James W. Wheless, M.D.
Professor and Chief
Department of Pediatric Neurology
Chair
Divison of Pediatric Neurology
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Director
Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Director
Le Bonheur Neuroscience Center
Clinical Director and Chief
Department of Pediatric Neurology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Pediatric Neurology
777 Washington Avenue, Suite 335
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: (901) 287-5207
Fax: (901) 287-5325
Email: James W. Wheless
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Education
- M.D. Institution: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
- Residency & Fellowship Training: University of Oklahoma Tulsa Medical College, Tulsa; Child Neurology Fellow, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago; EEG/Epilepsy Fellow, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Research Interests
My interests are seizure disorders and epilepsy in children and adolescents. This includes drug therapy, the ketogenic diet, epilepsy surgery, vagus nerve stimulation and magnetoencephalography.
Representative Publications
- Wheless JW, Almoazen H. A Novel Topical Rapamycin Cream for the Treatment of Facial Angiofibromas in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. J Child Neurol. 2013 May 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23680945.
- Taylor DR, Wait SD, Wheless JW, Boop FA. Amygdalar neuromelanosis intractable epilepsy without leptomeningeal involvement. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 May 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23641959.
- Caron E, Morgan R, Wheless JW. An Unusual Cause of Flaccid Paralysis and Coma: Baclofen Overdose. J Child Neurol. 2013 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23481445.
- Ng YT, Conry J, Paolicchi J, Kernitsky L, Mitchell W, Drummond R, Isojarvi J, Lee D, Owen R; OV-1004 study investigators. Long-term safety and efficacy of clobazam for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: interim results of an open-label extension study. Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Dec;25(4):687-94. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.039. Epub 2012 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 23141144.
- Wheless JW, Phelps SJ. Clobazam: a newly approved but well-established drug for the treatment of intractable epilepsy syndromes. J Child Neurol. 2013 Feb;28(2):219-29. doi: 10.1177/0883073812463609. Epub 2012 Oct 30. PubMed PMID: 23112237.
- Wheless JW, Gibson PA, Rosbeck KL, Hardin M, O'Dell C, Whittemore V, Pellock JM. Infantile spasms (West syndrome): update and resources for pediatricians and providers to share with parents. BMC Pediatr. 2012 Jul 25;12:108. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-108. Review. PubMed PMID: 22830456; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3411499.
