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Eric H. Kossoff is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed substantially to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including physiology, clinical biochemistry, psychiatry and mental health, genetics, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's work predominantly centers on diet and metabolism studies, metabolism and genetic disorders, and epilepsy research and treatment. Additional research topics include the intersection of diet, metabolism, and disease, digestive system and related health, mitochondrial function and pathology, and neonatal and fetal brain pathology.

Eric H. Kossoff has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (Glut1DS): State of the art in 2020 and recommendations of the international Glut1DS study group, 2020, Epilepsia Open
  • Efficacy of Ketogenic Diet, Modified Atkins Diet, and Low Glycemic Index Therapy Diet Among Children With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Sirolimus Treatment in Sturge-Weber Syndrome, 2020, Pediatric Neurology
  • Feasibility and Biological Activity of a Ketogenic/Intermittent-Fasting Diet in Patients With Glioma, 2021, Neurology
  • Epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures (Doose syndrome): Clarification of diagnosis and treatment options through a large retrospective multicenter cohort, 2020, Epilepsia

They frequently publish in the following venues:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Epileptic Disorders
  • Journal of Child Neurology
  • Neurology

Eric H. Kossoff collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Mackenzie C. Cervenka
  • Zahava Turner
  • Bobbie J. Henry-Barron
  • Carl E. Stafstrom
  • Anne M. Comi

Best Publications

  • De novo mutations in epileptic encephalopathies

    Andrew S. Allen;Samuel F. Berkovic;Patrick Cossette;Norman Delanty

  • Optimal clinical management of children receiving the ketogenic diet: Recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group

    Eric H. Kossoff;Beth A. Zupec-Kania;Per E. Amark;Karen R. Ballaban-Gil

  • Optimal clinical management of children receiving dietary therapies for epilepsy: Updated recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group

    Eric H. Kossoff;Beth A. Zupec‐Kania;Stéphane Auvin;Karen R. Ballaban‐Gil

  • The ketogenic diet: one decade later.

    John M. Freeman;Eric H. Kossoff;Adam L. Hartman

  • A Modified Atkins Diet Is Effective for the Treatment of Intractable Pediatric Epilepsy

    Eric H. Kossoff;Jane R. McGrogan;Renee M. Bluml;Diana J. Pillas

  • Candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit: Trends during fifteen years and clinical features of 111 cases

    Kossoff Eh;Buescher Es;Karlowicz Mg

  • The ketogenic diet.

    Saurabh R. Sinha;Eric H. Kossoff

  • Effect of an external responsive neurostimulator on seizures and electrographic discharges during subdural electrode monitoring

    Eric H. Kossoff;Eva K. Ritzl;Jeffrey M. Politsky;Anthony M. Murro

  • Efficacy of the Atkins diet as therapy for intractable epilepsy

    Eric H. Kossoff;Gregory L. Krauss;Jane R. McGrogan;John M. Freeman

  • The modified Atkins diet.

    Eric H. Kossoff;Jennifer L. Dorward

  • A prospective study of the modified Atkins diet for intractable epilepsy in adults.

    Eric H. Kossoff;Hannah Rowley;Saurabh R. Sinha;Eileen P. G. Vining

  • Efficacy of the Ketogenic Diet for Infantile Spasms

    Eric H Kossoff;Paula L Pyzik;Jane R McGrogan;Eileen P G Vining

  • Worldwide use of the ketogenic diet.

    Eric H. Kossoff;Jane R. McGrogan

  • Hemispherectomy for intractable unihemispheric epilepsy etiology vs outcome.

    Eric H. Kossoff;E. P.G. Vining;D. J. Pillas;P. L. Pyzik

  • Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (Glut1DS): State of the art in 2020 and recommendations of the international Glut1DS study group.

    Joerg Klepper;Cigdem Akman;Marisa Armeno;Stéphane Auvin

  • Infantile spasms treated with the ketogenic diet: Prospective single‐center experience in 104 consecutive infants

    Amanda M. Hong;Zahava Turner;Rana F. Hamdy;Eric H. Kossoff

  • Long-term use of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of epilepsy

    Darcy K Groesbeck;Renee M Bluml;Eric H Kossoff

  • Response to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort

    Kelly G. Knupp;Jason Coryell;Katherine C. Nickels;Nicole Ryan

  • Ketogenic Diets: An Update for Child Neurologists

    Eric H. Kossoff;Beth A. Zupec-Kania;Jong M. Rho

  • A case‐control evaluation of the ketogenic diet versus ACTH for new‐onset infantile spasms

    Eric H. Kossoff;Erika F. Hedderick;Zahava Turner;John M. Freeman

  • Kidney Stones and the Ketogenic Diet: Risk Factors and Prevention:

    Amitha Sampath;Eric H. Kossoff;Susan L. Furth;Paula L. Pyzik

  • Ultra-rare genetic variation in common epilepsies: a case-control sequencing study.

    Andrew S Allen;Susannah T Bellows;Samuel F Berkovic;Joshua Bridgers

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Eileen P.G. Vining
Eileen P.G. Vining Johns Hopkins University
Mackenzie C. Cervenka
Mackenzie C. Cervenka Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Renée A. Shellhaas
Renée A. Shellhaas Washington University in St. Louis
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Joseph Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan University of California, San Francisco
Dennis J. Dlugos
Dennis J. Dlugos Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Edward J. Novotny
Edward J. Novotny University of Washington
Joseph I Sirven
Joseph I Sirven Mayo Clinic
Erin L. Heinzen
Erin L. Heinzen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Heather C. Mefford
Heather C. Mefford University of Washington

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