Brian Litt, MD

Neurology
Sees patients age 16 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Perelman Professor of Neurology
  • Professor of Neurology in Neurosurgery

My education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English
עברית
Hebrew
Français
French

Reviews

Average Rating

77 reviews

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Anonymous
April 2026
he does a thorough job
Anonymous
April 2026
excellent doctor.
Anonymous
March 2026
he is an excellent, caring doctor that takes the time to listen to his patients.
Anonymous
February 2026
dr. litt is an amazing dr. and truly cares for you as a patient

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

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. Litt is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Galer PD, McKee JL, Ruggiero SM, Kaufman MC, Ojemann WKS, McSalley I, Ganesan S, Gonzalez AK, Cao Q, Litt B, Helbig I, Conrad EC. Quantitative EEG Biomarkers in the Genetic Epilepsies and Associations With Neurologic Outcomes , Neurology, 105: 2025,e214148

Vizcarra JA, Hefter K, Lafontant DE, Duong MT, Ertefaie A, Litt B, Bassett DS, Siderowf A; Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative. Fall Frequency, Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Analysis , medRxiv: 2025

Sheybani L, Vivekananda U, Sinha N, Conrad E, Litt B, Burgess N, Bush D, Walker MC. Dynamic Interplay Between Wake Slow Waves and Epileptiform Discharges in the Epileptogenic Zone , Neurology, 105: 2025,e214001

Ojemann WKS, Armstrong C, Pattnaik A, Petillo N, Josyula M, Daum A, Zhou DJ, LaRocque J, Korzun J, Kulick-Soper CV, Cornblath EJ, Damaraju S, Shinohara RT, Marsh ED, Davis KA, Litt B, Conrad EC. Can electrical stimulation replace spontaneous seizures in epilepsy surgery? , medRxiv: 2025

Ghosn NJ, Walsh K, Xie K, Aguila C, Pattnaik A, Ma D, Krieger A, Conrad E, Litt B. Inter-ictal spike rates are not modulated by anti-seizure medication taper in the epilepsy monitoring unit: a tale of two confounders , J Neural Eng: 2025

Xie K, Korzun J, Zhou DJ, Chang E, Ghosn NJ, Lavelle S, Oganisian A, Acton EK, Gelfand MA, Roth D, Litt B, Ellis CA. Comparative effectiveness of anti-seizure medications in emulated trials using medical informatics , Brain: 2025

Xu Z, Scheid BH, Conrad EC, Davis KA, Ganguly T, Gelfand MA, Gugger JJ, Jiang X, LaRocque JJ, Ojemann WKS, Sinha SR, Waldman GJ, Wagenaar J, Sinha N, Litt B. Annotating neurophysiologic data at scale with optimized human input , J Neural Eng, 22: 2025,046003

Lamberta LK, Asmar M, Fredwall MM, Ahrens SM, Bai S, Eisner M, Lado FA, Schuele SU, Clarke DF, Abdelmoity AT, Davis KA, Hopp JL, Koubeissi MZ, Bensalem Owen MK, Herman ST, Ostendorf AP; NAEC Center Director Study Group. Status Epilepticus Protocol Variation Across Accredited National Association of Epilepsy Centers Members , Neurology, 104: 2025,e213689

Ojemann WKS, Xie K, Liu K, Chang E, Roth D, Litt B, Ellis CA. Zero-Shot Extraction of Seizure Outcomes from Clinical Notes Using Generative Pretrained Transformers , J Healthc Inform Res, 9: 2025,380-400

Aguila CA, Lucas A, Lavelle S, Pattnaik AR, Kim J, Ojemann WKS, Ma D, Josyula M, Petillo N, LaRocque JJ, Sinha SR, Ellis CA, Parashos A, Gleichgerrcht E, Davis KA, Litt B, Conrad EC. Mesial-to-lateral gradients of epileptiform activity to localize mesial temporal lobe epilepsy , Epilepsia: 2025

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