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

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

My research

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


Tomlinson SB, Galligan K, Kessler SK, Kennedy BC Two-year outcomes following modified transsylvian peri-insular hemispherotomy , Childs Nerv Syst.: 2025


Singh S, Armstrong C, Melamed S, Galligan K, Han M, DiGiovine M, Kessler SK, Kennedy BC Safety Profile of Intracranial Neuromodulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children , J Neurosurg Pediatr, 71(Supplement_1): 2025,183


Murugesan R, Kennedy BC Surgical Complications and Admission Rates After Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Children , American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting: 2025


Tomlinson SB, Davis P, Armstrong C, Whitney R, Kennedy BC, Marsh ED Hypersynchronous Epileptic Network Activity Revealed by Interictal Spike Propagation and Cortico-cortical Evoked Potentials , American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting: 2025


Tomlinson SB, Kennedy BC, Marsh ED Co-activation of interictal epileptiform discharges localizes seizure onset zone and fluctuates with brain state , Brain Commun: 2025


Baumgartner M, Galligan K, Flanders T, Madsen P, Tucker AM, Kennedy BC Burr Hole Hemispherotomy: Case Series , Oper Neurosurg: 2025,10.1227/ons.0000000000001527


Ziechmann R, Galligan K, Digiovine M, Marsh ED, Kennedy BC Multiple subpial transections with concomitant responsive neurostimulation of the insula: illustrative case , J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 9(13): 2025,CASE24445


Samuel B. Tomlinson, Michael Baumgartner, Timothy R. Darlington, Eric D. Marsh, Benjamin C. Kennedy Mapping the Epileptogenic Brain Using Low-Frequency Stimulation: Two Decades of Advances and Uncertainties , J Clin Med: 2025


Baumgartner M, Galligan K, Baumgartner J, Kessler SK, Kennedy BC Salvage Trans-Sylvian Peri-Insular Hemispherotomy After Embolic Hemispherectomy , Ann Child Neurol Soc, 2025: 2025,1-5