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Office
800 Washington St
Departments of Neurology and Tufts Center for Sleep Medicine
Boston, MA 02111Phone+1 617-636-5848Fax+1 617-636-8199
Summary
- Medical Director of The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Tufts Medical Center
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Epilepsy, 2001 - 2002
- Tufts Medical CenterChief Residency, Neurology, 2000 - 2001
- Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1998 - 2001
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1998
- Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
- NH State Medical License 2001 - Present
- MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Castle and Connolly/Boston Magazine https://www.bostonmagazine.com/find-a-doctor/joel-oster/, 2024
- Board Certification Special Qualifications in Epilepsy Monitoring, Intraoperative Neurologic Monitoring, Critical care EEG ABCN-American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007, 2015, 2015
- Frederick Stohlman, MD award for excellence in Medicine St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, 1998
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsCentromedian region thalamic responsive neurostimulation mitigates idiopathic generalized and multifocal epilepsy with focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures.Pranav Nanda, Nathaniel Sisterson, Ashley Walton, Catherine J Chu, Sydney S Cash
Epilepsia. 2024-09-01 - 122 citationsAdjunctive brivaracetam for refractory partial-onset seizures: A randomized, controlled trialJacqueline A. French, C. Costantini, A. Brodsky, P. von Rosenstiel
Neurology. 2010-08-10 - 12 citationsSpinal Cord Stroke: Acute Imaging and InterventionKaren Lynch, Joel M. Oster, Diana Apetauerova, Kinan Hreib
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2012-06-13
Journal Articles
- Efficacy And Safety of Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist (DORA) For Sleep Disturbance in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Dementia. A Review Article.Abdulrahman Alshiban, Tuna Hasoglu, Joel Oster, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10/3/2024
- Education Research: Quality and Validity Evidence for a National In-Training Examination for Epilepsy FellowsMoeller J, Gonzales-Giraldo, Fung FW, Johnson EL, Kheder A, MacLean J, McGinnis EL, Muhlfofer WG, Oster JM, Schmitt S, Voinescu PE, Wong-Kisiel LC, Kidd KJ, Kephart A,..., Neurology Education 2023;00:e200090. doi:10.1212/NE9.0000000000200090, 10/1/2024
- What happens to your brainwaves when the heart stops? ASYSTOLE AND THE EEG - a case series and reviewOster, JM, Medical Research Archives 12(8):2024, 8/31/2024
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Books/Book Chapters
Authored Content
- Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS) improves outcome after failed temporal resection : a case seriesSeptember 2024
- Prevalence of Insomnia in Patients with Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation (HNS) at a Tertiary Care Sleep Center, Sleep, Volume 47, Issue Supplement_1, May 2024, Pages A158–A159May 2024
- Acute Onset Vision Loss in a Patient with NAION and OSA Andersen K, Zacharias R, Grover A, Schumaker G, Oster J, Ostrow P, He WApril 2024
- Post Implantation Effects of Responsive Neurostimulation Devices (RNS) : A Case Series. Oster JM, Kryzanski JTDecember 2023
- A Senseless Sensing Lead: A Case Of Failed Sensing Lead In Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Andrea Fekete, Aarti Grover, Wei He, Joel Oster, Peter Ostrow, Greg Schumaker, Richard Wein, Rajesh ZachariasMay 2023
- Awake endoscopy optimizes tolerance and effectiveness of hypoglossal nerve stimulation Joel Oster, Aarti GroverMay 2023
- RESPONSIVE NEUROSTIMULATION ALLOWS MEDICATION CONSOLIDATION AND SEIZURE REDUCTION DURING PREGNANCY. Oster JM, Kryzanski JT. ABSTRACT 5338 SUBMISSION 1437796, POSTER 24, Austin TX, March 2023March 2023
- Dozing off is a problem as is a toe falling off-Methylphenidate induced Raynaud’s phenomenonMay 2022
- Sensory Symptoms During Centromedian Thalamic Responsive Neurostimulation Abstract number : 1.333December 2021
- Hypersomnia-Harvard-Tufts-Yale Sleep MedicineMay 2021
- A Ghost from the Past: Unmasked Insomnia Affecting Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy Adherence Elena Stuewe, Aarti Grover, Peter Ostrow, Greg Schumaker, Joel Oster, Rajesh ZachariasMay 2021
- A RARE CASE OF RESPIRATORY SENSE LEAD DYSFUNCTION IN A PATIENT WITH A HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE STIMULATOR Omesh Toolsie, Rajesh Zacharias, Joel Oster, Peter Ostrow, Greg Schumaker, Richard Wein, Aarti GroverMay 2021
- Young patients with hypersomnia at Tufts Medical Center Joel Oster, Emma Jost-Price, Matthew Tucker, Aarti Grover Sleep, Volume 44, Issue Supplement_2, May 2021, Page A202May 2021
- Not Your Everyday Daytime Sleepiness: Two Peas in a Pod Elena Stuewe, Peter Ostrow, Aarti Grover, Greg Schumaker, Joel Oster, Rajesh ZachariasMay 2021
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External Links
- Treatment of epilepsy press mentionhttps://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-tufts-medical-center-neuropace-epilepsy-treatment/38928283
- Covid-19 and Electrocorticographic Changeshttps://www.oatext.com/sars-cov-2-infection-and-electrocorticographic-changes.php
- Covid-19, Electrocorticography, Vaccineshttps://www.oatext.com/pdf/BRR-6-148.pdf
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