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John "Jack" Jones, M.D.

Associate Professor
Director of the Francis M. Forster Epilepsy Center
Neurology

Contact Info:
CSC H6/572
Secretary: 608.263.5421
Fax: 608.263.0412
Email: jones@neurology.wisc.edu
Publications: PubMed
Provider page: UW Health

Education

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University
Internship: UW Hospitals and Clinics
Residency: UW Hospitals and Clinics
Fellowship: UW Hospitals and Clinics

Medical Interests

• use of novel devices and therapies in the control of refractory epilepsies and movement disorders
• management of uncommon hypersomnias and parasomnias, use of VEEG to characterize sleep-related movement disorders and epilepsies
• clinical use of botulinum toxins in management of neurologic conditions: regional dystonia and tremors, hemifacial spasms, tic disorders and meige's syndrome, etc, with an emphasis on all currently available and experimental toxin products
• classic neurophysiology studies including all evoked potentials, routine/extended/prolonged EEG, ECI recordings, prognostic studies
• status epilepticus management

Research Interests

• hypocretin failure in narcolepsy
• pharmocologic trials of AEM's and botulinum toxins
• application of home video and audio technologies to clinical recognition of paroxysmal disorders

Teaching Interests

• sleep fellowship training in neurophysiology
• YEPSA and OSCE exams in neuroscience clerks
• training in refractory epilepsy for pharmacy residents and fellows, and clinical neurophysiology fellows