MEDICAL OPINIONS ON THE KETOGENIC DIET
In April, 2008, at the International Symposium For Dietary Therapies For Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders, we had an opportunity to interview the following pediatric neurologists and epileptologists who oversee the leading ketogenic diet programs in the world. In the adjacent video clips each doctor answers the three most frequently asked questions:
In April, 2008, at the International Symposium For Dietary Therapies For Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders, we had an opportunity to interview the following pediatric neurologists and epileptologists who oversee the leading ketogenic diet programs in the world. In the adjacent video clips each doctor answers the three most frequently asked questions:
- What priority does the ketogenic diet deserve in the
treatment of children with difficult to control epilepsy? - What success do you see with the ketogenic diet?
- What is your advice to parents who encounter medical
resistance to the ketogenic diet?
- Eileen PG Vining, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
- Greg L. Holmes, M.D., Darthmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center - J. Helen Cross, M.D., Ph.D., Great Ormond Street
Hospital/Institute of Child Health, London - Jong M. Rho, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix
- Elizabeth Thiele, M.D., Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
- James W. Wheless, M.D., Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Nashville
- Christina Bergqvist, M.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Eric Kossoff, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
- Elaine Wirrell, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Ruth E. Williams, M.D., Evelina Children’s Hospital, London
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