ERIC HEATH WILLIAM KOSSOFF, M.D.
DavidM.RubensteinChildHealthCenter- Suite 2158
200 North Wolfe Street
JohnsHopkinsHospital
Baltimore, MD 21287
(410) 614-6054
Current:Assistant Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics
Medical Director, Ketogenic Diet Program
Associate Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency Program
Neurology Liaison, Johns Hopkins International
The John M. Freeman Pediatric EpilepsyCenter
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland
Education:Pediatric Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology (2001 – 2002)
Child Neurology (1998 – 2001)
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland
Pediatrics (1995-1998)
Eastern VirginiaMedicalSchool
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk, Virginia
StateUniversity of New York at BuffaloSchool of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences
Buffalo, New York
Doctor of Medicine, 1995
CornellUniversity
Ithaca, New York
Major: Neurobiology and behavior
Bachelor of Science, 1991
Certification:American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, Special Certification in Child
Neurology – 2002
American Board of Pediatrics - 1998
Active Staff:Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, 2007–present
Kennedy Krieger Institute, 2007-present
Chester River Medical Center, 2005-present
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2002-present
Membership:American Headache Society, 2005-present
American Epilepsy Society, 2001 – present
AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics,2000 - present
AmericanAcademy of Neurology 1999 - present
Child Neurology Society 1999 – present
Committees:Local:
Johns Hopkins Neurology Department
Appointments and Promotion Committee – 2006-present
Education Committee – 2002-present
SIGN (Student Interest Group in Neurology) at Johns Hopkins – Faculty Advisor 2004-present
MarylandScienceCenter, Medical advisor – 2000 – 2002
National:
Child Neurology Society
International Affairs Committee – 2007-present
Electronic Communications Committee – 2002-2006
American Epilepsy Society
Pediatric Content Committee – 2008-present
Scientific Program Committee - 2005-2007
Special Interest Group Subcommittee - 2007-present
Student and Resident Education Committee, Pediatric Section Chair – 2005-2008
Technology Committee– 2002-2006
Scientific Advisory and
Editorial Boards:
The Hemispherectomy Foundation, Medical Advisory Board – 2009-present
NIH/NINDS Epilepsy Benchmark – 2009-present
Infantile Spasms Consortium – 2008-present
SHS International, Scientific Advisory Board – 2008-present
Charlie Foundation, Scientific Advisory Board - 2008-present
Journal of Child Neurology, Editorial Board – 2008-present
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Scientific Advisory Committee – 2007-present
Epilepsy Study Consortium, Inc. - 2007-present
Abilities Network (Epilepsy Foundation), Professional Advisory Board – 2004- present (member); President, PAB – 2007- present.
Epilepsy.com, Editorial Board – 2006-present; Editor of “Ketogenic Diet News” (monthly feature) - 2007-present
NeuroPace, Inc. Steering Committee - 2004-2006
Honors and
AwardsPediatric Resident Research Award, 1998
Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) Trainee Travel Award, 1998
Outstanding Second-Year Pediatric Resident Award, 1997.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research:
1. Kossoff EH, Poirier MP. Peripherally inserted central venous catheter fracture and embolization to the lung. Pediatr Emerg Care 1998; 14:403-405.
2. Kossoff EH, Karlowicz MG, Buescher ES. Candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit: trends during 15 years and clinical features of 111 cases. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998;17:504-508.
3. Kossoff EH, Hubbard TW, Gowen CW. Early Clinical Experience Enhances Third-year Pediatrics Clerkship Performance. Acad Med 1999;74:1238-1241.
4. Kossoff EH, Parsons G. “Index of Suspicion – Case #3 – otic hydrocephalus.” Pediatr Rev 2000;21:205-209.
5. Kossoff EH, Bergey GK, Freeman JM, Vining EP. Levetiracetam psychosis in children with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001;42:1611-1613.
6. Kossoff EH, Keswani SC, Raymond GV. L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria presenting as migraine. Neurology 2001;57:1731-1732.
7. Kossoff EH, Ichord RN, Bergin AM. Recurrent hypoglycemic hemiparesis and aphasia in an adolescent patient. Pediatr Neurol 2001;24:385-386.
8. Kossoff EH, Vining EPG, Pyzik PL, Kriegler S, Min K, Carson BS, Avellino AM, Freeman JM. Perioperative outcomes of 100 hemispherectomies. Pediatr Neurosurg 2002;37:298-303.
9. Kossoff EH, Buck C, Freeman JM. Outcomes of 32 hemispherectomies for Sturge-Weber syndrome worldwide. Neurology 2002;59:1735-1738.
10. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, Furth SL, Hladky HD, Freeman JM, Vining EPG. Kidney stones, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and the ketogenic diet. Epilepsia 2002;43:1168-1171.
11. Keswani SC, Kossoff EH, Krauss GL. Amelioration of spinal myoclonus with levetiracetam. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:457-458.
12. Kossoff EH, Silvia MT, Maret A, Carakushansky M, Vining EPG. Neonatal hypocalcemic seizures: case report and literature review. J Child Neurol 2002;7:236-239.
13. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, McGrogan JR, Vining EPG, Freeman JM. Efficacy of the ketogenic diet for infantile spasms. Pediatrics 2002;109:780-783.
14. Tamargo RJ, Rossell LA, Kossoff EH, Tyler BM, Ewend MG, Aryanpur JJ. The intracerebral administration of phenytoin using controlled-release polymers reduces experimental seizures in rats. Epilepsy Res 2002;48:145-155.
15. Jordan L, Kossoff E. A 10-year-old with status epilepticus: unraveling a ball of string. Contemp Peds 2002;19:27-39.
16. Kossoff EH, Krauss GL, McGrogan JR, Freeman JM. Efficacy of the Atkins Diet as therapy for intractable epilepsy. Neurology 2003;61:1789-1791.
17. Kossoff EH, Vining EPG, Pillas DJ, Pyzik PL, Avellino AM, Carson BS, Freeman JM. Hemispherectomy for intractable unihemispheric epilepsy: Etiology vs. outcome. Neurology 2003;61:887-890.
18. Kossoff EH, Boatman D, Freeman JM. Landau-Kleffner syndrome responsive to levetiracetam. Epilepsy Behav 2003;4:571-575.
19. Mady MA, Kossoff EH, McGregor AL, Wheless JW, Pyzik PL, Freeman JM. The Ketogenic Diet: Adolescents Can Do It, Too. Epilepsia 2003;44:847-851.
20. Comi AM, Fischer R, Kossoff EH. Encephalofacial Angiomatosis Sparing the Occipital Lobe and without Facial Nevus: On the Spectrum of Sturge-Weber Syndrome Variants? J Child Neurol 2003;18:35-38.
21. Kossoff EH, Ritzl EK, Politsky JM, et. al. Effective use of an external responsive neurostimulator during subdural electrode monitoring. Epilepsia 2004;45:1560-1567.
22. Kossoff EH, McGrogan JR, Freeman JM. Benefits of an all-liquid ketogenic diet. Epilepsia 2004;45:1163.
23. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, McGrogan JR, Rubenstein JE. Impact of early versus late anticonvulsant reduction after ketogenic diet initiation. Epilepsy Behav 2004;5:499-502.
24. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL. Improvement in alertness and behavior in children treated with combination topiramate and vagus nerve stimulation. Epilepsy Behav 2004;5:256-259.
25. Kossoff EH, Hatfield LA, Ball KL, Comi AM. Comorbidity of epilepsy and headache in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome. J Child Neurol 2005;20:678-682.
26. Kossoff EH, Thiele EA, Pfeifer HH, McGrogan JR, Freeman JM. Tuberous sclerosis complex and the ketogenic diet. Epilepsia 2005;46:1684-1686.
27. Than KD, Kossoff EH, Rubenstein JE, Pyzik PL, McGrogan JR, Vining EPG. Can you predict an immediate, complete, and sustained response to the ketogenic diet? Epilepsia 2005; 46:580-582.
28. Rubenstein JE, Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, Vining EPG, McGrogan JR, Freeman JM. Experience in the use of the ketogenic diet as early therapy. J Child Neurol 2005;20:31-34.
29. Kossoff EH, McGrogan JR. Worldwide use of the ketogenic diet. Epilepsia 2005;46:280-289.
30. Groesbeck DK, Bluml RM, Kossoff EH. Long-term use of the ketogenic diet. Dev Med Child Neurol 2006;48:978-981.
31. Kossoff EH, Mankad DN. Medication-overuse headache in children: is initial preventative therapy in children necessary? J Child Neurol 2006;21:45-48.
32. Kossoff EH, McGrogan JR, Bluml RM, Pillas DJ, Rubenstein JE, Vining EP. A modified Atkins diet is effective for the treatment of intractable pediatric epilepsy. Epilepsia 2006;47:421-424.
33. Marsh EB, Freeman JM, Kossoff EH, Vining EPG, Rubenstein JE, Pyzik PL, Hemingway C. The Outcome of Children with Intractable Seizures: A 3-6 Year Follow-up of 67 Children Who Remained on the Ketogenic Diet Less than One Year. Epilepsia 2006;47:425-430.
34. Farasat S, Kossoff EH, Pillas DJ, Rubenstein JE, Vining EP, Freeman JM. The importance of cognition in parental expectations prior to starting the ketogenic diet. Epilepsy Behav 2006;8:406-410.
35. Jordan LC, van Beek JGM, Gottesman RG, Kossoff EH, Johnston MV. Ischemic stroke in children with critical illness: a poor prognostic sign. Ped Neurol 2007;36:244-246.
36. Kossoff EH, Turner Z, Bluml RM, Pyzik PL, Vining EPG. A randomized, crossover comparison of daily carbohydrate limits using the modified Atkins diet. Epilepsy Behav 2007;10: 432-436.
37. Ewen JB, Comi AM, Kossoff EH. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome Pediatr Neurol 2007;36:115-117.
38. Martinez CC Pyzik PL, Kossoff EH. Discontinuing the ketogenic diet in seizure-free children: recurrence and risk factors. Epilepsia 2007;48:187-190.
39. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, Rubenstein JE, Bergqvist AGC, Buchhalter JR, Donner EJ, Nordli DR, Wheless JW. Combined ketogenic diet and vagus nerve stimulation: rational polytherapy? Epilepsia 2007;48:77-81.
40. Hatfield LA, CroneNE, Kossoff EH, Ewen JB, Pyzik PL, Lin DDM, Kelley TM, Comi AM. Quantitative EEG asymmetry correlates with clinical severity in unilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome. Epilepsia 2007;48:191-195.
41. Kossoff EH, Turner Z, Bergey GK. Home-guided use of the ketogenic diet in a patient for over twenty years. Pediatr Neurol 2007;36:424-425.
42. Sampath A, Kossoff EH, Furth SL, Pyzik PL, Vining EPG. Kidney stones and the ketogenic diet: risk factors and prevention. J Child Neurol 2007;22:375-378.
43. Kossoff EH, Balasta M, Hatfield LM, Lehmann CU, Comi AM. Self-reported treatment patterns in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome and migraines. J Child Neurol 2007;22:720-726.
44. Amari A, Dahlquist L, Kossoff EH, Vining EP, Trescher WH, Slifer KJ. Children with
seizures exhibit preferences for foods compatible with the ketogenic diet. Epilepsy Behav
2007;11:98-104.
45. Stainman RS, Turner Z, Rubenstein JE, Kossoff EH. Decreased relative efficacy of the
ketogenic diet for children with surgically approachable epilepsy. Seizure 2007;16:615-619.
46. Hamdy RF, Turner Z, Pyzik PL, Kossoff EH. Lack of influence of body mass index on the efficacy of the ketogenic diet. J Child Neurol 2007;22:1167-1171.
47. Kossoff EH, Los JG, Boatman DF. A pilot study transitioning children onto levetiracetam monotherapy to improve language dysfunction associated with benign rolandic epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2007;11: 514-517.
48. Kossoff EH, Rowley H, Sinha SR, Vining EPG. A prospective study of the modified Atkins diet for intractable epilepsy in adults. Epilepsia 2008;49:316-319.
49. Kossoff EH, Laux LC, Blackford R, Morrison PF, Pyzik PL, Turner Z, Nordli DR, Jr. When do seizures improve with the ketogenic diet? Epilepsia 2008;49:329-333.
50. Kossoff EH, Hedderick EF, Turner Z, Freeman JM. A case-control evaluation of the ketogenic diet versus ACTH for new-onset infantile spasms. Epilepsia 2008;49:1504-1509.
51. Boatman DF, Trescher WH, Smith C, Ewen J, Los J, Wied HM, Gordon B, Kossoff EH, Gao Q, Vining EP. Cortical Auditory Dysfunction in Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. Epilepsia2008; 49:1018-1026.
52. Nizamuddin J, Turner Z, Rubenstein JE, Pyzik PL, Kossoff EH. Management and risk factors for dyslipidemia with the ketogenic diet. J Child Neurol. 2008;23:758-761.
53. Kossoff EH, Dorward JL, Molinero MR, Holden KR. The Modified Atkins Diet: A potential treatment for developing countries. Epilepsia 2008;49:1646-1647.
54. Vineberg S, Kossoff EH. Don’t cry over spilled wine? A baby with post-traumatic seizures. Contemp Peds 2008;25:24-34.
55. Kossoff EH, Zupec-Kania BA, Amark PE, Ballaban-Gil KR,Bergqvist ACG, Blackford R, Buchhalter JR, Caraballo RH, Cross JH, Dahlin MG, Donner EJ, Jehle RS, Klepper J, Kim HD, Liu YMC, Nation J, Nordli, DR Jr, Pfeifer HH, Rho JM, Stafstrom CE, Thiele EA, Turner Z, Veggiotti P, Vining EPG, Wheless JW,Wirrell EC, Charlie Foundation, and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Optimal clinical management of children receiving the ketogenic diet: recommendations of the international ketogenic diet study group. Epilepsia 2009; 50: 304-317.
56. Freeman JM, Vining EPG, Kossoff EH,Pyzik PL, Ye X, Goodman SN. A blinded, crossover study of the ketogenic diet. Epilepsia 2009; 50: 322-325.
57. Marsh EB, Newhart M, Kleinman JT, Heidler-Gary J, Vining EPG, Freeman JM, Kossoff EH, Hillis AE. Hemispherectomy sustained before adulthood does not cause persistent hemispatial neglect. Cortex, in press.
58. Muthugovindan D, Kossoff EH, Sakonju A, Johnston MV. Aicardi syndrome mimicking intrauterine hydrocephalus. Brain Dev, Epub 2008; doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.012.
59. Reesman J, Gray R, Suskauer SJ, Ferenc LM, Kossoff EH, Lin DDM, Turin E, Brice PJ, Comi AM, Zabel TA Hemiparesis is a clinical correlate of general adaptive dysfunction in children and adolescents with Sturge-Weber Syndrome. J Child Neurol, in press.
60. Morrison PF, Pyzik PL, Hamdy R, Hartman AL, Kossoff EH. The influence of concurrent anticonvulsants on the efficacy of the ketogenic diet. Epilepsia, in press.
61. Kossoff EH, Ferenc L, Comi AM. An infantile-onset, severe, yet sporadic seizure pattern is common in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Epilepsia, in press.
62. Kossoff EH, Hartman AL, Rubenstein JE, Vining EP. High-dose oral prednisolone for infantile spasms: an effective and less expensive alternative to ACTH. Epilepsy Behav, in press.
Reviews and Invited Commentaries:
1. Kossoff EH, Singer HS. Tourette Syndrome: Clinical characteristics and current management strategies. Paediatr Drugs 2001;3:355-363.
2. Kossoff EH. Tough Seizures: When the first anticonvulsant fails. Contemp Peds 2002; 19: 85-100.
3. Kossoff EH. More fat and fewer seizures: Dietary therapy for epilepsy. Lancet Neurol 2004; 3: 415-420.
4. Kossoff EH, Freeman JM. The ketogenic diet: An effective therapy for seizure control. Nutr Clin Care 2005; 8: 149-157.
5. Sinha SR, Kossoff EH. The ketogenic diet. Neurologist 2005;11: 161-170.
6. Kossoff EH. Adolescents and epilepsy. International Pediatrics 2005; 20: 78-82.
7. Overby PJ, Kossoff EH. Treatment of infantile spasms. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2006; 8: 457-464.
8. Huffman J, Kossoff EH. State of the ketogenic diet(s) in epilepsy. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2006; 6: 332-340.
9. Hartman AL, Kossoff EH. Epilepsy surgery for the neurocutaneous disorders. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2006; 13:63-67.
10. Turner Z, Kossoff EH. The ketogenic and Atkins diets: recipes for seizure control. Practical Gastro 2006; 39:53-64.
11. Freeman JM, Kossoff EH, Hartman AL. The ketogenic diet: One Decade Later. Pediatrics 2007; 119:535-543.
12. Muthugovindan D, Davis JE, Kossoff EH. An assessment of the ketogenic and modified Atkins diets for controlling epilepsy in children. British J Neurosci Nursing 2007; 3:404-409.
13. Kossoff EH. Results from the international consensus statement on clinical implementation of the ketogenic diet: agreement, flexibility, and controversy. Epilepsia 2008; 49 (Suppl 8):11-13.
14. Ahad R, Kossoff EH. Secondary Intracranial Causes for Headaches in Children. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2008;12:373-378.
15. Anderson WS, Kossoff EH, Bergey GK, Jallo GI. Implantation of a Responsive Neurostimulator in patients with refractory epilepsy. Neurosurgery Focus 2008;25:E12.
16. Kossoff EH, Dorward JL. The Modified Atkins Diet. Epilepsia 2008; 49 (Suppl 8):37-41.
17. Kossoff EH, Rho JM. Ketogenic Diets: Evidence for short and long-term efficacy. Neurotherapeutics, in press.
18. Kossoff EH. The Ketogenic Diet: It’s about time (commentary). Dev Med Child Neurol, in press.
Monographs:
1. Kossoff EH. Nonpharmacologic treatment options for intractable epilepsy. Prof Seizure Management 2005; 4:12-16.
2. Kossoff EH. Current management of comorbid migraine and epilepsy (editor/organizer). JohnsHopkinsUniversity Advanced Studies in Medicine 2005;5: S642-695.
3. Kossoff EH. Use of a Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy. Epilepsy Monitor 2006;9:33-38.
4. Kossoff EH. The top five advances in the use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy…and beyond. US Neurological Disease 2007 Volume II.
Chapters:
1. Kossoff, Eric. "Neurocysticercosis." Pediatrics: An On-line Medical Reference. 1st Edition. St. Petersburg. Emedicine Online Textbooks. Ed. Steven Altschuler et al. 1999. Emedicine.com, Inc. <
2. Kossoff EH and Freeman JM. The Physician Perspective. In: Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet. Stafstrom C, Rho J, ed. 2004.
3. Kossoff EH and Vining EPG. The Ketogenic Diet. In: Treatment of Epilepsy, 2nd ed. Shorvon S, Fish DR, Perucca E, Dodson WE, ed. 2004.
4. Vining EPG and Kossoff EH. The Ketogenic Diet. In:Epilepsy in Children, 2nd Ed. - Wallace, S. and Farrell K., ed. 2004.
5. Kossoff EH. The Ketogenic Diet for West Syndrome. In: Brain metabolism revisited – concepts and treatments, 1st ed. Klepper J, ed. 2005.
6. Freeman JM, Vining EPG, Kossoff EH, Rubenstein JE. The Ketogenic Diet. In: Current Management in Child Neurology, 3rd ed. Maria BL, ed. 2005.
7. Smith-Hicks C and Kossoff EH. Neurocysticercosis. In: Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Diseases. Singer H, Kossoff E, Crawford T, Hartman A, ed. 2005.
8. Kossoff EH. Intractable epilepsy. In: Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Diseases. Singer H, Kossoff E, Crawford T, Hartman A, ed. 2005.
9. Kossoff EH. Infantile spasms. In: Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Diseases. Singer H, Kossoff E, Crawford T, Hartman A, ed. 2005.
10. Kossoff EH and Vining EPG. Normal and abnormal pediatric patterns. In: The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Digital EEG. Krauss GL, Fisher RS, ed. Baltimore, MD, 2006.
11. Kossoff EH. Headaches in Children. In: Current Therapy in Neurological Diseases, 7th ed. Johnson RT, Griffin JW, McArthur JC, ed. 2006.
12. Rubenstein JE, Vining EPG, Kossoff EHW. Epilepsy and developmental disabilities. In: Capute & Accardo’s Neurodevelopmental disabilities in infancy and childhood, 3rd edition, Accardo PJ (Ed), Paul Brookes Publishing Co,. Baltimore, 2007.
13. Bough KJ, Eagles DA, Kossoff EH. Diet and epilepsy. In: Nutrition Research Advances, Watkins SV (ed.), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2007.
14. Kossoff EHand Lewis D. Migraines and epilepsy. In: Headaches in Children and Adolescents, 2nd ed, Winner P, Lewis D, Rothner A (ed), BC Decker Inc., Hamilton, 2008.
15. Lewis D and Kossoff EH. Video cases of headache. In: Headaches in Children and Adolescents, 2nd ed, Winner P, Lewis D, Rothner A (ed), BC Decker Inc., Hamilton, 2008.
16. Kossoff EH. Dietary therapies for Epilepsy. In: Pediatric Epilepsy Case Studies: From Infancy and Childhood through Adolescence. Chapman K, Rho J (ed) CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2009.
17. Kossoff EH and Nordli DR. Ketogenic diets. In: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy. Cross H, Duchowny M, Glauser T, Hirsch E, Arzimanoglou A (ed) 2008 (in press).
18. Morrison P and Kossoff EH. Rasmussen’s encephalitis. In: Advanced Therapy for Epilepsy. Wheless JW, Willmore LJ, Brumback RA, (ed) 2008 (in press)
19. Kossoff EH. Dietary therapy for epilepsy. In: Advanced Therapy for Epilepsy. Wheless JW, Willmore LJ, Brumback RA, (ed) 2008 (in press)
20. Freeman JM, Vining EPG, Kossoff EH, Rubenstein JE. The Ketogenic Diet. In: Current Management in Child Neurology, 4th ed. Maria BL (ed). 2008.
21. Kossoff EH. Cortical and deep brain stimulation. In: Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Etiology, assessment and surgical approaches. Cataltepe O and Jallo G, ed. 2009 (in press).
22. Kossoff EH and Dorward J. Ketogenic Diets. In: Treatment of Epilepsy, 3rd ed. Shorvon S, Perucca E, Engel J, ed. 2009 (in press).
23. Kossoff EH and Neal EG. Dietary Therapies. In: Current Topics in Pediatric Epilepsy. Kerrigan J and Weisleder P, ed. 2009 (in press).
Books:
Klepper J, Leiendecker B, Kossoff EH. Pocket Guide to the Ketogenic Diet Heibronn: SPS Publications, 2006.
Singer H, Kossoff E, Crawford T, Hartman A, ed. Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Diseases, 1st ed. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis, 2005.
Freeman JM, Kossoff EH, Kelly MT, Freeman JB. The Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Epilepsy in Children and Others, 4th ed. New York: Demos, 2006.
Reviewer:Reviewer for European Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Headache, Epilepsia, Nutritional Neuroscience, Epilepsy Research, Develop Med Child Neurol, The Medical Letter, Infections in Medicine, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Paediatric Drugs, Epilepsy and Behavior, Archives of Medical Research, Acta Paediatrica, Journal of Child Neurology, Neuropediatrics, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Lancet Neurology, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Journal of Pediatrics, Yonsei Medical Journal (Japan), European Journal of Neurology, Neurotherapeutics.
Grant reviews: Bloorview Research Institute (Toronto), Qatar National Research Fund, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Book reviews for Annals of Neurology 2003, Develop Med Child Neurol 2003
New England Journal of Medicine 2005, European Journal of Paediatric
Neurology 2006, 2007