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.
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.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, General Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, 2001-2003.
Resident, Child Neurology, University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2003-2006.
Fellow, Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, 2006-2007.
Resident, General Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, 2001-2003.
Resident, Child Neurology, University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2003-2006.
Fellow, Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, 2006-2007.
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, 2006.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy, 2013.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Pediatrics, 2006.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy, 2013.
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
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.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.
Treadwell JR, Kessler SK, Wu M, Abend NS, Massey SL, Tsou AY: Pharmacologic and Dietary Treatments for Epilepsies in Children Aged 1-36 Months: A Systematic Review. Neurology 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.
Prosser LA, Atkinson HL, Alfano JM, Leff M, Kessler SK, Gouelle A, Ichord RB: Normalizing step-to-step variability to age in children and adolescents with hemiplegia. Gait Posture (98), 6-8, Aug 2022.
Moufawad El Achkar C, Rosen A, Kessler SK, Steinman KJ, Spence SJ, Ramocki M, Marco EJ, Green Snyder L, Spiro JE, Chung WK, Annapurna P, Sherr EH. : Clinical Characteristics of Seizures and Epilepsy in Individuals With Recurrent Deletions and Duplications in the 16p11.2 Region. Neurology Genetics 5(8), Aug 2022.