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Elakkat D. Gireesh, MD

Elakkat D. Gireesh, MD

Epileptologist

Pediatrics

Elakkat Gireesh

Overview

Dr. Gireesh is an eminently qualified epileptologist who received his subspecialty training at Johns Hopkins University following his neurology residencies at New York University and Johns Hopkins. Board certified in neurology and epilepsy, he was a post-doctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, and holds an advanced degree in medical science and technology from the Indian Institute of Technology. Dr. Gireesh’s research interests include seizure localization and transcranial neurostimulation, and his clinical focus has centered on epilepsy, long-term EEG monitoring in critically ill patients and intraoperative neuromonitoring. He is particularly interested in the use of intracranial EEG monitoring, Neuropace responsive neurostimulation and ketogenic diets for controlling seizures.

Articles

Information Entropy Measures for Evaluation of Reliability of Deep Neural Network Results

ENTROPY

2023

Comparison of care accessibility, costs, and quality with face-to-face and telehealth epilepsy clinic visits

EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

2022

Intracranial EEG and laser interstitial thermal therapy in MRI-negative insular and/or cingulate epilepsy: case series

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

2021

Altered integrity of corpus callosum in generalized epilepsy in relation to seizure lateralization after corpus callosotomy

NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS

2020

Telehealth perceptions in patients with epilepsy and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic

EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

2020

Autoimmune encephalitis and epilepsy: evolving definition and clinical spectrum.

Clinical and experimental pediatrics

2020

Successful Intrathecal Rituximab Administration in Refractory Nonteratoma Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Case Report

JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE NURSING

2019

Iatrogenic Exserohilum infection of the central nervous system: mycological identification and histopathological findings

MODERN PATHOLOGY

2013

Fatal Exserohilum Meningitis and Central Nervous System Vasculitis After Cervical Epidural Methylprednisolone Injection

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

2012

Hierarchical Interaction Structure of Neural Activities in Cortical Slice Cultures

JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

2010

Education & Training

Education

Calicut Medical College; Bethesda National Medical Center; John Hopkins School of Medicine; NYU Langone Medical Center; Johns Hopkins Hospital

Residency

New York University

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Specialty

Neurology

Board Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology