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VNS Surgery

If you (or your loved one) have had a vagus nerve stimulator implanted, what happened after it?

no more seizures
5% (11 votes)
helped control seizures a lot
34% (76 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (78 votes)
didn’t help at all
16% (36 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 223

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Ketogenic Diet Physicians

Physicians with Expertise in the Ketogenic Diet

Dr. Kossoff compiled a list of physicians who were involved in working with patients on the ketogenic diet. We present here the list alphabetically by country within regional areas.

North America

Drs. Peter and Carol Camfield
Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre
PO Box 9700
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada, B3K 6R8
Phone: 902-470-8479
Fax: 902-470-8486

Dr. Elizabeth J. Donner
Division of Neurology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Dept of Neurology
555 University Avev Toronto, ON M5G 1X8v Canada
Phone: 416 813-7037v Fax: 416 813-6334
Email: elizabeth.donner@sickkids.ca

Dr. Kevin Farrell
British Columbia Children's Hospital
4480 Oak Street
Room A303, Neurology
Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4
Canada
Phone: (604) 875-2121v Fax: (604) 875-2285
Email: kevin_farrell@telus.net

Drs. Daniel Keene and Sharon Whiting
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
401 Smyth Rd
Ottawa, ON K1H 5L7
Canada
Phone: (613) 523-5140
Fax: (613) 523-2256
Email: dkeene@exchange.cheo.on.ca

Dr. Jeff Kobayashi
The Bloorview Macillan Children's Centre
25 Buchan Court
Toronto ON M2J 4S9
Canada
Phone: (416) 425-6220 ext 6276
Fax: (416) 753-6046
Email: jkobayashi@bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca

Dr. Anne Lortie
Hospital St. Justine
3175 Cote-Ste-Catherine
Montreal, PQ H3T 1C5
Canada
Phone: (514) 345-4931
Fax: (514) 345-4787
Email: lortie.a@sympatico.ca

Dr. Elaine Wirrell
Alberta Children's Hospital
Division of Neurology
1820 Richmond Rd SW
Calgary, AB T2T 5C7
Canada
Phone: (403) 943-7306
Fax: (403) 943-7609
Email: elaine.wirrell@calgaryhealthregion.ca

Dr. Chais Calaña Gonzalez
Espec. Nutrition
Pediatric Hospital
Havana City
Cuba
Email: chaiscala@infomed.sld.cu

 

South America

Dr. Luis R. Panico
Mendoza 3373
(3000) Santa Fe
Argentina
Phone/fax: 54 342 4558768
Email: dietasur@hotmail.com
http://usuarios.arnet.com.ar/
mdemartini/index.htm

Dr. Maria Joaquina Marques-Dias
Professor of Neurology
University of São Paulo
Av Dr Eneas C Aguiar 647
05403-900 São Paulo, SP
Brazil
Phone: (11) 3069 8673
Fax:(11) 3069 8503
Email: majomadi@usp.br

Dr. Marcio M Vasconcelos
Av. das Americas, 700 sl 229 bl 6
Universidad Federal Fluminese
22640-100 Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil
Phone: (55-21) 2132-8080
Email: mmvascon@centroin.com.br

Dr. Andrea Avellanal
Hospital Británico
Benito Nardone 2217
11.300 Montevideo
Uruguay
Phone: 5982-711 91 86
Email: cinacina@adinet.com.uy

Dr. Luis Carlos Núñez López
Pediatric Neurologist Carrera 29 # 47-108
Edificio Somes. Consultorio 20.
Bucaramanga
Colombia
Phone: 577 6475723
Fax: 577 6436124 extension 136
Email: lcnl007@intercable.net.co
 

Europe

Dr. Martha Feucht
Universitatsklinik fur Neuropsychiatrie des Kindes- und Jugendalters
Wahringer Gurtel 18-20
1090 Wien
Vienna
Austria
Phone: 43-40400-3012
Fax: 43-40400-2793
Email: martha.feucht@univie.ac.at

Dr. Barbara Plecko
University Klinik für Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde Graz
Auenbruggerplatz 30
A-8036 Graz
Austria
Phone: 43 316 385 82813
Fax: 43 316 385 2657
Email: barbara.plecko@meduni-graz.at

Dr. Lieven Lagae
Kinderneurologie - Epilepsie
Klinische Neurofysiologie
University Hospitals of Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
Phone: 32 16 34 38 45
Fax: 32 16 34 38 42
Email: Lieven.Lagae@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

Nina Barisic, MD PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Neurology
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Clinical Medical Center Zagreb
Zagreb medical school
Rebro,Kispaticeva 12
Zagreb, Croatia
Phone 00 385-1-23-88-531
Fax 00 385 1 24 21 894
Email: nina.barisic@zg.htnet.hr

Dr. Vladimir Komarek
Charles University Prague
2nd Medical School
Vuvalu 84, 150 06 Praha 5
Czech Republic
Phone: 420 2 2443 3302
Fax: 420 2 2443 3322
Email: Vladimir.komarek@lfmotol.cuni.cz

Dr. Marina Nikanorova
Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund
Kolonivej 1
4293 Dianalund
Denmark
Phone: ( 45) 58271062

Dr. Peter Uldall
University Hospital of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Denmark
phone 4535455096
fax 4535456717
Email: peter.uldall@rh.hosp.dk

Dr. Elina Liukkonen
Helsinki and Vusimaa Hospital
Hospital for Children and Adolescents
PO Box 280
Finland
Phone: 011-358-9-4711-4711
Fax: 011-358-9-471-80-413
Email: elina.liukkone@hus.fi

Dr. Anne de Saint-Martin
Neuropédiatre
Service de Pédiatrie 1
CHU de Hautepierre
67098 Strasbourg Cedex
France
Phone: 33(0)388127734
Fax: 33(0)388128156
Email: anne.desaintmartin@chru-strasbourg.fr

Dr. Olivier Dulac
Hopital Saint Vincent de Paul
and Nadia Bahi-Buisson, MD, PhD
Service de Neuropédiatrie et Maladies Métaboliques
Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
149 Rue di Sevres
Paris 75743
France
Phone: 33 140 488111
Email: o.dulac@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr
Email: nadia.bahi-buisson
@nck.ap-hop-paris.fr

Dr. Laurence Lion Francois
Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud
Département de Neurologie pédiatrique
165 chemin du grand Revoyet
69 495 Pierre Bénite Cédex
France
Phone: 04 78 86 14 95
Fax: 04 78 86 57 16
Email: laurence.lion@chu-lyon.fr

Dr. Birgit Walther
Teaching Hospital of the Charite
Humboldt University
Herzbergstrasse 79
D-10362 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 49 030 54723539
Fax: 49 0 30 54723502
Email: b.walther@keh-berlin.de

Dr. R. Madeleyn
Dr. T. Reckert
Filderklinik - Kinderabteilung
Im Haberschlai 7
D-70794 Filderstadt
Germany
Phone: 49-711-7703-0
Fax: 49-711-7703-1380
Email: t.reckert@filderklinik.de
www.filderklinik.de

Dr. F.A.M. Baumeister
Child Neurology
Kinderklinik und Poliklinik der Technischen Universität München,
Kinderklinik Schwabing,
Kölner Platz 1,
80804 München
Germany
Phone: 089-3068-3352
Fax: 089-3068-3887
Email: FAM.Baumeister@
lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Dr. Joerg Klepper
Aschaffenburg Children's Hospital
Am Hasenkopf
63739 Aschaffenburg
GERMANY
Phone: 49/6021/32-3601
Fax: 49/6021/32-3699
Email: joerg.klepper@klinikum-aschaffenburg.de

Dr. Dietz Rating
Dep. Pediatric Neurology
Children´s Hospital
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 153
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: 49.6221.56-2334, -2311
Fax: 49.6221.56 5744
Email: Dietz.Rating@med.
uni-heidelberg.de

Dr. Thanos Covanis
Neurology Department
The Childrens Hospital "Agia Sophia"
Thivon and Levadis
11527, Athens
Greece
Phone: 302107751637
Email: graaepil@otenet.gr

Dr. A. Evangeliou
Papageorgiou Hospital
Thessaloniki
Greece
Phone 30 2310895100
Email: evangeli@med.uoc.gr

Dr. Viktor Farkas
University Children’s Hospital,
Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest
Bókay 53.
H-1083 Budapest
Hungary
Email: klissz@yahoo.de

Dr. Yr Sigurdardottir
Icelandic diagnostic center
Digranesvegi 5
200 Kopavogur
Iceland
Phone: (354) 510-8400
Fax: (354) 510-8401
Email: yr@greining.is

Drs. Bryan Lynch and Aisling Myers
The Childrens University Hospital
Temple Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
Phone: 00-353-86-8197831
E-mail: aislingmyers@hotmail.com

Dr. Giangennaro Coppola
Clinic of Child Neuropsychiatry
Second University of Naples
Italy
Phone: 0039-81-5666695
Fax: 0039-81-5666694
Email: giangennaro.coppola@unina2.it

Dr. Federico Vigevano
Department of Neurology
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital 00165 Rome
Italy
Phone: 0039-06-68592262
Fax: 0039-06-68592463
Email: vigevano@opbg.net

Prof. Pierangelo Veggiotti
Dipartimento di Clinica Neurologica e Psichiatrica dell'Età Evolutiva
Laboratorio EEG dell'età evolutiva
Fondazione "Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino"
Via Ferrata 6 - 27100 – Pavia
Italy
Phone: 39-0382-380.344
Fax: 39-0382-380.286
Email: pveggiot@unipv.it

Dr. Paul Augustijn
Observatie Kliniek voor Kinderen "Primula"
S.E.I.N.
Postbus 540
2130 AM Heemstede
The Netherlands
Phone: 31(0)23-558800
Fax: 31(0) 23-558229
Email: paugustijn@sein.nl

Elles van der Louw (dietitian)
Erasmus MC- Sophia
UMC Utrecht Wilhelmina's Childrens Hospital
PO Box 2060
Room sp2434
3000 CB Rotterdam
The Netherlandds
Phone: 003110-4636290

Dr. Björn Bjurulf
Spesialsykehuset for epilepsi
Postboks 53
1306 B&aElig;rum postterminal
Sandvika
Norway
Phone: 47-6755 4000
Fax: 47-6754 5321
Email: bjorn.bjurulf@epilepsy.no

Dr. Maria Zubiel
Dept. of Child Neurology
Institute of Polish Mother Memory Hospital
93-338 Lodz, Rzgowska 281/289
Poland
Phone: 004842 2712080
Fax: 004842 2711412
Email: mzubiel@op.pl

Dr. Sergiusz Jozwiak
Professor and Head, Pediatric Neurology
The Children's Memorial Health Institute
Al.DZieci Polskich 20
04-736 Warszawa
Poland
Phone: 4822-8153417
Fax. 4822- 8157402
Email: jozwiak@czd.waw.pl

Dr. Sergey Aivazyan
Head of Child Neurology
The Child Moscow Research Hospital
Aviatorov Street, 38
SoIntsevo
Moscow
Russia
Phone: (095) 4521022, 79166204051
Email: abc1231961@mail.ru

Dr. Lesley Nairn
Consultant Paediatrician
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Paisley
Scotland
Phone: 0141 580 4460
Email: Lesley.Nairn@rah.scot.nhs.uk

Dr. Nebojsa J. Jovic
Clinic of Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth
Dr Subotica 6a Street
11 000 Belgrade
Serbia and Montenegro
Phone: 381 11 2658 355
Fax: 381 11 64 50 64
Email: njjovic@eunet.yu

Dr. David Neubauer
Department of Child, Adolescent & Developmental Neurology
University Childrens' Hospital
Vrazov trg 1
1525 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: 386.1.5229.273
Fax: 386.1.5229.357
Email: david.neubauer@mf.uni-lj.si

Dr. J.Campistol
Cap Servei de Neurologia
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Passeig Sant Joan de Déu, 2
08950-Esplugues (Barcelona).
Spain
Phone: 93 2532153
Fax: 93 2033959
Email: campistol@hsjdbcn.org

Dr. Antonio Gil-Nagel
Servicio de Neurología
Programa de Epilepsia
Hospital Ruber Internacional
La Masó 38, Mirasierra
28034 Madrid
Spain
Phone: 0034-913875250
Fax: 0034-913875333
Email: agnagel@ya.com

Dr. Per Amark
Astrid Lindgrens Childrens Hospital
Karolinska Hospital
S-171 76 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: 46 8 5177 7026
Fax: 46 8 5177 7608
Email: per.amark@ks.se

Dr. Oswald Hasselmann
Neuropediatrics
Ostschweizer Kinderspital
Claudiusstrasse 6
CH-9006 St. Gallen
Switzerland
Phone: 41 (0) 71 243 -7 -363 bzw. -111
E-Mail: oswald.hasselmann@gd-kispi.sg.ch

Dr. Gabriela Wohlrab
University Children's Hospital,
Neurophysiological Department, Steinwiesstrasse 24,
CH-8032 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone: 0041 1 266 77 01
Email: Gabriele.Wohlrab@kispi.unizh

Dr. Meral Topcu
Prof. of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurologist
Hacettepe Children's Hospital
Dept. of Child Neurology
06100 Ankara
Turkey
Phone: 90-312-3051165
Fax: 90-312-4266764
Email: mtopcu@hacettepe.edu.tr

Dr. Helen Cross
Reader and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Neurology
Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
The Wolfson Centre
Mecklenburgh Square
London WC1N 2AP
UK
Phone: 44-207-813-8488
Fax: 44-207-829-8627
Email: h.cross@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Dr. Colin Ferrie
Department of Paediatric Neurology
Clarendon Wing
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds LS2 9NS
UK
Phone: 0113 392 2188
Fax: 0113 392 5731
Email: Collin.Ferrie@leedsth.nhs.uk

Dr. Frances Gibbon
Department of Child Health
University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff
UK
Phone: 44 29 2074 3542
Email: Frances.Gibbon@cardiffandvale.
wales.nhs.uk

Dr. Jayaprakash A Gosalakkal
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
University Hospitals of Leicester
CDC/Windsor LRI
Leicester LE1 5WW
UK
Phone: 011441162585564
Fax: 011442587637
Email: Jay2world@aol.com

Dr. Sunny George Philip
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Birmingham Childrens Hospital
Birmingham
UK
B4 6NH
Phone: 011441213338149
Fax: 011441213338151
Email: SUNNY.PHILIP@bch.nhs.uk

Dr. Timothy Martland
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
The David Lewis Centre
Mill House, Warford
Near Alderley Edge
Cheshire SK9 7UD
UK
Phone: 44 161 727 2346
Email: Timothy.Martland@CMMC.nhs.uk

Dr. Ruby Schwartz
Central Middlesex Hospital
Acton Lane
London NW10 7NS
UK
Phone: 020 8453 2121
Fax: 020 8453 2096
Email: Ruby.Schwartz@nwlh.nhs.uk

Dr. Neil H. Thomas
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Southampton General Hospital
Mailpoint 021
Tremona Road
Southampton SO16 6YD
UK
Phone: 44 23 8079 4457
Fax: 44 23 8079 4962
Email: neil.thomas@suht.swest.nhs.uk
 

Middle East

Dr. Mohammad Ghofrani
Professor of Paediatric Neurology
Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services:
Mofid Hospital
Shariati St.
Tehran
Iran
Phone: 98 21 22200041

Dr. Bruria Ben’Zeev
Safra Children's Hospital
Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan
Israel 52621
Phone: 97235302577
Email: benzeev4@netvision.net.il

Dr. Tally Lerman-Sagie
Director of Pediatric Neurology Unit
Wolfson Medical Center
Holon
Israel
Phone: 97235028458
Fax: 97235028141
Email: asagie@post.tau.ac.il

Dr. Generoso G. Gascon
Dept. of Neuroscience, MBC J-76
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
P.O. Box 40047 Jeddah 21499
Saudi Arabia
Phone: (966-2) 667-7777, Ext. 5813
Fax: (966-2) 667-7777, Ext. 5819
Email: generoso_gascon@hotmail.com

Africa

Dr. Simon Strachan
Bedford gardens Hospital
Paediatric Centre
Bradford Road
Bedford gardens
Gauteng
South Africa
Phone: (011) 493 2613/ (011) 622 2771
Email: sstracha@mweb.co.za
Email: megawlk@absamail.co.za

Dr. Jo M Wilmshurst
Head of Paed Neurology
5th Floor ICH
Department of Paediatrics
Red Cross Children's Hospital
Rondebosch
Cape Town 7700
South Africa
Fax: 027 21 689 2187
Email: wilmshur@ich.uct.ac.za

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. 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. 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

Australia / New Zealand

Dr. Deepak Gill
Paediatric Neurologist
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Cnr Hawkesbury Rd & Hainsworth St
Westmead
Sydney NSW 2145
Australia
Phone: 02 9845 2694
Fax: 02 9845 3905
Email: DeepakG@chw.edu.au

Dr. John Lawson
Child Neurologist
Sydney Children's Hospital
Sydney
Australia
Phone: 61 2 93821658
Fax: 61 2 93821580
Email: Lawson@SESAHS.NSW.GOV.AU


Dr. Mark T. Mackay
Consultant Neurologist
Department of Neurology
Royal Children's Hospital
Flemington Road, Parkville
Victoria 3052
Australia
Phone: 613-9345-5641
Fax: 613-9345-5977
Email: mark.mackay@rch.org.au


Dr. Lakshmi Nagarajan
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
GPO Box D184
Perth WA 6840
Australia
Phone: (08) 9340 8364
Fax: (08) 9340 7063
Email: Lakshmi.Nagarajan@health.wa.gov.au

Dr. Thorsten Stanley
Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics
Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Otago
PO Box 7343 Wellington South
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone: 64 4 3855 999
Fax: 64 4 3855 898
Email: paedtvs@wnmeds.ac.nz

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.


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