Emily Louise Johnson, MD, MPH

Physician’s Office Phone

410-550-0630

Physician’s Office Fax

410-550-0539

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Neurology

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Epilepsy Center
• Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Center for

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Modifiable Midlife Risk Factors Linked to Late-Onset Epilepsy, MPR (July 25, 2018)

  How to prevent late-onset epilepsy when you’re in your 40s, ABC Radio National (August 6, 2018)

  Epilepsy Late in Life, Hopkins Medicine (January 08, 2019)

  Emily Johnson, MD, on Late-Onset Epilepsy, Neurology Learning Network 

Research Interests

New-onset Unexplained Epilepsy in Older Adults

Research Summary

I have a research interest in new-onset, unexplained seizures in older adults (without a history of stroke or dementia to explain the seizures). My work focuses on understanding the risk factors for and cognitive implications of seizures in this population, as well as how best to treat these seizures. Patients with unexplained seizures starting at age 55 or older who are interested in participating in research may email CLUEStudy@jh.edu. Patients seeking clinical care should call 410-955-9441.

Multicenter CLUE study website: https://clue.mgh.harvard.edu/

I am also interested in the optimal management of epilepsy in women of childbearing age, particularly in managing epilepsy during pregnancy and catamenial epilepsy.

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1pQ-picP7gM5n/bibliography/public/

Selected Publications

• Johnson EL, Burke A, Wang A, and Pennell PB. “Unintended pregnancy, prenatal care, and breastfeeding in women with epilepsy: Results from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).” Neurology. 2018;91(11):e1031-e1039

• Johnson EL, Krauss GK, Lee AK, Schneider ALC, Dearborn JL, Kucharska-Newton AM, Huang J, Alonso A, and Gottesman RF. “Association between midlife risk factors and late-onset epilepsy: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.” JAMA Neurology. 2018;75(11):1375-1382

• Johnson EL, Krauss GL, Kucharska-Newton A, Albert Marilyn S, Brandt J, Walker KA, Yasar S, Knopman DS, Vossel K, and Gottesman RF. “Dementia in late-onset epilepsy: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.” Neurology. 2020:95(24):e3248-e3256

• Johnson EL, Krauss GL, Walker KA, Brandt J, Kucharska-Newton A, Mosley TH, Yasar S, and Gottesman RF. “Late-onset Epilepsy and 25-year Cognitive Change: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.” Epilepsia. 2020:61(8):1764-1773

• Ma GJ, Yadav S, Kaplan PW, and Johnson EL. “New-Onset Epilepsy in Women with First Time Seizure During Pregnancy.” Seizure. 2020:80:42-45

Honors

• Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society, American Epilepsy Society, 12/5/21
• AES Junior Investigator Award, American Epilepsy Society, 7/1/20
• Synergy Award, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 11/11/17

Memberships

• American Epilepsy Foundation
• American Academy of Neurology