JerzyPSzaflarskiMD

Neurology • Birmingham, AL

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology; and Director, UAB Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama Birmingham

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Office
1802 6th Ave S
Rm 3470
Birmingham, AL 35233
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Education & Training

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2000 - 2001
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Neurology, 1996 - 2000
Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityNeurologist, 1991

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1999 - 2026
IN State Medical License 1998 - 2025
AL State Medical License 2012 - 2024
PA State Medical License 1995 - 1996
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Clinical Trials

Treatment Trial for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 4
fMRI of Language Recovery Following Stroke in Adults Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Pilot Study of NSICU Assessment of Seizure Prophylaxis With Lacosamide Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Post-Stroke Aphasia and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Treatment Study Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Equivalence Among Antiepileptic Drug Generic and Brand Products in People With Epilepsy: Single-Dose 6-Period Replicate Design (EQUIGEN Single-Dose Study) Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 12
Completed
Phase 4
Study to Evaluate SAGE-547 Injection as Adjunctive Therapy for the Treatment of Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 21
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Adult CBD Program Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Brain temperature and free water increases after mild COVID-19 infection.
Ayushe A Sharma, Rodolphe Nenert, Adam M Goodman, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Scientific Reports. 2024 Mar 28
Optimized microburst VNS elicits fMRI responses beyond thalamic-specific response from standard VNS.
Jane B Allendorfer, Jason Begnaud, Giovanni Ranuzzi, Elhum Shamshiri, Ryan Verner, , Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2024 Mar 26
Brain network entropy, depression, and quality of life in people with traumatic brain injury and seizure disorders.
Jane B Allendorfer, Rodolphe Nenert, Adam M Goodman, Pranav Kakulamarri, Stephen Correia, Noah S Philip, W Curt LaFrance Jr, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Epilepsia Open. 2024 Mar 20
Feasibility study of microburst VNS therapy in drug-resistant focal and generalized epilepsy.
Ryan Verner, Amy Keith, Mei Jiang, Kathryn Nichol, , Cornelia Drees, Pegah Afra, Lesley Kaye, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Brain Stimulation. 2024 Mar 16
1 citations
Reduced Subjective Cognitive Concerns With Neurobehavioral Therapy in Functional Seizures and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Ryan Van Patten, Lawrence Chan, Krista Tocco, Kristen Mordecai, Hamada Altalib, Erica Cotton, Stephen Correia, Tyler E Gaston, Leslie P Grayson, Amber Martin, Samantha...> ;The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2024 Mar 14
Compatibility of standard vagus nerve stimulation and investigational microburst vagus nerve stimulation therapy with functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Begnaud, J., Henderson, K., Bolding, M., Sellers, J., Allendorfer, J., Middlebrooks, E., Szaflarski, J., Thaker, A.> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2024 Mar 6
Effectiveness and tolerability of brivaracetam in patients with epilepsy stratified by comorbidities and etiology in the real world: 12-month subgroup data from the in...
Szaflarski, J., Besson, H., D'Souza, W., Faught, E., Klein, P., Reuber, M., Rosenow, F., Salas-Puig, J., Soto Insuga, V., Steinhoff, B., Strzelczyk, A., Bourikas, D., ...> ;Journal of Neurology. 2024 Mar 4
Decreased uncinate fasciculus integrity in functional seizures following traumatic brain injury.
Byington, C., Goodman, A., Allendorfer, J., Correia, S., LaFrance, W., Szaflarski, J.> ;Epilepsia. 2024 Jan 31
Phase synchronization during the processing of taxonomic and thematic relations.
Erica Adezati, Xianqing Liu, Junhua Ding, Melissa Thye, Jerzy P Szaflarski, Daniel Mirman> ;Brain and Language. 2024 Feb 1
The longitudinal effects of cannabidiol on brain temperature in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy.
Sharma, A., Szaflarski, J.> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2024 Feb 1
Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes After Recreational Cannabis Use.
Magdalena Szaflarski, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 2024 Jan 1
Neuromorphometric associations with mood, cognition, and self-reported exercise levels in epilepsy and healthy individuals.
Sharma, A., Mackensie Terry, D., Popp, J., Martin, R., Nenert, R., Bolding, M., Allendorfer, J., Szaflarski, J., Kaur, M., Brokamp, G.> ;Epilepsy & Behavior Reports. 2024 Jan 1
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Activation During Unscripted Discourse in People With Poststroke Aphasia.
Thomas C Maloney, Aimee Dietz, Jennifer Vannest, Krista Wilkinson, Jerzy P Szaflarski, Cassandra Stall, Chitrali R Mamlekar> ;Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2023 Dec 11
An exploratory study of brain temperature and choline abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with depressive symptoms.
Mina Oates, Ayushe A Sharma, Rodolphe Nenert, Christina Mueller, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Epilepsia Open. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Effectiveness and Tolerability of 12-Month Brivaracetam in the Real World: EXPERIENCE, an International Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Records.
Vicente Villanueva, Cédric Laloyaux, Wendyl D'Souza, Edward Faught, Pavel Klein, Markus Reuber, Felix Rosenow, Javier Salas-Puig, Victor Soto Insuga, Adam Strzelczyk, ...> ;CNS Drugs. 2023 Sep 1
2 citations
Final analysis of potential drug-drug interactions between highly purified cannabidiol and anti-seizure medications in an open-label expanded access program.
Tyler E Gaston, E Martina Bebin, Gary R Cutter, Leslie Grayson, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Epilepsia Open. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Improvements in Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores after neurobehavioral therapy in adults with functional (nonepileptic) seizures and traumatic brain injury.
Ryan Van Patten, Lawrence Chan, Krista Tocco, Kristen Mordecai, Hamada Altalib, Elizabeth W Twamley, Tyler E Gaston, Leslie P Grayson, Amber Martin, Samantha Fry, Adam...> ;Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2023 Sep 1
Later onset focal epilepsy with roots in childhood: Evidence from early learning difficulty and brain volumes in the Human Epilepsy Project.
Jacob Pellinen, Heath Pardoe, Stefan Sillau, Sarah Barnard, Jacqueline French, Robert Knowlton, Daniel Lowenstein, Gregory D Cascino, Simon Glynn, Graeme Jackson, Jerz...> ;Epilepsia. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
White matter microstructure and serum biomarkers of inflammation in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
Christina Mueller, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Neuroimage. Clinical. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
Efficacy of cannabidiol in convulsive and nonconvulsive seizure types associated with treatment-resistant epilepsies in the Expanded Access Program.
Robert J Flamini, Anne M Comi, E Martina Bebin, Michael G Chez, Gary Clark, Orrin Devinsky, Shaun A Hussain, Paul D Lyons, Anup D Patel, Jillian L Rosengard, Farhad Sa...> ;Epilepsia. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Repeatability of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Christina Mueller, Adam M Goodman, Rodolphe Nenert, Jane B Allendorfer, Noah S Philip, Stephen Correia, Robert A Oster, William Curt LaFrance Jr, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Journal of Neuroimaging. 2023 May 21
3 citations
White Matter Changes after Neurobehavioral Therapy for Functional Seizures.
Christina Mueller, Adam M Goodman, Jane B Allendorfer, Rodolphe Nenert, Tyler E Gaston, Leslie E Grayson, Stephen Correia, Noah S Philip, W Curt LaFrance Jr, Jerzy P S...> ;Annals of Neurology. 2023 Aug 1
2 citations
Sense of control, selective attention, cognitive inhibition, and psychosocial outcomes after Retraining and Control Therapy (ReACT) in pediatric functional seizures.
Lindsay Stager, Christina Mueller, Skylar Morriss, Jerzy P Szaflarski, Aaron D Fobian> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2023 May 1
3 citations
Concordance between focal brain temperature elevations and focal edema in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Ayushe A Sharma, Rodolphe Nenert, Adam Goodman, Jerzy P Szaflarski> ;Epilepsia. 2023 May 1
Do people with epilepsy want to participate in an exercise intervention randomized controlled trial? - Results of a brief survey and its preliminary application.
Brandon S Mitchell, Christian Puzzo, Charity J Morgan, Johanna L Popp, Ricardo Ortiz-Braidot, Anna Moyana, Jane B Allendorfer, Szaflarski, J.> ;Epilepsy & Behavior Reports. 2023 Jan 1
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Journal Articles

Impaired Emotion Processing in Functional (Psychogenic) Tremor: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Thomas Maloney, Alberto J Espay, Jerzy P Szaflarski, ScienceDirect

Authored Content

Cannabis for the Treatment of Epilepsy: An UpdateSeptember 2018

Press Mentions

Data Supporting Cannabis for Childhood Epilepsy Remain ScarceSeptember 10th, 2021
Study Suggests Nation’s Health Care Providers Need More Education on Medical CannabisMay 26th, 2020
Practice Guideline Summary: Use of fMRI in the Presurgical Evaluation of Patients with Epilepsy: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of NeurologyJanuary 11th, 2020
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Grant Support

Post-Stroke Aphasia And Rtms Treatment (PART) StudyEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2012
FMRI Of Language Recover Following Stroke In AdultsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2008–2011
Eeg-Fmri In Patients With JMENational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2006–2010