Goldie A. Kurtz, MD

I have expertise in epilepsy, epilepsy neuroimaging, electroencephalography (EEG), and the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy patients. I am the Director of the Penn Epilepsy Center. In addition, I serve as medical director of Penn's Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Epilepsy Surgical Program. In addition, my research lab focuses on advancing the fields of invasive neurophysiology and neuroimaging to better localize epileptic networks in medication refractory epilepsy patients. It is my hope that improving localization will enable epileptologists to better assign individual patients to the most efficacious therapy, for example, seizure control devices, resective surgery, or continued medical management.

Dr. Brigidi is currently accepting new patients under the Penn Passport program.

I am board certified in pulmonary and critical care medicine and practice medical critical care. My clinical expertise is in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute respiratory failure, sepsis and septic shock, and acute organ failure. I am a translational researcher who directs a large molecular cohort study of sepsis to better understand individual ARDS risk, and who seeks to advance precision medicine options for critical illness. I also participate in clinical trials for ARDS and sepsis therapies.