Kenneth A. Brait, MD

Neurologist, Solo Practice

Ketchum, ID

Active Medical Staff at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, Ketchum, ID

2001 - present

Board Certification:                 

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1974
• American Electroencephalographic Society, 1989  Recertified 1994, 1999
• Fellow of the American Heart Association and Stroke Counsel, 2001

Board Eligibility:                      

• Internal Medicine
• Electroencephalography
• Polysomnography

Education:                                

• University of Pennsylvania

              BS, Chemistry 1959-1963

• Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

              Doctor of Medicine - 1963-1967

• Northwestern University (Chicago-Wesley Memorial Hospital)

              Internshjp - 1967-1968

              Internal Medicine Residency – 1968-1969

• University of Pennsylvania

              Residency in Neurology - 1969-1972

• University of Pennsylvania and National Neurological Hospital, Queens Square, London, England

              Fellowship in Epilepsy - 1971-1972

Honors:                                      

• Undergraduate: Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in Chemistry
•  Medical School: Hare Honor Medical Society, 1965
• Post Graduate: Letter of Commendation, United States Navy, 1974

Military:                                       

• Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Department of Neurology

              Staff Neurologist - 1972-1973

              Chief – 1973 -1974

• Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Division of Electroencephalography, Department of Neurology

              Chief – 1972 - 1974

Society

Memberships:                          

• American Academy of Neurology
• Idaho Neurological Society
• Epilepsy Foundation of America
• American Epilepsy Society
• American Society of Neuroimaging
• Blaine County Medical Society
• Medical Society of Idaho
• American Sleep Disorders Association
• Electrodiagnostic Medicine Association of New Jersey
• The American Academy of Neuro-Immunology
• The American Academy of Immunotherapy                      

Past Professional

Activities:                                  

• Medical Consultant, Delaware Valley Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1976-1989
• Consultant, Bucks County Chapter, Epilepsy Foundation of America                                   
• Consultant, American Epilepsy Society

 

• Member of Speakers Bureau:

              Cerebrovascular Disorders for Syntex Pharmaceutical

              Migraine for Cerenex Corporation, 1994-1997

                                                     

• Member of National Speakers Bureau:

              Epilepsy for Abbott Pharmaceuticals, 1989-1994

              Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals, 1992-1995

              Multiple Sclerosis for Biogen Pharmaceuticals, 1996-2001

• Board Member, Study Center for Head, Neck and TMJ Disorders, 1990-2001

• Member, Regional/National Speakers Bureau:

              Migraine and Epilepsy for Glaxo-Welcome Pharmaceuticals, 1998-2000

• Principal Investigator, Phase III & IV Trials for new anti-epileptic medication for Novartis Corp, Pfizer Corp., Glaxo-Welcome Corp, and Orth McNeil Corp 1987-2001

 

Present Professional

Activities:                                  

• Examiner, Neurological Boards for American Board of Neurology

              Multiple years, last year given 2001

• Member of Peer Review Board for Continuum, the Educational Division of the
• American Academy of Neurology
• Peer Reviewer:  Toxicology 1996, Epilepsy 2000 and 2003
• Board of the Idaho Epilepsy Foundation of America Member
• American Heart Association and the Stroke Council, Fellow, October 2001
• Speaker’s Bureau of the Epilepsy Foundation of America, Idaho Chapter Member, 2001-2004

Awards:                    

• Distinguished Service Award by the Bucks County Association of Retarded Citizens, June 1982
• Selected by the National Center for the Study of Services (a non-profit corp.)

              as the best neurologist in Burlington County, New Jersey and one of the 250

              best neurologists in the US in the “Guide to Top Doctors, November 1999