KristopherTKahleMDPhD

Neurosurgery • Hartford, CT

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Clinical Fellow in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Office
282 Washington St
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone+1 860-545-8373

Fax+1 860-545-8233

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2007 - 2014
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2007 - 2008
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2015 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2016 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

152 citations
Modulation of neuronal activity by phosphorylation of the K–Cl cotransporter KCC2
Kristopher T. Kahle, Tarek Z. Deeb, Martin Puskarjov, Liliya Silayeva, Bo Liang
Trends in Neurosciences. 2013-12-01
238 citations
Hydrocephalus in children
Kristopher T. Kahle, Abhaya V. Kulkarni, David D. Limbrick, Benjamin C. Warf
Lancet. 2016-02-20
85 citations
WNK1-regulated inhibitory phosphorylation of the KCC2 cotransporter maintains the depolarizing action of GABA in immature neurons
Perrine Friedel, Kristopher T. Kahle, Jinwei Zhang, Nicholas T. Hertz, Lucie I. Pisella
Science Signaling. 2015-06-30

Press Mentions

Existing Cancer Therapies Show Promise for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy TreatmentMay 6th, 2023
Rethinking Cerebral Arachnoid Cysts Through GenomicsMay 5th, 2023
Why Brain Rebels? This Could Be Behind Adult Epilepsy, According to New StudyMay 2nd, 2023
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