Sudha Vani Kilaru Kessler, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Program Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Program Director, Child Neurology Residency, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771
Fax: 215-590-1771
Email:
kesslers@email.chop.edu
kesslers@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.A. (English )
Yale University, 1996.
M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine, 2001.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology )
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
Permanent linkB.A. (English )
Yale University, 1996.
M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine, 2001.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology )
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
Description of Research Expertise
Pediatric Epilepsy, EEG, Antiepileptic Drugs, Epilepsy Surgery, Clinical Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Brain StimulationDescription of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric Epilepsy, EEG, Antiepileptic Drugs, Epilepsy Surgery, Ketogenic DietSelected Publications
Kessler R, Fung FW, Patel A, Gupta N, McHugh T, Gonzalez AK, Rodan L, Harini C, Kessler SK.: Diagnostic Yield of CSF Testing in Infants for Disorders of Biogenic Amine Neurotransmitter Metabolism. Neurology 102(9), Apr 2024.Molisani SE, Parikh D, DiGiovine M, Dlugos D, Fitzgerald MP, Fried L, Helbig I, Kessler SK, McDonnell PP, Melamed S, Prelack MS, Sharif U, Tefft S, Tencer J, Witzman S, Shaw K, Abend NS.: A quality improvement initiative to improve folic acid supplementation counseling for adolescent females with epilepsy. Epilepsia 64(10): 2818-2826, Oct 2023.
Tveit J, Aurlien H, Plis S, Calhoun VD, Tatum WO, Schomer DL, Arntsen V, Cox F, Fahoum F, Gallentine WB, Gardella E, Hahn CD, Husain AM, Kessler S, Kural MA, Nascimento F, Tankisi H, Ulvin, LB, Wennberg R, Beniczky S: Automated Interpretation of Clinical Electroencephalograms Using Artificial Intelligence. JAMA Neurology June 2023 Notes: doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1645.
Rodden LN, Rummey C, Kessler S, Wilson RB, Lynch DR.: A Novel Metric for Predicting Severity of Disease Features in Friedreich's Ataxia. Movement Disorders 38(6): 970-977, Jun 2023.
McKee, JL, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Fitzgerald MP, Massey SL, Fung F, Kessler SK, Witzman S, Abend NA, Helbig I: Leveraging electronic medical record-embedded standardised electroencephalogram reporting to develop neonatal seizure prediction models: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Digital Health 5(4): e217-226, Apr 2023.
Moeller JM, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Fung FW, Johnson EL, Kheder A, Maclean J, McGinnis EL, Mulhofer WG, Oster JM, Schmitt SE, Voinescu PE, Wong-Kisiel L, Kidd KJ, Kephart A, Lado FA, Kessler SK: Quality and Validity Evidence for a National In-Training Examination for Epilepsy Fellows Neurology Education 2023 Notes: in press.
Su Y, Zhou Y, Bennett ML, Li S, Carceles-Cordon M, Lu L, Huh S, Jimenez-Cyrus D, Kennedy BC, Kessler SK, Viaene AN, Helbig I, Gu X, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Weinberger DR, Nauen DW, Song H, Ming GL: A single-cell transcriptome atlas of glial diversity in the human hippocampus across the postnatal lifespan. Cell Stem Cell 29(11): 1594-1610, Nov 2022.
Rahman RK, Tomlinson SB, Katz J, Galligan K, Madsen PJ, Tucker AM, Kessler SK, Kennedy BC.: Stereoelectroencephalography before 2 years of age. Neurosurg Focus 53(4), Oct 2022.
Tsou AY, Kessler SK, Wu M, Abend NS, Massey SL, Treadwell JR: Surgical Treatments for Epilepsies in Children Aged 1-36 Months: A Systematic Review. Neurology Oct 2022.
Laura A Prosser, Heather L Atkinson, James M Alfano, Sudha K Kessler, Rebecca B Ichord: Walking speed influences spatiotemporal but not symmetry measures of gait in children and adolescents with hemiplegia. Gait and Posture (98), 233-236, Oct 2022.