The Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Center is a NAEC Level IV center located in the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Trainees are supervised and mentored by medical school faculty in a comprehensive training program focused on the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in both adults and children.  The high volume surgical program provides experience in stereo and subdural EEG, functional mapping, laser ablation, RNS, and VNS.  Rotations include adult and pediatric epilepsy monitoring units, routine and continuous EEG,  epilepsy clinic, and elective rotations in intraoperative monitoring and research.

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Program Overview

Duration and Accreditation: The Johns Hopkins program offers two Epilepsy fellowship tracks:

• A one year ACGME accredited fellowship track that fulfills ABPN requirements for certification in Epilepsy.
• A two year fellowship track that includes an ACGME accredited first year, and a second ACGME equivalent year for additional experience in epilepsy surgery, electives, and research.

Program Features:

• Clinical management of adult and pediatric inpatients and outpatients.
• Interpretation of EEGs in inpatients and outpatients with and without epilepsy.
• Emphasis on diagnostic and clinical management of adult and pediatric patients undergoing long-term inpatient video-EEG monitoring for epilepsy and related conditions, including surgical management of medically refractory epilepsy. Patients are monitored in the Johns Hopkins and Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Epilepsy Monitoring Units (EMUs), Neuro-Critical Care Unit (NCCU), and in other inpatient clinical units at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• Additional opportunities include:
  • Participation in investigational drug trials.
  • Longitudinal follow-up of patients who have undergone neuromodulation therapies such as RNS.
  • Initiation and continuation of ketogenic diet therapies in the adult and pediatric population.

Eligibility: Physicians who anticipate completion of an accredited residency in neurology or child neurology are encouraged to apply 

How to apply: Please apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and include your CV, a personal statement, and three letters of recommendation, including one from your residency director.  Please visit https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-fellowships-eras/applying-fellowships-eras

Contact Information

For application information or questions, please contact the fellowship coordinator Joanne Barnett:

The Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Center
Attention: Joanne Barnett
600 North Wolfe Street,
Meyer 2-147
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-7247
Phone: 410-955-7338, extension 4
Fax: 410-502-2507
Email: [email protected]

Program Director

Nathan Earl Crone, M.D.

 

Fellowship Faculty

Daniel Becker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Gregory Kent Bergey, M.D.

Director, Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Center
Professor of Neurology

 

Mackenzie Carpenter Cervenka, M.D.

Director, Adult Epilepsy Diet Center
Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Professor of Neurology

 

Charlene Edie Gamaldo, M.D.

Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center
Professor of Neurology
Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 

Christa Whelan Habela, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Babitha Haridas, M.B.B.S.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Khalil Salim Husari, M.D.

 

Emily Louise Johnson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Joon-Yi Kang, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Sarah Aminoff Kelley, M.D.

Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Co-Director, Epilepsy Fellowship Program
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

 

Eric Heath Kossoff, M.D.

Director, Child Neurology Residency Program
Medical Director, Ketogenic Diet Program
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics

 

Gregory Lewis Krauss, M.D.

Professor of Neurology

 

Ahmad Marashly, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Tanya Joelle Williams McDonald, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

 

Rachel Marie E Salas, M.D., M.Ed.

Assistant Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep and Wellness
Professor of Neurology

 

Carl E Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center
Lederer Endowed Chair of Pediatric Epilepsy
Director, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics

 

Mark Nan Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Neuroscience

 

Current Fellows