Physicians with Expertise in the Ketogenic Diet

Europe

Austria	Netherlands
Belgium	Norway
Croatia	Poland
Czech Republic	Portugal
Denmark	Russia
Finland	Scotland
France	Serbia and Montenagro
Georgia	Slovenia
Germany	Spain
Greece	Sweden
Hungary	Switzerland
Iceland	Turkey
Ireland	United Kingdom
Italy

Austria

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

Prof. Wolfgang Sperl
Department of Pediatrics
Paracelsus Medical University
Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK)
Müllner Hauptstraße 48
A-5020 Salzburg
Austria
Tel.: 0043-662-4482-2600
Fax : 0043-662-4482-2604
E-Mail: w.sperl@salk.at

Belgium

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

Croatia

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

Czech Republic

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

Denmark

Dr. Maria Miranda
Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund
Kolonivej 1
4293 Dianalund
Denmark
Phone: ( 45) 58271062
Email: MariMn@vestamt.dk

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

Finland

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

France

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 Stéphane Auvin
Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique et des Maladies Métaboliques
CHU Hôpital Robert Debré
48, boulevard Sérurier
75935 PARIS CEDEX 19
France
Phone: +33 1 40 03 57 07
Fax: +33 1 40 03 47 74
Email: auvin@invivo.edu

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

Georgia

Dr. Gia Melikishvili
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Children's Hospital
8 Lagidze Street
Tbilisi 0108
Georgia
Phone: 995 32 923429
Email: giam@caucasus.net

Germany

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. Adelheid Wiemer-Kruel
Ltd. Oberärztin Kinderklinik
Epilepsiezentrum Kork
Landstraße 1
77694 Kehl-Kork
Germany
Tel.: 07851/84-2230
Fax: 07851/84-2553
Email: awiemer@epilepsiezentrum.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

Prof. Dr. F.A.M. Baumeister
Leiter Neuropädiatrie
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Klinikum Rosenheim
Pettenkoferstr. 10
83022 Rosenheim
Germany
Tel.: 49-(0)8031-36-3457
Fax: 49-(0)8031-36-4927
E-Mail: friedrich.baumeister@kliro.de

Dr. Friedrich Ebinger
Dep. Pediatric Neurology
Children´s Hospital
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 430
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: 49.6221.56-8488
Fax: 49.6221.56 5744
Email: friedrich.ebinger@med.uni-heidelberg.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

Greece

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

Dr. Athanasios Evangeliou
4th Pediatric Clinic of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
Papageorgiou Hospital
Ring Road
TK 56403
Thessaloniki
Greece
Phone +30-2310-693920
Email: aeevange@auth.gr

Dr. Argirios Dinopoulos
University of Athens
Attico University Hospital
Athens
Greece
Phone: +30 2105831269
Fax: +30 2105832229
Email: argidino@yahoo.com

Hungary

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

Iceland

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

Ireland

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

Italy

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. Volpi Lilia
Ausl Bo
Bellaria Hospital – Neurology
Bologna
Italy
Phone: +39-0516225111
Email: lilia.volpi@ausl.bo.it

The Netherlands

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 Netherlands
Phone: 003110-4636290

Norway

Dr. Björn Bjurulf
Ullevål University hospital
0407 Oslo
Norway
Phone: 47-22118080
Fax: 47-22118663
Email: bjorn.bjurulf@ulleval.no

Dr. Anna Bremer
National Centre of Epilepsy
Pb. 53, 1306 Basum post-terminal
Oslo
Norway
Phone: 47-67501000
Email: anna.bremer@epilepsy.no

Poland

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

Portugal

Ana Faria RD and Conceição Robalo MD
Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra
Avenida Bissaya Barreto
3000 Coimbra
Portugal
Phone 351 239 480 606
Fax 351 239 480 315
Email: anafaria@chc.min-saude.pt

Russia

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

Scotland

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

Serbia and Montenegro

Dr. Bosanka Jocic-Jakubi
Nis Medical University School
Bul. Zorana Dindica 48
18000 Nis
Serbia
Phone: +381 18 238 706
Email: bosajj@yahoo.com

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

Slovenia

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

Spain

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

Sweden

Dr. Per Amark and Dr. Maria Dahlin
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

Tove Hallbook MD
University Hospital
Se-221 85 Lund
Sweden
Phone: 46-46-17-1000
Fax: 46-46-14-5459
Email: tove.hallbook@telia.com

Switzerland

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

Turkey

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

United Kingdom

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 Ruth E Williams
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Evelina Childrens Hospital
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Lambeth Palace Road
London SE1 7EH
UK
Phone: +44-207 188 3998
Fax: +44-207 188 0851
Email: Ruth.Williams@gstt.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

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