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Barbara C. Jobst, MD-PhD
Titles:
Director of Epilepsy and Cognition (ECoG) Lab
Louis and Ruth Frank Endowed Professor of Neurology at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine
Chair of the Department of Neurology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Co-Director, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Epilepsy Center
MD, Friedrich Alexander Universitat, Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, 1993
Contact:
One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
Recent Publications:
Streltzov NA, Mazanec MT, Schmidt SS, Jobst BC, Thompson NJ, Schommer LM. A pilot study assessing the feasibility and acceptability of Project UPLIFT adapted for patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2022;127:108525. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108525
Quon RJ, Meisenhelter S, Camp EJ, Testorf ME, Song Y, Song Q, Culler GW, Moein P, Jobst BC. AiED: Artificial intelligence for the detection of intracranial interictal epileptiform discharges. Clin Neurophysiol. 2022;133:1-8. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2021.09.018
Meador KJ, Jobst BC. Epilepsy Centers in the United States: The Times They Are A-Changing. Neurology. 2022;98(5):175-176. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000013132
Camp EJ, Quon RJ, Sajatovic M, Briggs F, Brownrigg B, Janevic MR, Meisenhelter S, Steimel SA, Testorf ME, Kiriakopoulos E, Mazanec MT, Fraser RT, Johnson EK, Jobst BC. Supervised machine learning to predict reduced depression severity in people with epilepsy through epilepsy self-management intervention. Epilepsy Behav. 2022;127:108548. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108548
Sajatovic M, Wilson B, Shegog R, B S Briggs F, Escoffery C, Jobst BC, Johnson EK, Fraser RT, Quarells RC, Spruill TM. The Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) network database: Lessons learned in refining and implementing an integrated data tool in service of a national U.S. Research Collaborative. Epilepsy Behav. 2021;115:107650. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107650
Quon RJ, Meisenhelter S, Adamovich-Zeitlin RH, Song Y, Steimel SA, Camp EJ, Testorf ME, MacKenzie TA, Gross RE, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Kahana MJ, Jobst BC. Factors correlated with intracranial interictal epileptiform discharges in refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2021;62(2):481-491. doi:10.1111/epi.16792
Quon RJ, Leslie GA, Camp EJ, Meisenhelter S, Steimel SA, Song Y, Ettinger AB, Bujarski KA, Casey MA, Jobst BC. 40-Hz auditory stimulation for intracranial interictal activity: A pilot study. Acta Neurol Scand. 2021;144(2):192-201. doi:10.1111/ane.13437
Quon RJ, Casey MA, Camp EJ, Meisenhelter S, Steimel SA, Song Y, Testorf ME, Leslie GA, Bujarski KA, Ettinger AB, Jobst BC. Musical components important for the Mozart K448 effect in epilepsy. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):16490. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95922-7
Quon RJ, Camp EJ, Meisenhelter S, Song Y, Steimel SA, Testorf ME, Andrew AS, Gross RE, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Kahana MJ, Jobst BC. Features of intracranial interictal epileptiform discharges associated with memory encoding. Epilepsia. 2021;62(11):2615-2626. doi:10.1111/epi.17060
Moncrief GG, Aita SL, Tyson BT, Abecassis M, Roth RM, Caller TA, Schmidt SS, Jobst BC. Self-rated executive dysfunction in adults with epilepsy and effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention (HOBSCOTCH). Epilepsy Behav. 2021;121(Pt A):108042. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108042
Meisenhelter S, Quon RJ, Steimel SA, Testorf ME, Camp EJ, Moein P, Culler GW, Gross RE, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Kahana MJ, Jobst BC. Interictal Epileptiform Discharges are Task Dependent and are Associated with Lasting Electrocorticographic Changes. Cereb Cortex Commun. 2021;2(2):tgab019. doi:10.1093/texcom/tgab019
Mazanec MT, Lu E, Sajatovic M, Jobst BC. A systematic literature review of recommendations for referral to specialty care for patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2021;116:107748. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107748
Lech M, Berry B, Topcu C, Kremen V, Nejedly P, Lega B, Gross RE, Sperling M, Jobst B, Sheth S, Zaghloul K, Davis K, Worrell G, Kucewicz M. Direct Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain Has Inverse Effects on the Theta and Gamma Neural Activities. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2021;68(12):3701-3712. doi:10.1109/TBME.2021.3082320
Kragel JE, Ezzyat Y, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Worrell GA, Gross RE, Jobst BC, Sheth SA, Zaghloul KA, Stein JM, Kahana MJ. Distinct cortical systems reinstate the content and context of episodic memories. Nat Commun. 2021;12(1):4444. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24393-1
Jobst BC, Conner KR, Coulter D, Fried I, Guilfoyle S, Hirsch LJ, Hogan RE, Hopp JL, Naritoku D, Plueger M, Schevon C, Smith G, Valencia I, Gaillard WD. Highlights From AES2020, a Virtual American Epilepsy Society Experience. Epilepsy Curr. Published online May 16, 2021:15357597211018220. doi:10.1177/15357597211018219
Bujarski KA, Song Y, Xie T, Leeds Z, Kolankiewicz SI, Wozniak GH, Guillory S, Aronson JP, Chang L, Jobst BC. Modulation of Emotion Perception via Amygdala Stimulation in Humans. Front Neurosci. 2021;15:795318. doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.795318
Bensken WP, Navale SM, Andrew AS, Jobst BC, Sajatovic M, Koroukian SM. Markers of Quality Care for Newly Diagnosed People With Epilepsy on Medicaid. Med Care. 2021;59(7):588-596. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000001541
Bensken WP, Fernandez-Baca Vaca G, Jobst BC, Williams SM, Stange KC, Sajatovic M, Koroukian SM. Burden of Chronic and Acute Conditions and Symptoms in People With Epilepsy. Neurology. 2021;97(24):e2368-e2380. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012975
Adamovich-Zeitlin R, Wanda PA, Solomon E, Phan T, Lega B, Jobst BC, Gross RE, Ding K, Diaz-Arrastia R, Kahana MJ. Biomarkers of memory variability in traumatic brain injury. Brain Commun. 2021;3(1):fcaa202. doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcaa202
Razavi B, Rao VR, Lin C, Bujarski KA, Patra SE, Burdette DE, Geller EB, Brown MGM, Johnson EA, Drees C, Chang EF, Greenwood JE, Heck CN, Jobst BC, Gwinn RP, Warner NM, Halpern CH. Real-world experience with direct brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal onset seizures. Epilepsia. Published online July 13, 2020. doi:10.1111/epi.16593
Quon RJ, Meisenhelter S, Adamovich-Zeitlin RH, Song Y, Steimel SA, Camp EJ, Testorf ME, MacKenzie TA, Gross RE, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Kahana MJ, Jobst BC. Factors correlated with intracranial interictal epileptiform discharges in refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia. Published online December 17, 2020. doi:10.1111/epi.16792
Quon RJ, Mazanec MT, Schmidt SS, Andrew AS, Roth RM, MacKenzie TA, Sajatovic M, Spruill T, Jobst BC. Antiepileptic drug effects on subjective and objective cognition. Epilepsy Behav. 2020;104(Pt A):106906. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.106906
Nair DR, Laxer KD, Weber PB, Murro AM, Park YD, Barkley GL, Smith BJ, Gwinn RP, Doherty MJ, Noe KH, Zimmerman RS, Bergey GK, Anderson WS, Heck C, Liu CY, Lee RW, Sadler T, Duckrow RB, Hirsch LJ, Wharen RE, Tatum W, Srinivasan S, McKhann GM, Agostini MA, Alexopoulos AV, Jobst BC, Roberts DW, Salanova V, Witt TC, Cash SS, Cole AJ, Worrell GA, Lundstrom BN, Edwards JC, Halford JJ, Spencer DC, Ernst L, Skidmore CT, Sperling MR, Miller I, Geller EB, Berg MJ, Fessler AJ, Rutecki P, Goldman AM, Mizrahi EM, Gross RE, Shields DC, Schwartz TH, Labar DR, Fountain NB, Elias WJ, Olejniczak PW, Villemarette-Pittman NR, Eisenschenk S, Roper SN, Boggs JG, Courtney TA, Sun FT, Seale CG, Miller KL, Skarpaas TL, Morrell MJ, RNS System LTT Study. Nine-year prospective efficacy and safety of brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal epilepsy. Neurology. 2020;95(9):e1244-e1256. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000010154
Mohan UR, Watrous AJ, Miller JF, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Worrell GA, Gross RE, Zaghloul KA, Jobst BC, Davis KA, Sheth SA, Stein JM, Das SR, Gorniak R, Wanda PA, Rizzuto DS, Kahana MJ, Jacobs J. The effects of direct brain stimulation in humans depend on frequency, amplitude, and white-matter proximity. Brain Stimul. 2020;13(5):1183-1195. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2020.05.009
Jobst BC, Bartolomei F, Diehl B, Frauscher B, Kahane P, Minotti L, Sharan A, Tardy N, Worrell G, Gotman J. Intracranial EEG in the 21st Century. Epilepsy Curr. 2020;20(4):180-188. doi:10.1177/1535759720934852
Bensken WP, Navale SM, Andrew AS, Jobst BC, Sajatovic M, Koroukian SM. Delays and disparities in diagnosis for adults with epilepsy: Findings from U.S. Medicaid data. Epilepsy Res. 2020;166:106406. doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106406
Weidemann CT, Kragel JE, Lega BC, Worrell GA, Sperling MR, Sharan AD, Jobst BC, Khadjevand F, Davis KA, Wanda PA, Kadel A, Rizzuto DS, Kahana MJ. Neural activity reveals interactions between episodic and semantic memory systems during retrieval. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2019;148(1):1-12. doi:10.1037/xge0000480
Solomon EA, Stein JM, Das S, Gorniak R, Sperling MR, Worrell G, Inman CS, Tan RJ, Jobst BC, Rizzuto DS, Kahana MJ. Dynamic Theta Networks in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe Support Episodic Memory. Curr Biol. 2019;29(7):1100-1111.e4. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.020
Quon R, Andrew A, Schmidt S, Escoffery C, Schommer L, Chu F, Henninger H, Nagle K, Streltzov N, Jobst B. Self-management practices associated with quality of life for adults with epilepsy. J Neurol. Published online August 14, 2019. doi:10.1007/s00415-019-09503-w
Meisenhelter S, Testorf ME, Gorenstein MA, Hasulak NR, Tcheng TK, Aronson JP, Jobst BC. Cognitive tasks and human ambulatory electrocorticography using the RNS System. J Neurosci Methods. 2019;311:408-417. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.09.026