John E. Croom, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
- Saint Luke's Hospital
Biography
Dr. John Croom is the Medical Director of Saint Luke’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. He graduated medical school from the M.D./Ph.D. Program at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He went on to complete his internship and residency in neurology at the Harvard Medical School Neurology Training Program/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass. He then completed a two year epilepsy fellowship and was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School before joining Saint Luke’s in 2006.
Dr. Croom’s clinical interest is treating patients with epilepsy and seizure disorders. He also has particular interest in reviewing surgical options for patients with seizures that do not respond to medications.
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
- Epilepsy, Seizure disorder, Continuous video EEG monitoring, Surgical options for medication resistant (refractory) epilepsy
Education and Training
- M.D. - University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Internship - Internal Medicine - Harvard Medical School / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Residency - Neurology - Harvard Medical School / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Fellowship - Neurophysiology (Clinical) and Epilepsy - Harvard Medical School / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center