Catherine Kulick-Soper, MD
Associate Scholar
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology | University of Pennsylvania
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Epilepsy | Global Neurology | International Medical Education | Low-resource Settings | Medical Education | Neurology
Languages: English (native)
BIO STATEMENT
Dr. Catherine Kulick-Soper is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and epileptologist specializing in epilepsy and neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring. Her academic interests include critical care EEG, with a particular focus on neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest, as well as quality improvement, learning health system initiatives, and global health.
Dr. Kulick-Soper has worked with the Foundation for African Medicine and Education (FAME) in Karatu, Tanzania, on the sustainable implementation of a low-cost, portable EEG system for the clinical care of patients with suspected seizures and epilepsy. She first traveled to FAME as a Penn neurology resident, collaborating closely with Dr. Michael Rubenstein and providing inpatient and outpatient care for patients with neurological disorders, delivering educational lectures on neurology topics, and gaining firsthand experience with the resources available to—and gaps in care for—patients with epilepsy.
As an attending epileptologist, she has since returned to FAME and worked closely with local leadership and hospital staff to systematically identify and address system-level barriers to prior EEG implementation, provide educational lectures and tailored reference materials, and successfully implement a low-cost, portable EEG system. The system continues to be used at the main FAME campus and can be brought to mobile clinics in more remote regions of the country as needed. She continues to work closely with the FAME team to support the ongoing technical use and interpretation of EEG studies, expanding access to neurodiagnostic care in this resource-limited setting.
Recent global health projects
Partnership with the Foundation for African Medicine and Education (FAME) in rural Tanzania to sustainably implement a low-cost, portable EEG system for use in patients with suspected seizures and epilepsy and provide ongoing support for the technical use and interpretation of EEG studies.
Selected publications
Last Updated: 31 August 2026