Kristine S Ziemba MD PhD (She/Her)

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Associate Professor of Neurology

University of Virginia Department of NeurologyPO BOX 800394Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone+1 434-924-7116

Summary

Dr. Kristine Ziemba is an epileptologist and Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, specializing in adult epilepsy. She earned her MD and PhD degrees from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed her training at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, with fellowships in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy. Her career included roles at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Florida) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham prior to joining the faculty at UVA. Her research interests include epilepsy therapies, quality of life and psychosocial comorbidities in people with epilepsy. She has active roles in the education of residents and fellows at UVA.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Phoenix)Fellowship, Epilepsy, 2013 - 2014
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Phoenix)Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2012 - 2013
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Scottsdale)Residency, Neurology, 2009 - 2012
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceInternship, Transitional Year, 2008 - 2009
University of Kentucky College of MedicinePhD, Physiology, 2000 - 2008

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks, eClinicalWorks, LLC, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Practice Solution, GE Healthcare, 2016-2017
2012 Annual Meeting Fellows Program Scholarship American Epilepsy Society (AES), 2012

PubMed

Improving Electroencephalography Screening via an Online Module for Neurology Trainees: A Multicenter Study.
Hernan Nicolas Lemus, Camilo Gutierrez, Madeline Fields, Kristine Ziemba, Patrick Landazuri
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2024-12-13
7 citations
Partial Reconstruction of the Nigrostriatal Circuit along a Preformed Molecular Guidance Pathway
Biswarup Ghosh, Chen Zhang, Kristine S. Ziemba, Anita Fletcher, David M. Yurek
Molecular Therapy. Methods & Clinical Development. 2019-07-11
18 citations
Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures report more severe migraine than patients with epilepsy
Morgan A. Shepard, Annelise M. Silva, Amaal J. Starling, Matthew T. Hoerth, Dona E.C. Locke
Seizure. 2016-01-01

Journal Articles

Timing of antiepileptic drug withdrawal in adult epilepsy patients after neocortical surgical resection: A critically appraised topic
Ziemba KS, Wellick, KE, Hoffman-Snyder, C, Noe, KH, Demaerschalk, BM and DM Wingerchuk, The Neurologist, 1/1/2011
Directing dopaminergic fiber growth along a preformed molecular pathway from embryonic ventral mesencephalon transplants in the rat brain
Jin Y, Zhang C, Ziemba KS, Goldstein GA, Sullivan PG and G.M. Smith, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 1/1/2011
Microelectrode versus imaging targeting in Parkinson's disease patients undergoing pallidal stimulation
Evidente VGH, Ziemba KS, Lyons MK, Eur J Neurol, 9/1/2010

Abstracts/Posters

Quality of EEG recordings obtained by non-specialist technicians in rural hospital settings before and after a one-day intensive training course
Ziemba KS, Hoerth MT, Drazkowski JF, Noe KH, Helepololei LC, Mill BJ, Muccioli JM, Tapsell LM, and Sirven, JI, 66th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, 11/30/2012
Development of seizures following implantation of electrodes for deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy
Ziemba KS, VGH Evidente, Lyons MK, and Noe KH, 65th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, 12/2/2011
Comparing microelectrode recording versus imaging targeting during pallidal deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease
Ziemba KS, Lyons MK, and VGH Evidente, 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 4/10/2010