About
Dr Susan Ho
Dr Susan Ho is a neurologist with
sub-specialty interest in epilepsy and migraines
I graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Queensland. I am a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) with specialist qualification in Neurology since 1994. I have had 3 years of sub-specialty training in Epileptology through an Epilepsy Fellowship at Austin Health in Melbourne, working with Professor Samuel Berkovic. This was followed by a post-doctorate Epilepsy Fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA. I have conducted research work in the field of epileptology and obtained a Doctor of Medicine (MD) through submission of a research thesis entitled “Functional Neuroimaging in the Symptomatic Partial Epilepsies”. This work has immediate application for the pre-surgical evaluation of patients with medically refractory focal epilepsy.
Publications
1. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, Newton MR, et al. Parietal lobe epilepsy: clinical features and seizure localisation by ictal SPECT. Neurology 1994; 44: 2277-2284
2. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, Berlangieri SU, et al. Comparison of ictal SPECT and interictal PET in the presurgical evaluation of temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol 1995; 37: 738-745
3. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, McKay WJ, et al. Temporal lobe epilepsy subtypes: differential patterns of cerebral perfusion on ictal SPECT. Epilepsia 1996; 37:788-795
4. Ho SS, Newton MR, McIntosh AM, et al. Perfusion patterns during temporal lobe seizures: relationship to surgical outcome. Brain 1997; 120: 1921`-1928
5. Ho SS, Kuzniecky RI. Algorithm on the clinical evaluation of epilepsy. J Neuroimag 1997; 7: 236-241
6. Ho SS, Kuzniecky RI, Gilliam F, et al. Congenital porencephaly and hippocampal sclerosis: clinical features and epileptic spectrum. Neurology 1997; 49: 1382-1388
7. Ho SS, Kuzniecky RI, Gilliam F, et al. Congenital porencephaly : MRI features and relationship to hippocampal abnormality. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998; 19: 135-141
8. Ho SS, Kuzniecky RI, Gilliam F, et al. Temporal lobe developmental malformations and epilepsy: dual pathology and bilateral hippocampal abnormalities. Neurology 1998; 50: 748-754
9.Kuzniecky RI, Hetherington H, Ho SS, et al. Topiramate increases cerebral GABA in healthy humans. Neurology 1998; 51: 627-629
10. Ho SS, Consalvo D, Gilliam F, et al. Amygdala atrophy and seizure outcome after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. Neurology 1998; 51: 1502-1504
11. Martin R, Kuzniecky RI, Ho SS, et al. Cognitive effects of topiramate, gabapentin, and lamotrigine in healthy young adults. Neurology 1999; 52: 321-327
12. Kuzniecky RI, Ho SS, Martin R, et al. Temporal lobe developmental malformations and hippocampal sclerosis: epilepsy surgical outcome. Neurology 1999; 52: 479-484
13. Martin R, Dowler R, Ho SS, et al. Cognitive consequences of coexisting temporal lobe developmental malformations and hippocampal sclerosis. Neurology 1999; 53: 709-715
14. Kuzniecky R, Ho S, Pan J, et al. Modulation of cerebral GABA by topiramate, lamotrigine and gabapentin in healthy adults. Neurology 2002; 58: 368-372.
15. Lawn N, Laich E, Ho SS, et al. Eclampsia, Hippocampal Sclerosis and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Accident or Association? Neurology 2003; 016121
16. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, Newton MR, et al. In Tc-HMPAO SPECT findings in parietal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 1993; 34 (Suppl): 112
17. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, Newton MR, et al. Clinical patterns and localisation of parietal lobe seizures. Aust NZ J Med 1993; 23: 579
18. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, McKay WJ, et al. Subtypes of temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical and ictal Tc-HMPAO SPECT analysis. Aust NZ J Med 1994; 24: 613
19. Ho SS, Berkovic SF, McKay, WJ, et al. Ictal SPECT shows different perfusion patterns in subtypes of temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 1994; 35 (Suppl 8): S20.
20. Berlangieri SU, Ho SS, Newton MR, et al. Functional imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy: comparison of ictal SPECT and interictal PET. Epilepsia 1994; 35 (Suppl 8): S20
21. Ho SS, Berkovic, Newton MR, et al. Ictal SPECT perfusion patterns and actuarial analysis of outcome after temporal lobectomy. Epilepsia 1995; 36 (Suppl): S131.
22. Berlangieri SU, Ho SS, Newton MR, et al. Comparison of qualitative and semi-quantitative analysis of inter-ictal FDG-PET studies in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 1995; 36 (Suppl 3): S140.
23. Ho SS, Kuzniecky RI, Gilliam F, et al. Congenital porencephaly an]d hippocampal abnormalities. Epilepsia 1997; 38 (Suppl 8): S138.
24. Ho SS, Kuzniecky RI, Gilliam F, et al. Temporal lobe developmental malformations and bilateral hippocampal abnormalities. Epilepsia 1997; 38 (Suppl 8): S132
25. Ho S, Darby D, Bear N. Cognitive effects of onabotulinumtoxinA in chronic migraine. BMJ Neurology Open 2020; 2:e000014.doi:10.1136/bmjno-20
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