Piotr W. Olejniczak, MD, PhD

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	Piotr W. Olejniczak, MD, PhD Director, LSU Epilepsy Center of Excellence Adult Epilepsy Core Director Associate Professor of Neurology Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, West Jefferson Hospital LSU Epilepsy Clinic 2820 Napoleon Ave. Suite 700 New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 412-1517 Fax: (504) 412-1518 polejn@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	MD - 1978 Medical School in Wroclaw, Poland PhD Pathology - 1984 Medical School in Wroclaw, Poland
Bio	Piotr Olejniczak, MD is an Associate Professor of Neurology with tenure at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and sleep medicine. He is currently the Director of the Epilepsy Center of Excellence at the LSUHSC in New Orleans and the Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at WestJeffersonMedicalCenter. Dr. Olejniczak also serves as Director of an ACGME accredited Clinical Neurophysiology Residency (fellowship) program at LSUHSC. Dr. Olejniczak earned his medical degree and PhD from the MedicalSchool in Wroclaw, Poland. He completed his internship at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, residency in neurology at the University of Cincinnati Hospital, and fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at the LSUMedicalCenter in New Orleans. He is a former senior Fulbright scholar with fellowship in Neurosciences at the University of California San Diego in 1985/1986. Dr. Olejniczak has written more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and reviews during his career. His research interests include applications of quantitative EEG and MRI analysis in clinical epileptology. He serves as an examiner for the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Olejniczak is a member of several organizations, including the AMA, AmericanAcademy of Neurology, and AmericanAcademy of Sleep Medicine.
Selected Publications	B.J. Fisch and P. Olejniczak, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures, In: The Treatment of Epilepsy. Principles and Practice. Ed. Elaine Wyllie. 4th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Chapter 19, pp. 279-304, 2006. P. Olejniczak, Neurophysiologic basis of EEG, J Clin Neurophysiol 23(3);186-189, 2006. Butterbaugh G, Olejniczak P, Roques B, Costa R, Rose M, Fisch B, Carey M, Thomson J & Skinner J, Lateralization of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Learning Disabilities, as Defined by Disability-Related Civil Rights Law., Epilepsia 45(8);963-970, 2004. Olejniczak P, Kwasik S, Fisch B, Carey M, Butterbaugh G and Rejniak K, Non-linear analysis enhances sensitivity of EEG as recorded from scalp and subdural electrodes for detection of VNS-induced power spectrum changes., J Clin Neurophysiol 20(3);213-214, 2003. P. Olejniczak, B. J. Fisch, M. Carey, et al., Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on epileptiform activity recorded from hippocampal depth electrodes, Epilepsia 42(3):423-429, 2001. P. Olejniczak, J. England, M. Carey, The effect of vagus nerve stimulation upon EEG as recorded from occipital subdural electrodes in a human case, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology ISSN 1526-8748, 2000.
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Director, LSU Epilepsy Center of Excellence Adult Epilepsy Core Director Associate Professor of Neurology Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, West Jefferson Hospital

Director, LSU Epilepsy Center of Excellence
Adult Epilepsy Core Director
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, West Jefferson Hospital