Cemal Karakas

Employment

• Children's National Pediatric Neurologist/Epileptologist
  2025 - Present
• George Washington University Associate Professor
  2025 - Present
• University of Louisville Associate Professor
  2024 - 2025
• Norton Children's Hospital Pediatric Neurologist/Epileptologist
  2020 - 2025
• University of Louisville Assistant Professor
  2020 - 2024

Education

• Baylor College of Medicine Epilepsy Fellow
  2019 - 2020
• Baylor College of Medicine Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow (Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology)
  2018 - 2019
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center Child Neurology Resident
  2015 - 2018
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center Pediatrics Resident
  2013 - 2015
• Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa MD
  2005 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (56)

• Corpus Callosotomy or Focal Surgery in Children Presenting With Generalized Tonic Seizures: Findings From the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium
  Pediatric Neurology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2026.02.020
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• Predictors of Seizure Development in Septo-optic Dysplasia: A Retrospective Study
  Journal of Child Neurology 2026 DOI: 10.1177/08830738261420288
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• Delayed Surgical Evaluation After Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Diagnosis Worsens Outcomes in Children
  Neurology Clinical Practice 2026 DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200641
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• Sociodemographic barriers in epilepsy surgery in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Epilepsy & Behavior 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110391
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• Neuromodulation Strategies in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: Practical Clinical Guidance from the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium.
  Epilepsy research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2024.107499
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• Antiseizure medications for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: Comprehensive review and proposed consensus treatment algorithm.
  Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.110261
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• Lacosamide as an Adjunctive Therapy in the Management of Refractory Neonatal Seizures: A Retrospective Study
  Journal of Child Neurology 2025 DOI: 10.1177/08830738241299137
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• Current and Emerging Precision Therapies for Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies
  Pediatric Neurology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.04.010
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• Novel planning pipeline utilizing the Surgical Theater system for pediatric epilepsy surgery
  Epilepsia Open 2025 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.70094
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• Building and Expanding a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program: Perspectives From a Children's Hospital in an Underserved Area.
  Cureus 2025 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.90174
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