JosephESullivanMDFAES

Epilepsy

Professor, Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine

Overview of Dr. Sullivan

Dr. Joseph Sullivan is a Child Neurologist in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, and Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College and has been in practice 19 years. Dr. Sullivan accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 41 doctors at UCSF Medical Center and one of 20 doctors at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center who specialize in Child Neurology. He has more than 90 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
550 16th Street
4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Book by Phone+1(877) 915-6354

Fax+1 415-353-2400

Education & Training

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Child Neurology, 2002 - 2005
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1998 - 2002
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2008
IL State Medical License 2000 - 2002
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Clinical Trials

A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children, Teenagers, and Adults With Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 08
Completed
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator
A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children and Adults With Dravet Syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 04
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator
A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Dravet Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 28
Completed
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator
A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ETX101 in Infants and Children With SCN1A-Positive Dravet Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2024 Apr 01
Recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

45 citations
Reduced Cortical Activity Impairs Development and Plasticity after Neonatal Hypoxia Ischemia
Sumudu Ranasinghe, Grace Or, Eric Y. Wang, Aiva Ievins, Merritt A. McLean
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2015-08-26
236 citations
American clinical neurophysiology society standardized EEG terminology and categorization for the description of continuous EEG monitoring in neonates: report of the A...
Tammy N. Tsuchida, Courtney J. Wusthoff, Renée A. Shellhaas, Nicholas S. Abend, Cecil D. Hahn
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2013-04-01
16 citations
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome of unknown cause: phenotypic characteristics of patients in the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project.
Peter Widdess-Walsh, Dennis J. Dlugos, Robyn Fahlstrom, Sucheta M. Joshi, Renée A. Shellhaas
Epilepsia. 2013-11-01

Journal Articles

Current Treatment Strategies and Future Treatment Options for Dravet Syndrome
Krista Eschbach, Kelly G Knupp, Joseph E Sullivan, Current Treatment Options in Neurology
Why West? Comparisons of Clinical, Genetic and Molecular Features of Infants with and Without Spasms
Jason Coryell, Joseph E Sullivan, William B Dobyns, John R Mytinger, Annapurna Poduri, Nicole Ryan, Tobias Loddenkemper, Courtney Wusthoff, Elaine C Wirrell, Kelly G K..., PLoS One

Press Mentions

$Long-Term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Cannabidiol in Children with Refractory Epilepsy: Results from an Expanded Access Program in the US$
Long-Term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Cannabidiol in Children with Refractory Epilepsy: Results from an Expanded Access Program in the USNovember 20th, 2018
Girl Can Attend School with Her Cannabis-Based Medicine, California Court RulesSeptember 25th, 2018
Zogenix Announces New Positive Efficacy and Safety Data from Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial of ZX008 in Dravet SyndromeDecember 4th, 2017
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Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Illinois PPO
Blue Shield California PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Great West PPO
Health Net California Large Group PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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