Dr. Stephen L. Kinsman MD
Neurologist | Electrodiagnostic Medicine
MSC606 Charleston South Carolina, 29425About
Dr. Stephen Kinsman is a distinguished Neurologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kinsman specializes in diagnosing, treating, and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system. With expertise in handling complex conditions like epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and migraines, Dr. Kinsman employs advanced techniques and personalized treatment plans to improve patient outcomes. As a neurologist, Dr. Kinsman is committed to staying abreast of the latest developments in neurological research and therapies.
Education and Training
SUNY Buffalo
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology- Neurology
Added Qualifications in Child Neurology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Young women with physical disabilities: risk factors for symptoms of eating disorders.
- Beyond multidisciplinary care: a new conceptual model for spina bifida services.
- Inadequate folic acid intakes are prevalent among young women with neural tube defects.
- Holoprosencephaly in children: diffusion tensor MR imaging of white matter tracts
- Predicting gross motor function in cerebral palsy.
- MRI shows abnormal white matter maturation in classical holoprosencephaly.
- Chiari-II malformation: a biometric analysis.
- Deep venous thrombosis in individuals with spina bifida.
- Efficacy of the ketogenic diet for intractable seizure disorders: review of 58 cases.
- The Kennedy Independence Scales--Spina Bifida Version: a parent report rating scale of adaptive functioning in adolescents with spina bifida.
- White matter imaging in holoprosencephaly in children.
- The transcription factor gene Nfib is essential for both lung maturation and brain development.
- Imaging, anatomical, and molecular analysis of callosal formation in the developing human fetal brain.
- Recording of Neonatal Seizures in Birth Certificates, Maternal Interviews, and Hospital Discharge Abstracts in a Cerebral Palsy Case-Control Study in Michigan.
- Birth Settings and the Validation of Neonatal Seizures Recorded in Birth Certificates Compared to Medicaid Claims and Hospital Discharge Abstracts Among Live Births in South Carolina, 1996-2013.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina -
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (Pediatric Neurology)
Professional Society Memberships
- Child Neurology Society
Articles and Publications
- 3 Publications, on the Hippocampus and Spina Bifida
What do you attribute your success to?
Great Training, Putting Families First, Solid Collaboration with Other Physicians
Hobbies / Sports
- Golf, Music
Favorite professional publications
- Developmental Medicine, Child Neurology
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