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Thaddeus S. Walczak is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and focuses primarily on medical research. Their work spans several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and surgery.

Their main research contributions lie in epilepsy research and treatment, with additional investigations into pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, electroconvulsive therapy studies, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and associated phenomena, cardiovascular syncope and autonomic disorders, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, and metabolism and genetic disorders.

Recent publications by Thaddeus S. Walczak include the following papers:

  • Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, 2021, Neurology
  • Persistent racial and ethnic disparities as a potential source of epilepsy surgery underutilization: Analysis of large national datasets from 2006-2016, 2021, Epilepsy Research
  • Reliability of visual review of intracranial electroencephalogram in identifying the seizure onset zone: A systematic review and implications for the accuracy of automated methods, 2022, Epilepsia
  • Preliminary Guidelines for Resuming Electroconvulsive Therapy After a Complication of Status Epilepticus, 2024, Journal of Ect
  • PO-01-061 Recurrent Fainting While Seated Solved: A Rare Case of Olanzapine-Induced Non-Orthostatic Syncope in a Young Male, 2025, Heart Rhythm

Thaddeus collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Robert A. McGovern
  • Ciana Keller
  • Jorge L. Reyes
  • Emanuel Ebin
  • Ashwani Jha

The venues in which Thaddeus has published most frequently are:

  • Neurology
  • Epilepsy Research
  • Epilepsia
  • Journal of Ect
  • Heart Rhythm

Their work documents a multidisciplinary approach integrating clinical neurology, cardiovascular medicine, and psychiatric treatment modalities, especially in areas concerning epilepsy, electroconvulsive therapy, and cardiovascular syncope. The intersection of these fields reflects an emphasis on understanding complex neurological and cardiovascular conditions and their treatment challenges.

Best Publications

  • Incidence and risk factors in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A prospective cohort study

    Thaddeus S. Walczak;I. E. Leppik;M. D'Amelio;J. Rarick

  • Practice guideline summary: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy incidence rates and risk factors: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

    Cynthia Harden;Torbjoern Tomson;David Gloss;Jeffrey Buchhalter

  • Combined analysis of risk factors for SUDEP.

    Dale C. Hesdorffer;Torbjorn Tomson;Emma Benn;Josemir W. Sander

  • A prospective study on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

    Jan E. Leestma;Thaddeus Walczak;John R. Hughes;Mitra B. Kalelkar

  • Distribution of partial seizures during the sleep--wake cycle: differences by seizure onset site.

    Susan T. Herman;T. S. Walczak;C. W. Bazil

  • How long does it take for partial epilepsy to become intractable

    A. T. Berg;J. Langfitt;S. Shinnar;B. G. Vickrey

  • Effects of sleep and sleep stage on epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

    Carl W. Bazil;Thaddeus S. Walczak

  • Predicting long-term seizure outcome after resective epilepsy surgery The Multicenter Study

    Susan S. Spencer;A. T. Berg;B. G. Vickrey;M. R. Sperling

  • Epidemiological and medical aspects of epilepsy in the elderly.

    James C Cloyd;W. Hauser;A. Towne;R. Ramsay

  • Changes in depression and anxiety after resective surgery for epilepsy

    O. Devinsky;W. B. Barr;B. G. Vickrey;A. T. Berg

  • Do antiepileptic drugs or generalized tonic-clonic seizure frequency increase SUDEP risk? A combined analysis.

    Dale C. Hesdorffer;Torbjorn Tomson;Emma Benn;Josemir W. Sander

  • Initial outcomes in the Multicenter Study of Epilepsy Surgery.

    Susan S. Spencer;A. T. Berg;B. G. Vickrey;M. R. Sperling

  • Reduction of rapid eye movement sleep by diurnal and nocturnal seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Carl W. Bazil;Luiz H. M. Castro;Thaddeus S. Walczak

  • The multicenter study of epilepsy surgery: Recruitment and selection for surgery

    Anne T. Berg;Barbara G. Vickrey;John T. Langfitt;Michael R. Sperling

  • Outcome After Diagnosis of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

    Thaddeus S. Walczak;Savvas Papacostas;Daniel T. Williams;Mark L. Scheuer

  • Essential services, personnel, and facilities in specialized epilepsy centers--revised 2010 guidelines

    David M. Labiner;Anto I. Bagic;Susan T. Herman;Nathan B. Fountain

  • Worsening of quality of life after epilepsy surgery: effect of seizures and memory decline.

    J. T. Langfitt;M. Westerveld;M. J. Hamberger;Thaddeus S Walczak

  • Health‐related quality of life over time since resective epilepsy surgery

    Susan S. Spencer;Anne T. Berg;Barbara G. Vickrey;Michael R. Sperling

  • Discontinuation of levetiracetam because of behavioral side effects A case-control study

    J. R. White;T. S. Walczak;I. E. Leppik;J. Rarick

  • Temporal lobe hypometabolism on PET Predictor of seizure control after temporal lobectomy

    R. A. Radtke;M. W. Hanson;J. M. Hoffman;B. J. Crain

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl W. Bazil
Carl W. Bazil Columbia University
John T. Langfitt
John T. Langfitt University of Rochester
Susan S. Spencer
Susan S. Spencer Yale University
Ilo E. Leppik
Ilo E. Leppik University of Minnesota
Rodney A. Radtke
Rodney A. Radtke Duke University
Orrin Devinsky
Orrin Devinsky New York University
Darrell V. Lewis
Darrell V. Lewis Duke University
Josemir W. Sander
Josemir W. Sander University College London
Lawrence J. Hirsch
Lawrence J. Hirsch Yale University
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota

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