Lesley Kaye, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Epilepsy Surgery
• Interim Chief, Epilepsy Section

Publications

• Drees C, Afra P, Verner R, Kaye L, Keith A, Jiang M, Szaflarski JP, Nichol K. Feasibility study of microburst VNS therapy in drug-resistant focal and generalized epilepsy. Brain Stimul. 2024 Mar-Apr;17(2):382-391. PubMed PMID: 38499287
• Szaflarski JP, Allendorfer JB, Begnaud J, Ranuzzi G, Shamshiri E, Verner R, Microburst Study Group. Optimized microburst VNS elicits fMRI responses beyond thalamic-specific response from standard VNS. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024 May;11(5):1135-1147. PubMed PMID: 38532258
• Kaye LC, Poolos ZA, Miller JW, Poolos NP. Clinical factors associated with late seizure remission after failed epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109055. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.109055. Epub 2022 Dec 19. PMID: 36543042.
• Verner R, Szaflarski JP, Allendorfer JB, Vonck K, Giannicola G, and Microburst Study Group. Modulation of the thalamus by microburst vagus nerve stimulation: a feasibility study protocol. Front Neurol. 2023;14:1169161. PubMed PMID: 37384278
• Kaye LC, Jouard T, Thompson JA. Seizure Frequency Correlate to Hippocampal Subfield Volume of Tissue Activation in Responsive Neurostimulation. Poster presented at American Epilepsy Society 2023 meeting.
• Jouard T, Kaye LC, Pellinen J, Thompson JA. Utilizing Volume of Tissue Activation Modeling in Responsive Neurostimulation in the Centromedian Nucleus of the Thalamus for Genetic Generalized Epilepsy: A Case Study. Poster presented at American Epilepsy Society 2023 meeting.
• Satzer D, Ryan M, Kaye L, Ojemann SG, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Intraoperative mapping of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus. Poster presented at American Epilepsy Society 2023 meeting.
• Chen SH, Kaye L, Desai S, Tiara Monroe Smith TM, Vick M. Use of a Novel Artificial Intelligence Therapy Proposer on Two Non-Responding Patients Treated with the RNS System. Poster presented at American Epilepsy Society 2021 Annual Meeting.

Practice Locations

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Neurosciences Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
4th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2080

UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Lone Tree Medical Center
9548 Park Meadows Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124
720-848-2200

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

• Center for Neuroscience

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Epilepsy, Board Certification
• Neurology, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

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