Associate Professor of Neurology
Cincinnati Epilepsy Center
Medical Education: Ludwik Rydygier Medical Academy (Poland), 1991
Residency Training: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1996-1999
Fellowship Training: University of Cincinnati Medical Center (Epilepsy), 1999-2000 and a Sub-Fellowship in Neuroimaging at the Medical College of Wisconsin, 2000
Board Certification: Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
Clinical Interests: Medical and surgical treatment of seizures and epilepsy, Electroencephalography
Research Interests: Functional neuroimaging (fMRI) in epilepsy, EEG-triggered FMRI, incidence of epilepsy in the setting of stroke, Psychogenic, and Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES)
Selected Publications:
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Szaflarski
JP, Hughes CA, Szaflarski M, Ficker DM, Cahill WT, Li M, Privitera MD
"Quality of Life in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures" Accepted for
publication in Epilepsia
Woo
D, Sauerbeck LR, Kissela BM, Khoury JC, Szaflarski JP, Gebel J, Shukla R,
Pancioli A, Jauch EC, Menon AG, Deka R, Carrozzella JA, Moomaw CJ, Fontaine RN,
Broderick JP "Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Intracerebral
Hemorrhage" Stroke,
2002;33:1190-1196.
Szaflarski JP, Ficker DF, Cahill WT, Privitera MP “Four-Year Incidence of Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures in Hamilton County, Ohio.” Neurology, 2000;55:1561-1563.
Galasso JM, Liu Y, Szaflarski
JP, Warren JS, Silverstein FS “Monocyte
Chemoattractant Protein-1 is a Mediator of Acute Excitotoxic Injury in Neonatal
Rat Brain.” Neuroscience, 2000;101;
3:737-744.
Privitera MD, Szaflarski JP. "Complex partial seizures in adults". Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 1999;1:323-337.
Szaflarski J, Ivacko J, Liu XH, Warren JS, Silverstein FS. "Excitotoxic injury induces monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in neonatal rat brain." Molecular Brain Research, 1998;55:306-314.
Ivacko J, Szaflarski J, Malinak
C, Flory C, Warren JS, Silverstein FS "Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury Induces
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Expression in Neonatal Rat Brain."
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 1997, 17, 7, 759-770.
Silverstein FS, Barks JDE, Hagan P, Liu XH, Ivacko J, Szaflarski J. "Cytokines and perinatal brain injury". Neurochem Int, 1997;30 (4/5):375-383.
Kilgore KS, Imlay MM, Szaflarski JP, Silverstein FS, Malani AN, Evans VM, Warren JS. "Neutrophils and reactive oxygen intermediates mediate glucan-induced pulmonary granuloma formation through the local induction of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1". Laboratory Investigation, 1997;76(2):191-201.
Szaflarski J, Burtrum D, Silverstein FS. "Cerebral hypoxia-ischemia stimulates cytokine gene expression in perinatal rats". Stroke, 1995;26(6):1093-1100.