Physicians with Expertise in the Ketogenic Diet

Asia

Liao Jian Xiang, MD, PhD
Shenzhen Children's Hospital
China Medical University
7019 Yi Tian Road
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
P R China 518026
Phone: 86-755-83936150
Fax: 86-755-83936148
Email: epilepsycenter@medmail.com.cn

Drs. Ada Yung and Virginia Wong
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescence Medicine
University of Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong SAR
Phone: (852)-2855-4485
Fax: (852)-2855-1523
Email: vcnwong@hkucc.hku.hk
Email: ayung@hkucc.hku.hk

Dr. Janak Nathan
Shushrusha Hospital
Ranade Road, Dadar W
Mumbai 400028
India
Phone: 091-22-24446615
Email: jsvpnat@hotmail.com
http://www.ketodietindia.org

Dr. Anaita Hegde
106 Doctor House
Opp. Jaslok Hospital
Peddar Road
Wadia Children’s Hospital
Mumbai 400 026
India
Phone +91 22 23517883
Fax +91 22 23512922
Email: anaitahegde@hotmail.com

Dr. Suvasini Sharma
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi 110029
India
Tel No. +91-11-26593209
Fax No. +91-11-26588641
E-mail id: suvasinisharma@rediffmail.com

Dr. Elisabeth Herini
Gadjah Mada University
Dr. Sardjito Hospital
J1. Kesehatan 1 Yogyakarta 55284
Indonesia
Phone: 62-274-561616
Fax: 62-274-583745
Email: herini_es@yahoo.com

Dr. Yukio Fukuyama
Child Neurology Institute
6-12-17-201 Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 140-0004
Japan
Phone: 81-3-5781-7680
Fax: 81-3-3740-0874
E-mail: yfukuyam@sc4.so-net.ne.jp

Dr. Katsumi Imai
National Epilepsy Center, Japan
886 Urushiyama, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City
Shizuoka, 420-8688
Japan
Phone: +81-54-245-5446
Fax: +81-54-246-9781
Email: imaik@szec.hosp.go.jp

Dr. Hirokazu Oguni
Dept of Pediatrics
Tokyo Women's Medical University
8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 162-8666
Japan
Phone: 81 3 3353 8111
Fax: 81 3 5269 7338
Email: hoguni@ped.twmu.ac.jp

Dr. Benilda Sanchez
Head of the Epilepsy Monitoring Program of St.Luke's
Manila
Philippines
Phone: (632)723-0301 ext.5452
Fax: (632)727-5452
Email: beni779@hotmail.com

Dr. Hian-Tat Ong
Consultant, Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics
Children's Medical Institute
National University Hospital
Singapore
Phone: 065-67724391
Fax: 065-67797486
Email: OngHT@nuh.com.sg

Dr. Yong Seung Hwang
Professor, Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology
Seoul National University Children’s Hospital
28 Yon Gun Dong, Jong Ro Gu
Seoul, 110-744
South Korea
Phone: 82-2-760-3629
Fax: 82-2-743-3455
E-mail: childnr@plaza.snu.ac.kr

Dr. Heung Dong Kim
Associate Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, Director in Child Neurology
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital
134, Shinchondong, Seodaemun-gu,
Seoul, 120-752
South Korea
Phone: 82-2-361-5511
Fax: 82-2-393-9118
E-mail: hdkimmd@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Dr. Huei-Shyong Wang
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Chang Gung Children's Hospital
Chang Gung University
Taiwan
Phone: 886 (0)968 110264
Fax: 886 3 3277295
Email: wanghs444@cgmh.org.tw

Dr. Pipop Jirapinyo
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nutritionist
Nutrition Unit
Department of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Mahidol University
2 Prannok Road
Bangkoknoi, Bangkok 10700
Thailand
Phone: (662) 411-2535
Email: sipjr@mahidol.ac.th

Dr. Pongkiat Kankirawatana
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Lab
Pediatric Neurology, CHB-314
The Children's Hospital of Alabama
1600 7th Ave S.
Birmingham, AL 35233-1711
(information regarding Thailand experience)
Phone: 205-996-7850
Fax : 205-996-7867
Email: PKankirawatana@peds.uab.edu

This list was created via email and phone contact by Dr. Eric Kossoff and epilepsy.com. It does not necessarily represent all ketogenic diet centers available, but merely the author’s best attempts to find centers that have described an interest in offering the diet and who have internet access. We take no responsibility in the quality of care from these centers. If you have (or are aware of) a center not listed here, please contact Dr. Eric Kossoff at ekossoff@jhmi.edu. It first appeared in Epilepsia in 2005.

List updated 1/23/09