ThomasPSutulaMDPhD

Epilepsy

Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, 1995-present

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Dept. of Neurology, 7251 MFCB, Univ. of Wisconsin
1685 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705

Thomas Sutula, M.D., Ph.D. is a neurologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. He received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 42 years. He specializes in epilepsy and continues to pursue research on basic and translational aspects of epilepsy, including drug development focused on metabolic approaches to treatment of seizures and traumatic brain injury. He has authored more than 120 publications which have been cited over 7,800 times.

University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1978 - 1981
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1978
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1975

William Lennox Award American Epilepsy Society, 2010
Clarence Shaffrey Award St. Joseph's University, 2011
Sabbatical Research Award, Wellcome Institute for Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge UK American Epilepsy Society, 1995

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Books/Book Chapters

“Do Seizures Damage The Brain” - Progress in Brain Research, vol.135
Chapter: Repeated brief seizures induce progressive hippocampal neuron loss and memory deficits
Page 95 - 110R. Kotloski, M. Lynch , S. Lauersdorf, T. SutulaEditors: ed. T.Sutula, A. Pitkänen.Elsevier, AmsterdamEdition 135,2002
Neurology Pearls
A. Waclawik, T. SutulaHanley & Belfus, Philadelphia2000

Other

Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating adverse or deleterious sequellae of traumatic brain injury
E. Hutchinson, M. Meyerand, P. Rutecki, T. Sutula, US Patent No. 8,633,165
2010
Metabolic-based Methods for Modulating Gene Expression
A. Roopra, B. Schoenike, T. Sutula, US Patent No.7557085
2005
Compounds and Methods for Treating Seizure Disorders
S.Kriegler, A. Roopra, C.Stafstrom, T.Sutula, US Patent No. 06979675
1/1/2004

IND-enabling studies of 2DG for prevention of post-traumatic epilepsy in plasticity-susceptible rats”Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)2015–2018
“Mechanisms of 2DG’s Antiepileptic Effects” (Co-PI with P. Rutecki, MD)Veterans Administration Merit Award2014–2018
“IND-enabling preclinical studies of 2DG for treatment of epilepsy”National Center for Advancing Translational Science and the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke2010–2016
Prediction, Detection, and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy and PTSD in Genetically Susceptible RatsUS Department of Defense, Deployment Related Medical Research Program2009–2012
Hippocampal Plasticity And EpilepsyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2005–2008
Hippocampal Plasticity In EpilepsyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000–2003
Lesion-Induced Synaptic Plasticity And EpilepsyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1994–1997
Klingenstein Fellowship in the NeurosciencesThe Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Foundation1992–1995
Lesion-Induced Synaptic Reorganization &EpilepsyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1987–1991
Synaptic Mechanisms In EpileptogenesisNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1985–1988
Robert S. Morison Fellow in Clinical NeurophysiologyThe Grass Foundation1981–1984