- Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2014-2016), Epilepsy/clinical Neurophysiology
- Internship - Harvard/Brigham and Women's Hospital (2010-2011), Internal Medicine
- Research Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2009-2010), Neurophysiology
- Medical School - Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina Ignacio A. Santos (2001-2009)
- Residency - Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women's Hospital (2011-2014), Neurology
Rodrigo Zepeda, M.D.
Epilepsy Outreach Clinic Director, Parkland Health & Hospital System
- Neurology
Biography
Rodrigo Zepeda, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and specializes in treating patients with epilepsy.
Dr. Zepeda earned his medical degree with honors at the Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Medicine in Mexico. After subsequently spending almost a year doing fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, for Partners in Health, a Boston-based global health nonprofit, he moved to New England, completing a research fellowship, internal medicine residency, neurophysiology fellowship, and epilepsy fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in October 2016.
Dr. Zepeda is board certified in neurology and neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is also an ad-hoc reviewer for Epilepsy & Behavior and is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Massachusetts Medical Society.
He is fluent in Spanish, English, and German.
Meet Dr. Zepeda
Neurologist and epilepsy specialist
Rodrigo Zepeda, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. As an epilepsy specialist, he works with the epilepsy team at UT Southwestern to diagnose and treat patients who suffer from seizures.
Dr. Zepeda knew early on he wanted to focus on seizure medicine, growing up with a family member affected by the condition. Originally from Mexico, he also developed a passion for global health and providing care to underserved populations within his home country and around the world.
After graduating from medical school, Dr. Zepeda spent almost a year providing medical care for marginalized communities in Chiapas, Mexico. He then completed his training in neurology and epilepsy at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. During this time, he also joined the Bhutan Epilepsy Project, which used portable EEG diagnostic equipment to accurately diagnose patients suffering from seizures in Bhutan, located in the Eastern Himalayas.
Dr. Zepeda strongly believes in the power of compassionate care and feels that everyone deserves access to the best treatment options available.
Education & Training
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Widespread changes in network activity allow non-invasive detection of mesial temporal lobe seizures.
Lam AD, Zepeda R, Cole AJ, Cash SS Brain : a journal of neurology 2016 Oct 139 Pt 10 2679-2693 -
Periodic alternating gaze deviation and nystagmus in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
Mackay DD, Zepeda Garcia R, Galetta SL, Prasad S, Neurology. Clinical practice 2014 Dec 4 6 482-485 -
Association of epileptiform abnormalities and seizures in Alzheimer disease.
Lam AD, Sarkis RA, Pellerin KR, Jing J, Dworetzky BA, Hoch DB, Jacobs CS, Lee JW, Weisholtz DS, Zepeda R, Westover MB, Cole AJ, Cash SS, Neurology 2020 10 95 16 e2259-e2270 -
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 & behavior : E&B 2021 Aug 122 108225 -
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, The Neurodiagnostic journal 2021 Jun 61 2 95-103 -
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 & behavior reports 2021 15 100441 -
Coalescence and fragmentation of cortical networks during focal seizures.
Kramer MA, Eden UT, Kolaczyk ED, Zepeda R, Eskandar EN, Cash SS The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2010 Jul 30 30 10076-85 -
Individualized localization and cortical surface-based registration of intracranial electrodes.
Dykstra AR, Chan AM, Quinn BT, Zepeda R, Keller CJ, Cormier J, Madsen JR, Eskandar EN, Cash SS NeuroImage 2012 Feb 59 4 3563-70 -
Hearing loss in Wernicke encephalopathy.
Walker MA, Zepeda R, Afari HA, Cohen AB Neurology. Clinical practice 2014 Dec 4 6 511-515 -
Medication prescribing and patient-reported outcome measures in people with epilepsy in Bhutan.
McKenzie ED, Nirola DK, Deki S, Tshering L, Patenaude B, Clark SJ, Cash SS, Thibert R, Zepeda R, Leung EC, Lam AD, Lim AS, Mantia J, Cohen J, Cole AJ, Mateen FJ Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 2016 Jun 59 122-7 -
Validation of a smartphone-based EEG among people with epilepsy: A prospective study.
McKenzie ED, Lim AS, Leung EC, Cole AJ, Lam AD, Eloyan A, Nirola DK, Tshering L, Thibert R, Garcia RZ, Bui E, Deki S, Lee L, Clark SJ, Cohen JM, Mantia J, Brizzi KT, Sorets TR, Wahlster S, Borzello M, Stopczynski A, Cash SS, Mateen FJ, Scientific reports 2017 04 7 45567
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Widespread changes in network activity allow non-invasive detection of mesial temporal lobe seizures.