James J. Gugger, Jr., MD, PharmD

Neurology

4.8 with 65 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

James J. Gugger, Jr., MD, PharmD

Neurology

4.8 with 65 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Gugger is a Penn Medicine physician.

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EEG Test (Electroencephalography)
Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)
First Seizure Clinic
Grand Mal Seizures
New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
Post-Traumatic Seizure
Seizure
Status Epilepticus
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Absence Epilepsy
Ambulatory EEG
Anticonvulsant Toxicity
Brain Function Mapping
Concussive Seizure
Convulsion
Cryptogenic Epilepsy
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
EEG Test (Electroencephalography)
Epilepsia Partialis Continua
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Medication Management
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (Emu)
Epileptic Confusional State
Epileptic Twilight State
Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery
Familial Epilepsy
Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)
Febrile Seizure
First Seizure Clinic
Focal Resection Brain Surgery
Focal Seizure
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Generalized Seizure
Grand Mal Seizures
Hypothalamic Hamartoma
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Maternal Seizures
Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
Myoclonic Seizures
Myoclonus (Involuntary Muscle Twitch)
Neuropace
New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
Non Epileptic Event (NES)
Occipital Lobe Epilepsy
Parietal Lobe Epilepsy
Petit Mal Seizure
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
Post-Traumatic Seizure
Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
Pseudoseizure
Responsive Neurostimulation System (RNS® Therapy)
Seizure
Simple Partial Seizures
Staring
Status Epilepticus
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Vagal Nerve Stimulator
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
Visualase MRI-Guided Laser Ablation
Wada Testing

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Gugger is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Neurology, 2019
Psych & Neurology/Epilepsy (AMA)

Education and Training

Medical School: State University of New York
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Neurology University City

Penn Medicine University City
8th Floor
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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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.

Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
Multiplan
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Emmert BE, Xie K, Conrad EC, Ghosn NJ, Bauman K, Korzun J, Kulick-Soper CV, Naveed O, Hartmann N, LaRocque JJ, Mindy Ganguly T, Gugger JJ, Raghupathi R, Gelfand MA, Davis KA, Sinha SR, Litt B, Shinohara RT, Ellis CA: Alcohol for seizure induction in the epilepsy monitoring unit Epilepsy Behav : 2024.

Schneider ALC, Law CA, Gottesman RF, Krauss G, Huang J, Kucharska-Newton A, Jensen FE, Gugger JJ, Diaz-Arrastia R, Johnson EL: Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk JAMA Neurol : 2024.

Sinha N, Gugger JJ.: Towards a Patient-Specific Readout of Neurodegeneration: The Case for Spatial Normative Modeling in Alzheimer Disease Neurology : 2023.

Panahi S, Kennedy E, Roghani A, VegaYon G, VanCott A, Gugger JJ, Raquel Lopez M, Jo Pugh M.: Veteran perspectives of epilepsy care: Impact of Veteran satisfaction, knowledge, and proactivity Epilepsy & Behavior : 2023.

Gugger JJ, Sinha N, Huang Y, Walter AE, Lynch C, Kalyani P, Smyk N, Sandsmark D, Diaz-Arrastia R, Davis KA.: Structural brain network deviations predict recovery after traumatic brain injury Neuroimage Clin 38 : 103392,2023.

Ghosn NJ, Xie K, Pattnaik AR, Gugger JJ, Ellis CA, Sweeney E, Fox E, Bernabei JM, Johnson J, Boccanfuso J, Litt B, Conrad EC.: A pharmacokinetic model of antiseizure medication load to guide care in the epilepsy monitoring unit Epilepsia : 2023.

Gugger JJ, Walter AE, Parker D, Sinha N, Morrison J, Ware J, Schneider ALC, Petrov D, Sandsmark DK, Verma R, Diaz-Arrastia R: Longitudinal Abnormalities in White Matter Extracellular Free Water Volume Fraction and Neuropsychological Functioning in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury J Neurotrauma : 2023.

Gugger JJ, Walter AE, Diaz-Arrastia R, Huang J, Jack CR, Reid R, Kucharska-Newton AM, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC, Johnson EL: Association between structural brain MRI abnormalities and epilepsy in older adults Ann Clin Transl Neurol : 2023.

Brennan DJ, Duda J, Ware JB, Whyte J, Choi JY, Gugger J, Focht K, Walter AE, Bushnik T, Gee JC, Diaz-Arrastia R, Kim JJ: Spatiotemporal profile of atrophy in the first year following moderate-severe traumatic brain injury Human Brain Mapping : 2023.

Sloka S. Iyengar, Laura S. Lubbers, Lauren Harte-Hargrove, CURE Epilepsy Post-Traumatic Initiative Advisors, and Investigators: A team science approach for the preclinical and clinical characterization and biomarker development for posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) Epilepsia Open : 2023.

Academic Contact Information

Penn Epilepsy Center
Department of Neurology
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Neurology, National
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, National
American Epilepsy Society, National
American Neurological Association, National
Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium, International
Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Local
International Initiative for Traumatic Brain Injury Research, International
NINDS Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Common Data Elements Working Group, National