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Joel Oster, MD Accepting New Patients Virtual Appointments Available

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Programs + Specialties
Training + Education Boston University School of Medicine; Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital; Tufts/New England Medical Center Combined Neurology Residency; St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Board Certifications Psychiatry and Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology
NPI # 1881794873
Gender Male
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Tufts Medical Center
Biewend Building, 12th Floor
260 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone #: 617-636-5848
Fax #: 617-636-8199

2021, "Top Doctor", Boston Magazine
2020, "Top Doctor," Boston Magazine
2018/2019, "Top Doctor," Boston Magazine
2017, "Top Doctor," Boston Magazine

1. Oster JM. Stroke. Russian-American Medical Journal/Meditsina & Zhizn May 2000;10(5), 9-11.

2. Oster J, Doherty C, Grant PE, Simon M, Cole AJ. Diffusion-weighted imaging abnormalities in the splenium after seizures. Epilepsia. 2003 Jun;44(6):852-4.

3. Oster JM, Jones Jr HR, Hildenbrand P, Tronic B, Cosgrove GR. Reversible Kernohan’s Notch. Neurology 2007 68(5):368.

4. Oster JM, MacDonald RT. Cardiac Mediated Syncope Captured on Video EEG Telemetry. Online Journal of Cardiology. McGill University: September, 2006.

5. Oster JM, Aggarwal P. Spontaneous recanalization of the basilar artery with conservative management months after symptom onset. Neurology International, 2009; 1:e17;61-62.

6. Oster JM, Shastri P, Geyer C. Cerebral venous thrombosis after gender reassignment surgery. Gender Medicine 2010: 7(3); 270-5.

7. Oster JM, Aljumairi F, Cosgrove GR The metabolic imaging correlate of truncal onset seizures. Arch Neurol 2011; 68(2):251-253.

8. Oster JM, Apetauerova D, Thomas C, Cosgrove GR. Transient parietal hand syndrome after cortical resection. Epileptic Disord 2011;13(3):295-9

9. Oster JM, Igbokwe E, Cosgrove GR, Cole AJ. Subtle gyral abnormalities predict focal cortical dysplasia and a cure for epilepsy: review of a case series. Arch Neurol. 2012 Feb;69(2):257-61. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.1002. Epub 2011 Oct 10.

10. Lynch K, Oster J, Apetauerova D, Hreib K. “Spinal Cord Stroke: Acute Imaging and Intervention," Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, vol. 2012, Article ID 706780, 3 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/706780.

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