For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
John Zempel, MD
Neurophysiology - certified
*Pediatrics
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

Suite 2C/D
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6120
Education
Internship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna Elect Choice EPO |
Aetna HealthFund |
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna Open Access Elect Choice EPO |
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Aetna POS/PPO/Choice |
Aetna PPO |
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Aetna Quality Point of Service |
Aetna USAccess |
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Baxter Regional PHO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
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Cigna PPO |
CMR (Care Management Resources) |
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Community Care Network PPO |
Community Partners Health Plan/PPO |
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CorVel PPO |
Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
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Coventry HMO/POS |
Coventry PPO |
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Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
First Health |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
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Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
HFN Inc. PPO |
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Home State-MC+ |
Humana Gold Choice PFFS - Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
IPA Secondary to Medicare |
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Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
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Medicare |
Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
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Mercy Health Plan PPO |
MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
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MultiPlan PPO |
National Advantage Program-NAP |
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Personal Care Health Mgmt HMO |
Personal Care Health Mgmt PPO/POS |
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PPO Next/HealthStar |
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
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Private Health Care Systems PPO |
Providers Network of America |
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Quincy Health Care Management |
St. John's Health System Tertiary |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
Modulation of the brain's functional network architecture in the transition from wake to sleep.Larson-Prior LJ, Power JD, Vincent JL, Nolan TS, Coalson RS, Zempel J, Snyder AZ, Schlaggar BL, Raichle ME, Petersen SE.Prog Brain Res. 2011;193:277-94.
- PMID:
- 21854969
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsDecoding motor signals from the pediatric cortex: implications for brain-computer interfaces in children.Breshears JD, Gaona CM, Roland JL, Sharma M, Anderson NR, Bundy DT, Freudenburg ZV, Smyth MD, Zempel J, Limbrick DD, Smart WD, Leuthardt EC.Pediatrics. 2011 Jul;128(1):e160-8. Epub 2011 Jun 20.
- PMID:
- 21690116
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFluctuating concepts of childhood absence epilepsy.Zempel JM, Ciliberto M.Neurology. 2011 Jun 7;76(23):1952-3. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 21646621
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsThe temporal structures and functional significance of scale-free brain activity.He BJ, Zempel JM, Snyder AZ, Raichle ME.Neuron. 2010 May 13;66(3):353-69.
- PMID:
- 20471349
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsElectrographic seizures in preterm infants during the first week of life are associated with cerebral injury.Shah DK, Zempel J, Barton T, Lukas K, Inder TE.Pediatr Res. 2010 Jan;67(1):102-6.
- PMID:
- 19745782
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsCortical network functional connectivity in the descent to sleep.Larson-Prior LJ, Zempel JM, Nolan TS, Prior FW, Snyder AZ, Raichle ME.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 17;106(11):4489-94. Epub 2009 Mar 2.
- PMID:
- 19255447
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsA pilot study of continuous limited-channel aEEG in term infants with encephalopathy.Lawrence R, Mathur A, Nguyen The Tich S, Zempel J, Inder T.J Pediatr. 2009 Jun;154(6):835-41.e1. Epub 2009 Feb 23.
- PMID:
- 19230897
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsElectrophysiological correlates of the brain's intrinsic large-scale functional architecture.He BJ, Snyder AZ, Zempel JM, Smyth MD, Raichle ME.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Oct 14;105(41):16039-44. Epub 2008 Oct 8.
- PMID:
- 18843113
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsUtility of prolonged bedside amplitude-integrated encephalogram in encephalopathic infants.Mathur AM, Morris LD, Teteh F, Inder TE, Zempel J.Am J Perinatol. 2008 Nov;25(10):611-5. Epub 2008 Oct 7.
- PMID:
- 18841534
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsLoss of resting interhemispheric functional connectivity after complete section of the corpus callosum.Johnston JM, Vaishnavi SN, Smyth MD, Zhang D, He BJ, Zempel JM, Shimony JS, Snyder AZ, Raichle ME.J Neurosci. 2008 Jun 18;28(25):6453-8.
- PMID:
- 18562616
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAccuracy of bedside electroencephalographic monitoring in comparison with simultaneous continuous conventional electroencephalography for seizure detection in term infants.Shah DK, Mackay MT, Lavery S, Watson S, Harvey AS, Zempel J, Mathur A, Inder TE.Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):1146-54.
- PMID:
- 18519484
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsDisruption of sodium bicarbonate transporter SLC4A10 in a patient with complex partial epilepsy and mental retardation.Gurnett CA, Veile R, Zempel J, Blackburn L, Lovett M, Bowcock A.Arch Neurol. 2008 Apr;65(4):550-3.
- PMID:
- 18413482
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsOutcome following surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal involvement in preadolescent children: emphasis on mesial temporal sclerosis.Smyth MD, Limbrick DD Jr, Ojemann JG, Zempel J, Robinson S, O'Brien DF, Saneto RP, Goyal M, Appleton RE, Mangano FT, Park TS.J Neurosurg. 2007 Mar;106(3 Suppl):205-10.
- PMID:
- 17465386
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsMoving GLM ballistocardiogram artifact reduction for EEG acquired simultaneously with fMRI.Vincent JL, Larson-Prior LJ, Zempel JM, Snyder AZ.Clin Neurophysiol. 2007 May;118(5):981-98. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
- PMID:
- 17368972
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsThe unilateral cobalt wire model of neocortical epilepsy: a method of producing subacute focal seizures in rodents.Chang JH, Yang XF, Zempel JM, Rothman SM.Epilepsy Res. 2004 Sep-Oct;61(1-3):153-60.
- PMID:
- 15451016
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]











