Biography
John Freeman, MD
John Freeman, MD, is professor of neurology and pediatrics and has spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins. After graduating from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1958, he completed a residency in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by fellowship training in pediatric neurology at Columbia University. After serving as a research physician for two years at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Freeman accepted a faculty position at Stanford University in 1966. However, he returned to Johns Hopkins in 1969 to create and direct the Johns Hopkins Child Neurology Program. Freeman directs the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Epilepsy Center, and his contributions have made the center a leader in the field. He has written nearly 150 articles, 41 book chapters, and seven books or editions of books, including The Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Epilepsy, and the award-winning Seizures and Epilepsy: A Guide for Parents.
Freeman's clinical practice focuses on the management of seizures and epilepsy in children. He and his team, working with pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson, MD, have emphasized the role of hemispherectomy, removal of one-half of a child's brain, for the control and cure of a child's incapacitating seizures. He and his team are also are responsible for renewed interest in the high fat "ketogenic diet" for epilepsy.
Though known for his career-long impact on the treatment of seizures and epilepsy, Freeman has made other contributions as well. His work changed the way birth defects such as spina bifida are perceived and treated. He has been a pioneer in the field of clinical bioethics and has completed the second edition of his book, Tough Decisions: A Casebook in Medical Ethics.
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