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Robert Knowlton, MD, Neurology, San Francisco, CA

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Neurology San Francisco, CA

Epilepsy, Neuroimaging, Neurophysiology

Professor of Neurology

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  • Office

    Epilepsy Center
    400 Parnassus Avenue, 8th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94143
    Phone+1 415-353-2437
    Fax+1 415-353-2837

Education & Training

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
    University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public HealthM.S.P.H., Biostatistics, 2002 - 2006
  • University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
    University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineFellowship, Epilepsy, 1993 - 1995
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1990 - 1993
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital
    Scripps Mercy HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
  • Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
    Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansClass of 1989
  • Tulane University
    Tulane UniversityBS, Biological Chemistry, Magna Cum Lauda, 1982 - 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2014 - 2025
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 1999 - 2021
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2013 - 2014
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 1996 - 2000
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 1989 - 1989
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Clinical NeurophysiologyClinical Neurophysiology
  • American Society of NeuroimagingMRI/CT Certification

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014
  • Argus Society Award Excellence in Teaching recognition for service in The Mentor Program University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 2006
  • Best Teaching Faculty Award UAB Department of Neurology, 2001
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Functional imaging: I Relative predictive value of intracranial EEG  
    Knowlton RC, Elgavish E, Bartolucci A, Limdi N, Ver Hoef L, Blount J, Burneo J, Faught RE, Kankirawatana P, Riley K, Kuzniecky RI, Ann Neurol
  • The evolution of epilepsy surgery between 1991 and 2011 in nine major epilepsy centers across the United States, Germany, and Australia  
    Jehi L, Friedman D, Carlson C, Cascino G, Dewar S, Elger C, Engel J, Knowlton R, Kuzniecky R, McIntosh A, O'Brien TJ, Spencer D, Sperling MR, Worrell G, Bingaman B, Go..., Epilepsia, 1/1/2015
  • Stereotactic laser ablation of epileptogenic periventricular nodular heterotopia  
    Esquenazi Y, Kalamangalam GP, Slater JD, Knowlton RC, Friedman E, Morris SA, Shetty A, Gowda A, Tandon N, Epilepsy Res, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Race and sex differences in characteristics of temporal lobe epilepsy
    Robert Knowlton, Suzanne Miller, Jill Saenz, Nita Limdi, Ashly Westrick, and Kristen Riley, American Neurological Association, Boston, MA, 1/5/2012
  • Disproportionate Prevalence of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in African Americans
    Knowlton RC, Westrick AC, Shannon CN, Miller SR, Riley KO, American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2011
  • Surgical outcome in subdural grid based neocortical epilepsy resections
    Robert Knowlton, Winn Mathews, Suzanne Miller, Lawrence Ver Hoef, A LeBron Paige, Jennifer DeWolfe, R otem Elgavish, Jeffrey Blount, Kristen Riley, American Epilepsy Society, San Antonio, TX, 1/6/2010
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Lectures

  • Indications for MEG 
    Orlando, FL - 1/1/2016
  • Difficult epilepsy managment decisions 
    San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2016
  • Intracranial recordings, ECoG fields, and multimodality imaging integration 
    Beijing, China - 1/1/2015
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Other

  • Advances in Structural and Functional Neuroimaging: How are These Guiding Epilepsy Surgery? 
    Robert C. Knowlton, Marcel Dekker, Inc
    1/1/2004
  • Multimodal image fusion for noninvasive surgical planning of epilepsy 
    Wong STC, Knowlton, RC, Hawkins RA, Laxer KL, EEE Computer Graphics and Applications (special issue on Computers in Surgery and Therapeutic Proced
    1/1/1996

Press Mentions

  • Poison Frogs, Birds, Hold Clues to Antidotes for Deadly Toxins
    Poison Frogs, Birds, Hold Clues to Antidotes for Deadly ToxinsAugust 5th, 2021
  • Q&A: Building a Speech Prosthetic for a Paralyzed Man
    Q&A: Building a Speech Prosthetic for a Paralyzed ManAugust 5th, 2021
  • 3-D ‘Heat Map’ Animation Shows How Seizures Spread in the Brains of Patients with Epilepsy
    3-D ‘Heat Map’ Animation Shows How Seizures Spread in the Brains of Patients with EpilepsyJuly 30th, 2021
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Grant Support

  • Role Of FDG-PET, 1h-Mrsi, And MSI In Epilepsy SurgeryNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2001–2005