Rodrigo Zepeda, M.D. Titles and Appointments Epilepsy Outreach Clinic Director, Parkland Health & Hospital System Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Rodrigo Zepeda, M.D., is an epilepsy specialist, he works with the epilepsy team at UT Southwestern to diagnose and treat patients who suffer from seizures. Trainee Education: Dr. Zepeda serves as the Program Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program. Research: Dr. Zepeda's research interests include the management of refractory epilepsy, ICU EEG, and global health. Background: Dr. Zepeda earned his medical degree with honors at the Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Medicine in Mexico. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Zepeda spent almost a year providing medical care for marginalized communities in Chiapas, Mexico working for Partners in Health, a Boston-based global health nonprofit. He then completed his internal medicine internship, neurology residency, and epilepsy fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. During this time, he also joined the Bhutan Epilepsy Project, which used portable EEG diagnostic equipment to accurately diagnose patients suffering from seizures in Bhutan, located in the Eastern Himalayas. Education Medical School Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina Ignacio A. Santos (2009) Research Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital (2010), Neurophysiology Internship Harvard/Brigham and Women's Hospital (2011), Internal Medicine Residency Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women's Hospital (2014), Neurology Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital (2016), Epilepsy/clinical Neurophysiology Research Interest Epilepsy Surgery ICU EEG Publications Real-Time Seizure Detection Using Behind-the-Ear Wearable System Lehnen J, Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Aziz A, Nguyen PV, Harvey J, Alick-Lindstrom S, Doyle A, Podkorytova I, Perven G, Hays R, Zepeda R, Das R, Ding K Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2025 Feb 42 118-125 Prevalence of Epilepsy in People of Sexual and Gender Minoritized Groups Johnson EL, Bui E, Tassiopoulos K, Koretzky MO, Zepeda R, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Gottesman RF JAMA neurology 2024 Sep 81 996-999 Stereo-electroencephalographic seizure localization in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis: A single center experience Zhang B, Podkorytova I, Hays R, Perven G, Agostini M, Harvey J, Zepeda R, Alick-Lindstrom S, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Das R, Lega B, Ding K Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 2024 Jan 9 106-111 Emergency department visits and readmissions in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) at a safety net hospital Ramamurthy S, Steven Brown L, Agostini M, Alick Lindstorm S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Hays R, Harvey J, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Zepeda R, Das RR Epilepsy and Behavior 2021 Sep 122 Non-lesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy requires bilateral invasive evaluation Perven G, Podkorytova I, Ding K, Agostini M, Alick S, Das R, Dave H, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Harvey J, Lega B, Zepeda R, Hays R Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2021 Jan 15 Emergent Admissions to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in the Setting of COVID-19 Pandemic-related, State-mandated Restrictions: Clinical Decision Making and Outcomes Zepeda R, Lee Y, Agostini M, Alick Lindstrom S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Harvey J, Hays R, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Das RR Neurodiagnostic Journal 2021 61 95-103 Association of epileptiform abnormalities and seizures in Alzheimer disease Lam AD, Sarkis RA, Pellerin KR, Jing J, Dworetzky BA, Hoch DB, Jacobs CS, Lee JW, Weisholtz DS, Zepeda R, Westover MB, Cole AJ, Cash SS Neurology 2020 Oct 95 E2259-E2270 Widespread changes in network activity allow non-invasive detection of mesial temporal lobe seizures Lam AD, Zepeda R, Cole AJ, Cash SS Brain 2016 Oct 139 2679-2693 Medication prescribing and patient-reported outcome measures in people with epilepsy in Bhutan McKenzie ED, Nirola DK, Deki S, Tshering L, Patenaude B, Clark SJ, Cash SS, Thibert R, Zepeda R, Leung EC, Lam AD, Lim AS, Mantia J, Cohen J, Cole AJ, Mateen FJ Epilepsy and Behavior 2016 Jun 59 122-127 Hearing loss in Wernicke encephalopathy Walker MA, Zepeda R, Afari HA, Cohen AB Neurology: Clinical Practice 2014 4 511-515 Results 1-10 of 13 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Bell´s Palsy. In Pocket Primary Care Meghan M. Kiefer, Curtis R. Chong (2014). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Seizures, Epilepsy and EEG. In Pocket Neurology Brandon Westover, Matthew Bianchi (2010). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Seizures. In Pocket Primary Care Meghan M. Kiefer, Curtis R. Chong (2014). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Honors & Awards Brigham & Womens Hospital Dunne Award for Outstanding Compassionate Care (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2016)
