Professor, Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
Neurology
Dr. Christopher M. Degiorgio, MD
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Doctor Christopher M. Degiorgio, MD practices Neurology. He studied medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He over the years received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California" and "Super Doctor". Christopher M. Degiorgio, MD is also a published doctor. He has 59 publication published. The most recent publication is: An institutional experience with cervical vagus nerve trunk stimulation for medically refractory epilepsy: rationale, technique, and outcome. He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- The SUDEP Risk Inventory: Association with postictal generalized EEG suppression.
- Fish oil (n-3 fatty acids) in drug resistant Epilepsy: a randomised placebo-controlled crossover study.
- Refractory status epilepticus treated with trigeminal Nerve stimulation.
- Trigeminal Nerve stimulation in major depressive disorder: acute outcomes in an open pilot study.
- Randomized controlled trial of trigeminal nerve stimulation for drug-resistant Epilepsy.
- Trigeminal nerve stimulation: seminal animal and human studies for Epilepsy and depression.
- Acute and long-term safety of external trigeminal nerve stimulation for drug-resistant Epilepsy.
- Trigeminal Nerve stimulation in major depressive disorder: First proof of concept in an open pilot trial.
- RMSSD, a measure of vagus-mediated heart rate variability, is associated with risk factors for SUDEP: the SUDEP-7 Inventory.
- Atrial flutter/atrial fibrillation associated with lacosamide for partial seizures.
- Trigeminal nerve stimulation for Epilepsy: long-term feasibility and efficacy.
- n-3 fatty acids (fish oil) for Epilepsy, cardiac risk factors, and risk of SUDEP: clues from a pilot, double-blind, exploratory study.
- Pilot study of trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) for Epilepsy: a proof-of-concept trial.
- Neurocysticercosis in the United States: review of an important emerging infection.
- Trigeminal nerve stimulation for Epilepsy.
- Vagus nerve stimulation therapy, Epilepsy, and device parameters: scientific basis and recommendations for use.
- Deaths associated with cysticercosis. Report of three cases and review of the literature.
- Ethical issues in fetal tissue transplants.
- Long-term multicenter experience with vagus Nerve stimulation for intractable partial seizures: results of the XE5 trial.
- Prospective long-term study of vagus Nerve stimulation for the treatment of refractory seizures.
- Vagus Nerve stimulation: analysis of device parameters in 154 patients during the long-term XE5 study.
- Limited efficacy of experimental anti-epileptic drugs in refractory temporal lobe Epilepsy: implications for patient management and study recruitment.
- Status epilepticus induced by Felbatol withdrawal.
- Serum neuron-specific enolase in human status epilepticus.
- The frequently low cobalamin levels in dementia usually signify treatable metabolic, neurologic and electrophysiologic abnormalities.
- Life-threatening reactions to propofol.
- CSF neuron-specific enolase after methohexital activation during electrocorticography.
- Clinical and radiographic response in a minority of patients with recurrent malignant gliomas treated with high-dose tamoxifen.
- Sero-prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis in California, USA.
- Treatment of neurocysticercosis: current status and future research needs.
- Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy: randomized comparison of three stimulation paradigms.
- Brain death in the neonate: assessment with P-31 MR spectroscopy.
- Ventroposterior medial pallidotomy in patients with advanced Parkinson's Disease.
- Increasing plasma concentration tolerability study of flunarizine in comedicated epileptic patients.
- Cysticercosis-related deaths, California.
- Deaths from cysticercosis, United States.
- SUDEP and heart rate variability.
- Sudden unexpected death in Epilepsy associated with progressive deterioration in heart rate variability.
- Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy: is output current correlated with acute response?
- n-3 fatty acids (eicosapentanoic and docosahexanoic acids) in Epilepsy and for the prevention of sudden unexpected death in Epilepsy.
- Nitrous oxide inhalation as a cause of cervical myelopathy.
- Hippocampal pyramidal cell loss in human status epilepticus.
- P300 auditory event-related potentials in nontraumatic coma. Association with Glasgow Coma Score and awakening.
- Unruptured intracranial Aneurysms: seizures and antiepileptic drug treatment following surgery.
- Compulsive polydipsia following meningioma resection: an epileptic phenomenon? Case report.
- Early prognosis in anoxic coma: an analysis of the major clinical criteria.
- Neuron-specific enolase is increased after nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
- Neuron-specific enolase is increased after single seizures during inpatient video/EEG monitoring.
- Neuron-specific enolase, a marker of acute neuronal injury, is increased in complex partial status epilepticus.
- Vagus Nerve stimulation activates central nervous system structures in epileptic patients during PET H2(15)O blood flow imaging.
- Attenuation of Brain injury and reduction of neuron-specific enolase by nicardipine in systemic circulation following focal ischemia and reperfusion in a rat model.
- Status epilepticus increases CSF levels of neuron-specific enolase and alters the blood-Brain barrier.
- Vagus Nerve stimulation therapy for partial-onset seizures: a randomized active-control trial.
- Treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas with chronic oral high-dose tamoxifen.
- An institutional experience with cervical vagus nerve trunk stimulation for medically refractory Epilepsy: rationale, technique, and outcome.
- Serum neuron-specific enolase in the major subtypes of status epilepticus.
- Experience with vagus nerve stimulation for intractable Epilepsy: some questions and answers.
- Expression of neuron-specific enolase in adult rat Brain following status epilepticus.
Schools
Loyola University Of ChicagoStritch School Of Medicine
Lac Usc Med Center
WadsworthUc Los Angeles
Uc Los Angeles
Procedures Preformed
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
Conditions Treated
- Ataxia
- Brain Aneurysm
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Employer Group HMO
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
- Medicare MCR
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Heritage Signature
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Super Doctor
Education
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VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System -
University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center -
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Hospital
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1215950076 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | DEGIORGIO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CHRISTOPHER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 90095 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurology | |
| Total Claim Count | 921.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1215950076 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | DEGIORGIO |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHRISTOPHER |
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