Jennifer Ahjin Kim, MD/PhD
Biography
Jennifer Kim, MD, PhD, is a neurologist who specializes in neurocritical care. She says caring for patients and their families is the most rewarding part of her job.
“I love being able to help treat the sickest neurologically injured patients and to do my best to help them towards recovery,” says Dr. Kim, who treats numerous conditions, including traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain hemorrhage, hemorrhagic stroke, status epilepticus, and ischemic stroke.
“Brain injuries are often very sudden and leave both patients and families having to grapple very quickly with an altered level of function and even awareness,” she says. “I value helping these patients, their families and doing research so that we can continuously strive to improve our care of future patients.”
Titles
- Assistant Professor
Education & Training
- Fellow: Neurocritical CareMassachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital (2019)
- ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital (2016)
- InternBrigham and Women's Hospital (2012)
- MD/PhDBrown University, Medicine/Neuroscience (2012)
- ScBBrown University, Neuroscience (2004)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Chen Y, Li S, Ge W, Jing J, Chen HY, Doherty D, Herman A, Kaleem S, Ding K, Osman G, Swisher CB, Smith C, Maciel CB, Alkhachroum A, Lee JW, Dhakar MB, Gilmore EJ, Sivaraju A, Hirsch LJ, Omay SB, Blumenfeld H, Sheth KN, Struck AF, Edlow BL, Westover MB, Kim JA. Quantitative epileptiform burden and electroencephalography background features predict post-traumatic epilepsy. Journal Of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2022, 94: 245-249. PMID: 36241423, PMCID: PMC9931627, DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329542.
- Zheng WL, Kim JA, Elmer J, Zafar SF, Ghanta M, Moura V, Patel A, Rosenthal E, Westover M. Automated EEG-based prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 143: 97-106. PMID: 36182752, PMCID: PMC9847346, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.08.023.
- Torres-Lopez VM, Rovenolt GE, Olcese AJ, Garcia GE, Chacko SM, Robinson A, Gaiser E, Acosta J, Herman AL, Kuohn LR, Leary M, Soto AL, Zhang Q, Fatima S, Falcone GJ, Payabvash MS, Sharma R, Struck AF, Sheth KN, Westover MB, Kim JA. Development and Validation of a Model to Identify Critical Brain Injuries Using Natural Language Processing of Text Computed Tomography Reports. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2227109. PMID: 35972739, PMCID: PMC9382443, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27109.
- Chen HY, Elmer J, Zafar SF, Ghanta M, Moura Junior V, Rosenthal ES, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Zaveri HP, Sheth KN, Petersen NH, Westover MB, Kim JA. Combining Transcranial Doppler and EEG Data to Predict Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurology 2021, 98: e459-e469. PMID: 34845057, PMCID: PMC8826465, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000013126.
- Kuohn LR, Herman AL, Soto AL, Brown SC, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Matouk CC, Sheth KN, Kim JA. Hospital Revisits for Post-Ischemic Stroke Epilepsy after Acute Stroke Interventions. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021, 31: 106155. PMID: 34688213, PMCID: PMC8766898, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106155.
- Kim JA, Wahlster S, LaBuzetta JN, Nobleza COS, Johnson NJ, Rubinos C, Malaiyandi D, O'Phelan KH, Mainali S, Sarwal A, Gilmore EJ. Focused Management of Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury and ARDS. CHEST Journal 2021, 161: 140-151. PMID: 34506794, PMCID: PMC8423666, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.08.066.
- Baang HY, Chen HY, Herman AL, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Sheth KN, Petersen NH, Zafar SF, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB, Kim JA. The Utility of Quantitative EEG in Detecting Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2021, 39: 207-215. PMID: 34510093, PMCID: PMC8901442, DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000754.
- Kim JA, Sheth KN. Holding Out Hope After Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Neurology 2021, 78: 522-524. PMID: 33646278, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.5328.
- Kim JA, Zheng WL, Elmer J, Jing J, Zafar SF, Ghanta M, Moura V, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Patel A, Rosenthal E, Westover MB. High epileptiform discharge burden predicts delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2021, 141: 139-146. PMID: 33812771, PMCID: PMC8429508, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.01.022.
- Jing J, Sun H, Kim JA, Herlopian A, Karakis I, Ng M, Halford JJ, Maus D, Chan F, Dolatshahi M, Muniz C, Chu C, Sacca V, Pathmanathan J, Ge W, Dauwels J, Lam A, Cole AJ, Cash SS, Westover MB. Development of Expert-Level Automated Detection of Epileptiform Discharges During Electroencephalogram Interpretation. JAMA Neurology 2020, 77: 103-108. PMID: 31633740, PMCID: PMC6806668, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.3485.
- Chen Y, Cappucci S, Kim J. Prognostic Implications of Early Prediction in Posttraumatic Epilepsy. Seminars In Neurology 2024 PMID: 38621706, DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785502.
- Choi R, Uppal P, Chen Y, Gilmore E, Hirsch L, Sivaraju A, Westover M, Kim J. Algorithm to Annotate Epileptiform Abnormalities in EEG Reports (P10-1.002). Neurology 2023, 100 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000202417.
- Kong THJ, Azeem M, Naeem A, Allen S, Kim JA, Struck AF. Epileptiform activity predicts epileptogenesis in cerebral hemorrhage. Annals Of Clinical And Translational Neurology 2022, 9: 1475-1480. PMID: 36030385, PMCID: PMC9463945, DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51637.
- Chavva IR, Crawford AL, Mazurek MH, Yuen MM, Prabhat AM, Payabvash S, Sze G, Falcone GJ, Matouk CC, de Havenon A, Kim JA, Sharma R, Schiff SJ, Rosen MS, Kalpathy‐Cramer J, Gonzalez J, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Deep Learning Applications for Acute Stroke Management. Annals Of Neurology 2022, 92: 574-587. PMID: 35689531, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26435.
- Harid NM, Jing J, Hogan J, Nascimento FA, Ouyang A, Zheng W, Ge W, Zafar SF, Kim JA, Alice DL, Herlopian A, Maus D, Karakis I, Ng M, Hong S, Yu Z, Kaplan PW, Cash S, Shafi M, Martz G, Halford JJ, Westover MB. Measuring expertise in identifying interictal epileptiform discharges. Epileptic Disorders 2022, 24: 496-506. PMID: 35770748, PMCID: PMC9340812, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2021.1409.
- Beekman R, Crawford A, Mazurek MH, Prabhat AM, Chavva IR, Parasuram N, Kim N, Kim JA, Petersen N, de Havenon A, Khosla A, Honiden S, Miller PE, Wira C, Daley J, Payabvash S, Greer DM, Gilmore EJ, Kimberly W, Sheth KN. Bedside monitoring of hypoxic ischemic brain injury using low-field, portable brain magnetic resonance imaging after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2022, 176: 150-158. PMID: 35562094, PMCID: PMC9746653, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.05.002.
- Yuen MM, Prabhat AM, Mazurek MH, Chavva IR, Crawford A, Cahn BA, Beekman R, Kim JA, Gobeske KT, Petersen NH, Falcone GJ, Gilmore EJ, Hwang DY, Jasne AS, Amin H, Sharma R, Matouk C, Ward A, Schindler J, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Aydin A, Wira C, Sze G, Rosen MS, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Portable, low-field magnetic resonance imaging enables highly accessible and dynamic bedside evaluation of ischemic stroke. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabm3952. PMID: 35442729, PMCID: PMC9020661, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm3952.
- Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Yu J, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hong CS, Rutherford HJV, Kim JA, Gerrard J, Gilmore EJ, Omay SB. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurgery 2022, 162: e251-e263. PMID: 35276399, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.122.
- Sheth KN, Yuen MM, Mazurek MH, Cahn BA, Prabhat AM, Salehi S, Shah JT, By S, Welch EB, Sofka M, Sacolick LI, Kim JA, Payabvash S, Falcone GJ, Gilmore EJ, Hwang DY, Matouk C, Gordon-Kundu B, RN AW, Petersen N, Schindler J, Gobeske KT, Sansing LH, Sze G, Rosen MS, Kimberly WT, Kundu P. Bedside detection of intracranial midline shift using portable magnetic resonance imaging. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 67. PMID: 34996970, PMCID: PMC8742125, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03892-7.
- Mishra NK, Engel J, Liebeskind DS, Sharma VK, Hirsch LJ, Kasner SE, French JA, Devinsky O, Friedman A, Dawson J, Quinn TJ, Selim M, de Havenon A, Yasuda CL, Cendes F, Benninger F, Zaveri HP, Burneo JG, Srivastava P, Singh M, Bhatia R, Vishnu VY, Bentes C, Ferro J, Weiss S, Sivaraju A, Kim JA, Galovic M, Gilmore EJ, Pitkänen A, Davis K, Sansing LH, Sheth KN, Paz JT, Singh A, Sheth S, Worrall BB, Grotta JC, Casillas-Espinos PM, Chen Z, Nicolo JP, Yan B, Kwan P, Consortium F. International Post Stroke Epilepsy Research Consortium (IPSERC): A consortium to accelerate discoveries in preventing epileptogenesis after stroke. Epilepsy & Behavior 2021, 127: 108502. PMID: 34968775, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108502.
- Burke J, Gugger J, Ding K, Kim JA, Foreman B, Yue JK, Puccio AM, Yuh EL, Sun X, Rabinowitz M, Vassar MJ, Taylor SR, Winkler EA, Deng H, McCrea M, Stein MB, Robertson CS, Levin HS, Dikmen S, Temkin NR, Barber J, Giacino JT, Mukherjee P, Wang KKW, Okonkwo DO, Markowitz AJ, Jain S, Lowenstein D, Manley GT, Diaz-Arrastia R, , Badjatia N, Duhaime AC, Feeser VR, Gaudette E, Gopinath S, Keene CD, Korley FK, Madden C, Merchant R, Schnyer D, Zafonte R. Association of Posttraumatic Epilepsy With 1-Year Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2140191. PMID: 34964854, PMCID: PMC8717106, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40191.
- Zafar SF, Rosenthal ES, Postma EN, Sanches P, Ayub MA, Rajan S, Kim JA, Rubin DB, Lee H, Patel AB, Hsu J, Patorno E, Westover MB. Antiseizure Medication Treatment and Outcomes in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Undergoing Continuous EEG Monitoring. Neurocritical Care 2021, 36: 857-867. PMID: 34843082, PMCID: PMC9117405, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01387-x.
- Haider SP, Qureshi AI, Jain A, Tharmaseelan H, Berson ER, Majidi S, Filippi CG, Mak A, Werring DJ, Acosta JN, Malhotra A, Kim JA, Sansing LH, Falcone G, Sheth K, Payabvash S. The coronal plane maximum diameter of deep intracerebral hemorrhage predicts functional outcome more accurately than hematoma volume. International Journal Of Stroke 2021, 17: 777-784. PMID: 34569877, PMCID: PMC9005571, DOI: 10.1177/17474930211050749.
- Mazurek MH, Cahn BA, Yuen MM, Prabhat AM, Chavva IR, Shah JT, Crawford AL, Welch EB, Rothberg J, Sacolick L, Poole M, Wira C, Matouk CC, Ward A, Timario N, Leasure A, Beekman R, Peng TJ, Witsch J, Antonios JP, Falcone GJ, Gobeske KT, Petersen N, Schindler J, Sansing L, Gilmore EJ, Hwang DY, Kim JA, Malhotra A, Sze G, Rosen MS, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Portable, bedside, low-field magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of intracerebral hemorrhage. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5119. PMID: 34433813, PMCID: PMC8387402, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25441-6.
- Haider SP, Qureshi AI, Jain A, Tharmaseelan H, Berson ER, Zeevi T, Majidi S, Filippi CG, Iseke S, Gross M, Acosta JN, Malhotra A, Kim JA, Sansing LH, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN, Payabvash S. Admission computed tomography radiomic signatures outperform hematoma volume in predicting baseline clinical severity and functional outcome in the ATACH‐2 trial intracerebral hemorrhage population. European Journal Of Neurology 2021, 28: 2989-3000. PMID: 34189814, PMCID: PMC8818333, DOI: 10.1111/ene.15000.
- Song JL, Kim JA, Struck AF, Zhang R, Westover MB. A model of metabolic supply-demand mismatch leading to secondary brain injury. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2021, 126: 653-667. PMID: 34232754, PMCID: PMC8815783, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00674.2020.
- Mazurek M, Yuen M, Cahn B, Rosen M, Gobeske K, Gilmore E, Hwang D, Kaddouh F, Kim J, Falcone G, Petersen N, Siner J, Spudich S, Sze G, Kimberly W, Sheth K. Low-Field, Portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Bedside to Assess Brain Injury in Patients with Severe COVID-19 (1349). Neurology 2021, 96 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.96.15_supplement.1349.
- Lin L, Al‐Faraj A, Ayub N, Bravo P, Das S, Ferlini L, Karakis I, Lee JW, Mukerji SS, Newey CR, Pathmanathan J, Abdennadher M, Casassa C, Gaspard N, Goldenholz DM, Gilmore EJ, Jing J, Kim JA, Kimchi EY, Ladha HS, Tobochnik S, Zafar S, Hirsch LJ, Westover MB, Shafi MM. Electroencephalographic Abnormalities are Common in COVID‐19 and are Associated with Outcomes. Annals Of Neurology 2021, 89: 872-883. PMID: 33704826, PMCID: PMC8104061, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26060.
- Chen H, Elmer J, Ghanta M, Valdery-Moura J, Zahar S, Rosenthal E, Gilmore E, Hirsch L, Zaveri H, Sheth K, Petersen N, Westover M, Kim J. Abstract P41: Integrating Demographics, TCD and EEG Diagnostic Modalities Improves Delayed Cerebral Ischemia Prediction After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2021, 52 DOI: 10.1161/str.52.suppl_1.p41.
- Lissak IA, Locascio JJ, Zafar SF, Schleicher RL, Patel AB, Leslie-Mazwi T, Stapleton CJ, Koch MJ, Kim JA, Anderson K, Rosand J, Westover MB, Kimberly WT, Rosenthal ES. Electroencephalography, Hospital Complications, and Longitudinal Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2021, 35: 397-408. PMID: 33483913, PMCID: PMC7822587, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01177-x.
- Cord BJ, Renedo D, Santarosa C, Sujijantarat N, Antonios J, Kim JA, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN, Malhotra A, Matouk CC. Vessel wall MRI in ruptured cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas. Interventional Neuroradiology 2021, 27: 553-557. PMID: 33430655, PMCID: PMC8580544, DOI: 10.1177/1591019920988205.
- Ge W, Jing J, An S, Herlopian A, Ng M, Struck AF, Appavu B, Johnson EL, Osman G, Haider HA, Karakis I, Kim JA, Halford JJ, Dhakar MB, Sarkis RA, Swisher CB, Schmitt S, Lee JW, Tabaeizadeh M, Rodriguez A, Gaspard N, Gilmore E, Herman ST, Kaplan PW, Pathmanathan J, Hong S, Rosenthal ES, Zafar S, Sun J, Westover M. Deep active learning for Interictal Ictal Injury Continuum EEG patterns. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods 2020, 351: 108966. PMID: 33131680, PMCID: PMC8135050, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108966.
- Association of race and ethnicity to incident epilepsy, or epileptogenesis, after subdural hematoma.Brown SC, King ZA, Kuohn L, Kamel H, Gilmore EJ, Frontera JA, Murthy S, Kim JA, Omay SB, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN. Association of race and ethnicity to incident epilepsy, or epileptogenesis, after subdural hematoma. Neurology 2020, 95: e2890-e2899. PMID: 32907969, PMCID: PMC7734738, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010742.
- Sheth KN, Mazurek MH, Yuen MM, Cahn BA, Shah JT, Ward A, Kim JA, Gilmore EJ, Falcone GJ, Petersen N, Gobeske KT, Kaddouh F, Hwang DY, Schindler J, Sansing L, Matouk C, Rothberg J, Sze G, Siner J, Rosen MS, Spudich S, Kimberly WT. Assessment of Brain Injury Using Portable, Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Bedside of Critically Ill Patients. JAMA Neurology 2020, 78: 41-47. PMID: 32897296, PMCID: PMC7489395, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.3263.
- Singla S, Garcia GE, Rovenolt GE, Soto AL, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Blumenfeld H, Sheth KN, Omay SB, Struck AF, Westover MB, Kim JA. Detecting Seizures and Epileptiform Abnormalities in Acute Brain Injury. Current Neurology And Neuroscience Reports 2020, 20: 42. PMID: 32715371, PMCID: PMC9353690, DOI: 10.1007/s11910-020-01060-4.
- Lissak IA, Zafar SF, Westover MB, Schleicher RL, Kim JA, Leslie-Mazwi T, Stapleton CJ, Patel AB, Kimberly WT, Rosenthal ES. Soluble ST2 Is Associated With New Epileptiform Abnormalities Following Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2020, 51: 1128-1134. PMID: 32156203, PMCID: PMC7123848, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.028515.
- Lissak I, Zafar S, Anderson K, Kim J, Westover M, Kimberly W, Rosenthal E. Abstract TMP22: Dynamic Worsening of Epileptiform Abnormalities Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated With Poor 3-Month Outcomes. Stroke 2020, 51 DOI: 10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.tmp22.
- Zafar SF, Postma EN, Biswal S, Boyle EJ, Bechek S, O'Connor K, Shenoy A, Kim J, Shafi MS, Patel AB, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB. Effect of epileptiform abnormality burden on neurologic outcome and antiepileptic drug management after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2018, 129: 2219-2227. PMID: 30212805, PMCID: PMC6478499, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.08.015.
- Kim JA, Boyle EJ, Wu AC, Cole AJ, Staley KJ, Zafar S, Cash SS, Westover MB. Epileptiform activity in traumatic brain injury predicts post‐traumatic epilepsy. Annals Of Neurology 2018, 83: 858-862. PMID: 29537656, PMCID: PMC5912971, DOI: 10.1002/ana.25211.
- Zafar SF, Postma EN, Biswal S, Fleuren L, Boyle EJ, Bechek S, O’Connor K, Shenoy A, Jonnalagadda D, Kim J, Shafi MS, Patel AB, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB. Electronic Health Data Predict Outcomes After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2017, 28: 184-193. PMID: 28983801, PMCID: PMC5886829, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0466-8.
- Raibagkar P, Chavali RV, Kaplan TB, Kim JA, Nitka MV, Chou SH, Edlow BL. Reverse Locked-In Syndrome. Neurocritical Care 2017, 27: 108-114. PMID: 28324264, PMCID: PMC5526725, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0391-x.
- Kim J, Moura L, Williamson C, Amorim E, Zafar S, Biswal S, Westover M. Seizures and Quantitative EEG. 2017, 51-75. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49557-6_4.
- Lerner DP, Kim J, Izzy S. Neurocritical Care Education During Residency: Opinions (NEURON) Study. Neurocritical Care 2017, 26: 115-118. PMID: 27619228, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-016-0315-1.
- Kim JA, Rosenthal ES, Biswal S, Zafar S, Shenoy AV, O'Connor KL, Bechek SC, Moura J, Shafi MM, Patel AB, Cash SS, Westover MB. Epileptiform abnormalities predict delayed cerebral ischemia in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2017, 128: 1091-1099. PMID: 28258936, PMCID: PMC5476529, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.01.016.
- Kim JA, Connors BW. High temperatures alter physiological properties of pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons in hippocampus. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2012, 6: 27. PMID: 22783167, PMCID: PMC3390787, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00027.
- Zhang J, Laiwalla F, Kim JA, Urabe H, Van Wagenen R, Song YK, Connors BW, Zhang F, Deisseroth K, Nurmikko AV. Integrated device for optical stimulation and spatiotemporal electrical recording of neural activity in light-sensitized brain tissue. Journal Of Neural Engineering 2009, 6: 055007. PMID: 19721185, PMCID: PMC2921864, DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/5/055007.
- Zhang J, Laiwalla F, Kim JA, Urabe H, Van Wagenen R, Song YK, Connors BW, Nurmikko AV. A Microelectrode Array Incorporating an Optical Waveguide Device for Stimulation and Spatiotemporal Electrical Recording of Neural Activity. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2009, 2009: 2046-2049. PMID: 19964571, DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5333947.
- Kim JA, Eliassen JC, Sanes JN. Movement quantity and frequency coding in human motor areas. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2005, 94: 2504-11. PMID: 15944229, DOI: 10.1152/jn.01047.2004.
Biography
Jennifer Kim, MD, PhD, is a neurologist who specializes in neurocritical care. She says caring for patients and their families is the most rewarding part of her job.
“I love being able to help treat the sickest neurologically injured patients and to do my best to help them towards recovery,” says Dr. Kim, who treats numerous conditions, including traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain hemorrhage, hemorrhagic stroke, status epilepticus, and ischemic stroke.
“Brain injuries are often very sudden and leave both patients and families having to grapple very quickly with an altered level of function and even awareness,” she says. “I value helping these patients, their families and doing research so that we can continuously strive to improve our care of future patients.”
Titles
- Assistant Professor
Education & Training
- Fellow: Neurocritical CareMassachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital (2019)
- ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital (2016)
- InternBrigham and Women's Hospital (2012)
- MD/PhDBrown University, Medicine/Neuroscience (2012)
- ScBBrown University, Neuroscience (2004)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Chen Y, Li S, Ge W, Jing J, Chen HY, Doherty D, Herman A, Kaleem S, Ding K, Osman G, Swisher CB, Smith C, Maciel CB, Alkhachroum A, Lee JW, Dhakar MB, Gilmore EJ, Sivaraju A, Hirsch LJ, Omay SB, Blumenfeld H, Sheth KN, Struck AF, Edlow BL, Westover MB, Kim JA. Quantitative epileptiform burden and electroencephalography background features predict post-traumatic epilepsy. Journal Of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2022, 94: 245-249. PMID: 36241423, PMCID: PMC9931627, DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329542.
- Zheng WL, Kim JA, Elmer J, Zafar SF, Ghanta M, Moura V, Patel A, Rosenthal E, Westover M. Automated EEG-based prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 143: 97-106. PMID: 36182752, PMCID: PMC9847346, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.08.023.
- Torres-Lopez VM, Rovenolt GE, Olcese AJ, Garcia GE, Chacko SM, Robinson A, Gaiser E, Acosta J, Herman AL, Kuohn LR, Leary M, Soto AL, Zhang Q, Fatima S, Falcone GJ, Payabvash MS, Sharma R, Struck AF, Sheth KN, Westover MB, Kim JA. Development and Validation of a Model to Identify Critical Brain Injuries Using Natural Language Processing of Text Computed Tomography Reports. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2227109. PMID: 35972739, PMCID: PMC9382443, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27109.
- Chen HY, Elmer J, Zafar SF, Ghanta M, Moura Junior V, Rosenthal ES, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Zaveri HP, Sheth KN, Petersen NH, Westover MB, Kim JA. Combining Transcranial Doppler and EEG Data to Predict Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurology 2021, 98: e459-e469. PMID: 34845057, PMCID: PMC8826465, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000013126.
- Kuohn LR, Herman AL, Soto AL, Brown SC, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Matouk CC, Sheth KN, Kim JA. Hospital Revisits for Post-Ischemic Stroke Epilepsy after Acute Stroke Interventions. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021, 31: 106155. PMID: 34688213, PMCID: PMC8766898, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106155.
- Kim JA, Wahlster S, LaBuzetta JN, Nobleza COS, Johnson NJ, Rubinos C, Malaiyandi D, O'Phelan KH, Mainali S, Sarwal A, Gilmore EJ. Focused Management of Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury and ARDS. CHEST Journal 2021, 161: 140-151. PMID: 34506794, PMCID: PMC8423666, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.08.066.
- Baang HY, Chen HY, Herman AL, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Sheth KN, Petersen NH, Zafar SF, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB, Kim JA. The Utility of Quantitative EEG in Detecting Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2021, 39: 207-215. PMID: 34510093, PMCID: PMC8901442, DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000754.
- Kim JA, Sheth KN. Holding Out Hope After Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Neurology 2021, 78: 522-524. PMID: 33646278, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.5328.
- Kim JA, Zheng WL, Elmer J, Jing J, Zafar SF, Ghanta M, Moura V, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Patel A, Rosenthal E, Westover MB. High epileptiform discharge burden predicts delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2021, 141: 139-146. PMID: 33812771, PMCID: PMC8429508, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.01.022.
- Jing J, Sun H, Kim JA, Herlopian A, Karakis I, Ng M, Halford JJ, Maus D, Chan F, Dolatshahi M, Muniz C, Chu C, Sacca V, Pathmanathan J, Ge W, Dauwels J, Lam A, Cole AJ, Cash SS, Westover MB. Development of Expert-Level Automated Detection of Epileptiform Discharges During Electroencephalogram Interpretation. JAMA Neurology 2020, 77: 103-108. PMID: 31633740, PMCID: PMC6806668, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.3485.
- Chen Y, Cappucci S, Kim J. Prognostic Implications of Early Prediction in Posttraumatic Epilepsy. Seminars In Neurology 2024 PMID: 38621706, DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785502.
- Choi R, Uppal P, Chen Y, Gilmore E, Hirsch L, Sivaraju A, Westover M, Kim J. Algorithm to Annotate Epileptiform Abnormalities in EEG Reports (P10-1.002). Neurology 2023, 100 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000202417.
- Kong THJ, Azeem M, Naeem A, Allen S, Kim JA, Struck AF. Epileptiform activity predicts epileptogenesis in cerebral hemorrhage. Annals Of Clinical And Translational Neurology 2022, 9: 1475-1480. PMID: 36030385, PMCID: PMC9463945, DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51637.
- Chavva IR, Crawford AL, Mazurek MH, Yuen MM, Prabhat AM, Payabvash S, Sze G, Falcone GJ, Matouk CC, de Havenon A, Kim JA, Sharma R, Schiff SJ, Rosen MS, Kalpathy‐Cramer J, Gonzalez J, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Deep Learning Applications for Acute Stroke Management. Annals Of Neurology 2022, 92: 574-587. PMID: 35689531, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26435.
- Harid NM, Jing J, Hogan J, Nascimento FA, Ouyang A, Zheng W, Ge W, Zafar SF, Kim JA, Alice DL, Herlopian A, Maus D, Karakis I, Ng M, Hong S, Yu Z, Kaplan PW, Cash S, Shafi M, Martz G, Halford JJ, Westover MB. Measuring expertise in identifying interictal epileptiform discharges. Epileptic Disorders 2022, 24: 496-506. PMID: 35770748, PMCID: PMC9340812, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2021.1409.
- Beekman R, Crawford A, Mazurek MH, Prabhat AM, Chavva IR, Parasuram N, Kim N, Kim JA, Petersen N, de Havenon A, Khosla A, Honiden S, Miller PE, Wira C, Daley J, Payabvash S, Greer DM, Gilmore EJ, Kimberly W, Sheth KN. Bedside monitoring of hypoxic ischemic brain injury using low-field, portable brain magnetic resonance imaging after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2022, 176: 150-158. PMID: 35562094, PMCID: PMC9746653, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.05.002.
- Yuen MM, Prabhat AM, Mazurek MH, Chavva IR, Crawford A, Cahn BA, Beekman R, Kim JA, Gobeske KT, Petersen NH, Falcone GJ, Gilmore EJ, Hwang DY, Jasne AS, Amin H, Sharma R, Matouk C, Ward A, Schindler J, Sansing L, de Havenon A, Aydin A, Wira C, Sze G, Rosen MS, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Portable, low-field magnetic resonance imaging enables highly accessible and dynamic bedside evaluation of ischemic stroke. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabm3952. PMID: 35442729, PMCID: PMC9020661, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm3952.
- Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Yu J, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hong CS, Rutherford HJV, Kim JA, Gerrard J, Gilmore EJ, Omay SB. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurgery 2022, 162: e251-e263. PMID: 35276399, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.122.
- Sheth KN, Yuen MM, Mazurek MH, Cahn BA, Prabhat AM, Salehi S, Shah JT, By S, Welch EB, Sofka M, Sacolick LI, Kim JA, Payabvash S, Falcone GJ, Gilmore EJ, Hwang DY, Matouk C, Gordon-Kundu B, RN AW, Petersen N, Schindler J, Gobeske KT, Sansing LH, Sze G, Rosen MS, Kimberly WT, Kundu P. Bedside detection of intracranial midline shift using portable magnetic resonance imaging. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 67. PMID: 34996970, PMCID: PMC8742125, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03892-7.
- Mishra NK, Engel J, Liebeskind DS, Sharma VK, Hirsch LJ, Kasner SE, French JA, Devinsky O, Friedman A, Dawson J, Quinn TJ, Selim M, de Havenon A, Yasuda CL, Cendes F, Benninger F, Zaveri HP, Burneo JG, Srivastava P, Singh M, Bhatia R, Vishnu VY, Bentes C, Ferro J, Weiss S, Sivaraju A, Kim JA, Galovic M, Gilmore EJ, Pitkänen A, Davis K, Sansing LH, Sheth KN, Paz JT, Singh A, Sheth S, Worrall BB, Grotta JC, Casillas-Espinos PM, Chen Z, Nicolo JP, Yan B, Kwan P, Consortium F. International Post Stroke Epilepsy Research Consortium (IPSERC): A consortium to accelerate discoveries in preventing epileptogenesis after stroke. Epilepsy & Behavior 2021, 127: 108502. PMID: 34968775, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108502.
- Burke J, Gugger J, Ding K, Kim JA, Foreman B, Yue JK, Puccio AM, Yuh EL, Sun X, Rabinowitz M, Vassar MJ, Taylor SR, Winkler EA, Deng H, McCrea M, Stein MB, Robertson CS, Levin HS, Dikmen S, Temkin NR, Barber J, Giacino JT, Mukherjee P, Wang KKW, Okonkwo DO, Markowitz AJ, Jain S, Lowenstein D, Manley GT, Diaz-Arrastia R, , Badjatia N, Duhaime AC, Feeser VR, Gaudette E, Gopinath S, Keene CD, Korley FK, Madden C, Merchant R, Schnyer D, Zafonte R. Association of Posttraumatic Epilepsy With 1-Year Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2140191. PMID: 34964854, PMCID: PMC8717106, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40191.
- Zafar SF, Rosenthal ES, Postma EN, Sanches P, Ayub MA, Rajan S, Kim JA, Rubin DB, Lee H, Patel AB, Hsu J, Patorno E, Westover MB. Antiseizure Medication Treatment and Outcomes in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Undergoing Continuous EEG Monitoring. Neurocritical Care 2021, 36: 857-867. PMID: 34843082, PMCID: PMC9117405, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01387-x.
- Haider SP, Qureshi AI, Jain A, Tharmaseelan H, Berson ER, Majidi S, Filippi CG, Mak A, Werring DJ, Acosta JN, Malhotra A, Kim JA, Sansing LH, Falcone G, Sheth K, Payabvash S. The coronal plane maximum diameter of deep intracerebral hemorrhage predicts functional outcome more accurately than hematoma volume. International Journal Of Stroke 2021, 17: 777-784. PMID: 34569877, PMCID: PMC9005571, DOI: 10.1177/17474930211050749.
- Mazurek MH, Cahn BA, Yuen MM, Prabhat AM, Chavva IR, Shah JT, Crawford AL, Welch EB, Rothberg J, Sacolick L, Poole M, Wira C, Matouk CC, Ward A, Timario N, Leasure A, Beekman R, Peng TJ, Witsch J, Antonios JP, Falcone GJ, Gobeske KT, Petersen N, Schindler J, Sansing L, Gilmore EJ, Hwang DY, Kim JA, Malhotra A, Sze G, Rosen MS, Kimberly WT, Sheth KN. Portable, bedside, low-field magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of intracerebral hemorrhage. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5119. PMID: 34433813, PMCID: PMC8387402, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25441-6.
- Haider SP, Qureshi AI, Jain A, Tharmaseelan H, Berson ER, Zeevi T, Majidi S, Filippi CG, Iseke S, Gross M, Acosta JN, Malhotra A, Kim JA, Sansing LH, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN, Payabvash S. Admission computed tomography radiomic signatures outperform hematoma volume in predicting baseline clinical severity and functional outcome in the ATACH‐2 trial intracerebral hemorrhage population. European Journal Of Neurology 2021, 28: 2989-3000. PMID: 34189814, PMCID: PMC8818333, DOI: 10.1111/ene.15000.
- Song JL, Kim JA, Struck AF, Zhang R, Westover MB. A model of metabolic supply-demand mismatch leading to secondary brain injury. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2021, 126: 653-667. PMID: 34232754, PMCID: PMC8815783, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00674.2020.
- Mazurek M, Yuen M, Cahn B, Rosen M, Gobeske K, Gilmore E, Hwang D, Kaddouh F, Kim J, Falcone G, Petersen N, Siner J, Spudich S, Sze G, Kimberly W, Sheth K. Low-Field, Portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Bedside to Assess Brain Injury in Patients with Severe COVID-19 (1349). Neurology 2021, 96 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.96.15_supplement.1349.
- Lin L, Al‐Faraj A, Ayub N, Bravo P, Das S, Ferlini L, Karakis I, Lee JW, Mukerji SS, Newey CR, Pathmanathan J, Abdennadher M, Casassa C, Gaspard N, Goldenholz DM, Gilmore EJ, Jing J, Kim JA, Kimchi EY, Ladha HS, Tobochnik S, Zafar S, Hirsch LJ, Westover MB, Shafi MM. Electroencephalographic Abnormalities are Common in COVID‐19 and are Associated with Outcomes. Annals Of Neurology 2021, 89: 872-883. PMID: 33704826, PMCID: PMC8104061, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26060.
- Chen H, Elmer J, Ghanta M, Valdery-Moura J, Zahar S, Rosenthal E, Gilmore E, Hirsch L, Zaveri H, Sheth K, Petersen N, Westover M, Kim J. Abstract P41: Integrating Demographics, TCD and EEG Diagnostic Modalities Improves Delayed Cerebral Ischemia Prediction After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2021, 52 DOI: 10.1161/str.52.suppl_1.p41.
- Lissak IA, Locascio JJ, Zafar SF, Schleicher RL, Patel AB, Leslie-Mazwi T, Stapleton CJ, Koch MJ, Kim JA, Anderson K, Rosand J, Westover MB, Kimberly WT, Rosenthal ES. Electroencephalography, Hospital Complications, and Longitudinal Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2021, 35: 397-408. PMID: 33483913, PMCID: PMC7822587, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01177-x.
- Cord BJ, Renedo D, Santarosa C, Sujijantarat N, Antonios J, Kim JA, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN, Malhotra A, Matouk CC. Vessel wall MRI in ruptured cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas. Interventional Neuroradiology 2021, 27: 553-557. PMID: 33430655, PMCID: PMC8580544, DOI: 10.1177/1591019920988205.
- Ge W, Jing J, An S, Herlopian A, Ng M, Struck AF, Appavu B, Johnson EL, Osman G, Haider HA, Karakis I, Kim JA, Halford JJ, Dhakar MB, Sarkis RA, Swisher CB, Schmitt S, Lee JW, Tabaeizadeh M, Rodriguez A, Gaspard N, Gilmore E, Herman ST, Kaplan PW, Pathmanathan J, Hong S, Rosenthal ES, Zafar S, Sun J, Westover M. Deep active learning for Interictal Ictal Injury Continuum EEG patterns. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods 2020, 351: 108966. PMID: 33131680, PMCID: PMC8135050, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108966.
- Association of race and ethnicity to incident epilepsy, or epileptogenesis, after subdural hematoma.Brown SC, King ZA, Kuohn L, Kamel H, Gilmore EJ, Frontera JA, Murthy S, Kim JA, Omay SB, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN. Association of race and ethnicity to incident epilepsy, or epileptogenesis, after subdural hematoma. Neurology 2020, 95: e2890-e2899. PMID: 32907969, PMCID: PMC7734738, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010742.
- Sheth KN, Mazurek MH, Yuen MM, Cahn BA, Shah JT, Ward A, Kim JA, Gilmore EJ, Falcone GJ, Petersen N, Gobeske KT, Kaddouh F, Hwang DY, Schindler J, Sansing L, Matouk C, Rothberg J, Sze G, Siner J, Rosen MS, Spudich S, Kimberly WT. Assessment of Brain Injury Using Portable, Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Bedside of Critically Ill Patients. JAMA Neurology 2020, 78: 41-47. PMID: 32897296, PMCID: PMC7489395, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.3263.
- Singla S, Garcia GE, Rovenolt GE, Soto AL, Gilmore EJ, Hirsch LJ, Blumenfeld H, Sheth KN, Omay SB, Struck AF, Westover MB, Kim JA. Detecting Seizures and Epileptiform Abnormalities in Acute Brain Injury. Current Neurology And Neuroscience Reports 2020, 20: 42. PMID: 32715371, PMCID: PMC9353690, DOI: 10.1007/s11910-020-01060-4.
- Lissak IA, Zafar SF, Westover MB, Schleicher RL, Kim JA, Leslie-Mazwi T, Stapleton CJ, Patel AB, Kimberly WT, Rosenthal ES. Soluble ST2 Is Associated With New Epileptiform Abnormalities Following Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2020, 51: 1128-1134. PMID: 32156203, PMCID: PMC7123848, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.028515.
- Lissak I, Zafar S, Anderson K, Kim J, Westover M, Kimberly W, Rosenthal E. Abstract TMP22: Dynamic Worsening of Epileptiform Abnormalities Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is Associated With Poor 3-Month Outcomes. Stroke 2020, 51 DOI: 10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.tmp22.
- Zafar SF, Postma EN, Biswal S, Boyle EJ, Bechek S, O'Connor K, Shenoy A, Kim J, Shafi MS, Patel AB, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB. Effect of epileptiform abnormality burden on neurologic outcome and antiepileptic drug management after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2018, 129: 2219-2227. PMID: 30212805, PMCID: PMC6478499, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.08.015.
- Kim JA, Boyle EJ, Wu AC, Cole AJ, Staley KJ, Zafar S, Cash SS, Westover MB. Epileptiform activity in traumatic brain injury predicts post‐traumatic epilepsy. Annals Of Neurology 2018, 83: 858-862. PMID: 29537656, PMCID: PMC5912971, DOI: 10.1002/ana.25211.
- Zafar SF, Postma EN, Biswal S, Fleuren L, Boyle EJ, Bechek S, O’Connor K, Shenoy A, Jonnalagadda D, Kim J, Shafi MS, Patel AB, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB. Electronic Health Data Predict Outcomes After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2017, 28: 184-193. PMID: 28983801, PMCID: PMC5886829, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0466-8.
- Raibagkar P, Chavali RV, Kaplan TB, Kim JA, Nitka MV, Chou SH, Edlow BL. Reverse Locked-In Syndrome. Neurocritical Care 2017, 27: 108-114. PMID: 28324264, PMCID: PMC5526725, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0391-x.
- Kim J, Moura L, Williamson C, Amorim E, Zafar S, Biswal S, Westover M. Seizures and Quantitative EEG. 2017, 51-75. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49557-6_4.
- Lerner DP, Kim J, Izzy S. Neurocritical Care Education During Residency: Opinions (NEURON) Study. Neurocritical Care 2017, 26: 115-118. PMID: 27619228, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-016-0315-1.
- Kim JA, Rosenthal ES, Biswal S, Zafar S, Shenoy AV, O'Connor KL, Bechek SC, Moura J, Shafi MM, Patel AB, Cash SS, Westover MB. Epileptiform abnormalities predict delayed cerebral ischemia in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2017, 128: 1091-1099. PMID: 28258936, PMCID: PMC5476529, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.01.016.
- Kim JA, Connors BW. High temperatures alter physiological properties of pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons in hippocampus. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2012, 6: 27. PMID: 22783167, PMCID: PMC3390787, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00027.
- Zhang J, Laiwalla F, Kim JA, Urabe H, Van Wagenen R, Song YK, Connors BW, Zhang F, Deisseroth K, Nurmikko AV. Integrated device for optical stimulation and spatiotemporal electrical recording of neural activity in light-sensitized brain tissue. Journal Of Neural Engineering 2009, 6: 055007. PMID: 19721185, PMCID: PMC2921864, DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/5/055007.
- Zhang J, Laiwalla F, Kim JA, Urabe H, Van Wagenen R, Song YK, Connors BW, Nurmikko AV. A Microelectrode Array Incorporating an Optical Waveguide Device for Stimulation and Spatiotemporal Electrical Recording of Neural Activity. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2009, 2009: 2046-2049. PMID: 19964571, DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5333947.
- Kim JA, Eliassen JC, Sanes JN. Movement quantity and frequency coding in human motor areas. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2005, 94: 2504-11. PMID: 15944229, DOI: 10.1152/jn.01047.2004.