Ramya Raghupathi, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director, Clinical Competency Committee Penn
Medical Director-Epilepsy Surgical program, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Pavilion 2nd Fl
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
M.D. (Medicine)
Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University , 2009.
M.D. (Medicine)
Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University , 2009.
Post-Graduate Training
Internal Medicine Preliminary Year, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA , 2012-2013.
Resident in Neurology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA Jul 2013 – Jun 2015 , 2013-2015.
Chief Resident in Neurology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA , 2015-2016.
Epilepsy Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH , 2016-2018.
Internal Medicine Preliminary Year, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA , 2012-2013.
Resident in Neurology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA Jul 2013 – Jun 2015 , 2013-2015.
Chief Resident in Neurology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA , 2015-2016.
Epilepsy Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH , 2016-2018.
Certifications
ABPN Board Certification - Neurology, 2016.
ABPN Board Certification - Epilepsy, 2017.
Permanent linkABPN Board Certification - Neurology, 2016.
ABPN Board Certification - Epilepsy, 2017.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Epilepsy surgerycortical stimulation
stereo EEG
Neuromodulation- VNS , RNS .DBS programming
Selected Publications
Zhou DJ, Woodson-Smith S, Emmert BE, Kornspun A, Larocque J, Kulick-Soper CV, Qiu MK, Ellis CA, Gugger JJ, Conrad EC, Waldman G, Ganguly T, Sinha SR, Davis KA, Stein JM, Liu GT, Gelfand M, Raghupathi R: Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of epilepsy associated with temporal encephalocele: A systematic review. Epilepsy Behav. 158(109928), Jul 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109928.Emmert BE, Xie K, Conrad EC, Ghosn NJ, Bauman K, Korzun J, Kulick-Soper CV, Naveed O, Hartmann N, LaRocque JJ, Mindy Ganguly T, 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 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109572. Epub 2023 Dec 8.
Jae Kim M, Schaper F, Rouhl R, Temel Yasin, Fox M, Davis K, Isaac Chen H, Raghupathi R, Kang JY, Anderson W.: Common Network for Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy and Thalamic DBS for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2024 Notes: abstract presentation.
Qiu L, Pomeraniec IJ, Raghupathi R, Isaac Chen H, Digiovine M P, Catenaccio E, Kennedy B, Halpern C.: Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the treatment of hypothalamic hamartomas FUN (focused USG and Neuromodulation conference) 2024 Notes: abstract presentation.
Michalak AJ, Greenblatt A, Wu S, Tobochnik S, Dave H, Raghupathi R, Esengul YT, Guerra A, Tao JX, Issa NP, Cosgrove GR, Lega B, Warnke P, Chen HI, Lucas T, Sheth SA, Banks GP, Kwon CS, Feldstein N, Youngerman B, McKhann G, Davis KA, Schevon CA.: Seizure onset patterns predict outcome after stereoelectroencephalography- guided laser amygdalohippocampotomy. Epilepsia 64 (6): 1568-1581, Jun 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/epi.17602.
Cornblath EJ, Lucas A, Armstrong C, Greenblatt AS, Stein JM, Hadar PN, Raghupathi R, Marsh E, Litt B, Davis KA, Conrad EC. : Quantifying trial-by-trial variability during cortico-cortical evoked potential mapping of epileptogenic tissue. Epilepsia. Epilepsia, 64(4): 1021-1034, Apr 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/epi.17528.
Kulick-Soper CV, Shinohara RT, Ellis CA, Ganguly TM, Raghupathi R, Pathmanathan JS, Conrad EC. : Quantitative artifact reduction and pharmacologic paralysis improve detection of EEG epileptiform activity in critically ill patients. Journal of American Clinical Neurophysiological journal 145: 89-97, Jan 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.11.007. Epub 2022 Nov 18.
Conrad EC, Chugh N, Ganguly TM, Gugger JJ, Tizazu EF, Shinohara RT, Raghupathi R, Becker DA, Gelfand MA, Omole AT, Decker BM, Pathmanathan JS, Davis KA, Ellis CA. : Using Generalized Polyspike Train to Predict Drug-Resistant Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy J Clin Neurophysiol. 39(6): 459-465, Sep 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000803.
Raghupathi R, Davis K: Invasive Neuromodulation and chronic EEG recordings. Current Practice of Clinical EEG 2022 Notes: 5th Edition, in-press.
Garibova L, Raghupahthi R, Zhang Y: Successful surgery in a patient with bilateral perisylvian fast activity at ictal onset Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 2018 Notes: Poster presentation.