Kan Ding, M.D.

Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Neurology
Epilepsy & Seizures

Biography

Kan Ding, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she is also a practicing neurologist who specializes in treating patients with epilepsy.

Dr. Ding earned her medical degree at Peking Union Medical College in China. She then completed a residency in neurology and a fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

In her medical practice and research, Dr. Ding focuses on neurocritical care and post-traumatic epilepsy, which involves finding better ways to treat and rehabilitate patients who’ve developed epilepsy after a traumatic brain injury. She also explores ways to improve ICU EEG monitoring, evaluations for epilepsy surgery, and cerebral functional connectivity.

Meet Dr. Ding

Neurologist Specializing in Epilepsy in Dallas

For Kan Ding, M.D., treating patients with epilepsy is not just about treating the medical condition – it’s about treating the whole patient.

“We need to treat the patient as a whole person,” says Dr. Ding, who received advanced training in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at UT Southwestern. “Patients who come to an epileptologist like me for seizure control often also suffer from a lot of other complications. Our goal is to improve their quality of life as a whole.”

While she sees patients with all types and manifestations of epilepsy, Dr. Ding has special expertise evaluating patients with intractable epilepsy – that which cannot be treated with medication – and patients with post-traumatic epilepsy, or epilepsy that develops as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Dr. Ding is also committed to clinical research and works closely with other specialists at UT Southwestern to study better ways to diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate patients with epilepsy.

Education & Training

Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012-2013), Epilepsy/clinical Neurophysiology
Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2008-2012), Neurology
Medical School - Peking Union Medical College (1989-1997)

Books & Publications

Publications
- Correction to: Recording of pig neuronal activity in the comparative context of the awake human brain (Scientific Reports, (2022), 12, 1, (15503), 10.1038/s41598-022-19688-2)
  Dobariya A, El Ahmadieh TY, Good LB, Hernandez-Reynoso AG, Jakkamsetti V, Brown R, Dunbar M, Ding K, Luna J, Kallem RR, Putnam WC, Shelton JM, Evers BM, Azami A, Geramifard N, Cogan SF, Mickey B, Pascual JM Scientific reports 2024 Dec 14
- Prevalence of Cardiovascular Conditions After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comparison Between the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  Pinto SM, Thakur B, Kumar RG, Rabinowitz A, Zafonte R, Walker WC, Ding K, Driver S, Venkatesan UM, Moralez G, Bell KR Journal of the American Heart Association 2024 May 13
- Community-based exercise program, self-reported health-related symptoms, and quality of life in persons with traumatic brain injury 45 + years old
  Vargas GO, Neaves S, Pham T, Huang M, Turki AF, Wang C, Bell KR, Juengst SB, Zhang R, Li M, Driver S, Behbehani K, Hynan LS, Ding K NeuroRehabilitation 2024 Apr 54 373-381
- Age-related smartphone use patterns among individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury
  Truong D, Pham T, Hynan LS, Neaves S, Bell KR, Juengst SB, Zhang R, Driver S, Ding K Brain injury 2024 38 7-11
- Stereo-electroencephalographic seizure localization in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis: A single center experience
  Zhang B, Podkorytova I, Hays R, Perven G, Agostini M, Harvey J, Zepeda R, Alick-Lindstrom S, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Das R, Lega B, Ding K Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 2024 Jan 9 106-111
- Identification of Factors in Moderate-Severe TBI Related to a Functional Decline in Cognition Decades After Injury
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Dams-O'Connor K, Taiwo Z, Sander A, Venkatesan UM, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Hammond FM, Wilmoth K, Ding K, Bell K, Munro Cullum C Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2023 Nov 104 1865-1871
- Earables as Medical Devices: Opportunities and Challenges
  Aziz A, Karkar R, Ding K, Harvey J, Nguyen P 2023 Oct 339-341
- Plasma von Willebrand Factor Is Elevated Hyperacutely After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
  Thomas R, Lynch CE, Debad J, Campbell C, Chidomere O, Kilianski J, Ding K, Madden C, Sandsmark DK, Diaz-Arrastia R, Gatson JW Neurotrauma Reports 2023 Oct 4 655-662
- Biomarker-guided neuromodulation aids memory in traumatic brain injury
  Kahana MJ, Ezzyat Y, Wanda PA, Solomon EA, Adamovich-Zeitlin R, Lega BC, Jobst BC, Gross RE, Ding K, Diaz-Arrastia RR Brain Stimulation 2023 Jul 16 1086-1093
- Physical activity and perceived barriers in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury
  Pham T, Green R, Neaves S, Hynan LS, Bell KR, Juengst SB, Zhang R, Driver S, Ding K PM and R 2023 Jun 15 705-714
- Quantitative epileptiform burden and electroencephalography background features predict post-traumatic epilepsy
  Chen Y, Li S, Ge W, Jing J, Chen HY, Doherty D, Herman A, Kaleem S, Ding K, Osman G, Swisher CB, Smith C, Maciel CB, Alkhachroum A, Lee JW, Dhakar MB, Gilmore EJ, Sivaraju A, Hirsch LJ, Omay SB, Blumenfeld H, Sheth KN, Struck AF, Edlow BL, Westover MB, Kim JA Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and psychiatry 2023 Mar 94 245-249
- Stereo-EEG Evaluation and Surgical Treatment in Patients With Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy Associated With Nodular Heterotopia
  Durica SR, Caruso JP, Podkorytova I, Ding K, Hays R, Lega B, Perven G Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2023 Jan 40 17-26
- Author Correction: Recording of pig neuronal activity in the comparative context of the awake human brain (Scientific Reports, (2022), 12, 1, (15503), 10.1038/s41598-022-19688-2)
  Dobariya A, El Ahmadieh TY, Good LB, Hernandez‑Reynoso AG, Jakkamsetti V, Brown R, Dunbar M, Ding K, Luna J, Kallem RR, Putnam WC, Shelton JM, Evers BM, Azami A, Geramifard N, Cogan SF, Mickey B, Pascual JM Scientific reports 2022 Dec 12
- Recording of pig neuronal activity in the comparative context of the awake human brain
  Dobariya A, El Ahmadieh TY, Good LB, Hernandez-Reynoso AG, Jakkamsetti V, Brown R, Dunbar M, Ding K, Luna J, Kallem RR, Putnam WC, Shelton JM, Evers BM, Azami A, Geramifard N, Cogan SF, Mickey B, Pascual JM Scientific reports 2022 Dec 12
- Effects of psychiatric comorbidities in persons with epilepsy on recurrent emergency department visits
  Chuah A, Ding K, Morgado A, McCreary M, Zuberi F, Agostini M, Doyle A Epilepsy and Behavior 2022 Nov 136
- Carotid Arterial Compliance and Aerobic Exercise Training in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study
  Bogner J, Brenner L, Kurowski B, Malec J, Tomoto T, Le T, Tarumi T, Dieppa M, Bell K, Madden C, Zhang R, Ding K Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2022 Sep 37 263-271
- Neurological Prognostication After Hypoglycemic Coma: Role of Clinical and EEG Findings
  Author Collaboration ft, Bouyaknouden D, Peddada TN, Ravishankar N, Fatima S, Fong-Isariyawongse J, Gilmore EJ, Lee JW, Struck AF, Gaspard N, Struck AF, Husain AM, Fernandez A, Rodriguez-Ruiz A, Bagic A, Amin AF, Foreman B, Appavu BL, Maciel CB, Hahn CD, Nwankwo C, Rubinos CA, Wusthoff CJ, Amorim E, Gerard E, Ritzl EK, Drislane FW, Kapinos G, Chen H, Britton J, Szaflarski JP, Yoo JY, Lee JW, Ding K, Chapman K, Hirsch LJ, Huh LL, Westover MB, Holmes MG, Ng MC, Mizrahi MA, Abend NS, Gaspard N, Selioutski O, Taraschenko O, Mani R, Sainju RK, Hantus ST, Herman ST, LaRoche SM, Gofton TE Neurocritical Care 2022 Aug 37 273-280
- Usability of a two-way personalized mobile trainer system in a community-based exercise program for adults with chronic traumatic brain injury
  Ding K, Juengst SB, Neaves S, Turki A, Wang C, Huang M, Pham T, Behbehani K, Li M, Hynan L, Driver S, Zhang R, Bell KR Brain injury 2022 36 359-367
- Association of Posttraumatic Epilepsy with 1-Year Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury
  Burke J, Gugger J, Ding K, Kim JA, Foreman B, Yue JK, Puccio AM, Yuh EL, Sun X, Rabinowitz M, Vassar MJ, Taylor SR, Winkler EA, Deng H, McCrea M, Stein MB, Robertson CS, Levin HS, Dikmen S, Temkin NR, Barber J, Giacino JT, Mukherjee P, Wang KK, Okonkwo DO, Markowitz AJ, Jain S, Lowenstein D, Manley GT, Diaz-Arrastia R, Badjatia N, Duhaime AC, Feeser VR, Gaudette E, Gopinath S, Keene CD, Korley FK, Madden C, Merchant R, Schnyer D, Zafonte R JAMA Network Open 2021 Dec 4
- Hippocampal and rostral anterior cingulate blood flow is associated with affective symptoms in chronic traumatic brain injury
  Thomas BP, Tarumi T, Wang C, Zhu DC, Tomoto T, Munro Cullum C, Dieppa M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Bell K, Madden C, Zhang R, Ding K Brain Research 2021 Nov 1771
- Emergency department visits and readmissions in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) at a safety net hospital
  Ramamurthy S, Steven Brown L, Agostini M, Alick Lindstorm S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Hays R, Harvey J, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Zepeda R, Das RR Epilepsy and Behavior 2021 Sep 122
- Physical activity status and quality of life in patients with epilepsy – Survey from level four epilepsy monitoring units
  Green R, Abe C, Denney DA, Zhang R, Doyle A, Gadelmola K, Cullum CM, Simon J, Neaves S, Perven G, Dieppa M, Hays R, Agostini M, Ding K Epilepsy Research 2021 Jul 173
- Estimation of Heart Rate Variability Measures Using Apple Watch and Evaluating Their Accuracy: Estimation of Heart Rate Variability Measures Using Apple Watch
  Turki A, Behbehani K, Ding K, Zhang R, Li M, Bell KR 2021 Jun 565-574
- Emergent Admissions to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in the Setting of COVID-19 Pandemic-related, State-mandated Restrictions: Clinical Decision Making and Outcomes
  Zepeda R, Lee Y, Agostini M, Alick Lindstrom S, Dave H, Dieppa M, Ding K, Doyle A, Harvey J, Hays R, Perven G, Podkorytova I, Das RR Neurodiagnostic Journal 2021 61 95-103
- Biomarkers of memory variability in traumatic brain injury
  Adamovich-Zeitlin R, Wanda PA, Solomon E, Phan T, Lega B, Jobst BC, Gross RE, Ding K, Diaz-Arrastia R, Kahana MJ Brain Communications 2021 3
- A proof-of-concept trial of a community-based aerobic exercise program for individuals with traumatic brain injury
  Ding K, Tarumi Ph.D. T, Tomoto T, Bell KR, Madden C, Dieppa M, Cullum CM, Zhang S, Zhang R Brain injury 2021 35 233-240
- Non-lesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy requires bilateral invasive evaluation
  Perven G, Podkorytova I, Ding K, Agostini M, Alick S, Das R, Dave H, Dieppa M, Doyle A, Harvey J, Lega B, Zepeda R, Hays R Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2021 Jan 15
- ¹²³I-Iofluopane Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography as an Imaging Biomarker of Pre-Synaptic Dopaminergic System after Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
  Womack KB, Dubiel R, Callender L, Dunklin C, Dahdah M, Harris TS, Devous MD, Juengst SB, Bell K, Diaz-Arrastia R, Ding K Journal of neurotrauma 2020 Oct 37 2113-2119
- Impaired cerebral blood flow regulation in chronic traumatic brain injury
  Ding K, Tarumi T, Tomoto T, Mccolloster M, Le T, Dieppa M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Bell K, Madden C, Cullum CM, Zhang R Brain Research 2020 Sep 1743
- A wearable fitness tracking ecosystem for exercise therapy for traumatic brain injury patients
  Turki A, Ding K, Zhang R, Li M, Bell K, Behbehani K 2020 Jun 362-369
- Central autonomic network functional connectivity: correlation with baroreflex function and cardiovascular variability in older adults
  Ding K, Tarumi T, Wang C, Vernino S, Zhang R, Zhu DC Brain Structure and Function 2020 Jun 225 1575-1585
- Comparison of psychiatric comorbidities and impact on quality of life in patients with epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic spells
  Abe C, Denney D, Doyle A, Cullum M, Adams J, Perven G, Dave H, Dieppa M, Hays R, Agostini M, Ding K Epilepsy and Behavior 2020 Jan 102
- An Investigation of Heartrate Sensing Accuracy by Wrist-Worn Fitness Tracking Devices
  Turki AF, Jani MB, DIng K, Zhang R, Behbehani K 2019 Jul 3337-3340
- Assessing recent suicidal ideation and behavior in the adult epilepsy monitoring unit
  Husari KS, Blackburn KM, Ding K, Roaten K, Hays R Epilepsy and Behavior 2019 May 94 100-103
- Diagnostic Yield of 2-Hour EEG Is Similar with 30-Minute EEG in Patients with a Normal 30-Minute EEG
  Mahuwala Z, Ahmadi S, Bozoky Z, Hays R, Agostini M, Ding K Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2019 36 204-208
- Interictal epileptiform discharge detection in EEG in different practice settings
  Halford JJ, Westover MB, LaRoche SM, Macken MP, Kutluay E, Edwards JC, Bonilha L, Kalamangalam GP, Ding K, Hopp JL, Arain A, Dawson RA, Martz GU, Wolf BJ, Waters CG, Dean BC Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2018 35 375-380
- Neurological autoantibody prevalence in epilepsy of unknown etiology
  Dubey D, Alqallaf A, Hays R, Freeman M, Chen K, Ding K, Agostini M, Vernino S JAMA neurology 2017 Apr 74 397-402
- Arterial Pressure, Heart Rate, and Cerebral Hemodynamics Across the Adult Life Span
  Xing CY, Tarumi T, Meijers RL, Turner M, Repshas J, Xiong L, Ding K, Vongpatanasin W, Yuan LJ, Zhang R Hypertension 2017 Apr 69 712-720
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness and White Matter Neuronal Fiber Integrity in Mild Cognitive Impairment
  Ding K, Tarumi T, Zhu DC, Tseng BY, Thomas BP, Turner M, Repshas J, Kerwin DR, Womack KB, Lu H, Cullum CM, Zhang R Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2017 61 729-739
- Development and Feasibility Testing of a Critical Care EEG Monitoring Database for Standardized Clinical Reporting and Multicenter Collaborative Research
  Lee JW, LaRoche S, Choi H, Rodriguez Ruiz AA, Fertig E, Politsky JM, Herman ST, Loddenkemper T, Sansevere AJ, Korb PJ, Abend NS, Goldstein JL, Sinha SR, Dombrowski KE, Ritzl EK, Westover MB, Gavvala JR, Gerard EE, Schmitt SE, Szaflarski JP, Ding K, Haas KF, Buchsbaum R, Hirsch LJ, Wusthoff CJ, Hopp JL, Hahn CD Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2016 Apr 33 133-140
- Epilepsy after traumatic brain injury
  Ding K, Gupta PK, Diaz-Arrastia R 2016 Apr 299-313
- Temporal lobe volume predicts Wada memory test performance in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis
  Ding K, Gong Y, Modur PN, Diaz-Arrastia R, Agostini M, Gupta P, McColl R, Hays R, Van Ness P Epilepsy Research 2016 Feb 120 25-30
- Predictors of Postoperative Seizure Recurrence: A Longitudinal Study of Temporal and Extratemporal Resections
  Chen H, Modur P, Barot N, Van Ness PC, Agostini MA, Ding K, Gupta P, Hays R, Mickey B Epilepsy Research and Treatment 2016 2016
- Retrospective case series of the clinical features, management and outcomes of patients with autoimmune epilepsy
  Dubey D, Samudra N, Gupta P, Agostini M, Ding K, Van Ness PC, Vernino S, Hays R Seizure 2015 Jul 29 143-147
- Subtypes of post-traumatic epilepsy: Clinical, electrophysiological, and imaging features
  Gupta PK, Sayed N, Ding K, Agostini MA, Van Ness PC, Yablon S, Madden C, Mickey B, D'Ambrosio R, Diaz-Arrastia R Journal of neurotrauma 2014 Aug 31 1439-1443
- HIF-2α-haploinsufficient mice have blunted retinal neovascularization due to impaired expression of a proangiogenic gene battery
  Dioum EM, Clarke SL, Ding K, Repa JJ, Garcia JA Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2008 Jun 49 2714-2720
- Diffusion tensor tractography of traumatic diffuse axonal injury
  Wang JY, Bakhadirov K, Devous MD, Abdi H, McColl R, Moore C, Marquez De La Plata CD, Ding K, Whittemore A, Babcock E, Rickbeil T, Dobervich J, Kroll D, Dao B, Mohindra N, Madden CJ, Diaz-Arrastia R Archives of neurology 2008 May 65 619-626
- Cerebral atrophy after traumatic white matter injury: Correlation with acute neuroimaging and outcome
  Ding K, De La Plata CM, Wang JY, Mumphrey M, Moore C, Harper C, Madden CJ, McColl R, Whittemore A, Devous MD, Diaz-Arrastia R Journal of neurotrauma 2008 25 1433-1440
- Hypoxia-inducible factor 2α regulates expression of the mitochondrial aconitase chaperone protein frataxin
  Oktay Y, Dioum E, Matsuzaki S, Ding K, Yan LJ, Haller RG, Szweda LI, Garcia JA Journal of Biological Chemistry 2007 Apr 282 11750-11756
- Functions of the Per/ARNT/Sim domains of the hypoxia-inducible factor
  Yang J, Zhang L, Erbel PJ, Gardner KH, Ding K, Garcia JA, Bruick RK Journal of Biological Chemistry 2005 Oct 280 36047-36054
- HIF-2α regulates murine hematopoietic development in an erythropoietin-dependent manner
  Scortegagna M, Ding K, Zhang Q, Oktay Y, Bennett MJ, Bennett M, Shelton JM, Richardson JA, Moe O, Garcia JA Blood 2005 Apr 105 3133-3140
- Retinal disease in mice lacking hypoxia-inducible transcription factor-2α
  Ding K, Scortegagna M, Seaman R, Birch DG, Garcia JA Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2005 Mar 46 1010-1016
- Multiple organ pathology, metabolic abnormalities and impaired homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in Epas1^-/- mice
  Scortegagna M, Ding K, Oktay Y, Gaur A, Thurmond F, Yan LJ, Marck BT, Matsumoto AM, Shelton JM, Richardson JA, Bennet MJ, Garcia JA Nature genetics 2003 Dec 35 331-340
- Math5 determines the competence state of retinal ganglion cell progenitors
  Yang Z, Ding K, Pan L, Deng M, Gan L Developmental Biology 2003 Dec 264 240-254
- Requirement for math5 in the development of retinal ganglion cells
  Wang SW, Kim BS, Ding K, Wang H, Sun D, Johnson RL, Klein WH, Gan L Genes and Development 2001 Jan 15 24-29

Research

Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
ICU EEG Monitoring
Epilepsy Surgery
Clinical Neurophysiology
Cerebral Functional Connectivity

Clinical Focus

Epilepsy & Seizures