Prakash Kotagal, MD
Primary Location
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
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- 216.445.6813
Additional Locations
Neurology
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Directions
- Appointment:
- 216.636.5860
- Desk:
- 216.445.8124
- Fax:
- 216.445.6813
Treatment & Services
- Center for Pediatric Epilepsy
- Clinical Drug Trials
- Clinical Trials
- Epilepsy Pharmacotherapy with Call Office
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Epilepsy Surgery and Video EEG Evaluation
- Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
- Epilepsy Surgery in Children
- First Seizure Assessment
- Pediatric Neuroscience
- Polysomnogram
- Specialized EEG with Subdural Grids
- Surgery in Brain Malformations
- Vagal Nerve Stimulation
- Video EEG Monitoring
- Wada Test
Specialty in Diseases & Conditions
- Benign Focal Epilepsies and Variants
- Doose Syndrome
- Dravet Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Infantile Spasm
- Ketogenic Diet
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Lissencephaly
- Medically Refractory Status Epilepticus
- Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Non-Epileptic Seizure
- Pediatric Epilepsy
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Pediatric Sleep Disorders
- Rasmussen Encephalitis
- Seizures
- Seizures - Febrile
- Sleep and Epilepsy Issues
- Status Epilepticus (Continuous Seizures)
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
- Women's Health and Epilepsy
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View All PlansAbout Prakash Kotagal, MD
Prakash Kotagal, MD, is a member of the Pediatric Epilepsy Section at Cleveland Clinic.
His research interests include epilepsy surgery, vagus nerve stimulation, seizure symptomatology and the relationship between sleep and epilepsy.
He attended medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute in Pondicherry, India, and received his medical degree from the University of Madras. He received his training in pediatrics at St. Louis University and pediatric neurology at Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Kotagal went on to complete fellowships in EEG, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at Cleveland Clinic, and he also trained in pediatric sleep disorders at Children’s Hospital, Boston.
He has published many papers in journals such as Neurology, Epilepsia, Epilepsy Research, Archives of Neurology, Journal of Pediatric Neurology, Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology, Seminars in Pediatric Neurology and Seizure.
He is also editor of the textbook "The Epilepsies: Etiologies & Prevention," and he has also written many book chapters related to epilepsy and sleep. He is on the advisory board of the Epilepsy Association in Cleveland.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
1989
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Epilepsy Fellowship
Cleveland,
OH USA
1988
Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Training Program
Cleveland,
OH USA
1988
Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Child Neurology
Cleveland,
OH USA
1986
Residency - Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Pediatrics
St. Louis,
MO USA
1983
Residency - St. Louis University Hospital
Pediatrics
St. Louis,
MO USA
1982
Residency - All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Internal Medicine
New Delhi, India,
IN USA
1981
Internship - Jawaharlal Nehru Institute
Puducherry, India,
IN USA
1979
Medical Education - University of Madras, Jawaharlal Institute, Pondicherry
MD
Pondicherry,
In USA
1978
Medical Education - Jawaharlal Nehru Institute, Pondicherry, India (University of Madras)
Puducherry, India,
IN USA
Certifications
- Pediatrics
- Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Sleep Medicine
- Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy
- Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
- Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Neurology - Epilepsy
Specialty Interests
children with complex epilepsies, children with epilepsy and Sturge Weber Syndrome, children with first seizure, clinical drug trials, diagnostic video EEG for pediatric seizure disorders, EEG, Epilepsy, epilepsy and epilepsy surgery in children and adolescents, Epilepsy surgery and medical treatment of epilepsy in children, invasive EEG monitoring for pre-surgical evaluations, Pediatric Epilepsy, pediatric epilepsy and epilepsy surgery, Rasmussen's encephalitis and medically refractory status epilepticus., Seizure disorder treatment and surgery in brain malformations, seizure manifestations, Sturge Weber syndrome, the relationship between sleep and epilepsy, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, vagus nerve stimulation, Video EEG, pediatric sleep disorders
Awards & Honors
- 1989 Peskind Award, Cleveland Clinic for best scientific paper
- 2008 Honoree Epilepsy Association of Northeast Ohio
Research & Publications
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Explains | 4.6 | |
Listens | 5 | |
Courtesy, Respect & Concern | 4.7 | |
Time Spent with Patient | 4.2 | |
Patient Rating of Doctor | 4.7 |
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Reviewed on Oct 12, 2023
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Reviewed on Sep 12, 2023
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Reviewed on Aug 22, 2023
We love Dr. Kotagal
Reviewed on Jun 20, 2023
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Reviewed on Jun 6, 2023
The doctor was very nice. He was great at listening to my concerns. I was happy with his suggestions at the visit.
Reviewed on May 10, 2023
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Reviewed on Mar 6, 2023
Dr.Kotagal and staff are the Best!!!Thanks
Reviewed on Mar 6, 2023
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Reviewed on Jan 3, 2023
I have been taking my daughter to Dr. Kotagal for many years now. He is very caring and very thorough. The best ever!!
Reviewed on Nov 21, 2022
We love Dr. Kotagal. He's awesome!