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Kenneth Laxer, MD

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Director, Pacific Epilepsy Program, California Pacific Medical Center; Neurologist, Sutter Health · Sutter Health

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Region🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA · West · United StatesSpecialtyNeurologyFocusEpilepsy research and treatment+4
Active KOLfindmyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2026Online presenceverified 2026Payments2021–2025NIH funding1991–2009

Kenneth Laxer is Director, Pacific Epilepsy Program, California Pacific Medical Center; Neurologist, Sutter Health at Sutter Health. OpenAlex indexes 171 publications with 9,154 citations (h-index 58); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 19 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 19 Oct 2026

Kenneth Laxer, M.D., is Director, Pacific Epilepsy Program, California Pacific Medical Center at Sutter Health / California Pacific Medical Center. The public record shows 171 publications with 9,154 citations (h-index 58), centered on Epilepsy research and treatment, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Neurological disorders and treatments. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (1991–2009).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · bioRxiv
  • Top research focus: Epilepsy research and treatment
  • 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 12 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Epilepsy1 trialEncephalitis1 trial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Epilepsy research and treatmentAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsNeurological disorders and treatmentsNeural dynamics and brain functionEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Xcoprigeneric · CenobamateClinical trials—Industry payments278Publications—Briviactgeneric · BrivaracetamClinical trials—Industry payments4Publications—Epidiolexgeneric · CannabidiolClinical trials—Industry payments4Publications—Valtocogeneric · DiazepamClinical trials—Industry payments4Publications—Finteplageneric · FenfluramineClinical trials—Industry payments3Publications—NayzilamClinical trials—Industry payments3Publications—Ajovygeneric · FremanezumabClinical trials—Industry payments2Publications—Aimoviggeneric · ErenumabClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—FYCOMPAgeneric · PerampanelClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
SK Life Science, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments303UCB, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments17Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments6Neurelis, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments4Neuropace, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments4LivaNova USA, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments3Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Amgen Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1California Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteClinical trials1Industry payments—Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1University of California, San FranciscoClinical trials1Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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171publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.

9,154citations

Total citations across indexed works.

58h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 118.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
2clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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12companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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4NIH grants · 1991–2009

Federally funded research awards.

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Public positions

sourced statements on record

Contact

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Practice address

Telephone

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Clinical trials

Updated 19 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 19 Oct 2026

12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)

The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.

  • Nervous system

    100%
    Other antiepileptics47.4%
    Xcopri35%Levetiracetam24%Lacosamide18%Briviact7%Vimpat4%Keppra4%Levetiracetam Er4%Topiramate3%Keppra Xr2%
    Part D<11 patients
    Mood Stabilizer21%
    Lamotrigine41%Lamotrigine Er38%Lamictal Xr15%Carbamazepine Er7%
    Part D<11 patients

    + 5 more classes in this area

Where care is delivered (Part B)63.3% facility · 36.7% office

Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.

NIH funding

Updated 19 Oct 2026

4 NIH research awards on record, funded 1991–2009 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Publications

Updated 19 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    The consequences of refractory epilepsy and its treatment
    Article679 citations2014
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    Nine-year prospective efficacy and safety of brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal epilepsy
    Article490 citations2020
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Calcium‐binding protein (calbindin‐D28K) and parvalbumin immunocytochemistry in the normal and epileptic human hippocampus
    Article348 citations1991
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Magnetoencephalography in partial epilepsy: Clinical yield and localization accuracy
    Article228 citations1997
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Neuron loss localizes human temporal lobe epilepsy by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
    Article215 citations1993
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 19 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Michael Walter Weiner36Nicholas M. Barbaro31Paul A. Garcia25David King‐Stephens23Gerald B. Matson19Robert Thomas Knight19Peter B. Weber18Robert C. Knowlton17Susanne G. Mueller17Jack J. Lin14Edward F. Chang11Peter Vermathen10Elizabeth L. Johnson10Jerome A. Barakos9Stephen T. C. Wong9Ignacio Sáez8Mariann M. Ward8Donna K. Broshek7James W. Hugg7Mark Quigg7Fady Girgis7Vicenta Salanova7William P. Dillon7Eishi Asano6William J. Marks6Norbert W. Schuff6Nathan B. Fountain6Michael J. Aminoff5Peter Brunner5Stephan Schuele5Robert T. Wechsler5Adam J. O. Dede5Noa Ofen5Olivia Kim McManus5Derek Flenniken5Nathan M. Cashdollar5Kent Soo Hoo5Andrew A. Maudsley5Andrew J. Cole5Howard A. Rowley5

Online presence

Updated 19 Oct 2026

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  • Doximity

    doximity.com/pub/kenneth-laxer-md

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Mentions by others

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  • Other

    sutterhealth.org/research/investigators/kenneth-laxer

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  • Other

    sutterhealth.org/find-doctor/dr-kenneth-d-laxer

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  • Other

    uofmhealthsparrow.org/news/sparrow-forum-features-national-expert-epilepsy

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Background & recognition

Updated 19 Oct 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • M.D.

    University of California Irvine School of Medicine

    1973
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →sutterhealth.org ↗
  • M.D.

    University of California Irvine School of Medicine

    1973
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →sutterhealth.org ↗
  • Board Certified

    Neurology

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  • Residency

    Montreal Neurologic Institute, McGill University (Neurology & Neurophysiology)

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  • Fellow

    American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →sutterhealth.org ↗
  • Fellow

    American Epilepsy Society (FAES)

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →sutterhealth.org ↗
  • Fellow

    American Neurological Association (FANA)

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →sutterhealth.org ↗
  • Residency in Neurology & Neurophysiology

    Montreal Neurologic Institute, McGill University

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  • Fellowship

    Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center

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Awards & honors

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Secondary affiliations

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Media & interviews

press, podcasts and appearances
  • Speaker

    Sparrow Forum: 'The Science and Magic of Epilepsy Treatment'

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →sparrow.org ↗

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