John S. Ebersole, MD

Professor of Neurology

Director, Adult Epilepsy Center

Co-Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories

An internationally recognized authority on epilepsy and electroencephalography, Dr. John Ebersole is an expert in seizure disorders that are difficult to understand or control. He spearheaded the combined use of functional data from EEG with structural data from brain MRI in order to diagnose and localize epilepsy better. Over the past 10 years, research from his laboratory has led to the development of 3-D models of epileptic foci in the brain, which enable our doctors to pinpoint the sources of seizures.

As director of the University of Chicago Hospitals' Adult Epilepsy Center, Dr. Ebersole oversees the Hospitals' Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. Here the EEG and behavior of adult patients are continuously recorded for several days in order to diagnose, characterize, classify, and localize their seizures.

Dr. Ebersole is actively involved in the education of today's and tomorrow's neurologists. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology and co-editor of the forthcoming textbook, Current Practice of Clinical Electroencephalography, Third Edition.

Practice Location

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

1971

Board Certifications

Neurology
Clinical Neurophysiology

Medical School

Yale University School of Medicine

Internship

University of California, San Diego

Residency

Yale University School of Medicine

Fellowships

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
National Hospital, London

Memberships

American Academy of Neurology
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
American Epilepsy Society

Language Spoken

English

Email

jebersol@neurology.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 834-4703

Office Fax

(773) 834-4800

Office Postal Address

John S. Ebersole, MD
University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 2030
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Neurology
• Clinical neurophysiology
• Epilepsy
• EEG
• Seizures

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Read More About Dr. Ebersole

Read "Functional Neuroimaging with EEG Source Models to Localize Epileptogenic Foci Noninvasively"--an article Dr. Ebersole wrote for Clinical Comment, the Hospitals' newsletter for physicians (PDF).

Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Ebersole's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.