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Kunal Gupta, MD, PhD, FAANS

Kunal Gupta, MD, PhD, FAANS

Assistant Professor

Locations

  • Neurosurgery
    8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
    Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

Fellowship, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2019-2020
Internship & Residency, Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital, Portland, OR, 2012-2019
MBCHB-Doctor of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2006
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Biography

Dr. Kunal Gupta specializes in the open and minimally invasive treatment of movement disorders and epilepsy. He graduated with distinction from the University of Cambridge, England. Dr. Gupta trained at Oregon Health & Science University, and completed a fellowship in epilepsy and functional neurosurgery at Emory University, focusing on deep brain stimulation (DBS), stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG), and minimally-invasive laser therapy (LITT) for epilepsy. He actively pursues his research interests, investigating new methods to treat epilepsy and advancing novel surgical techniques. Dr. Gupta’s research work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Epilepsia, PNAS, Journal of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Letters, and Cell Death and Differentiation.

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Specialty

  • Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery

Clinical Programs

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Research Interests

  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
  • Neurosciences
  • Molecular biology of epileptogenesis
  • Novel indications for deep brain stimulation
  • Novel surgical techniques in epilepsy surgery

Publications

Publications of Kunal Gupta PhD, MBBS from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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