JAMES W. WHELESS, M.D.

Professor and Chief

Department of Pediatric Neurology

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Chair

Divison of Pediatric Neurology

Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center

Director, Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

Director, Le Bonheur Neuroscience Center

Clinical Director and Chief

Department of Pediatric Neurology

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Pediatric Neurology

777 Washington Avenue, Suite 335

Memphis, TN 38105

Tel: (901) 287-5207; Fax: (901) 287-5325

Education

M.D. Institution: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

Residency & Fellowship Training: University of Oklahoma Tulsa Medical College, Tulsa, OK; Child Neurology Fellow, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; EEG/Epilepsy Fellow, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Research Interests

My interests are seizure disorders and epilepsy in children and adolescents. This includes drug therapy, the ketogenic diet, epilepsy surgery, vagus nerve stimulation and magnetoencephalography.

Recent Publications

• Kossoff EH, Zupec-Kania BA, Amark PE, Ballaban-Gil KR, Bergqvist AG, Blackford R, Buchhalter JR, Caraballo RH, Cross JH, Dahlin MG, Donner EJ, Klepper J, Jehle RS, Kim HD, Liu YM, Nation J, Nordli Jr DR, Pfeifer HH, Rho JM, Stafstrom CE, Thiele EA, Turner Z, Wirrell EC, Wheless JW, Veggiotti P, Vining EP; The Charlie Foundation, and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Optimal clinical management of children receiving the ketogenic diet: Recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group. Epilepsia. 2008 Sep 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18823325
• Wheless JW, Manjunath R, Phelps SJ, Asato MR, Sheth RD, Hovinga CA, Pina-Garza JE, Haskins LS, Zingaro WM. Seizure emergency plans: patient results from a cross-sectional epilepsy survey. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Oct;13(3):489-93. Epub 2008 Jul 10. PMID: 18619905
• Clarke DF, Boop FA, McGregor AL, Perkins FF Jr, Brewer VR, Wheless JW. Pediatric extratemporal epilepsy presenting with a complex auditory aura. Epileptic Disord. 2008 Jun;10(2):181-6. PMID: 18539574
• Hovinga CA, Asato MR, Manjunath R, Wheless JW, Phelps SJ, Sheth RD, Pina-Garza JE, Zingaro WM, Haskins LS. Association of non-adherence to antiepileptic drugs and seizures, quality of life, and productivity: survey of patients with epilepsy and physicians. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Aug;13(2):316-22. Epub 2008 May 9. PMID: 18472303
• Mastriani KS, Williams VC, Hulsey TC, Wheless JW, Maria BL. Evidence-based versus reported epilepsy management practices. J Child Neurol. 2008 May;23(5):507-14. Epub 2008 Feb 15. PMID: 18281618
• Wheless JW, Clarke DF, Arzimanoglou A, Carpenter D. Treatment of pediatric epilepsy: European expert opinion, 2007. Epileptic Disord. 2007 Dec;9(4):353-412. Review. PMID: 18077226

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