Cornelia Drees, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Chief, Epilepsy

Recognitions

• Faculty Teaching Award, Neurology Residency Program (2016)
• Faculty Teaching Award, Neurology Residency Program (2013)
• Teacher of the Year, Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute (2009)

Publications

• - Ohla V, Smith K, Drees C. Clinical status epilepticus due to anaplastic cortical ependymoma. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2011 Dec 30 (online) – in press.
• - C. Drees, K. Chapman, E. Prenger, L. Baxter, H. Rekate, A. Shetter, M. Bobrowski, J. Kerrigan - Outcome following hypothalamic hamartoma treatment in adults. American Epilepsy Society, December 2011
• Hemispherectomy in adults with intractable epilepsy: The Barrow Neurological Institute experience in the context of the literature review. AES Meeting 2013, Washington D.C.
• Incidence and risk factors for electrode-related skin irritation during video-EEG monitoring. AES Meeting 2013, Washington D.C.
• Pharmaco-adhereence in patients with epilepsy and neurologic tumors. AES Meeting 2013, Washington D.C.
• Retrospective study of lacosamide in the elderly (>60). AES Meeting 2013, Washington D.C.
• Improving time to treatment and resolution of status epilepticus. AES Meeting 2013, Washington D.C.
• Retrospecitive study of lacosamide in the elderly (=60 years of age). AES Meeting 2014, Seattle
• Process improvement to reduce time to epilepsy surgery. AES Meeting 2014, Seattle
• Effect of marijuana use on Wada test. AES Meeting 2015, Philadelphia.
• Challenges implementing a standardized order set for status epilepticus in a hospital setting. AES Meeting 2015, Philadelphia.
• Nagae LM, Lall N, Dahmoush H, Nyberg E, Mirsky D, Drees C, Honce JM. Diagnostic, treatment, and surgical imaging in epilepsy. Clin Imaging 40(4): 624-36, 2016
• Drees C, Makic MB, Wikler-Case K, Mancuso MP, Hill A, Walczak P, Limon S, Biesecker K, Lauren Frey. Skin irritation during video-EEG monitoring. The Neurodiagnostic Journal 56 (3): 139-150, 2016
• Brown MG, Drees C, Nagae LM, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation for drug-resistant epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29084870
• Schusse CM, Smith K, Drees C. Outcomes after hemispherectomy in adult patients with intractable epilepsy: institutional experience and systematic review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2017 Apr 28;:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28452614
• Nagae LM, Honce JM, Nyberg E, Ojemann S, Abosch A, Drees CN. Imaging of Laser Therapy in Epilepsy. J Neuroimaging. 2017 May;27(3):292-299. PubMed PMID: 28370739
• Yin D, Thompson JA, Drees C, Ojemann SG, Nagae L, Pelak VS, Abosch A. Optic Radiation Tractography and Visual Field Deficits in Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Amygdalohippocampectomy in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2017;95(2):107-113. PubMed PMID: 28324881
• Schusse* C, Smith K, Drees C. Outcomes after hemispherectomy in adult patients with intractable epilepsy: Institutional Experience and Review of the Literature. J Neurosurg (accepted for publication 9/22/16)
• Nagae LM, Lall N, Dahmoush H, Nyberg E, Mirsky D, Drees C, Honce JM. Diagnostic, treatment, and surgical imaging in epilepsy. Clin Imaging. 2016 Jul-Aug;40(4):624-36. PubMed PMID: 27317207
• Drees C, Makic MB, Case K, Mancuso MP, Hill A, Walczak P, Limon S, Biesecker K, Frey L. Skin Irritation during Video-EEG Monitoring. Neurodiagn J. 2016;56(3):139-150. PubMed PMID: 28436772
• Drees C, Sillau S, Brown MG, Abosch A. peroperative evaluation for epilepsy surgery: Process improvement. Neurol Clin Pract 2017;June,7:205-213
• Drees C, Sillau S, Brown MG, Abosch A. Preoperative evaluation for epilepsy surgery: Process improvement. Neurol Clin Pract. 2017 Jun;7(3):205-213. PubMed PMID: 30107011
• Drees C, Brown MG, Nagae LM, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation for drug-resistant epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;89(4):425-433. PubMed PMID: 29084870
• Nagae LM, Honce JM, Nyberg E, Ojemann S, Abosch A, Drees CN. Imaging of Laser Therapy in Epilepsy. J Neuroimaging. 2017 May;27(3):292-299. PubMed PMID: 28370739
• Yin D, Thompson JA, Drees C, Ojemann SG, Nagae L, Pelak VS, Abosch A. Optic Radiation Tractography and Visual Field Deficits in Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Amygdalohippocampectomy in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2017;95(2):107-113. PubMed PMID: 28324881
• Schusse CM, Smith K, Drees C. Outcomes after hemispherectomy in adult patients with intractable epilepsy: institutional experience and systematic review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;128(3):853-861. PubMed PMID: 28452614
• Rosell K*, Nordenholz K, Simpson J, Drees C. Improvement of knowledge of status epilepticus and its treatment in the emergency department. AES Meeting 2017, Washington D.C.
• Barry F, Kuo A, Knupp K, Drees C, Baca CM. Pediatric to adult transitions care gaps for youth with epilepsy with comorbid intellectual or developmental disability. AES Meeting 2017, Washington D.C.
• Baca CM, Kuo A, Knupp K, Drees C, Barry F. "Pediatric to Adult Transition Care Gaps for Youth with Epilepsy with Comorbid Intellectual or Developmental Disability". AAN Meeting 2018, Los Angeles
• Drees C, Brown MG, McDermott D, Abosch A, Kahn L, Ojemann S, Destefano S. RNS modification to eliminate stimulation-triggered symptoms (STS). AES Meeting 2019, Baltimore, 12/07/19 (accepted)
• Brown MG, Ernst LD, Spencer DC, Englot DJ, Gonazlez HFJ, Drees C. Brain-Responsive Stimulation (RNS) and Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in combination for the treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy. AES Meeting 2019, Baltimore, 12/07/19 (accepted)
• Domen* C, Shrestha A, Chapman K, Drees C. The impact of cannabis use on intracarotid amobarbital testing. Epilepsy Behav Rep 2019;12:100328 (published online 2019 Jun 24. Doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100328). PMID 31497755

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology, Member
• American Epilepsy Society, Member
• American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Member
• German Section of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, Member

Practice Locations

• Center for Neuroscience

Specialty Information

• Neurology, Board Certification (2011)
• Clinical Neurophysiology, Board Certification (2004)
• Epilepsy (2014)
• Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring, Board Certification (2015)
• Critical Care EEG, Board Certification (2015)

• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Epilepsy