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Daniel H. Lowenstein, M.D.

Epilepsy specialist and director of the Epilepsy Center

Dr. Daniel H. Lowenstein, director of the Epilepsy Center, is focused on expanding epilepsy care and services for UCSF Medical Center patients. An internationally known epileptologist, he was recently appointed director of the Epilepsy Center after serving as Dean of Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, of which he is a graduate. He also is currently president-elect of the American Epilepsy Society. Lowenstein spent many years at UCSF as professor of neurology and director of the Epilepsy Research Laboratory in the School of Medicine. A prolific writer and scholar, he has received virtually every teaching award given by UCSF's School of Medicine. His interests include the molecular and cellular changes in neural networks following seizure activity and injury, the genetic basis of epilepsy, and therapy for abnormally prolonged seizures known as status epilepticus.

Clinics

Epilepsy Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2437
Fax: (415) 353-2837

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Daniel H. Lowenstein

Education

Harvard University 1983

Residencies

UCSF, Neurology 1987

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Hirose S, Scheffer IE, Marini C, De Jonghe P, Andermann E, Goldman AM, Kauffman M, Tan NC, Lowenstein DH, Sisodiya SM, Ottman R, Berkovic SF. SCN1A testing for epilepsy: Application in clinical practice. Epilepsia. 2013 May; 54(5):946-52.
  2. Helbig I, Lowenstein DH. Genetics of the epilepsies: where are we and where are we going? Curr Opin Neurol. 2013 Apr; 26(2):179-85.
  3. Silbergleit R, Durkalski V, Lowenstein D, Conwit R, Pancioli A, Palesch Y, Barsan W. Intramuscular versus intravenous therapy for prehospital status epilepticus. N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 16; 366(7):591-600.
  4. Stewart AF, Ferriero DM, Josephson SA, Lowenstein DH, Messing RO, Oksenberg JR, Johnston SC, Hauser SL. Fighting decision fatigue. Ann Neurol. 2012 Jan; 71(1):A5-A15.
  5. Rossetti AO, Lowenstein DH. Management of refractory status epilepticus in adults: still more questions than answers. Lancet Neurol. 2011 Oct; 10(10):922-30.
  6. Silbergleit R, Lowenstein D, Durkalski V, Conwit R. RAMPART (Rapid Anticonvulsant Medication Prior to Arrival Trial): a double-blind randomized clinical trial of the efficacy of intramuscular midazolam versus intravenous lorazepam in the prehospital treatment of status epilepticus by paramedics. Epilepsia. 2011 Oct; 52 Suppl 8:45-7.
  7. Lowenstein DH. Interview: the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke/American Epilepsy Society benchmarks and research priorities for epilepsy research. Biomark Med. 2011 Oct; 5(5):531-5.
  8. Durkalski V, Silbergleit R, Lowenstein D. Challenges in the design and analysis of non-inferiority trials: a case study. Clin Trials. 2011 Oct; 8(5):601-8.
  9. Josephson SA, Lowenstein DH. Medical student learning in the preclinical curriculum: many steps behind a rapidly moving world. Ann Neurol. 2011 Jul; 70(1):A9-A10.
  10. Loring DW, Lowenstein DH, Barbaro NM, Fureman BE, Odenkirchen J, Jacobs MP, Austin JK, Dlugos DJ, French JA, Gaillard WD, Hermann BP, Hesdorffer DC, Roper SN, Van Cott AC, Grinnon S, Stout A. Common data elements in epilepsy research: development and implementation of the NINDS epilepsy CDE project. Epilepsia. 2011 Jun; 52(6):1186-91.
  11. Poduri A, Lowenstein D. Epilepsy genetics--past, present, and future. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2011 Jun; 21(3):325-32.
  12. Willmore LJ, Lowenstein DH. Epilepsy and trauma: a persistent challenge. Neurology. 2010 Jul 20; 75(3):202-3.
  13. Hauser SL, Lowenstein DH, Johnston SC. Getting youth in the game: can we accelerate training for clinician-scientists? Ann Neurol. 2010 Feb; 67(2):A5-6.
  14. Hauser SL, Johnston SC, Ferriero DM, Lowenstein DH, Josephson SA, Messing RO, Oksenberg JR, Stewart AF. Status report: the Annals in 2010. Ann Neurol. 2010 Jan; 67(1):A5-12.
  15. Lowenstein DH. Traumatic brain injury: a glimpse of order among the chaos? Ann Neurol. 2009 Oct; 66(4):A7-8.
  16. Kelley MS, Jacobs MP, Lowenstein DH. The NINDS epilepsy research benchmarks. Epilepsia. 2009 Mar; 50(3):579-82.
  17. Jacobs MP, Leblanc GG, Brooks-Kayal A, Jensen FE, Lowenstein DH, Noebels JL, Spencer DD, Swann JW. Curing epilepsy: progress and future directions. Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Mar; 14(3):438-45.
  18. Lowenstein DH. Epilepsy after head injury: an overview. Epilepsia. 2009 Feb; 50 Suppl 2:4-9.
  19. Stern BJ, Lowenstein DH, Schuh LA. Invited article: Neurology education research. Neurology. 2008 Mar 11; 70(11):876-83.
  20. Glaser CA, Gilliam S, Honarmand S, Tureen JH, Lowenstein DH, Anderson LJ, Bollen AW, Solbrig MV. Refractory status epilepticus in suspect encephalitis. Neurocrit Care. 2008; 9(1):74-82.

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