Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program
Neurology
Dr. Ronald Lesser, MD
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Ronald Lesser practices Neurology. He attended Keck School of Medicine of USC. Keck School of Medicine of USC has a rank of 31 in research and a 72 in primary care He received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Ronald Lesser is also a published physician. He has 99 publication published. The most recent publication is: Imaging of delta- and mu-opioid receptors in temporal lobe epilepsy by positron emission tomography. Ronald Lesser accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Small worlds.
- Does the teddy bear sign predict psychogenic nonepileptic seizures?
- Therapeutic Brain hypothermia, its mechanisms of action, and its prospects as a treatment for epilepsy.
- A Korean kindred with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe Epilepsy and mental retardation.
- MEG: good enough.
- Electrocorticographic high gamma activity versus electrical cortical stimulation mapping of naming.
- If not pharmacology, maybe physics.
- Termination of epileptiform activity by cooling in rat hippocampal slice Epilepsy models.
- Functional mapping in Epilepsy patients'' information from subdural electrodes.
- Speech recognition impairments in patients with intractable right temporal lobe Epilepsy.
- Pseudoseizure dogs.
- Update on epilepsy and Cerebral localization.
- Short-term variations in response distribution to cortical stimulation.
- Seizure detection: reaching through the looking glass.
- Wavelet-crosscorrelation analysis can help predict whether bursts of pulse stimulation will terminate afterDischarges.
- Holes in the head.
- Epilepsy: Does continuous EEG monitoring improve seizure control?
- When is electrical cortical stimulation more likely to produce afterDischarges?
- Subdural electrodes.
- Using subdural electrodes to assess the safety of resections.
- Personality Assessment Inventory among patients with psychogenic seizures and those with Epilepsy.
- Are the effects of stimulation catching?
- Seizures manifesting as an urge to defecate, with an ictal Discharge in the right hemisphere.
- Presurgical evaluations of patients with intractable Epilepsy.
- Automatic EEG spike detection: what should the computer imitate?
- Practical detection of epileptiform Discharges (EDs) in the EEG using an artificial neural network: a comparison of raw and parameterized EEG data.
- Reorganisation of cortical motor and language distribution in human Brain.
- Superior Cerebral protection with profound hypothermia during circulatory arrest.
- Comprehension deficits elicited by electrical stimulation of Broca''s area.
- Auditory speech processing in the left temporal lobe: an electrical interference study.
- Treatment of Epilepsy with multiple subpial transections: an acute histologic analysis in human subjects.
- Does the central sulcus divide motor and sensory functions? Cortical mapping of human hand areas as revealed by electrical stimulation through subdural grid electrodes.
- Cognitive effects of resecting basal temporal language areas.
- An approach to seizure detection using an artificial neural network (ANN).
- Psychogenic seizures.
- Mapping Cerebral sites for emotion and emotional expression with direct cortical electrical stimulation and seizure discharges.
- Imaging of delta- and mu-opioid receptors in temporal lobe Epilepsy by positron emission tomography.
- Effect of stimulus intensity on short latency somatosensory evoked potentials.
- Acute generalized Polyneuropathy accompanying lithium poisoning.
- Rapid capsule wall formation.
- Anterior "cheek" electrodes are comparable to sphenoidal electrodes for the identification of ictal activity.
- Design principles for computerized EEG monitoring.
- Placebo-controlled pilot study of centromedian thalamic stimulation in treatment of intractable seizures.
- Assessment of surgical outcome.
- High-frequency EEG activity at the start of seizures.
- Quantification of mu and non-mu opiate receptors in temporal lobe Epilepsy using positron emission tomography.
- Parameters for direct cortical electrical stimulation in the human: histopathologic confirmation.
- Multifocal independent epileptiform Discharges in children: ictal correlates and surgical therapy.
- Dominant-side intracarotid amobarbital spares comprehension of word meaning.
- Driving and Epilepsy. A review and reappraisal.
- Mapping the distribution of amobarbital sodium in the intracarotid Wada test by use of Tc-99m HMPAO with SPECT.
- Aphasia as the initial manifestation of Epilepsy.
- Capillary prolactin measurement for diagnosis of seizures.
- Basal temporal language area.
- Vertical and horizontal epileptic gaze deviation and nystagmus.
- Basal temporal subdural electrodes in the evaluation of patients with intractable Epilepsy.
- Markers of focal Epilepsy.
- No, magnesium sulfate should not be used in treating eclamptic seizures.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (1.5 tesla) in patients with intractable focal seizures.
- Invasive methods of somatosensory evoked potential monitoring.
- Extraoperative cortical functional localization in patients with Epilepsy.
- Cortical generators of somatosensory evoked potentials to median Nerve stimulation.
- Surgery for intractable Epilepsy. Clinicopathologic correlates in 60 cases.
- Failure of high-dose intravenous magnesium sulfate to control myoclonic status epilepticus.
- Localization of cortical function: new information from extraoperative monitoring of patients with Epilepsy.
- Subdural electrodes in the evaluation for Epilepsy surgery in children and adults.
- Ictus emeticus: an electroclinical analysis.
- Electrophysiological monitoring during basilar Aneurysm operation.
- Electrophysiologic pathologic correlations in patients with complex partial seizures.
- Transient focal abnormalities of neuroimaging studies during focal status epilepticus.
- Clinical outcome after complete or partial cortical resection for intractable Epilepsy.
- The lateralizing significance of versive head and eye movements during epileptic seizures.
- Electrical stimulation of Wernicke's area interferes with comprehension.
- Memory for objects presented soon after intracarotid amobarbital sodium injections in patients with medically intractable complex partial seizures.
- Mental deterioration in Epilepsy.
- Neurophysiological techniques as an aid to surgical treatment of primary Brain tumors.
- Cortical potentials related to voluntary and passive finger movements recorded from subdural electrodes in humans.
- A negative motor response elicited by electrical stimulation of the human frontal cortex.
- Simple partial seizures: clinicofunctional correlation--a case report.
- Localization of sensorimotor cortex: the influence of Sherrington and Cushing on the modern concept.
- Analysis of the clinical problems in parkinsonism and the complications of long-term levodopa therapy.
- Dystonia: a Disorder often misdiagnosed as a conversion reaction.
- A continuing controversy: magnesium sulfate in the treatment of eclamptic seizures.
- Dextromethorphan for treatment of complex partial seizures.
- Characterization of the basal temporal language area in patients with left temporal lobe Epilepsy.
- Clinical diagnoses and EEG interpretation.
- The value of closely spaced scalp electrodes in the localization of epileptiform foci: a study of 26 patients with complex partial seizures.
- The effects of sleep on median Nerve short latency somatosensory evoked potentials.
- The evaluation of patients with intractable complex partial seizures.
- Ipsilateral forced head and eye turning at the end of the generalized tonic-clonic phase of versive seizures.
- Effect of etomidate on the electroencephalogram of patients with Epilepsy.
- Intraoperative spinal somatosensory evoked potential monitoring.
- Four dichotic speech tests before and after temporal lobectomy.
- The source of 'paradoxical lateralization' of cortical evoked potentials to posterior tibial Nerve stimulation.
- Postoperative neurological deficits may occur despite unchanged intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials.
- Evoked potentials in cortical localization.
- Basal temporal language area demonstrated by electrical stimulation.
- Other reports of pilomotor seizures.
Schools
Keck School Of Medicine Of The Univ Of Southern California
Mayo Grad School Med
Colum Presby Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
- Lithium Therapy (Inpatient Only)
- Other Psychiatric Medication Therapy (Inpatient Only)
Conditions Treated
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
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Doctors Specialties
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Neurology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation -
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus -
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education -
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Hospital -
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1740221183 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LESSER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RONALD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 212870005 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MD | |
| Specialty Description | Neurology | |
| Total Claim Count | 1402.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1740221183 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LESSER |
| First Name Of The Provider | RONALD |
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