Benjamin C Kennedy, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Neurosurgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Neurosurgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Neurosurgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Neurosurgeon, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Neurosurgery
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Center Blvd.
6th Floor, Wood Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
34th and Civic Center Blvd.
6th Floor, Wood Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-2780
Email:
kennedybc@email.chop.edu
kennedybc@email.chop.edu
Education:
BA
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL, 2003.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - New York, NY, 2009.
Permanent linkBA
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL, 2003.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - New York, NY, 2009.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Clinical expertise includes- Epilepsy surgery, including stereo-EEG (sEEG), hemispherotomy, responsive neurostimulation (Neuropace), laser ablation, corpus callosotomy, hypothalamic hamartomas, and vagal nerve stimulators.
- Spasticity surgery, including selective dorsal rhizotomy and baclofen pump placement.
- Dystonia surgery, including deep brain stimulation.
- Brain and spine tumors.
- Chiari malformation.
- Tethered spinal cord and other dysraphism.
Description of Research Expertise
Research interests include epilepsy genetics, epilepsy surgery, stereo-EEG (sEEG), brain-machine interface, Chiari malformation, brain tumors.Selected Publications
Baumgartner M, Tomlinson SB, Galligan K, Kennedy BC: Minimally-Invasive Anterior Skull Base Approaches for Epilepsy in Children. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Dec 2025.Patrick Davis, Samuel B. Tomlinson, Caren Armstrong, Benjamin C. Kennedy, Eric D. Marsh: A Novel Method of Characterizing Seizure Onset Using Dynamic Response to Direct Electrical Stimulation. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Dec 2025.
Tomlinson SB, Davis P, Armstrong C, Kennedy BC, Marsh ED. : Exogenous activation of interictal spike networks via single-pulse electrical stimulation in children. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Dec 2025.
Michaela A. Stamm, Jack O’Keefe Donohue, Alyssa Ailion, Jurriaan Peters, Dana Martino, Giovana Stefanini, Melissa Chua, Won Seok Chang, Heung Dong Kim, Seung Woo Hong, Jinu Rim, Diwas Gautam, Shervin Rahimpour, Jasmine Hect, Emily Hartford, Taylor Abel, Jonathan Roth, Vanessa Colares, Arthur Cukiert, Megan Votoupal, Sandi Lam, Sarah Ferrand Sorbets, Shaimae Afifi, Jignesh Tailor, Rupa Radhakrishnan, Alexander Weil, Emma Macdonald-Laurs, Kenneth Myers, Mustafa Motiwala, Alister Virkler, Shanique Doyle, Benjamin Kennedy, Chien Chen, Lily Wong-Kisiel, Aaron E.L. Warren, John D. Rolston: The multi-center callosotomy outcomes registry (M-CORE). American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Dec 2025.
Daan A. Pijs, Ellen C. Broekhuizen, Ivan Sanchez Fernandez, Gillian N. Miller, Mattheus D. Soldatelli, Simon K. Warfield, Mustafa Sahin, Catherine J. Chu, Elizabeth A Kinard, Martina Bebin, Ismail Mohamed, Rohini Coorg, Anne Anderson, Stephanie C. Randle, Murat Oztek, Katherine S. Taub, Benjamin C. Kennedy, Sarah Weatherspoon, Nir Shimony, Rajsekar R. Rajaraman, Joyce Y. Wu, Darcy A. Krueger, Hope Northrup, Jeffrey P. Blount, Aria Fallah, Scellig Stone, Howard Weiner, Jurriaan M. Peters; TACERN Study Group: Multicenter Study of Epilepsy Surgery in Pediatric Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Does Technique Impact Outcome? American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Dec 2025.
Baumgartner M, Tomlinson SB, Galligan K, Kennedy BC: Associations Between Fever Following Hemispherotomy, Surgeon Experience, and Increased CSF Protein. J Neurosurg Pediatr Sep 2025 Notes: [Accepted]
Andrew E Becker, Nicholas S Abend, Giulia M Benedetti, Sandra D W Buttram, Melissa G Chung, Jennifer C Erklauer, Stuart H Friess, Sue J Hong, Jimmy Huh, Matthew P Kirschen, Kerri L LaRovere, Marlina E Lovett, Michelle E Schober, Kristen A Smith, Katie Wolfe, Adrian D Zurca, Alexis A Topjian, Donald L Boyer; Collaborators: Neurocritical Care Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Education and Professional Development: Standardizing Curriculum, Training, and Assessment. Pediatr Crit Care Med Sep 2025.
Kathleen Galligan, Jennifer Boisseau, Theresa Byrd, Benjamin Kennedy: Epilepsy Surgery with Style: Inclusive Options for All Hair Types After Brain Surgery. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Breakthrough Makers Summit May 2025.
Samuel B. Tomlinson, Patrick Davis, Caren Armstrong, Michael E. Baumgartner, Benjamin C. Kennedy, Eric D. Marsh: Interictal Spikes and Evoked Cortical Potentials Share Common Spatiotemporal Constraints in Human Epilepsy. Front Netw Physiol 5: 1602124, May 2025.
Galligan K, Boisseau J, Byrd T, Kennedy BC: Epilepsy Surgery with Style: Inclusive Options for All Hair Types After Brain Surgery. 3rd Annual CHOP DEI Breakthrough Makers Summit May 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation by Katherine Galligan.