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Office
800 Washington St
Departments of Neurology and Tufts Center for Sleep Medicine
Boston, MA 02111Phone+1 617-636-5848Fax+1 617-636-8199- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Medical Director of The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Tufts Medical Center
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Epilepsy, 2001 - 2002
- Tufts Medical CenterChief Residency, Neurology, 2000 - 2001
- Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1998 - 2001
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1998
- Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
- NH State Medical License 2001 - Present
- MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Castle and Connolly/Boston Magazine https://www.bostonmagazine.com/find-a-doctor/joel-oster/, 2024
- Board Certification Special Qualifications in Epilepsy Monitoring, Intraoperative Neurologic Monitoring, Critical care EEG ABCN-American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007, 2015, 2015
- Frederick Stohlman, MD award for excellence in Medicine St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, 1998
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Resection of an occipital lobe epileptogenic network resulting in improvement of a visual field deficit: illustrative case.Alper Dincer, John Herendeen, Joel Oster, James Kryzanski> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. 2022 Oct 17
- Safety and Efficacy of Natalizumab as Adjunctive Therapy for People With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Phase 2 Study.French JA, Cole AJ, Faught E, Theodore WH, Vezzani A, Liow K, Halford JJ, Armstrong R, Szaflarski JP, Hubbard S, Patel J, Chen K, Feng W, Rizzo M, Elkins J, Knafler G,...> ;Neurology. 2021-09-14
- 3 citationsSeizures and Vaping-A Report of Two Cases.Peter S Tatum, Joel M. Oster> ;Military Medicine. 2021 Jul 17
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Journal Articles
- Education Research: Quality and Validity Evidence for a National In-Training Examination for Epilepsy FellowsMoeller J, Gonzales-Giraldo, Fung FW, Johnson EL, Kheder A, MacLean J, McGinnis EL, Muhlfofer WG, Oster JM, Schmitt S, Voinescu PE, Wong-Kisiel LC, Kidd KJ, Kephart A,..., Neurology Education 2023;00:e200090. doi:10.1212/NE9.0000000000200090, 10/1/2024
- Responsive Neurostimulation Effects Significant Seizure Reduction Without Resection in Medically Refractory Epilepsy Involving Occipital Networks. A Retrospective Revi...Oster JM, Kryzanski JT, Medical Research Archives 11(10), 10/30/2023
- "Tumefactive" Spinal Cord Lyme DiseaseOster JM, Int I Nu 1s & Heat Car Scie 03(13): 2023-278., 10/5/2023
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Books/Book Chapters
Authored Content
- A Senseless Sensing Lead: A Case Of Failed Sensing Lead In Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Andrea Fekete, Aarti Grover, Wei He, Joel Oster, Peter Ostrow, Greg Schumaker, Richard Wein, Rajesh ZachariasMay 2023
- Awake endoscopy optimizes tolerance and effectiveness of hypoglossal nerve stimulation Joel Oster, Aarti GroverMay 2023
- RESPONSIVE NEUROSTIMULATION ALLOWS MEDICATION CONSOLIDATION AND SEIZURE REDUCTION DURING PREGNANCY. Oster JM, Kryzanski JT. ABSTRACT 5338 SUBMISSION 1437796, POSTER 24, Austin TX, March 2023March 2023
- Dozing off is a problem as is a toe falling off-Methylphenidate induced Raynaud’s phenomenonMay 2022
- Sensory Symptoms During Centromedian Thalamic Responsive Neurostimulation Abstract number : 1.333December 2021
- Hypersomnia-Harvard-Tufts-Yale Sleep MedicineMay 2021
- A Ghost from the Past: Unmasked Insomnia Affecting Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy Adherence Elena Stuewe, Aarti Grover, Peter Ostrow, Greg Schumaker, Joel Oster, Rajesh ZachariasMay 2021
- A RARE CASE OF RESPIRATORY SENSE LEAD DYSFUNCTION IN A PATIENT WITH A HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE STIMULATOR Omesh Toolsie, Rajesh Zacharias, Joel Oster, Peter Ostrow, Greg Schumaker, Richard Wein, Aarti GroverMay 2021
- Young patients with hypersomnia at Tufts Medical Center Joel Oster, Emma Jost-Price, Matthew Tucker, Aarti Grover Sleep, Volume 44, Issue Supplement_2, May 2021, Page A202May 2021
- Not Your Everyday Daytime Sleepiness: Two Peas in a Pod Elena Stuewe, Peter Ostrow, Aarti Grover, Greg Schumaker, Joel Oster, Rajesh ZachariasMay 2021
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Hospital Affiliations
- Tufts Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts
External Links
- Treatment of epilepsy press mentionhttps://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-tufts-medical-center-neuropace-epilepsy-treatment/38928283
- Covid-19 and Electrocorticographic Changeshttps://www.oatext.com/sars-cov-2-infection-and-electrocorticographic-changes.php
- Covid-19, Electrocorticography, Vaccineshttps://www.oatext.com/pdf/BRR-6-148.pdf
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