Ji Yeoun Yoo, MD

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PROFESSOR | Neurology
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Specialties
Neurology
Research Topics
Drug Resistance, Epilepsy, Seizure
B(I)RDs (Brief potentially Ictal Rhythmic Discharges)
Dr. Yoo described an interesting EEG rhythm, B(I)RDs (Brief potentially Ictal Rhythmic Discharges) in adult population and is continuing her research to find its role as a potential EEG biomarker for seizure activity and the seizure onset zone with scalp and intracranial EEGs.
Mechanisms of EEG Rhythmicity
Dr. Yoo is also interested in the mechanisms of EEG rhythmicity and further development of therapies/clinical trials for drug-resistant epilepsy.

MD, Ewha Women's University

Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center

Residency, Neurology, Mount Sinai Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2016

Teaching award for Outstanding Teaching

Icahn School of Medicine

2019

Fellowship award

NeuroNEXT

2021

Senior-authored abstract/poster received a Young Investigator Award

American Clinical Neurophysiology Society

2022

Teaching Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Icahn School of Medicine Department of Neurology

2024

Robin Chemers Neustein Mid-Career Faculty Award

Icahn School of Medicine

Publications

Selected Publications

Corrigendum to “Vagus nerve stimulation as an adjunctive therapy for super-refractory status epilepticus including NORSE: a retrospective cohort study” [Epilepsy Behav. 179 (2026) 111003] (Epilepsy & Behavior (2026) 179, (S1525505026001241), (10.1016/j.yebeh.2026.111003)). Ji Yeoun Yoo, Jessica Bloomfield, Onome Eka, Leah Blank, Ashley Guo, Dina Bolden, Madeline C. Fields, Lara V. Marcuse, Maite Lavega-Talbott, Neha S. Dangayach, Fedor Panov, Saadi Ghatan. Epilepsy and Behavior

High-frequency oscillations after acute hemorrhagic traumatic brain injury: insights into posttraumatic epilepsy development. Kseniia Kriukova, Lin Li, Richard J. Staba, Misque Boswell, Tuba Asifriyaz, Rachel Thomas, James J. Gugger, Mohamad Shamas, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Manuel Buitrago Blanco, Jerome Engel, Paul M. Vespa, Dominique Duncan, Denes Agoston, Alicia K. Au, Michael Bell, Ben Churn, Jan Claassen, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Jerome Engel, Brandon Foreman, Aristea Galanopoulou, Emily Gilmore, Martin Hunn, Nathalie Jette, Andrew Morokoff, Solomon L. Moshé, Terence O'Brien, Joshua Laing, Piero Perucca, Kristine H. O'Phelan, Asla Pitkanen, Eric Rosenthal, Frederick Willyerd, Lara Zimmermann, Ben Ellingson, Buitrago Blanco, Daniel Correa, Dana Harrar, Thomas P. Bleck, Brian Appavu, Aaron Struck, Baxter Allen, Inna Keselman, Jeff Kennedy, Victor Ferastraoaru, Ji Yeoun Yoo, Arthur W. Toga. Epilepsia

Acute Brain Injury in New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus and Etiology-Defined Status Epilepticus. Stefano Meletti, Aurelie Hanin, Giada Giovannini, Roberta Bedin, Margherita Burani, Lisa Taruffi, Niccolò Orlandi, Teresa Urbano, Fabio D'Achille, Mara Malerba, Maysaa M. Basha, Krista Eschbach, Brandon Foreman, Raquel Farias-Moeller, Nicolas Gaspard, Elisabeth E. Gerard, Teneille Gofton, Margaret T. Gopaul, Hiba A. Haider, Stephen T. Hantus, Susan Herman, Peter Kang, Gregory S. Day, Padmaja Kandula, Claude Steriade, Aaron F. Struck, Olga Taraschenko, Mark Wainwright, Ji Yeoun Yoo, Daniel J. Zhou, Simona Lattanzi, Vincent Navarro, Lawrence J. Hirsch. JAMA Neurology

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