Va Med School

• Eastern Va Med School

• Johns Hopkins University School Med

• Johns Hopkins Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)

Conditions Treated

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• Ataxia
• Cerebral Palsy
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Convulsions
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Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification

Education

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• Johns Hopkins University
• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Hospital

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• Johns Hopkins Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1861439721
NPPES Provider LastName		KOSSOFF
NPPES Provider FirstName		ERIC
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		212870005
NPPES Provider State		MD
Specialty Description		Neurology
Total Claim Count		16.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1861439721
Last Name Of The Provider	KOSSOFF
First Name Of The Provider	ERIC
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