Joseph F. Drazkowski, M.D.

  1. Neurologist
  1. Dawit S, Okazaki E, Girardo ME, Drazkowski JF. Characterizing the driving dilemma among patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A single-center prospective cohort study. Epilepsy Behav. 2022 Feb; 127:108454 Epub 2022 Jan 15
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  2. Tatum WO, Hirsch LJ, Gelfand MA, Acton EK, LaFrance WC, Duckrow RB, Chen D, Blum AS, Hixson J, Drazkowski J, Benbadis S, Cascino GD, OSmartViE Collaborators. Video quality using outpatient smartphone videos in epilepsy: Results from the OSmartViE study. Eur J Neurol. 2021 May; 28 (5):1453-1462 Epub 2021 Feb 11
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  3. Tatum WO, Hirsch LJ, Gelfand MA, Acton EK, LaFrance WC Jr, Duckrow RB, Chen DK, Blum AS, Hixson JD, Drazkowski JF, Benbadis SR, Cascino GD, OSmartViE Investigators . Assessment of the Predictive Value of Outpatient Smartphone Videos for Diagnosis of Epileptic Seizures. JAMA Neurol. 2020 May 1; 77 (5):593-600
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  4. Joshi CN, Vossler DG, Spanaki M, Drazkowski JF, Towne AR, Members of the Treatments Committee of the American Epilepsy Society. Chance takers are accident makers: Are patients with epilepsy really taking a chance when they drive? Epilepsy Currents. 2019 Jul 22.
  5. Dawit S, Bhatt SK, Das DM, Pines AR, Shiue HJ, Goodman BP, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus secondary to acute porphyria crisis. Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2019; 11:43-46. Epub 2018 Nov 28.
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  6. Duncan CJ, Roberts NA, Kirlin KA, Parkhurst D, Burleson MH, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Noe KH, Crepeau AZ, Hoerth MT, Locke DEC. Diagnostic utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form in the epilepsy monitoring unit: Considering sex differences. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 Nov; 88:117-122 Epub 2018 Sept 25
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  7. Okazaki EM, Yao R, Sirven JI, Crepeau AZ, Noe KH, Drazkowski JF, Hoerth MT, Salinas E, Csernak L, Mehta N. Usage of EpiFinder clinical decision support in the assessment of epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 May; 82:140-143 Epub 2018 Apr 03
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  8. Spritzer SD, Bravo TP, Drazkowski JF. Topiramate for Treatment in Patients With Migraine and Epilepsy. Headache. 2016 Jun; 56 (6):1081-5 Epub 2016 Apr 28
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  9. Spritzer SD, Riordan KC, Berry J, Corbett BM, Gerke JK, Hoerth MT, Crepeau AZ, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Noe KH. Fall prevention and bathroom safety in the epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Jul; 48:75-8 Epub 2015 June 11
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  10. Wolf LD, Hentz JG, Ziemba KS, Kirlin KA, Noe KH, Hoerth MT, Crepeau AZ, Sirven JI, Drazkowski JF, Locke DE. Quality of life in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and epilepsy: the role of somatization and alexithymia. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Feb; 43:81-8 Epub 2015 Jan 05
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  11. Spritzer SD, Pirotte BD, Agostini SD, Aniles E, Hentz JG, Noe KH, Drazkowski JF. The influence of staffing on diagnostic yield of EMU admissions: a comparison study between two institutions. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Dec; 41:264-7 Epub 2014 Nov 12
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  12. Lee RW, Hoogs MM, Burkholder DB, Trenerry MR, Drazkowski JF, Shih JJ, Doll KE, Tatum WO 4th, Cascino GD, Marsh WR, Wirrell EC, Worrell GA, So EL. Outcome of intracranial electroencephalography monitoring and surgery in magnetic resonance imaging-negative temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 2014 Jul; 108(5):937-44. Epub 2014 Mar 27.
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  13. Drazkowski J, Hoerth M, Tapsell L, Noe K, Shih J, Sirven J, Tatum WO. Auto-antibodies and seizures: clinical and EEG findings. Neurodiagn J. 2014 Mar; 54(1):36-47.
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  14. Sillay KA, Rutecki P, Cicora K, Worrell G, Drazkowski J, Shih JJ, Sharan AD, Morrell MJ, Williams J, Wingeier B. Long-term measurement of impedance in chronically implanted depth and subdural electrodes during responsive neurostimulation in humans. Brain Stimul. 2013 Sep; 6(5):718-26. Epub 2013 Mar 15.
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  15. Vlachos I, Krishnan B, Sirven J, Noe K, Drazkowski J, Iasemidis L. Frequency-based connectivity analysis of interictal iEEG to localize the epileptogenic focus. Proceedings - 29th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, SBEC 2013. 2013:163-4.
  16. Zarkou S, Grade M, Hoerth M, Noe K, Sirven J, Drazkowski JF. Intermediate EMU admissions: Does readmission help? Epilepsy and Behavior. 2013; 20(4):706-8.
  17. Purdom CL, Kirlin KA, Hoerth MT, Noe KH, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Locke DE. The influence of impression management scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory in the epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Dec; 25(4):534-8. Epub 2012 Nov 13.
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  18. Sirven JI, Noe K, Hoerth M, Drazkowski J. Antiepileptic drugs 2012: recent advances and trends. Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Sep; 87 (9):879-89
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  19. Agostini SD, Aniles E, Sirven J, Drazkowski JF. The importance of cardiac monitoring in the epilepsy monitoring unit: a case presentation of ictal asystole. Neurodiagn J. 2012 Sep; 52 (3):250-60
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  20. Bateman LM, Begley CE, Ben-Menachem E, Berg AT, Berkovic SF, Cascino GD, Drazkowski J, Edwards JC, Engel J Jr, French JA, Gilliam FD, Hoerth MT, Jehi LE, Kanner AM, Krauss GL, Labiner DM, Loddenkemper T, Luders HO, McKhann GM II, McLachlan R, Modi A, Pennell PB, Shafer PO, Sirven JI, Stern JM, Szaflarski JP, Theodore WH. Overcoming barriers to successful epilepsy management. Epilepsy Currents. 2012; 12(4):158-60.
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  21. Krishnan B, Faith A, Vlachos I, Roth A, Williams K, Noe K, Drazkowski J, Tapsell L, Sirven J, Iasemidis L. Resetting of brain dynamics: epileptic versus psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Dec; 22 Suppl 1:S74-81.
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  22. Khoury JA, Noe KH, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Zimmerman RS. Iatrogenic seizures during intracranial EEG monitoring. Epilepsia. 2011 Oct; 52(10):e123-5 Epub 2011 Jul 8.
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  23. Locke DE, Kirlin KA, Wershba R, Osborne D, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Noe KH. Randomized comparison of the Personality Assessment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 in the epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Aug; 21(4):397-401. Epub 2011 Jul 06.
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  24. Hoerth MT, Drazkowski JF, Noe KH, Sirven JI. Code blue: seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Jun; 21(2):189-90. Epub 2011 May 04.
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  25. Drazkowski JF. Ellen R. Grass lecture: Back to the future: from grass roots to microchips. Am J Electroneurodiagnostic Technol. 2011 Jun; 51(2):69-81.
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  26. Zarkou S, Grade M, Hoerth MT, Noe KH, Sirven JI, Drazkowski JF. Indeterminate EMU admissions: does repeating the admission help? Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Apr; 20(4):706-8. Epub 2011 Mar 26.
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  27. Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI. Driving and neurologic disorders. Neurology. 2011 Feb 15; 76(7 Suppl 2):S44-9.
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  28. Sorajja D, Bhakta MD, Drazkowski JF, Altemose GT. Ictal asystole. Heart Rhythm. 2011 Feb; 8: (2)331-2.
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  29. Noe KH, Tapsell LM, Drazkowski JF. Risk of choking and aspiration during inpatient video-EEG monitoring. Epilepsy Res. 2011 Jan; 93(1):84-6. Epub 2010 Nov 30.
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  30. Capampangan DJ, Hoerth MT, Drazkowski JF, Lipinski CA. Olfactory and gustatory hallucinations presenting as partial status epilepticus because of glioblastoma multiforme. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Oct; 56(4):374-7. Epub 2010 Mar 20.
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  31. Drazkowski JF, Neiman ES, Sirven JI, McAbee GN, Noe KH. Frequency of physician counseling and attitudes toward driving motor vehicles in people with epilepsy: comparing a mandatory-reporting with a voluntary-reporting state. Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Sep; 19(1):52-4. Epub 2010 Aug 13.
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  32. Ziemba KS, O'Carroll CB, Drazkowski JF, Wingerchuk DM, Hoffman-Snyder C, Wellik KE, Demaerschalk BM. Do antiepileptic drugs increase the risk of suicidality in adult patients with epilepsy?: a critically appraised topic. Neurologist. 2010 Sep; 16(5):325-8.
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  33. Hoerth MT, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI. Patient management problem. Continuum. 2010 Jun; 16(3):228-41.
  34. Drazkowski JF, Chung SS. Differential diagnosis of epilepsy. Continuum. 2010 Jun; 16(3):36-56.
  35. Locke DE, Kirlin KA, Thomas ML, Osborne D, Hurst DF, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Noe KH. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form in the epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Feb; 17(2):252-8. Epub 2010 Jan 12.
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  36. Neiman ES, Noe KH, Seyffert M, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Tapsell L, Chokroverty S. Lifelong and new nocturnal events found to be right frontal lobe epilepsy secondary to a cortical dysplasia. Sleep Med. 2010 Jan; 11(1):102-4. Epub 2009 Sep 25
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  37. Hoerth MT, Drazkowski JF. Seizure emergencies in older adults. Aging Health. 2010; 6(1):110.
  38. Noe KH, Drazkowski JF. Safety of long-term video-electroencephalographic monitoring for evaluation of epilepsy. Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 Jun; 84 (6):495-500
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  39. Neiman ES, Noe KH, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Roarke MC. Utility of subtraction ictal SPECT when video-EEG fails to distinguish atypical psychogenic and epileptic seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Jun; 15(2):208-12 Epub 2009 Feb 27.
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  40. Shareef YS, McKinnon JH, Gauthier SM, Noe KH, Sirven JI, Drazkowski JF. Counseling for driving restrictions in epilepsy and other causes of temporary impairment of consciousness: how are we doing? Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Mar; 14(3):550-2. Epub 2009 Jan 20.
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  41. Hoerth MT, Wellik KE, Demaerschalk BM, Drazkowski JF, Noe KH, Sirven JI, Wingerchuk DM. Clinical predictors of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a critically appraised topic. Neurologist. 2008 Jul; 14(4):266-70.
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  42. Mills KC, Drazkowski JF, Hammer AE, Caldwell PT, Kustra RP, Blum DE. Relative influences of adjunctive topiramate and adjunctive lamotrigine on scanning and the effective field of view. Epilepsy Res. 2008 Feb; 78(2-3):140-6. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
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  43. Sirven JI, Drazkowski JF, Noe KH. Seizures among public figures: lessons learned from the epilepsy of Pope Pius IX. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Dec; 82 (12):1535-40
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  44. Hoerth M, Drazkowski J, Sirven J, Hinni M, Smith B, Labiner D. Vocal cord paralysis after vagus nerve stimulator battery replacement successfully treated with medialization thyroplasty. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Nov; 109(9):788-90. Epub 2007 Aug 13.
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  45. Drazkowski J. Determining brain death: back to the basics. Semin Neurol. 2007 Sep; 27 (4):393-9
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  46. Lynam LM, Lyons MK, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Noe KH, Zimmerman RS, Wilkens JA. Frequency of seizures in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors: a retrospective review. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Sep; 109 (7):634-8 Epub 2007 June 29
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  47. Drazkowski JF. Driving and flying with epilepsy. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2007 Jul; 7 (4):329-34
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  48. Drazkowski J. An overview of epilepsy and driving. Epilepsia. 2007; 48 Suppl 9:10-2
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  49. Sirven JI, Fife TD, Wingerchuk DM, Drazkowski JF. Second-generation antiepileptic drugs' impact on balance: a meta-analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Jan; 82 (1):40-7
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  50. Hoffman Snyder C, Mishark KJ, Caviness JN, Drazkowski JF, Caselli RJ. Nonvasculitic autoimmune inflammatory meningoencephalitis imitating Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Arch Neurol. 2006 May; 63(5):766-8.
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  51. Sheth RD, Drazkowski JF, Sirven JI, Gidal BE, Hermann BP. Protracted ictal confusion in elderly patients. Arch Neurol. 2006 Apr; 63(4):529-32.
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  52. Caspermeyer JJ, Sylvester EJ, Drazkowski JF, Watson GL, Sirven JI. Evaluation of stigmatizing language and medical errors in neurology coverage by US newspapers. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006 Mar; 81(3):300-6.
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  53. Lyons MK, Drazkowski JF, Wong WW, Fitch TR, Nelson KD. Metastatic prostate carcinoma mimicking meningioma: case report and review of the literature. Neurologist. 2006 Jan; 12(1):48-52.
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  54. Lyons MK, Drazkowski JF, Wong WW, Fitch TR, Nelson KD. Metastatic prostate carcinoma mimicking meningioma. Case report and review of the literature. The Neurologist. 2005 Nov; 11(6):1-5.
  55. Drazkowski JF, Fitch TR, Lyons MK, Nelson KD, Wong WW. Metastatic prostate carcinoma mimicking meningioma. African Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2005; 24(2):96-100.
  56. Cascino GD, Buchhalter JR, Sirven JI, So EL, Drazkowski JF, Zimmerman RS, Raffel C. Peri-ictal SPECT and surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy related to schizencephaly. Neurology. 2004 Dec 28; 63 (12):2426-8
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  57. Sirven JI, Wingerchuk DM, Drazkowski JF, Lyons MK, Zimmerman RS. Seizure prophylaxis in patients with brain tumors: a meta-analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Dec; 79 (12):1489-94
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  58. Zimmerman R, Sirven J, Roarke M, Drazkowski J, Larson S, Dixit S, Tollefson C. SISCOM localization of a seizure focus within a heterotopia. Neurology June 22;. 2004; 62: (12)2328.
  59. Drazkowski JF, Larson SE, Lippmann SM, Rosenfeld WE, Sirven JI. Stroke-related epilepsy in older patients and weight effects of antiepileptic drug therapy. Profiles in Seizure Management. 2004 May; 3(2).
  60. Sirven JI, Drazkowski JF, Zimmerman RS, Bortz JJ, Shulman DL, Macleish M. Complementary/alternative medicine for epilepsy in Arizona. Neurology. 2003 Aug 26; 61 (4):576-7
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  61. Drazkowski JF, Fisher RS, Sirven JI, Demaerschalk BM, Uber-Zak L, Hentz JG, Labiner D. Seizure-related motor vehicle crashes in Arizona before and after reducing the driving restriction from 12 to 3 months. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Jul; 78(7):819-25.
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  62. Sirven JI, Zimmerman RS, Carter JL, Drazkowski JF, Larson JS. MRI changes in status epilepticus. Neurology. 2003 Jun 10; 60 (11):1866
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  63. Drazkowski JF. Management of the social consequences of seizures. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 May; 78(5):641-9.
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  64. Shulman DL, Cleary BB, Bortz JJ, Sirven JI, Drazkowski JF, Zimmerman RS. Neurocysticercosis: nursing perspectives. J Neurosci Nurs. 2002 Oct; 34 (5):237-41
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  65. Sirven JI, Claypool DW, Sahs KL, Wingerchuk DM, Bortz JJ, Drazkowski J, Caselli R, Drazkowski J, Zanick D. Is there a neurologist on this flight? Neurology. 2002 Jun 25; 58 (12):1739-44
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  66. Drazkowski J, Sirven J, Blum D. Symptoms of B12 deficiency can occur in women of child bearing age supplemented with folate. Neurology. 2002 May 28; 58 (10):1572-3
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  67. Khatter AS, Kurth MC, Brewer MA, Crinnian CT, Drazkowski JF, Flitman SS, Imke S, Spector SA, Wood KL, Lieberman AN. Prevalence of tremor and Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 1996 Oct; 2(4):205-8.
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  68. Fisher R, Kerrigan J, Drazkowski J, Duncan B. Open label pilot study of Oxcarbazepine for inpatients under evaluation for epilepsy. Drug Development Research. 1996; 38:43-49.
  69. Drazkowski J. Clinical applications of compressed spectral analysis in OR/ICU settings. American Journal of EEG Technology. 1985; 25:13-36.
  70. Drazkowski J. Human variance to high dose thiopental therapy as determined by EEG/CSA monitoring. Am J EEG Technol. 1985; 25:225-39.