Benjamin Cullen Kennedy, MD
Independent provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Kennedy is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Baumgartner M, Tomlinson SB, Galligan K, Kennedy BC Minimally-Invasive Anterior Skull Base Approaches for Epilepsy in Children , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting: 2025


Patrick Davis, Samuel B. Tomlinson, Caren Armstrong, Benjamin C. Kennedy, Eric D. Marsh A Novel Method of Characterizing Seizure Onset Using Dynamic Response to Direct Electrical Stimulation , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting: 2025


Tomlinson SB, Davis P, Armstrong C, Kennedy BC, Marsh ED. Exogenous activation of interictal spike networks via single-pulse electrical stimulation in children. , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting: 2025


Michaela A. Stamm, Jack O’Keefe Donohue, Alyssa Ailion, Jurriaan Peters, Dana Martino, Giovana Stefanini, Melissa Chua, Won Seok Chang, Heung Dong Kim, Seung Woo Hong, Jinu Rim, Diwas Gautam, Shervin Rahimpour, Jasmine Hect, Emily Hartford, Taylor Abel, Jonathan Roth, Vanessa Colares, Arthur Cukiert, Megan Votoupal, Sandi Lam, Sarah Ferrand Sorbets, Shaimae Afifi, Jignesh Tailor, Rupa Radhakrishnan, Alexander Weil, Emma Macdonald-Laurs, Kenneth Myers, Mustafa Motiwala, Alister Virkler, Shanique Doyle, Benjamin Kennedy, Chien Chen, Lily Wong-Kisiel, Aaron E.L. Warren, John D. Rolston The multi-center callosotomy outcomes registry (M-CORE) , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting: 2025


Daan A. Pijs, Ellen C. Broekhuizen, Ivan Sanchez Fernandez, Gillian N. Miller, Mattheus D. Soldatelli, Simon K. Warfield, Mustafa Sahin, Catherine J. Chu, Elizabeth A Kinard, Martina Bebin, Ismail Mohamed, Rohini Coorg, Anne Anderson, Stephanie C. Randle, Murat Oztek, Katherine S. Taub, Benjamin C. Kennedy, Sarah Weatherspoon, Nir Shimony, Rajsekar R. Rajaraman, Joyce Y. Wu, Darcy A. Krueger, Hope Northrup, Jeffrey P. Blount, Aria Fallah, Scellig Stone, Howard Weiner, Jurriaan M. Peters; TACERN Study Group Multicenter Study of Epilepsy Surgery in Pediatric Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Does Technique Impact Outcome? , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting: 2025


Baumgartner M, Tomlinson SB, Galligan K, Kennedy BC Associations Between Fever Following Hemispherotomy, Surgeon Experience, and Increased CSF Protein , J Neurosurg Pediatr: 2025


Andrew E Becker, Nicholas S Abend, Giulia M Benedetti, Sandra D W Buttram, Melissa G Chung, Jennifer C Erklauer, Stuart H Friess, Sue J Hong, Jimmy Huh, Matthew P Kirschen, Kerri L LaRovere, Marlina E Lovett, Michelle E Schober, Kristen A Smith, Katie Wolfe, Adrian D Zurca, Alexis A Topjian, Donald L Boyer; Collaborators Neurocritical Care Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Education and Professional Development: Standardizing Curriculum, Training, and Assessment , Pediatr Crit Care Med: 2025


Kathleen Galligan, Jennifer Boisseau, Theresa Byrd, Benjamin Kennedy Epilepsy Surgery with Style: Inclusive Options for All Hair Types After Brain Surgery , Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Breakthrough Makers Summit: 2025


Samuel B. Tomlinson, Patrick Davis, Caren Armstrong, Michael E. Baumgartner, Benjamin C. Kennedy, Eric D. Marsh Interictal Spikes and Evoked Cortical Potentials Share Common Spatiotemporal Constraints in Human Epilepsy , Front Netw Physiol, 5: 2025,1602124


Galligan K, Boisseau J, Byrd T, Kennedy BC Epilepsy Surgery with Style: Inclusive Options for All Hair Types After Brain Surgery , 3rd Annual CHOP DEI Breakthrough Makers Summit: 2025