JAMES W. WHELESS, M.D.

Professor and Chief

Department of Pediatric Neurology

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Chair

Divison of Pediatric Neurology

Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center

Director, Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

Director, Le Bonheur Neuroscience Center

Clinical Director and Chief

Department of Pediatric Neurology

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Pediatric Neurology

777 Washington Avenue, Suite 335

Memphis, TN 38105

Tel: (901) 287-5207; Fax: (901) 287-5325

Education

M.D. Institution: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

Residency & Fellowship Training: University of Oklahoma Tulsa Medical College, Tulsa, OK; Child Neurology Fellow, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; EEG/Epilepsy Fellow, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Research Interests

My interests are seizure disorders and epilepsy in children and adolescents. This includes drug therapy, the ketogenic diet, epilepsy surgery, vagus nerve stimulation and magnetoencephalography.

Recent Publications

• Wheless JW. Managing severe epilepsy syndromes of early childhood. J Child Neurol. 2009 Aug;24(8 Suppl):24S-32S; quiz 33S-6S. Review. PMID: 19666880
• Asato MR, Manjunath R, Sheth RD, Phelps SJ, Wheless JW, Hovinga CA, Pina-Garza JE, Haskins LS, Zingaro WM. Adolescent and caregiver experiences with epilepsy. J Child Neurol. 2009 May;24(5):562-71. PMID: 19406756
• Fulton SP, Clarke DF, Wheless JW, Ellison DW, Ogg R, Boop FA. Angiocentric glioma-induced seizures in a 2-year-old child. J Child Neurol. 2009 Jul;24(7):852-6. Epub 2009 Mar 20. PMID: 19304961
• Wheless JW, Clarke D, Hovinga CA, Ellis M, Durmeier M, McGregor A, Perkins F. Rapid infusion of a loading dose of intravenous levetiracetam with minimal dilution: a safety study. J Child Neurol. 2009 Aug;24(8):946-51. Epub 2009 Mar 4. PMID: 19264738
• Ledet DS, Wheless JW, Rubnitz JE, Brannon Morris E. Levetiracetam as monotherapy for seizures in a neonate with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2009 Jan 29; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19186085
• Wheless JW, Treiman DM. The role of the newer antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus. Epilepsia. 2008 Dec;49 Suppl 9:74-8. PMID: 19087120

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