John R. Pollard, M.D.
Director, ChristianaCare Epilepsy Center ChristianaCare
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Education
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Residency
Neurology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
MD
Multimedia
Links and Image Galleries
Media Appearances
His seizure sparked terrifying fall that uncovered long-sought answer
The Washington Post print
2022-10-15
“I remember him saying, ‘I can’t believe this happened in front of my family,’ ” recalled his longtime neurologist John R. Pollard, formerly associate director of the epilepsy center at the University of Pennsylvania. Pollard had warned Caldwell that his intractable seizures, which had proved resistant to numerous medications, placed him at risk for sudden death or serious injury.
Evogen's Cognizance Biomarkers Presents Data Showing Its Proteomic Biomarkers Have the Potential to Monitor Seizure Burden to Aid in Epilepsy Patient Management
BioSpace
2019-05-28
John Pollard, MD, who is an inventor of the Cognizance Biomarkers technology, a practicing neurologist, Director of the Christiana Care Epilepsy Center and Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, commented, "Epilepsy diagnosis can be difficult and slow, with misdiagnosis and suboptimal treatment too often taking years to correct. We undertook development of a proteomic-based blood test to provide an accurate, objective and rapid alternative. Cognizance's first product, the EvoScoreDXTM test, has demonstrated the potential to identify epileptic seizures with excellent sensitivity and specificity. This approach has now been expanded to allow for the accurate monitoring of therapy-associated improvements in the frequency of seizures, which should make it easier to optimize treatment over the lifecycle of the condition."
First in-Patient Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Opens in Delaware
Newswise
2018-06-20
“We want to help patients who believe they have been over-diagnosed or under-diagnosed so they can see improvement in their lives,” said Neurologist John R. Pollard, M.D., medical director of the new EMU.
Selected Papers and Publications
Association of Epileptic and Nonepileptic Seizures and Changes in Circulating Plasma Proteins Linked to Neuroinflammation
Neurology2021-01-25
To develop a diagnostic test that stratifies epileptic seizures (ES) from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) by developing a multimodal algorithm that integrates plasma concentrations of selected immune response-associated proteins and patient clinical risk factors for seizure.
Trends in oral anticoagulant co-prescription with antiepileptic drugs among adults with epilepsy, 2010-2018
Epilepsy Behavior2020-11-24
Treatment considerations for epilepsy patients requiring anticoagulation are changing, and actual prescribing practices have not been characterized.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Epilepsy Care: A Survey of the American Epilepsy Society Membership
Epilepsy Currents2020-09-17
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the delivery of care to people with epilepsy (PWE) in multiple ways including limitations on in-person contact and restrictions on neurophysiological procedures.
Suppression of the photoparoxysmal response in photosensitive epilepsy with cenobamate (YKP3089)
Neurology2019-07-10
To evaluate the effect of cenobamate in patients with photoparoxysmal-EEG response (PPR) to intermittent photic stimulation (IPS) as proof of principle of efficacy in patients with epilepsy.
Inhaled alprazolam rapidly suppresses epileptic activity in photosensitive participants
Epilepsia2019-07-03
Treatment options for seizure clusters are limited; the need for easy-to-administer treatments remains. The Staccato system delivers drug deep into the lung via inhalation.
Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy
EpilepsiaFisher, R., Salanova, V., Witt, T., Worth, R., Henry, T., Gross, R., Oommen, K., Osorio, I., Nazzaro, J., Labar, D. and Kaplitt, M.
2010-04-22
We report a multicenter, double‐blind, randomized trial of bilateral stimulation of the anterior nuclei of the thalamus for localization‐related epilepsy.
External Service & Affiliations
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
Patents
Biomarkers and methods for detection of seizures and epilepsy
WO2017120166A1
2017-07-13
Epileptic seizures are difficult to diagnose and are often difficult to distinguish from several conditions with similar presentations, and therefore, diagnosis of seizures is often a long, expensive, and unreliable process.
