Professional Publications

By Peter P. Widdess-Walsh, MB, BCh, BAO

1) Widdess-Walsh P, Kotagal P, Jeha L, Wu G, Burgess R. Multiple Auras: Clinical significance and pathophysiology. Neurology 2007;69:755-761

2) Widdess-Walsh P, Jeha L, Kotagal P, Nair D, Bingaman W, Najm I. Subdural electrode analysis in focal cortical dysplasia: predictors of outcome. Neurology 2007;69:660-667

3) Widdess-Walsh P, Devinsky O. Tolerance and resistance to anti-epileptic drugs in epilepsy. Reviews in Neurological Diseases 2007;4(4):194-202.

4) Widdess-Walsh P, Devinsky O. Magnetoencephalography in epilepsy. Reviews in Neurological Diseases 2007;4(3):172-3.

5) Jeha L, Najm I, Bingaman W, Dinner D, Widdess-Walsh P, Lüders H. Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of frontal lobe epilepsy. Brain 2007;130(2):574-84

6) Schüle S, Widdess-Walsh P, Bermeo A, Lüders HO. Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP): The role of the heart. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2007;74(S1):5121-27.

7) Widdess-Walsh P, Sabharwal V, Demirjian S, DeGeorgia M. Neurological complications of hyponatremia and its treatment. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2007;74(5):377-83.

8) Widdess-Walsh P, Prayson R, Cohen B, Lachhwani D. A twelve year old girl with myoclonus, chorea, and dementia. Brain Pathology 2007;17(4):464-5.

9) Lüders HO, Acharya J, Alexopoulos A, Baumgartner C, Bautista J, Burgess R, Carreno M, Diehl B, Dinner D, Ebner A, Foldvary N, Godoy J, Hamer H, Ikeda A, Kallen K, Kellinghaus C, Kotagal P, Lachhwani D, Loddenkemper T, Mani J, Matsumoto R, Möddel G, Nair D, Noachtar S, O'Donovan CA, Rona S, Rösenow F, Schüle S, Szabo CA, Tandon N, Tanner A, Widdess-Walsh P. Are epilepsy classifications based on epileptic syndromes and seizure types outdated? Epileptic Disorders 2006;8(1):81-5.

10) Lüders HO, Najm I, Nair D, Widdess-Walsh P, Bingman W. The epileptogenic zone: general principles. Epileptic Disorders 2006;8(2):1-9

11) Widdess-Walsh P, Diehl B, Najm I. Neuroimaging of Focal Cortical Dysplasia. Journal of Neuroimaging 2006;16(3):185-196.

12) Jeha L, Najm I, Bingaman WE, Fhandwala F, Widdess-Walsh P, Morris III H, Dinner D, Nair D, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Prayson RA, O’Brien R, Bulacio J, Gupta A, Comair Y, Lüders HO. Predictors of  outcome after temporal lobectomy for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. Neurology 2006;66:1938-1940.

13) Widdess-Walsh P, Nair A, Staugaitis S. Lymphoma-associated progressive dementia. Helix Dementia Reviews 2006;8(3):2-4

14) Widdess-Walsh P, Kellinghaus C, Jeha L, Prayson R, Kotagal P, Bingaman W, Najm IM.  Clinical characteristics of focal cortical dysplasia: Correlation with pathological subtypes. Epilepsy Research 2005; 67(1-2): 25-33.

15) Widdess-Walsh P, Sweeney B, Galvin R, McNamara B. Utilization and yield of EEG in the elderly. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2005;22:253-255

16) Widdess-Walsh P, Nair A, Staugaitis S. A man in his forties with progressive dementia. Brain Pathology 2005;15(2):167-168

18) Widdess-Walsh P, Abou-Chebl A, Yadav J.  Stroke Prevention. Cardiology International 2003; 4(4):131-137

19) Widdess-Walsh P, Tavee J, Schüle S, Stevens G. Response to intravenous immunoglobulin in Anti-Yo associated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration: clinical study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2003;63:187-190

Book chapters

Widdess-Walsh P, Delanty N, Phillips JP. Epilepsy surgery in Ireland. In: Epilepsy Surgery, Hans O. Lüders, Imad Najm, William Bingaman, eds. 3rd Edition. Taylor & Francis 2008.

Widdess-Walsh P, Benbadis S. The role of EEG in newly identified epilepsy in adults. In: The educational kit on the epilepsies. Volume 3: Newly identified epileptic seizures: Diagnosis, Procedures and Management, Chrysostomos Panayiotopoulos, ed. UCB-Pharma 2007.

Widdess-Walsh P, Nadkarni S, Devinsky O. Co-Morbidity of Epileptic and Nonepileptic Seizures: Diagnostic Considerations. In: Gates and Rowan Nonepileptic Seizures, Steven Schacter and Curt LaFrance Jr., eds. 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press (in preparation)

Abstracts

1) Widdess-Walsh P, Bojko A, Goldberg R, Geller E, Nadkarni M, Devinsky O. Exacerbation of generalized epilepsy with the antiepileptic drug oxcarbazepine. American Academy of Neurology, Chicago, 2008

2) Widdess-Walsh P, Turbin R, Tutela A, Bennett HL, Geller E, Doyle WK, Devinsky O. Bilateral ischemic optic neuropathy after subdural electrode insertion for epilepsy surgery treated with erythropoietin. American Epilepsy Society, Philadelphia, 2007.

3) Jeha LE, Najm I, Bingaman W, Widdess-Walsh P, Lüders H. Frontal lobectomy for the treatment of intractable frontal lobe epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, 2006.

4) Widdess-Walsh P, Kotagal P, Jeha L, Wu G, Burgess R. Multiple Auras: pathophysiology and clinical significance. American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, 2006.

5) Widdess-Walsh P, Sweeney B, Galvin R, McNamara B. Utilization and yield of EEG in the elderly. Irish Neurological Association Annual Meeting, Galway, 2006.

6) Widdess-Walsh P, Jeha L, Nair D, Kotagal P, Bingaman W, Najm I. Intracranial EEG predicts surgical outcome in focal cortical dysplasia. American Academy of Neurology, San Diego 2006.

7) Widdess-Walsh P, Nair D, Bingaman W, Najm I. Postoperative neurological deficits after surgery for peri-rolandic cortical dysplasia. American Epilepsy Society, Washington DC, 2005.

8) Widdess-Walsh P, Frazier T, Bingaman W, Najm I. Spectrum of neuropsychological dysfunction in focal cortical dysplasia, and relationship to surgical outcome. American Neuropsychiatric Association, San Diego, 2006.

9) Jain S, Widdess-Walsh P, Prayson R. Parkinsonism and Nocardia: a clinico-pathological case. World Congress of Parkinson’s Disease, Washington DC, 2006.

10) Widdess-Walsh P, Bingaman W, Najm I. Subdural Grid analysis in focal cortical dysplasia: predictors of outcome. Epilepsia 2004;45(S7):341.

11) Widdess-Walsh P, Kellinghaus C, Prayson R, Bingaman W, Najm IM.  Clinical characteristics of focal cortical dysplasia: Correlation with pathological subtypes. Neurology 2004;62(7);S5:A179. Platform Presentation, AAN, San Francisco 2004.

12) Widdess-Walsh P, Abou-Chebl A, Sila C. Symptomatic intracranial stenosis: the importance of lesion localization. American Society of Neuroimaging, Phoenix, 2004.

13) Widdess-Walsh P, Foldvary-Schaefer N. Asynchronous burst suppression in post-open heart surgery patients : Electroencephalographic and prognostic significance. Epilepsia 2003;44(S9):225

14) Widdess-Walsh P, Sabharwal V, Gupta R, DeGeorgia M. Hyponatremia-related focal cerebral edema.  2nd International Neurocritical Care Symposium, Cleveland, 2003.

15) Widdess-Walsh P, Tavee J, Schüle S, Stevens G. Response to intravenous immunoglobulin in Anti-Yo associated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration: clinical study.  Neuro-Oncology; Current Concepts, Orlando, 2003.

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