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Tesfaye Zelleke, MD, Child Neurology, Washington, DC

Tesfaye Zelleke MD


Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology George Washington University, Washington, DC

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  • 111 Michigan Ave NWWashington, DC 20010

  • Phone+1 202-476-5000

  • Fax+1 202-476-2864

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Education & Training

  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2008 - 2009
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Child Neurology, 2004 - 2007
  • Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
    Woodhull Medical and Mental Health CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2001 - 2004
  • Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine
    Addis Ababa University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 2009 - 2026
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2004 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2006 - 2010
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2004 - 2005
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Epilepsy
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Pediatric status epilepticus: identification and evaluation  
    Freilich ER, Schreiber JM, Zelleke T, Gaillard WD, Curr Opin Pediatr, 1/1/2014
  • The ketogenic diet: initiation at goal calories versus gradual caloric advancement  
    Bansal S, Cramp L, Blalock D, Zelleke T, Carpenter J, Kao A, Pediatr Neurol, 1/1/2014
  • Continuous video EEG for patients with acute encephalopathy in a pediatric intensive care unit  
    Schreiber JM, Zelleke T, Gaillard WD, Kaulas H, Dean N, Carpenter JL, Neurocritcal Care, 1/8/2012

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Risk factors for refractory status epilepticus in the pedaitaric ICU
    Zelleke, T, et al, AAN annual conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1/12/2011
  • Predictors of Autism in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
    Zelleke T, Nass R, et al, Child Neurology Society annual conference, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2009
  • Spontaneous vertebro-basilar artery dissection in young children: a report of 2 children
    Zelleke T, George A, Fish I, International Child Neurology Congress, Montreal, Canada, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

  • Electrical status epilepticus in sleep 
    Washington, DC - 1/1/2013
  • Autonomic changes in postictal generalized suppression 
    San Diego, CA - 1/1/2012
  • Autonomic physiological changes during partial and generalized seizures in children with epilepsy on the EMU 
    San Diego, CA - 1/1/2012
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