Catherine V. Kulick-Soper, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Collaborating Clinician, Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics
Head of Clinical Neurophysiology, RECOVER Program, University of Pennsylvania
Quality & Implementation Lead, Epilepsy & Intraoperative Monitoring Programs, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Neurology, Penn Epilepsy Center
3400 Spruce Street, 3 West Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Department of Neurology, Penn Epilepsy Center
3400 Spruce Street, 3 West Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Publications
Education:
BS (Neurobiology)
Georgetown University, 2014.
MD
New York University School of Medicine, 2018.
BS (Neurobiology)
Georgetown University, 2014.
MD
New York University School of Medicine, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Medicine Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, 2018-2019.
Neurology Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2022.
Epilepsy Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2023.
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2023-2024.
Medicine Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, 2018-2019.
Neurology Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2022.
Epilepsy Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2023.
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2023-2024.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology, 2022.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy, 2025.
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology - Intraoperative Monitoring, 2025.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology, 2022.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy, 2025.
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology - Intraoperative Monitoring, 2025.
Selected Publications
Ojemann WKS, Armstrong C, Pattnaik AR, Petillo N, Josyula M, Daum A, Zhou DJ, LaRocque J, Korzun J, Kulick-Soper CV, Cornblath E, Damaraju S, Shinohara R, Marsh ED, Davis KA, Litt B, Conrad EC: Can electrical stimulation replace spontaneous seizures in epilepsy surgery? medRxiv 2025.Gugger JJ, Kulick-Soper CV, Sinha N, Jaskir M, Hadar P, Josyula M, Petillo N, Raghupathi R, Shinohara RT, Das S, Stein J, Davis KA: Evaluation of limbic microstructural abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy: A NODDI study. Epilepsia 2025.
Fischer D, Abella BS, Bass GD, Charles J, Hampton S, Kulick-Soper CV, Mendlik MT, Mitchell OJL, Narva AM, Pino W, Sikandar M, Sinha SR, Waldman GJ, Ware JB, Levine J: The Recovery of Consciousness Via Evidence-Based Medicine and Research (RECOVER) Program: A paradigm for advancing neuroprognostication. Neurol Clin Pract 14(6): e200351, Dec 2024.
Zhou D, Woodson Smith S, Emmert B, Kornspun A, Larocque J, Kulick-Soper CV, Qiu M, Ellis C, Gugger J, Conrad E, Waldman G, Ganguly T, Sinha S, Davis K, Stein J, Liu G, Gelfand M, Raghupathi R: Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of epilepsy associated with temporal encephalocele: A systematic review. Epilepsy Behav 158: 109928, Sep 2024.
Lucas A, Vadali C, Mouchtaris S, Arnold TC, Gugger JJ, Kulick-Soper CV, Josyula M, Petillo N, Das S, Dubroff J, Detre JA, Stein JM, Davis KA: Enhancing the diagnostic utility of ASL imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy through FlowGAN: An ASL to PET image translation framework. medRxiv May 2024.
Schneider RB, Auinger P, Dobkin RD, Mills KA, Kulick-Soper CV, Myers TL, Korell M, Pontone GM, Nirenberg MJ: Minor Phenomena in Parkinson's Disease-Prevalence, Associations, and Risk of Developing Psychosis. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 37(2): 134-45, Mar 2024.
Emmert BE, Xie K, Conrad EC, Ghosn NJ, Bauman K, Korzun J, Kulick-Soper CV, Naveed O, Hartmann N, LaRoque JJ, Ganguly TM, Gugger JJ, Raghupathi R, Gelfand MA, Davis KA, Sinha SR, Litt B, Shinohara RT, Ellis CA: Alcohol for seizure induction in the epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy Behav 150: 109572, Jan 2024.
Kulick-Soper CV & Waldman G: Epilepsy Management in Transgender and Gender Diverse People. Curr Treat Options Neurol 25: 419-27, Oct 2023.
Decker BM, Ellis CA, Schriver E, Fischbein K, Smith D, Moyer JT, Kulick-Soper CV, Mowery D, Litt B, Hill CE: Characterizing the treatment gap in the United States among adult patients with a new diagnosis of epilepsy. Epilepsia 64(7): 1862-72, Jul 2023.
Schneider RB, Auinger PA, Myers TL, Mills KA, Dobkin RD, Pontone GM, Kulick-Soper CV, Nirenberg MJ: Risk of psychosis among those with Parkinson's disease with and without minor hallucinations. 2023 AAN Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Apr 2023.