Dr. Eric Kossoff on the Ketogenic Diet and Seizure Management
Key Takeaways
- Eric Kossoff, MD is a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurologist who specializes in childhood seizures, epilepsy, and dietary treatment for epilepsy.
- Ketogenic diets are part of the conference’s focus on low-carbohydrate nutrition and its use in managing epilepsy and other diseases.
- The Ohio State University Food Innovation Center and Virta made the conference video recordings free and publicly available, including Dr. Kossoff’s presentation.
- Virta Health offers clinically guided low-carbohydrate nutrition support for people interested in evidence-based metabolic approaches that can also align with seizure-management research.
The Ohio State University’s Food Innovation Center partnered with Virta co-founders Dr. Stephen Phinney to bring together scientists and researchers to discuss the science of low carbohydrate nutrition at a conference hosted by the OSU Food Innovation Center. Video recordings were sponsored by Virta Health, and OSU and Virta have decided to make these videos free and available to the public.
Eric Kossoff, MD is a practicing physician who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood seizures and epilepsy. He is an expert on dietary treatment for epilepsy, and he lectures around the world about the use of ketogenic diets as a treatment for epilepsy. Dr. Kossoff is the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Residency Program and a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Watch his presentation here:
You can find all of the conference videos here and at the Food Innovation Center.
Speakers discussed the treatment strategies for diabetes and other diseases as well as public policy.
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